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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.
Aug 19, 2024 · Sidney Howard, American playwright who helped to bring psychological as well as theatrical realism to the American stage. His notable plays included They Knew What They Wanted (1924), The Silver Cord (1926), and Yellow Jack (1934; cowritten with Paul de Kruif).
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Sidney Howard has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his work on the play "They Knew What They Wanted".
Category: American plays by writer.
They Knew What They Wanted is a 1924 play written by Sidney Howard. The play premiered on Broadway in 1924 and had three Broadway revivals as well as a London production.
Dec 18, 2021 · All The Drama: “They Knew What They Wanted” by Sidney Howard, 1925 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama. All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Dec 18, 2007 · Howard’s screenplays for Sinclair Lewis’s Arrowsmith and Dodsworth won Academy Awards. Dodsworth also became Howard’s biggest Broadway hit.
