Winfield R. Sheehan (September 24, 1883 – July 25, 1945) was a film company executive. He was responsible for much of Fox Film Corporation's output during...

(disambiguation), several people William F. Sheehan (1859–1917), American politician Winfield R. Sheehan (1883–1945), American film producer and executive...

company of Good News. A film contract was subsequently offered and Winfield Sheehan of the Fox film studio changed her name to Dixie Lee, to avoid confusion...

Revue Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Irving Thalberg & Harry Rapf, producers) In Old Arizona Fox (Winfield Sheehan, producer) The Patriot Paramount Famous Lasky...

Wayne. Fox Studios chief Winfield Sheehan rejected it as sounding "too Italian". Walsh then suggested "John Wayne". Sheehan agreed, and the name was set...

her father in such nightspots as the Foreign and the Caliente clubs. Winfield Sheehan, the head of the Fox Film Corporation, saw her dancing at the Caliente...

trades. In May 1916, Laurell married Winfield Sheehan. The couple separated in July 1917 but never divorced. Sheehan later became the general manager and...

Year Film Award Winner 1933 Lady for a Day Outstanding Production Winfield Sheehan – Cavalcade Best Director Frank Lloyd – Cavalcade 1934 It Happened One...

remained at the company, joining Schenck and Zanuck. Zanuck replaced Winfield Sheehan as the company's production chief. The company established a special...

Beckhard Based on Daddy-Long-Legs 1912 novel by Jean Webster Produced by Winfield Sheehan Starring Shirley Temple John Boles Rochelle Hudson Cinematography John...

biographer Larry Swindell, Lombard's beauty convinced studio head Winfield Sheehan to sign her to a $75-per-week contract, and she abandoned her schooling...

to California. He appeared on the stage only once more in his life. Winfield Sheehan, the head of Fox, committed to making Tracy a bankable commodity. The...

182 Archived April 4, 2023, at the Wayback Machine. "Produced by Winfield Sheehan at a cost of $1.25 million, Cavalcade won Academy Awards for best picture...

Outstanding Production Cavalcade – Winfield Sheehan for Fox Film Co.‡ 42nd Street – Darryl F. Zanuck for Warner Bros. A Farewell to Arms – Adolph Zukor...

fourth article, published February 18, 1940, says that film executive Winfield Sheehan "was impressed by her beauty, gave her a screen test and started her...

Story (1956) as Leo Reisman The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) as Winfield Sheehan The Wayward Bus (1957) as Elliott Pritchard The Buster Keaton Story...

idea was actually first proposed by Fox head Winfield Sheehan after a discussion with D. W. Griffith. Sheehan set his sights on Robinson, but unsure of his...

Irving Thalberg – Grand Hotel 1932–33 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Winfield Sheehan – Cavalcade 1934 Flirtation Walk Harry Cohn – It Happened One Night...

her looks instead of more demanding roles. In 1927, Fox executive Winfield Sheehan, with whom Bellamy was having an affair, attempted to cast her in the...

Bud Jamison (Southern Colonel in Uncivil Warriors) David Downer as Winfield Sheehan David Baldwin as Louis B. Mayer Len Kaserman as Jack L. Warner Helen...

Written by Tom Barry Based on The Cisco Kid by O. Henry Produced by Winfield Sheehan Starring Warner Baxter Edmund Lowe Dorothy Burgess Cinematography Arthur...

Irving Thalberg and Harry Rapf for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer In Old Arizona – Winfield Sheehan for Fox Film Corporation The Patriot – Ernst Lubitsch for Paramount...

Wanger Lowell Farrell Michael Killanin Patrick Ford Samuel Goldwyn Winfield Sheehan Gregg Toland Ben Reynolds John W. Brown Harry C. Fowler George Schneiderman...

departed in June 1932 to work on another project. Fox production head Winfield Sheehan decided to use a British director due to the film's setting, and Frank...

Production Cimarron – William LeBaron for RKO Pictures‡ East Lynne – Winfield Sheehan for Fox Film Corporation The Front Page – Howard Hughes for United...

first exhibition. In 1929, Young crafted a bronze of Joe Gans for Winfield Sheehan, a Fox Film executive at the time. Young married Dorothy Weir, daughter...

Award Category Nominee Result Academy Awards Best Motion Picture Winfield Sheehan for Fox Film Nominated Best Director Frank Borzage Won Best Adapted Screenplay...

Edwin (10 November 1944). "'A Night in Paradise' Will Star Turhan Bey: Winfield Sheehan Signs Darryl Hickman to Play Eddie Rickenbacker as Boy". Los Angeles...

Lew Brown Ralph Spence Story: Will Rogers Philip Klein Produced by Winfield Sheehan Starring Warner Baxter Madge Evans Sylvia Froos John Boles James Dunn...

Little Colonel was first proposed by Fox head Winfield Sheehan after a discussion with D. W. Griffith. Sheehan set his sights on Robinson but, unsure of his...