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John Milton Bright (January 1, 1908 – September 14, 1989) was an American journalist, screenwriter and political activist.
John Bright was born on 1 January 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a writer, known for The Public Enemy (1931), The Accusing Finger (1936) and Blonde Crazy (1931). He was married to Jeanne Dunne. He died on 14 September 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer
- January 1, 1908
- John Bright
- September 14, 1989
Sep 28, 1989 · John M. Bright, a one-time Chicago newspaper reporter who helped through such films as “The Public Enemy” in 1931 establish the gangster film as a powerful motion picture theme, has died in a...
Sep 16, 1989 · John M. Bright, a co-author of the 1931 film ''The Public Enemy,'' which helped establish a new genre of gangster movies, died after a stroke Thursday in Kaiser Hospital in Panorama City,...
John Bright was born on 1 January 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a writer, known for The Public Enemy (1931), The Accusing Finger (1936) and Blonde Crazy (1931). He was married to Jeanne Dunne.
- January 1, 1908
- September 14, 1989
Dec 4, 2012 · The original author and screenwriter for James Cagney's The Public Enemy talks about the film.
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Paul Buhle and Dave Wagner, the authors of Radical Hollywood (2002) argue that Bright was one of the first "left-wingers to have an early remarkable impact" on Hollywood. "Both politically and aesthetically, scriptwriter John Bright was... the first important left-wing innovator in Hollywood.
