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John Howard Lawson
Highest Rated: Not Available
Lowest Rated: Not Available
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.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Careless Years | Screenwriter | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman | Screenwriter | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Counter-Attack | Writer | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | Action in the North Atlantic | Screenwriter | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Earthbound | Writer | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Blockade | Screenwriter | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Algiers | Writer | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Success at Any Price | Screenwriter | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sea Bat | Screenwriter | - | 1930 |