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Tycoon (1947) was a Romance - Adventure Film directed by Richard Wallace and produced by Stephen Ames.

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The Last Tycoon (1976)

on Jan 8, 2014 From Journeys in Classic Film

The Last Tycoon was the final work by author F. Scott Fitzgerald; unfinished due to Fitzgerald’s death by heart attack, the book was “completed” as best it could and in 1976, Hollywood decided to take on the unfinished novel and turn it into an unfinished movie.? Hollywood is death... Read full article


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Johnny Munroe: I've got a railroad to build.


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Produced for $3.209 million, this was RKO's biggest flop of 1947, losing $1.035 million.
Jan Sterling's movie debut.
Maureen O'Hara was originally to play the female lead in this film. RKO producers, however, assigned her to make Sinbad the Sailor and cast Laraine Day instead.
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