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William Anthony McGuire (July 9 1881 – September 16 1940) was a playwright theatre director and producer and an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter including The Kid From Spain (1932) starring Eddie Cantor. McGuire won an Oscar for the 1936 film The Great Ziegfeld.Born in Chicago Illinois McGuire made his Broadway debut in 1910 as author of the play The Heights.