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Harry Behn (September 24, 1898 – September 6, 1973) was an American former screenwriter. He was involved in writing scenes and continuities for a number of screenplays, including the war film The Big Parade in 1925, and Hell's Angels. He graduated from Harvard University in 1922.
Harry Behn was born September 24, 1898, in Yavapai County, Arizona. He graduated from Harvard University with an S.B. in 1922. He worked as a scenario writer for motion pictures and was chiefly associated with King Vidor’s films.
Harry Behn wrote and translated poetry, especially haiku, for children and drew on the poetic heritage of Robert Louis Stevenson in his use “child’s voice” as well as what critics called “a thread of transcendentalism.”
Harry Behn (September 24, 1898 – September 6, 1973), also known as Giles Behn, was an American screenwriter and children's author. Harry Behn was born in 1898 in McCabe, Arizona, which is now a ghost town, in Yavapai County in what was then the Arizona Territory.
Sep 10, 1973 · Harry Behn, a scenarist and author of children's books, died Wednesday on a trip to Seville, Spain. He was 74 years old and lived in Greenwich, Conn.
Harry Behn was himself one of the luminous ones. Fortunately for us he had the ability to capture a few of life's elusive wonders and cage them on a page. Yet, like everything else that slips away when grasped, we can't squeeze these poems too tightly for they might escape. They are the breath beyond what is. Harry Behn's own innate talent with
Harry Behn, founder of Phoenix Little Theatre, now Phoenix Theatre. Harry Behn was born in 1898 in McCabe, Arizona, which is now a ghost town, in Yavapai County in what was then the Arizona Territory.
(1898–1973), American poet who wrote and illustrated poems for children as well as adults. His exquisite novel for young adults, The Faraway Lurs (1963), relates how young lovers who lived ...
Harry Behn was born on 24 September 1898 in McCabe, Arizona, USA. He was a writer, known for The Sin Sister (1929), The Big Parade (1925) and Proud Flesh (1925). He was married to Alice Lawrence. He died on 5 September 1973 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.
Harry Behn's papers focus on his work as an author and illustrator of children's books. The collection contains production material for seventeen books published between 1949 and 1971, as well as other related material.
