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John Howard Lawson
Writer 1894 - 1977

John Howard Lawson

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... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

6 titles
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Stuart Heisler 1947 1h 43m 7.0

A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.

Sahara

Sahara

Zoltan Korda 1943 1h 37m 7.0

In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic

Lloyd Bacon 1943 2h 6m 7.8

Lieutenant Joe Rossi is 1st Officer on a Liberty Ship in a great convoy bound from Halifax to Murmansk. After German subs crushed the convoy his ship loses the convoy and is heading alone to Murmansk. In spite of attacks by German planes and subs he get the ship safely to Murmansk.

Algiers

Algiers

John Cromwell 1938 1h 36m 5.0

A wanted jewel thief ensconced in the Casbah meets a beautiful woman who makes him long for an escape.

Good-bye Love

Good-bye Love

H. Bruce Humberstone 1933 1h 7m 4.0

A sexy golddigger lands who she thinks is a wealthy big-game hunter from a royal family. What she doesn't know is that not only is he not wealthy, nor a big-game hunter nor from a royal family, but he's only a butler. Complications ensue as he tries to keep up the pretense.

Our Blushing Brides

Our Blushing Brides

Harry Beaumont 1930 1h 39m

Gerry, Connie, and Franky are small-town girls seeking wealthy husbands in New York City. But, while Connie and Franky are reckless with their affections — one bedding a married man and the other marrying a scoundrel — Gerry is determined to remain practical.

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