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Sidney Howard. Sidney Coe Howard (June 26, 1891 – August 23, 1939) was an American playwright, dramatist and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1925 and a posthumous Academy Award in 1940 for the screenplay for Gone with the Wind .
Sidney Howard (born June 26, 1891, Oakland, California, U.S.—died August 23, 1939, Tyringham, Massachusetts) was an American playwright who helped to bring psychological as well as theatrical realism to the American stage. Howard graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1915 and studied under George Pierce Baker at his ...
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May 29, 2018 · If Sidney Howard had written only the screenplay for Gone with the Wind, he would have earned his place in film history. But in addition to writing America's most popular movie, Howard's talents helped bring prestige and dignity to some of the best films of the 1930s.
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Dec 18, 2007 · According to Andrew Sinclair, who edited and published Howard’s original screenplay, a comparison of Howard’s original text and the actual film, shows that GWTW is 85 percent Howard’s work. Sidney Howard’s life came to a sudden, shocking end in August, 1939, when he died in an accident. GWTW had its premiere in Atlanta four months later.
Sidney Howard was born on 26 June 1891 in Oakland, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), Dodsworth (1936) and Arrowsmith (1931). He was married to Leopoldine Blaine Damrosch and Clare Eames.
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Sidney Howard was an American playwright, dramatist and screenwriter who won the Pulitzer Prize and an Oscar for Gone with the Wind. He also wrote adaptations of novels such as Arrowsmith, Dodsworth and The Prisoner of Zenda.
Dec 18, 2021 · Listen to Jan Simpson's deep dive into They Knew What They Wanted, the 1925 comedy by Sidney Howard that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Find links to Wikipedia, reviews, scripts and more resources on the play and the playwright.
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