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Arthur Sheekman (February 5 1901, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
 – January 12 1978), a graduate from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public university research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States....
, started his career as columnist and drama critic during the 1920s and the early 1930s for the Manhattan Newspaper. He then entered the film industry in 1931 when he became a scenarist for the Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling comedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film, and television....
' movie Monkey Business
Monkey Business (1931 film)

Monkey Business is the third of the Marx Brothers' movies and the first not to be an adaptation of one of their Broadway theatre shows. The film stars the four brothers: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, and Zeppo Marx, and screen comedienne Thelma Todd....
 where he befriended Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx

Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx , was an American comedian and film star famed as a master of wit. He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers and also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game shows You Bet Your Life and Tell it to Groucho....
. Groucho first found out about Arthur Sheekman while reading Sheekman's show business column on the Chicago Sunday Times and wrote a guest column replying to Sheekman saying that he liked his style and wanted him to help work on his productions in Hollywood.






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Arthur Sheekman (February 5 1901, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
 – January 12 1978), a graduate from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public university research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States....
, started his career as columnist and drama critic during the 1920s and the early 1930s for the Manhattan Newspaper. He then entered the film industry in 1931 when he became a scenarist for the Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling comedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film, and television....
' movie Monkey Business
Monkey Business (1931 film)

Monkey Business is the third of the Marx Brothers' movies and the first not to be an adaptation of one of their Broadway theatre shows. The film stars the four brothers: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, and Zeppo Marx, and screen comedienne Thelma Todd....
 where he befriended Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx

Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx , was an American comedian and film star famed as a master of wit. He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers and also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game shows You Bet Your Life and Tell it to Groucho....
. Groucho first found out about Arthur Sheekman while reading Sheekman's show business column on the Chicago Sunday Times and wrote a guest column replying to Sheekman saying that he liked his style and wanted him to help work on his productions in Hollywood. From then on it was known throughout the film production business during that time that Groucho detested the other writers and favored Arthur Sheekman over them. This was seen in the movie Monkey Business
Monkey Business (1931 film)

Monkey Business is the third of the Marx Brothers' movies and the first not to be an adaptation of one of their Broadway theatre shows. The film stars the four brothers: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, and Zeppo Marx, and screen comedienne Thelma Todd....
 where Groucho rejected S. J. Perelman
S. J. Perelman

Sidney Joseph Perelman, almost always known as S. J. Perelman , was an United States humorist, author, and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker; he also wrote for several other magazines, as well as books, scripts, and screenplays....
's script which he complained was too literary (legend also states that he replied to Perelman's script with only two words, "It Stinks"). Groucho also rejected Ned Tennant's script and instead chose to use Sheekman's script in the end (even though ironically much of Sheekman's script was based upon Perelman's original ideas).

Arthur Sheekman continued to work with the Marx Brothers on such projects as Duck Soup
Duck Soup

Duck Soup is a Marx Brothers anarchic comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin, and directed by Leo McCarey....
 in 1933 and the Groucho-Chico
Chico Marx

Leonard Marx, known as Chico, was one of the Marx Brothers.He was originally nicknamed Chicko for his reputation as a ladies' man, or a "chicken chaser" in the popular slang of the day....
 radio series known as Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel

Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel is a situation comedy radio show starring two of the Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx and Chico Marx, and written primarily by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman....
 (where he worked as script writer) as well as being the host for many of Groucho's books such as Beds and Many Happy Returns
Many Happy Returns

Many Happy Returns is a greeting, usually reserved for birthdays.The term itself refers to the passing year. Since the 18th century this has been used as a salutation to offer the hope that a happy day being marked would recur many more times....
. Later on, while working for the Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor

Eddie Cantor was an United States comedian, singer, actor, and songwriter. Familiar to Broadway theatre, radio and early television audiences, this "Apostle of Pep" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing anecdotes about his wife Ida and five children....
 musical Roman Scandals
Roman Scandals

Roman Scandals is a 1933 in film film starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold and David Manners. It was directed by Frank Tuttle....
 in 1933, Sheekman met his future bride actress Gloria Stuart
Gloria Stuart

Gloria Frances Stewart, also known as Gloria Stuart is an American actor. Over a Hollywood career that spans more than 70 years, Stuart appeared on stage , television and film, and is best known as for her roles as Claude Rains' sweetheart in The Invisible Man and as the 100-year-old Rose in the film Titanic ....
 (he would be Gloria's second husband after Blair Gordon Newell who divorced her in 1934). Later works he help to script write included Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye was an American award-winning actor, singer and comedian....
's Wonder Man
Wonder Man

