Arthur Sheekman

Writing

Arthur Sheekman

Born February 5, 1901 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died January 12, 1978 · aged 76

No biography available.

Known For

Kid MillionsKid Millions · 1934
Kid Millions
6.71934
MovieMusicComedy
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.
Duck SoupDuck Soup · 1933
Duck Soup
7.31933
MovieComedyWar
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Some Came RunningSome Came Running · 1958
Some Came Running
7.01958
MovieDramaRomance
A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going professional gambler and torn between two very different women.
Call Me MadamCall Me Madam · 1953
Call Me Madam
6.21953
MovieComedyRomance
Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
Wonder ManWonder Man · 1945
Wonder Man
6.61945
MovieComedyFantasy
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Buzzy comes back as a ghost and summons his bookworm twin, Edwin Dingle, to Prospect Park so that he can help the police nail Jackson.
Blue SkiesBlue Skies · 1946
Blue Skies
6.21946
MovieComedyRomance
Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers. Dancer Jed loves showgirl Mary, who loves compulsive nightclub-opener Johnny, who can't stay committed to anything in life for very long.
Monkey BusinessMonkey Business · 1931
Monkey Business
6.91931
MovieComedy
Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.
Horse FeathersHorse Feathers · 1932
Horse Feathers
6.91932
MovieComedyRomance
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.

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Rose of the RanchoRose of the Rancho · 1936
Rose of the Rancho
7.01936
MovieMusicRomance
It is California in 1852 that only recently being surrendered by Mexico to the United States and admitted into the union. Most of the land-owners of California were the descendants of the Dons who had colonized it a hundred years before and whose title deeds bore the signature and seal of a long-dead Spanish king. But, by a loop-hole in the law, the title-deeds of the Dons could not be recognized, and this opened the door of organized gangs of land-grabbers, such as the one led by Joe Kincaid, to operate with a prime excuse for legitimate plunder and robbery. In most cases the law was unable to cope with the situation. Then Rosita Castro, the daughter of Don Pasqual Castro, masked and disguised as a man, organized a band of vigilantes to fight against the tyranny of the outlaws, aided by an undercover federal agent, Jim Kearney.

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