The Greeks Had a Word for It

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The Greeks Had a Word for It is a 1930 stage comedy by Zoë Akins about three gold-digging women in New York, later loosely adapted into the film How to Marry a Millionaire.

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instanceOf play ⓘ
stage comedy ⓘ
adaptationType film adaptation ⓘ
adaptedInto How to Marry a Millionaire ⓘ
author Zoë Akins ⓘ
linked to: Zoe Akins
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1930 ⓘ
follows three gold-digging women ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
stage comedy ⓘ
hasAdaptationRelation loosely adapted into How to Marry a Millionaire ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
influencedWork How to Marry a Millionaire ⓘ
isTheBasisFor How to Marry a Millionaire ⓘ
locationOfStory New York City ⓘ
mainCharacter gold-digging woman ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationYear 1930 ⓘ
setting New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
subjectMatter gold diggers in New York ⓘ
money and social status ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
workPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
writer Zoë Akins ⓘ
linked to: Zoe Akins

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How to Marry a Millionaire → basedOn → The Greeks Had a Word for It ⓘ
Zoe Akins → notableWork → The Greeks Had a Word for It ⓘ
Lowell Sherman → directed → The Greeks Had a Word for Them ⓘ
linked to: The Greeks Had a Word for It
Ina Claire → notableWork → The Greeks Had a Word for Them ⓘ
linked to: The Greeks Had a Word for It
Madge Evans → notableWork → The Greeks Had a Word for Them ⓘ
linked to: The Greeks Had a Word for It