"We're working under pressure. After nine years of effort, we are, as the race track enthusiast might say, in the home stretch. Three more years and our encyclopedia will be finished. Let's not bog down in the middle of the letter S."
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1940s American filmsRomantic comedy filmsUnited States National Film Registry filmsFilms based on short fictionFilms directed by Howard Hawks
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