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Maxwell Anderson
Atlantic, Pennsylvania, U.S.
James Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 – 28 February 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist. Anderson faced many challenges in his career, freq…
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James Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 – 28 February 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist. Anderson faced many challenges in his career, frequently losing jobs for expressing his opinions or supporting controversial figures. Despite this, he found success as a dramatist and wrote a number of hit plays, including What Price Glory, Both Your Houses, and The Bad Seed. Many of his works were adapted for the screen, and he wrote screenplays for other authors' works as well. Anderson was married three times and had a tumultuous personal life, dying in 1959 after suffering a stroke. His papers and personal effects can be found in various institutions, with the largest collection housed at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maxwell Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
The Boots on the Western Front
Movie Adaptation
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2022
The Bad Seed Returns
Movie Theatre Play
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2018
The Bad Seed
Movie Theatre Play
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2005
The Royal Games
Movie Author
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1998
Meet Joe Black
Movie Original Film Writer
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1998
Yalınayak Sokrates
Movie Scenario Writer
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1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 1992
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1985
The Bad Seed
Movie Theatre Play
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1982
The Gentlemen from Congress
Movie Theatre Play
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1975
Valley Forge
Movie Writer
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1974
Lost in the Stars
Movie Lyricist
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1969
Anne of the Thousand Days
Movie Theatre Play
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1968
Elizabeth the Queen
Movie Theatre Play
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1966
Barefoot in Athens
Movie Writer
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1966
The Star Wagon
Movie Writer
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1966
NET Playhouse
TV show Writer
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1963
The Bad Seed
Movie Story
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1960
Midnight Lace
Movie Songs
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1959
Winterset
Movie Writer
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1959
Never Steal Anything Small
Movie Theatre Play
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1957
The Star Wagon
Movie Writer
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1956
The Wrong Man
Movie Screenplay
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1956
The Bad Seed
Movie Theatre Play
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1956
High Tor
Movie Theatre Play
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1954
A Christmas Carol
Movie Teleplay
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1952
What Price Glory
Movie Theatre Play
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1948
Joan of Arc
Movie Theatre Play
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1948
Key Largo
Movie Theatre Play
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1948
In the Shadow of the Bridge
Movie Story
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1944
The Eve of St. Mark
Movie Writer
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1944
Knickerbocker Holiday
Movie Theatre Play
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1940
Saturday's Children
Movie Theatre Play
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1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Movie Theatre Play
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1936
Winterset
Movie Author
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1936
Mary of Scotland
Movie Theatre Play
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1935
So Red the Rose
Movie Writer
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1935
Maybe It's Love
Movie Theatre Play
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1934
We Live Again
Movie Adaptation
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1934
Death Takes a Holiday
Movie Screenplay
