Maxwell Anderson
Biography
James Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 – 28 February 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist. Anderson faced many challenges in his career, frequently losing jobs for expressing his opinions or supporting controversial figures. Despite this, he found success as a dramatist and wrote a number of hit plays, including What Price Glory, Both Your Houses, and The Bad Seed. Many of his works were adapted for the screen, and he wrote screenplays for other authors' works as well. Anderson was married three times and had a tumultuous personal life, dying in 1959 after suffering a stroke. His papers and personal effects can be found in various institutions, with the largest collection housed at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maxwell Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Details
Movies (44)
The Bad Seed Returns
Theatre Play (Writing)
2022
The Royal Games
Author (Writing)
2005
Meet Joe Black
Original Film Writer (Writing)
1998
Yalınayak Sokrates
Scenario Writer (Writing)
1998
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1996
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
1992
The Bad Seed
Theatre Play (Writing)
1985
The Gentlemen from Congress
Theatre Play (Writing)
1982
Valley Forge
Writer (Writing)
1975
Lost in the Stars
Lyricist (Writing)
1974
Anne of the Thousand Days
Theatre Play (Writing)
1969
Elizabeth the Queen
Theatre Play (Writing)
1968
Barefoot in Athens
Writer (Writing)
1966
The Star Wagon
Writer (Writing)
1966
The Bad Seed
Story (Writing)
1963
Midnight Lace
Songs (Sound)
1960
Winterset
Writer (Writing)
1959
Never Steal Anything Small
Theatre Play (Writing)
1959
The Star Wagon
Writer (Writing)
1957
The Wrong Man
Screenplay (Writing)
1956
The Bad Seed
Theatre Play (Writing)
1956
High Tor
Theatre Play (Writing)
1956
A Christmas Carol
Teleplay (Writing)
1954
What Price Glory
Theatre Play (Writing)
1952
Joan of Arc
Theatre Play (Writing)
1948
Key Largo
Theatre Play (Writing)
1948
The Eve of St. Mark
Writer (Writing)
1944
Knickerbocker Holiday
Theatre Play (Writing)
1944
Saturday's Children
Theatre Play (Writing)
1940
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Theatre Play (Writing)
1939
Winterset
Author (Writing)
1936
Mary of Scotland
Theatre Play (Writing)
1936
So Red the Rose
Writer (Writing)
1935
Maybe It's Love
Theatre Play (Writing)
1935
We Live Again
Adaptation (Writing)
1934
Death Takes a Holiday
Screenplay (Writing)
1934
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Story (Writing)
1932
Rain
Screenplay (Writing)
1932
Women of All Nations
Characters (Writing)
1931
One Romantic Night
Adaptation (Writing)
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
Adaptation (Writing)
1930
The Cock-Eyed World
Writer (Writing)
1929
Saturday's Children
Theatre Play (Writing)
1929
What Price Glory
Theatre Play (Writing)
1926