Winfield R. Sheehan


Executive, Producer

About

Also Known As
Winfield Sheehan, W. R. Sheehan
Birth Place
Buffalo, New York, USA
Born
September 24, 1883

Family & Companions

Maria Jeritza
Wife
Opera singer.

Biography

Filmography

 

Writer (Feature Film)

She Wanted a Millionaire (1932)
Contract Writer
Disorderly Conduct (1932)
Contract Writer

Producer (Feature Film)

Captain Eddie (1945)
Producer
Florian (1940)
Producer
Way Down East (1935)
Producer
George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)
Producer
Bad Boy (1935)
Executive Producer
One More Spring (1935)
Producer
Curly Top (1935)
Producer
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
Producer
Murder in Trinidad (1934)
Executive Producer
Hold That Girl (1934)
Executive Producer
She Was a Lady (1934)
Executive Producer
Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
Executive Producer
I Believed in You (1934)
Executive Producer
Call It Luck (1934)
Executive Producer
Frontier Marshal (1934)
Executive Producer
Sleepers East (1934)
Executive Producer
David Harum (1934)
Producer
I Am Suzanne! (1934)
Executive Producer
Baby Take a Bow (1934)
Executive Producer
Orient Express (1934)
Executive Producer
Coming Out Party (1934)
Executive Producer
Handy Andy (1934)
Executive Producer
Such Women Are Dangerous (1934)
Executive Producer
Ever Since Eve (1934)
Executive Producer
Pursued (1934)
Vice-President and General Manager
3 on a Honeymoon (1934)
Executive Producer
Change of Heart (1934)
Producer
Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
Producer
Marie Galante (1934)
Producer
Now I'll Tell (1934)
Producer
Carolina (1934)
Producer
Servants' Entrance (1934)
Producer
The World Moves On (1934)
Producer
Bottoms Up (1934)
Executive Producer
Shanghai Madness (1933)
Supervisor
Cavalcade (1933)
Producer
Doctor Bull (1933)
Producer
State Fair (1933)
Producer
Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933)
Producer
Body and Soul (1931)
Vice-president and gen Manager
East Lynne (1931)
Vice-president and gen Manager
Fig Leaves (1926)
Supervisor

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

The Man Who Came Back (1931)
Personal Supervisor

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Farmer Takes A Wife, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Albany To Buffalo Director Victor Fleming’s opening, Slim Summerville as Erie Canal agent Friendly, Jane Withers as young Della, laying down some lore before we meet Weaver (Roger Imhof), Elmer (Andy Devine) and Ivy (Kitty Kelly), in The Farmer Takes A Wife, 1935, starring Henry Fonda an Janet Gaynor.
Farmer Takes A Wife, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Who Is That Lady? Notable as Henry Fonda’s first scene in his first movie, a new arrival in 1853 Rome, NY, after we meet Janet Gaynor as Molly, Charles Bickford as canal-boat captain Jotham, with Jane Withers, Margaret Hamilton, John Qualen, Andy Devine, Slim Summerville among the locals, in The Farmer Takes A Wife, 1935.
Farmer Takes A Wife, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) I Could've Said A Buffalo Female Tied up overnight in foggy Rochester, Erie Canal boat cook Molly (Janet Gaynor) visits with smitten Dan (Henry Fonda), aspiring farmer and employee on another boat, when her captain Klore (Charles Bickford), a renowned drinker, appears, having observed the lottery drawing, in The Farmer Takes A Wife, 1935.
State Fair (1933) -- (Movie Clip) All Women Want Thrills Iowa farm girl Margy (Janet Gaynor), venturing out into the fairgrounds because her escort brother didn't show up, meets citified newsman Pat (Lew Ayres) on the roller-coaster, camera by Hal Mohr, Henry King directing, in State Fair, 1933.
State Fair (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Hog Or No Hog! Opening the hit original version of the novel by Philip Strong that would become the basis for the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein movie musical, farmer Frake (Will Rogers) deals with his hog, his wife (Louise Dresser) and daughter (Janet Gaynor), in State Fair, 1933.
State Fair (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Three Rings For A Dime We learn that one of our protagonists, rural farmer's son Wayne (Norman Foster), has returned to the Iowa State Fair determined to get even with the carny (Victor Jory) who fleeced him last year, pretty Emily (Sally Eilers) arriving to support, early in the original State Fair, 1933.
Curly Top (1935) -- (Movie Clip) I Can Recite Morgan (John Boles), a trustee of the orphanage who’s suddenly much richer after an inheritance, has asked for an interview with troublesome inmate Elizabeth (Shirley Temple), laying on the charm, early in Twentieth Century-Fox’s Curly Top, 1935.
Curly Top (1935) -- (Movie Clip) As If You Were A Princess Now at the Southampton cottage of Edward (John Boles) and his aunt (Esther Dale), orphan Elizabeth (Shirley Temple, who, along with sister Rochelle Hudson, thinks they’ve been adopted by an absent benefactor) enlists butler Arthur Treacher's help in society manners, in Curly Top, 1935.

Companions

Maria Jeritza
Wife
Opera singer.

Bibliography