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Maxwell Anderson
Writer, Additional Credits
Born December 15, 1888Died February 28, 1959 (70 years)
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.
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| 1998 | Meet Joe Black · as Original Film Writer |
| 1975 | |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur · as Contributing Writer |
| 1958 | |
| 1956 | The Wrong Man · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | Ford Star Jubilee (TV Series) |
| 1944 | |
| 1935 | |
| 1935 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · as Contributing Writer |
| 1934 | Death Takes a Holiday · as Screenplay |
| 1932 | Rain · as Screenplay |
| 1929 |