John Howard Lawson
John Howard Lawson (born September 25, 1894 in New York , † August 11, 1977 in San Francisco , California ) was an American playwright and screenwriter .
Life
After studying at Williams College , Lawson became one of the most influential playwrights of the 1920s and 1930s. He was the first president of the Screen Writers Guild , a predecessor of the Writers Guild of America . Between 1928 and 1947 he worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood . For Blockade he was nominated for an Oscar in 1939 .
After the early expressionist plays Roger Bloomer and Processional , he wrote pieces that showed his Marxist beliefs. He was one of the Hollywood Ten and served a one-year prison sentence from 1950-51 for refusing to testify before the Committee on Un-American Activities , citing the first amendment to the US Constitution . After his release, he could only work for the film industry under a pseudonym.
He taught at various universities and wrote film theory works, including the book Film in the Battles of Idea published in 1953 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1929: dynamite (dynamite)
- 1934: Treasure Island (Treasure Iceland)
- 1935: Party Wire
- 1938: blockade
- 1938: Algiers
- 1939: Music for Life (They Shall Have Music)
- 1943: Sahara
- 1943: Action in the North Atlantic (Action in the North Atlantic)
- 1947: Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Works (selection)
- Roger Bloomer (1923)
- Processional (1925)
- Loud speaker (1927)
- The international (1927)
- Success story (1932)
- Gentlewoman (1934)
- Marching song (1937)
Web links
- John Howard Lawson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about John Howard Lawson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Collection of publications by John Howard Lawson at the University of Southern Illinois
- Entries in WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ List ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the former President of the Screen Writers Guild
- ↑ Entry in the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Short biography on the pages of the University of Southern Illinois
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lawson, John Howard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American playwright and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | new York |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 1977 |
| Place of death | San Francisco , California |