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The Subterraneans (1960) was a Drama Film directed by Ranald MacDougall and produced by Arthur Freed.

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Mardou Fox: Our town changed hands six times. My mother changed hands more often than that.


Mardou Fox: I go through men as other women go through money. I'm a spendthrift with men ... I want so badly to be a miser!


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In the novel, the character of Mardou Fox is African American and Cherokee, as was the actual woman Jack Kerouac based the character on.
In 1958, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer paid Jack Kerouac $15,000 (approximately $100,000 in 2006 dollars) for the rights to his book. Kerouac used the money to buy a house in Long Island, the first he had ever owned.
Diahann Carroll was considered for the role of Mardou.
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