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The Adventures of Marco Polo

film by Mayo [1938]

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  • In Archie Mayo: Films of the 1930s

    Mayo’s first freelance project was The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938), a tongue-in-cheek account (scripted by Sherwood) of the Venetian adventurer (Gary Cooper). Next was Youth Takes a Fling (1938), a romantic comedy with a New York shopgirl (Andrea Leeds) pursuing a truck driver (McCrea). They Shall Have Music (1939),…

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