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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1894
- Died
- 1977
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Brief of Alexander Meiklejohn, of Cultural Workers in Motion Pictures and Other Arts, and of members of the professions, as amici curiae
- Blockade
- Algiers (1938)
- Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
- Horiuddo no uchimaku
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
John Howard Lawson (September 25, 1894 – August 11, 1977) was an American writer. He was for several years head of the Hollywood division of the Communist Party USA. He was also the organization's cultural manager and answered directly to V.J. Jerome, the Party's New York-based cultural chief. He was the first president of the Writers Guild of America, West after the Screen Writers Guild divided…
Known for
- Arthur Miller: Writer — Self (archive footage)2017
- Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire — Self - Screenwriter (archive footage)2014
- The Majestic — Self (Hollywood Ten, testifies) (archive footage) (uncredited)2001
- Red Hollywood — Himself (archive footage)1996
- The Hollywood Ten — Self1950
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1946-01-14
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Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 5
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Lawson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- playwright
- Educated at
- Williams College
- Employer
- Loyola Marymount University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- John Howard Lawson (1894–1977).png
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- date of birth
- 1895-09-25
- date of death
- 1977-08-14
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Story
- member of
- Hollywood Ten
- pseudonym
- Edward Lewis
- Commons category
- John Howard Lawson
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