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That is the kind of ad I like. Facts, facts, facts.

Samuel Goldwyn

Samuel Goldwyn (1882–1974), U.S. film producer. Quoted in Arthur Marx, Goldwyn: the Man Behind the Myth, ch. 16 (1976).

Goldwyn referred to an advertisement for the film We Live Again (1934), describing it as "The greatest motion picture in all history, by the world's most outstanding writer. The directorial genius of Mamoulian, the beauty of Anna Sten and the producing genius of Goldwyn have combined to make the greatest entertainment in the world." The movie flopped.

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