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    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...
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  • (disambiguation), several people William F. Sheehan (1859–1917), American politician Winfield R. Sheehan (1883–1945), American film producer and executive...
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  • Revue Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Irving Thalberg & Harry Rapf, producers) In Old Arizona Fox (Winfield Sheehan, producer) The Patriot Paramount Famous Lasky...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Beckhard Based on Daddy-Long-Legs 1912 novel by Jean Webster Produced by Winfield Sheehan Starring Shirley Temple John Boles Rochelle Hudson Cinematography John...
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    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...
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    Year Film Award Winner 1933 Lady for a Day Outstanding Production Winfield Sheehan – Cavalcade Best Director Frank Lloyd – Cavalcade 1934 It Happened One...
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    Wayne. Fox Studios chief Winfield Sheehan rejected it as sounding "too Italian". Walsh then suggested "John Wayne". Sheehan agreed, and the name was set...
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    remained at the company, joining Schenck and Zanuck. Zanuck replaced Winfield Sheehan as the company's production chief. The company established a special...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • Outstanding Production Cavalcade – Winfield Sheehan for Fox Film Co.‡ 42nd Street – Darryl F. Zanuck for Warner Bros. A Farewell to Arms – Adolph Zukor...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • Wanger Lowell Farrell Michael Killanin Patrick Ford Samuel Goldwyn Winfield Sheehan Gregg Toland Ben Reynolds John W. Brown Harry C. Fowler George Schneiderman...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    trades. In May 1916, Laurell married Winfield Sheehan. The couple separated in July 1917 but never divorced. Sheehan later became the general manager and...
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    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...
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    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...
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    film career was more important. She was announced as an actress by Winfield Sheehan, vice president of Fox Film, in September 1926 before confirming her...
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  • Irving Thalberg and Harry Rapf for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer In Old Arizona – Winfield Sheehan for Fox Film Corporation The Patriot – Ernst Lubitsch for Paramount...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Production Cimarron – William LeBaron for RKO Pictures‡ East Lynne – Winfield Sheehan for Fox Film Corporation The Front Page – Howard Hughes for United...
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    Lew Brown Ralph Spence Story: Will Rogers Philip Klein Produced by Winfield Sheehan Starring Warner Baxter Madge Evans Sylvia Froos John Boles James Dunn...
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    Myrna Loy, George Brent, Lionel Atwill Spy MGM Stand Up and Cheer! Winfield Sheehan Warner Baxter, Madge Evans, Shirley Temple Musical Fox Film The Star...
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