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When told a script was full of old cliches: Let's have some new cliches.

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Samuel Goldwyn
Age: 91 †
Born: 1882
Born: August 17
Died: 1974
Died: January 31
Film Producer
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Warszawa
Samuel Goldfish
Szmuel Gelbfisz
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