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John Howard Lawson

Highest Rated: 92% Sahara (1943)

Lowest Rated: 92% Sahara (1943)

Birthday: Sep 25, 1894

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Left-leaning playwright who moved to Hollywood in 1928 and wrote several, mostly unremarkable films, some on political themes. Lawson served a year in prison because of his refusal to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee and did little film work thereafter.

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Highest-Rated Movies

92% 86% Sahara Watchlist Party Wire Watchlist 40% Blockade Watchlist Goodbye Love Watchlist 58% Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman Watchlist The Careless Years Watchlist Earthbound Watchlist Success at Any Price Watchlist 62% Algiers Watchlist 72% Action in the North Atlantic Watchlist

Filmography

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The Careless Years 1957 Screenwriter Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman 58% 1947 Screenwriter Counter-Attack 60% 1945 Writer Action in the North Atlantic 72% 1943 Screenwriter Sahara 92% 86% 1943 Screenwriter Earthbound 1940 Writer Blockade 40% 1938 Screenwriter Algiers 62% 1938 Writer Party Wire 1935 Screenwriter Goodbye Love 1934 Screenwriter Success at Any Price 1934 Screenwriter The Sea Bat 1930 Screenwriter
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