• How Onions Influenced Hollywood

  • Nov 29 2021
  • Length: 17 mins
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How Onions Influenced Hollywood

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  • Join Matthew Duncan as he takes a brief look at how an opportunistic onion farmer in 1950’s Chicago influenced the box office return of modern-day Hollywood movies.  

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