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Name: W(illiam) R(iley) Burnett
Variant Name: W. R(iley) Burnett, William Riley Burnett, John Monahan, James Updyke
Birth Date: November 25, 1899
Death Date: April 25, 1982
Nationality: American
Gender: Male

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Biography of W(illiam) R(iley) Burnett
10,180 words, approx. 34 pages
An author of Westerns and a successful screenwriter, W. R. Burnett is best known for his hard-boiled crime fiction. With the popular and critical success of the novels Little Caesar (1929) and The Asphalt Jungle (1949), he all but created two popular...
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Biography of W(illiam) R(iley) Burnett
2,002 words, approx. 7 pages
W. R. Burnett, author of thirty-four novels and a collaborator on screenplays for sixty motion pictures, distinguished himself by writing several prototypical works on the American underworld and gangsters. Three of his novels, Little Caesar (1929),...


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William R. Burnett Information
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William Riley Burnett (November 25, 1899 - April 25, 1982), often credited as W. R. Burnett, was an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best know for the crime novel, Little Caesar, whose film adaptation is considered the first of the classic...


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The Washington Post
Burnett Unburnished; Robin Williams Enlivens A Fitful Special on ABC
02/10/1987: 859 words, approx. 3 pages
Prime time has been a poorer place-and it was already plenty poor enough-since 1978, when Carol Burnett's weekly CBS variety hour left the air. Burnett returned with a brief, four-week revival on ABC in 1979, and tonight alights there again with "A Carol Burnett...
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Advertising Age
TOYS `R' US, BURNETT TALKING COMPENSATION.(Business Brief)
05/10/1999: 892 words, approx. 3 pages
[Paramus, N.J.] Toys "R" Us is in compensation discussions with Leo Burnett USA, Chicago, for its $50 million creative account, executives familiar with the deal said. Other review contenders include Deutsch, New York, and Doner, Southfield, Mich. Toys "R" Us and the agencies declined...
 


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