John Lee Mahin
John Lee Mahin (born August 23, 1902 in Evanston , Illinois , † April 18, 1984 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American screenwriter .
Life
John Lee Mahin worked as a reporter after studying at Harvard. The screenwriter Ben Hecht established contacts to the film industry and their first collaboration with the film Scarface was a great success. In the following years, Mahin was hired as a script doctor , even without being named in the credits , to revise the scripts of other authors, for example for Gone with the Wind . During the McCarthy era , Mahin took an active part in eliminating alleged communist influences in the film industry.
In 1938 and 1958 he was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Adapted Screenplay . In 1968 he received the Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement from the Writers Guild of America .
From 1937 to 1946 he was married to the silent film star Patsy Ruth Miller .
Filmography (selection)
- 1932: Tiger Hai ( Tiger Shark )
- 1932: Jungle in a Storm ( Red Dust )
- 1933: The Prizefighter and the Lady ( The Prizefighter and the Lady )
- 1932: Scarface
- 1933: Eskimo
- 1934: In golden chains ( Chained )
- 1934: Treasure Island ( Treasure Iceland )
- 1935: Tolle Marietta ( Naughty Marietta )
- 1936: Love on the Run
- 1936: small town girl ( Small Town Girl )
- 1936: His secretary ( Wife vs. Secretary )
- 1937: Manuel ( Captains Courageous )
- 1937: The Last Gangster ( The Last Gangster )
- 1938: Too Hot to Handle ( Too Hot to Handle )
- 1940: The Daredevil ( Boom Town )
- 1940: Doctor and Demon ( Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde )
- 1941: The Dead Lives ( Johnny Eager )
- 1942: Tortilla Flat
- 1951: Mississippi Melody ( Show Boat )
- 1951: Quo vadis? ( Quo Vadis )
- 1953: Elephants path ( Elephant Walk )
- 1953: Mogambo
- 1955: The Bad Seed ( The Bad Seed )
- 1956: The Sailor and the Nun ( Heaven knows, Mr. Allison )
- 1959: The last command ( The Horse Soldiers )
- 1960: Land of a Thousand Adventures ( North to Alaska )
Web links
- John Lee Mahin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 222.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mahin, John Lee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Evanston , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1984 |
| Place of death | Santa Monica , California |