Wonder Man is a Character , a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, he First appearance in Avengers #9 ....
 (1945), Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an United States popular singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death.One of the first multimedia stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses....
's Welcome Stranger
Welcome Stranger

The "Welcome Stranger" was the name given to a large gold nugget, measuring 61 cm by 31 cm, discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869 about 9 miles north-west of Dunolly, Victoria....
 (1947) and Mr.Music (1950), Joe E. Brown
Joe E. Brown (comedian)

Joseph Evans Brown was an United States actor and comedian. In 1902 at the age of 10, he joined a troupe of circus tumblers known as the Five Marvellous Astons which toured the country on both the circus and vaudeville circuits....
's The Gladiator (1938) as well as Daniel Mann
Daniel Mann

Daniel Mann, also known as Daniel Chugerman , was an United States film and television Film director.Daniel Mann was born in Brooklyn, New York....
's Ada
Ada (film)

Ada is a 1961 in film political drama film made by Avon Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Daniel Mann and produced by...
 in 1961.

Works

  • Monkey Business
    Monkey Business (1931 film)

    Monkey Business is the third of the Marx Brothers' movies and the first not to be an adaptation of one of their Broadway theatre shows. The film stars the four brothers: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, and Zeppo Marx, and screen comedienne Thelma Todd....
    , 1931
  • Horse Feathers
    Horse Feathers

    Horse Feathers was the fourth Marx Brothers film. It stars the four Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, and Zeppo Marx, as well as Thelma Todd as Connie Bailey, and was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S....
    , 1932
  • The Invisible man
    The Invisible Man

    The Invisible Man is an 1897 science fiction novella by H.G. Wells. Wells' novel was originally serialised in Pearson's Magazine in 1897, and published as a novel the same year....
    , 1933. Duck Soup
    Duck Soup

    Duck Soup is a Marx Brothers anarchic comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin, and directed by Leo McCarey....
    , 1933
  • Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
    Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel

    Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel is a situation comedy radio show starring two of the Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx and Chico Marx, and written primarily by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman....
  • Roman Scandals
    Roman Scandals

    Roman Scandals is a 1933 in film film starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold and David Manners. It was directed by Frank Tuttle....
    , 1933
  • Kid Millions
    Kid Millions

    Kid Millions is a 1934 in film United States film directed by Roy Del Ruth....
    , 1934
  • The Stowaway, 1936
  • Dimples, 1936
  • The Gladiator, 1938
  • Wonder Man
    Wonder Man

    Wonder Man is a Character , a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, he First appearance in Avengers #9 ....
    , 1945
  • Blue Skies
    Blue Skies (film)

    Blue Skies is a 1946 in film Hollywood musical film comedy film, released by Paramount Pictures and starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, Olga San Juan and Billy De Wolfe, with music, lyrics and story by Irving Berlin; most of the songs were recycled from earlier works....
    , 1946
  • Welcome Stranger
    Welcome Stranger

    The "Welcome Stranger" was the name given to a large gold nugget, measuring 61 cm by 31 cm, discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869 about 9 miles north-west of Dunolly, Victoria....
    , 1947
  • Mr. Music, 1950
  • The Gladiator, 1938
  • Call Me Madam
    Call Me Madam (film)

    Call Me Madam is a 1953 in film musical film directed by Walter Lang, based on the musical of the Call Me Madam.The film, with a screenplay by Arthur Sheekman, starred Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, Billy DeWolfe, George Sanders , and Walter Slezak....
     (1953)
  • Bundle of Joy
    Bundle of Joy

    Bundle of Joy is a musical remake of the comedy film Bachelor Mother. It stars Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, and Adolphe Menjou. An unmarried salesgirl at a department store finds and takes care of an abandoned baby....
    , 1956
  • Some Came Running
    Some Came Running

    Spurred on by the sales and the critical acclaim of his best-selling From Here to Eternity , James Jones set out to write yet another great American novel....
    , 1958
  • Ada
    Ada (film)

    Ada is a 1961 in film political drama film made by Avon Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Daniel Mann and produced by...
    , 1961


External links

  • at TimeOut London
  • * - Inside joke from Horse Feathers
    Horse Feathers

    Horse Feathers was the fourth Marx Brothers film. It stars the four Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, and Zeppo Marx, as well as Thelma Todd as Connie Bailey, and was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S....