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The Go-Getter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ3521058
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The Go-Getter may refer to:

"The Go-Getter" (short story), a 1931 short story by English-American author P. G. Wodehouse

The Go-Getter (1923 film), American silent comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith

The Go Getter (1937 film), American film starring George Brent and Anita Louise

The Go-Getter (1956 film), American film directed by Leigh Jason

The Go-Getter (2007 film), an American independent road movie

"The Go-Getter", a 1977 episode of the television series The Waltons

The Go-Getter: a Story That Tells You How to Be One, a 1921 short novel (novella) by American author Peter B. Kyne

"Go-Getters", a song by Mori Calliope

"Go Getters", a 2016 television episode of The Walking Dead

"The Go Getter", a track on the 2010 Black Keys album Brothers

See also

Getter Robo Go (also known as Gettā Robo Gō?

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