bibliography
NNDB
This is a beta version of NNDB
Search: for

John Howard Lawson

John Howard LawsonBorn: 25-Sep-1894
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 11-Aug-1977
Location of death: San Francisco, CA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Playwright, Screenwriter

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: One of the Hollywood Ten

Military service: American Field Service (ambulance driver, WWI)

Wife: Kate Drain Lawson
Wife: Susan Edmond

    University: Williams College (1910-14)

    Communist Party USA 1934-
    Hollywood Anti-Nazi League
    Screen Writers Guild President
    HUAC Hearings
    Contempt of Congress 24-Nov-1947
    Hollywood Blacklist
    Assisted by the ACLU

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    RBG (21-Jan-2018) · Himself

Author of books:
Theory and Technique of Playwriting (1936)
Theory and Technique of Playwriting and Screenwriting (1949)
The Hidden Heritage: A Rediscovery of the Ideas and Forces That Link the Thought of Our Time with the Culture of the Past (1950)
Film in the Battle of Ideas (1953)
Film: The Creative Process (1964)

Wrote plays:
Roger Bloomer (1923)
Processional (1925)
Loud Speaker (1927)
The International (1928)
Marching Song (1937)


New!
NNDB MAPPER
Create a map starting with John Howard Lawson
Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.

Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile



Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications