University of Minnesota graduate Arthur Sheekman rose to prominence in the 1920s and early '30s as a Manhattan newspaper columnist and drama critic. Sheekman entered films as one of the scenarists for the Marx Brothers' Monkey Business (1931), thereby launching a lifelong friendship with Groucho Marx. In addition to providing gags for the Marxes' subsequent Duck Soup (1933), Sheekman also scripted the Groucho-Chico radio series Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel, and ghosted several of Groucho's books, including Beds and Many Happy Returns. While working on the 1933 Eddie Cantor musical Roman Scandals (1933), Sheekman met his future bride, actress Gloria Stuart, with whom he remained married until his death. His later screenwriting assignments included Joe E. Brown's The Gladiator (1938), Danny Kaye's Wonder Man (1945), and the Bing Crosby vehicles Welcome Stranger (1947) and Mr. Music (1950). Arthur Sheekman's last film credit was 1961's Ada.
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Ada
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1961 | |||
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Some Came Running
Screenwriter |
1958 | |||
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Bundle of Joy
Screenwriter |
1956 | |||
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Call Me Madam
Screenwriter |
1953 | |||
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Young Man with Ideas
Screenwriter |
1952 | |||
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Mr. Music
Screenwriter |
1950 | |||
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Dear Wife
Screenwriter |
1949 | |||
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Dream Girl
Screenwriter |
1948 | |||
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Hazard
Screenwriter |
1948 | |||
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Saigon
Screenwriter |
1948 | |||
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Blaze of Noon
Screenwriter |
1947 | |||
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Dear Ruth
Screenwriter |
1947 | |||
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The Trouble with Women
Screenwriter |
1947 | |||
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Welcome Stranger
Screenwriter |
1947 | |||
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Blue Skies
Screenwriter |
1946 | |||
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Wonder Man
Screen Story |
1945 | |||
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The Gladiator
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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Dimples
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Pigskin Parade
Screen Story |
1936 | |||
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Rose of the Rancho
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1936 | |||
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Stowaway
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Kid Millions
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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Duck Soup
Additional Dialogue |
1933 | |||
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Roman Scandals
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Monkey Business
Screenwriter |
1931 |