Landis
Americannoun
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His reason: Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis had to sign off on the all-star game, and he had been appointed to the position in 1920 to clean up baseball’s tarnished image.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
After the success of “The Kentucky Fried Movie,” Landis was tapped to make his 1978 hit “Animal House” a year later.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024
John Landis knew exactly what he was doing in casting John Amos opposite James Earl Jones in 1988’s “Coming to America.”
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024
White Sox owner Charles Comiskey immediately suspended the eight players, including “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, and they were banned permanently a year later by newly appointed baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
Jay Landis shouts, and Ms. Jacobs narrows her eyes at him.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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