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- Kenneth McEldowney was born on August 8, 1906 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer, known for The River (1951) and Autour du fleuve (2006). He died on January 5, 2004 in Burbank, California, USA.
- A successful florist and real estate agent in Los Angeles, he complained to his wife, an MGM publicist, about one of her studio's films, so she dared him to do better. He sold their home and floral shops, and from 1947 to 1951 worked to produce The River (1951). It opened in New York to a record 34-week run at reserved-seat prices and was on several 10-best movie lists in 1951, and grossed more than $16 million. He then returned to real estate and never made another movie, because, he said "I did it once. I proved my point."
- A florist, he provided flowers for such Hollywood events as the first Academy Awards in 1929 and Jean Harlow's funeral.
- Moved to Los Angeles as a child and studied business administration at UCLA.
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