AMERICAN DRAMATISTS
FORBES' RICHEST PEOPLE
FROM THE YIDDI"SCH"
NAME THE JAMES
DIRECTORS' FIRST FEATURES
200
'About ex-wife Marilyn Monroe, this playwright said, "I took her as a serious actress before I ever met her"'
Arthur Miller
200
'Worth $53.5 billion, Carlos Slim, owner of Telmex, became the first person from this country to top the Forbes list'
Mexico
200
'The nose'
the schnoz
200
'...who partnered with Nathaniel Currier in a printmaking firm'
(James) Ives
200
'"Sixteen Candles"
(1984)'
John Hughes
400
'This longtime love of Dashiell Hammett was the inspiration for Nora Charles in Hammett's "Thin Man" series'
Lillian Hellman
400
'His net worth jumped by $13 billion, but he slipped to No. 2 in part because of his charitable donations'
(Bill) Gates
400
'To converse with the aim of gaining an advantage or making a connection'
schmooze
400
'...who was shot during an assassination attempt on President Reagan'
James Brady
400
'"The 40-Year-Old Virgin"
(2005)'
Judd Apatow
600
'This "Oleanna" playwright also wrote the movie "Wag the Dog"'
David Mamet
600
'Last year's No. 2, this Nebraskan dropped to No. 3 with a mere $47 billion'
Warren Buffett
600
'A routine that's a standard part of a comedian's repertoire'
a schtick
600
'...who was the commander of the Royal Society's 1768 expedition to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus'
James Cook
600
'"American Beauty"
(1999)'
Sam Mendes
800
'He wrote a 10-play cycle of the black experience, each covering a decade; "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" was set in the '20s'
(August) Wilson
800
'"Spider-Man" mogul Isaac Perlmutter made the list after making $400 million selling this comic company to Disney'
Marvel
800
'Mazel is luck; this word sometimes paired with "schlemiel" refers to a luckless failure'
a schlamazel
800
'...who, for the 1992 election, coined the phrase "It's the economy, stupid"'
James Carville
800
'"The Maltese Falcon"
(1941)'
Huston
1000
'In an attempt to write a hit to finance the Group Theatre, he wrote "Golden Boy" in 1937'
Clifford Odets
1000
'The appropriately named Li Ka-shing is the richest man from this island territory that changed hands in 1997'
Hong Kong
1000
'"The whole" this is the Yiddish-derived version of another culture's "the whole enchilada"'
the whole schmear
1000
'...who made literary films like "Howard's End" with Ismail Merchant'
James Ivory
1000
'"Mondo Trasho"
(1969)'
John Waters
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