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John Howard Lawson (September 25, 1894 – August 11, 1977) was an American writer, specializing in plays and screenplays. After starting with plays for theaters in New York City, he worked in Hollywood on writing for films. [1] He was the first president of the Writers Guild of America, West after the Screen Writers Guild divided ...
John Howard Lawson (born Sept. 25, 1894, New York City—died Aug. 11, 1977, San Francisco) was a U.S. playwright, screenwriter, and member of the “Hollywood Ten,” who was jailed (1948–49) and blacklisted for his refusal to tell the House Committee on Un-American Activities about his political allegiances. Lawson’s early works, such as ...
13 de abr. de 2023 · John Howard Lawson was a playwright, screenwriter, and labor leader who was blacklisted by HUAC in 1947. His granddaughters share his legacy and his defiant testimony in a film series at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
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Playwright and screenwriter John Howard Lawson, the president and organizing force of the Screen Writers’ Guild and acknowledged leader of the Communist Party in Hollywood in the late 1930s, became the first “unfriendly” witness subpoenaed to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) on October 27, 1947.
This chapter from a book by Gerald Horne traces the life and career of John Howard Lawson, a screenwriter and a leader of the Hollywood Ten, a group of filmmakers who refused to testify before HUAC in 1947. It examines how Lawson was targeted by the anti-Communist crusade and how he defended his political beliefs and artistic freedom.
John Howard Lawson was the first president and co-founder of the Screen Writers Guild, and one of the blacklisted “Hollywood Ten.” He wrote for talkies, plays, and film theory books, and was jailed for contempt of Congress in 1947.
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