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John Howard Lawson (September 25, 1894 – August 11, 1977) was an American writer, specializing in plays and screenplays. After starting with plays for theaters in New York City, he worked in Hollywood on writing for films. [1]
John Howard Lawson was a U.S. playwright, screenwriter, and member of the “Hollywood Ten,” who was jailed (1948–49) and blacklisted for his refusal to tell the House Committee on Un-American Activities about his political allegiances.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Playwright and screenwriter John Howard Lawson, the president and organizing force of the Screen Writers’ Guild and acknowledged leader of the Communist Party in Hollywood in the late 1930s, became the first “unfriendly” witness subpoenaed to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) on October 27, 1947.
Apr 13, 2023 · John Howard Lawson was a playwright, screenwriter, and labor leader who was blacklisted by HUAC in 1947. His granddaughters share his legacy and his defiant testimony in a film series at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
- Ed Rampell
This chapter from a book by Gerald Horne traces the life and career of John Howard Lawson, a screenwriter and a leader of the Hollywood Ten, a group of filmmakers who refused to testify before HUAC in 1947. It examines how Lawson was targeted by the anti-Communist crusade and how he defended his political beliefs and artistic freedom.
Aug 14, 1977 · John Howard Lawson, the screen writer and one of the “Hollywood Ten” who was blacklisted by the motion‐picture industry and jailed for refusing in 1947 to tell a Congressional committee whether...
By 1977 the once-energetic Lawson had slowed down considerably. Now well into his eighties, he had failing eyesight and was experiencing the onset of Parkinson’s disease, a motor system disorder often characterized by tremors, stiffness of limbs, slowness of movement, and impaired balance and coordination.
