John Monk Saunders

Screenwriter

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Birth Place

Hinckley, Minnesota, USA

Born

November 22, 1897

Died

March 11, 1940

Cause of Death

Suicide

Biography

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Journalist and second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps whose screenplays reflect his love of aviation, notably "Wings" (1927), and "The Dawn Patrol" (1930). His second wife was actress Fay Wray to whom he was married from 1928 to 1938....

Filmography

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Conquest Of The Air (1940)

Director () Directo) (Uncredited)

Conquest Of The Air (1940)

A Yank at Oxford (1938)

Based on an idea by

The Dawn Patrol (1938)

I Found Stella Parish (1935)

West Point of the Air (1935)

Photos & Videos

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I Found Stella Parish (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Norman Theater

I Found Stella Parish (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Am I A Wonderful Actress?

Family & Companions

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Fay Wray

Wife

Actor. Married in 1928; divorced in 1938.

Biography

Journalist and second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps whose screenplays reflect his love of aviation, notably "Wings" (1927), and "The Dawn Patrol" (1930). His second wife was actress Fay Wray to whom he was married from 1928 to 1938.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Conquest Of The Air (1940)

Director () Directo) (Uncredited)

Writer (Feature Film)

Conquest Of The Air (1940)

A Yank at Oxford (1938)

Based on an idea by

The Dawn Patrol (1938)

I Found Stella Parish (1935)

West Point of the Air (1935)

Ace of Aces (1933)

The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)

Ace of Aces (1933)

The Last Flight (1931)

The Finger Points (1931)

The Finger Points (1931)

The Dawn Patrol (1930)

She Goes to War (1929)

She Goes to War (1929)

Legion of the Condemned (1928)

The Docks of New York (1928)

Life Events

Videos

I Found Stella Parish (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Norman Theater Opening credits and some framing by theater fans awaiting the star, from Warner Bros. I Found Stella Parish, 1935, starring Kay Francis, Ian Hunter and Paul Lukas, directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

I Found Stella Parish (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Am I A Wonderful Actress? Title character (Kay Francis) with daughter Gloria (Sybil Jason) and confidante-servant Nana (Jessie Ralph) in domestic bliss and hiding the truth from the child, in an early scene from I Found Stella Parish, 1935.

I Found Stella Parish (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Three Old Liars Finishing her performance in a fictional London play, and flush from curtain calls, the title character (Kay Francis) is confronted in the literal sense by her past, the obscured Jeffords (Barton MacLane), in a critical scene from I Found Stella Parish, 1935.

I Found Stella Parish (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Quitting The Stage Disguised as an older lady on board ship, title character (Kay Francis) bumps into inquisitive journalist Lockridge (Ian Hunter) who's beginning to catch the scent, in Mervyn LeRoy's I Found Stella Parish, 1935.

I Found Stella Parish (1935) -- (Movie Clip) This Brief Hour With both their names on the marquee outside, impresario Stephen (Paul Lukas) settles for a date when the title character (Kay Francis) refuses his proposal, in an early scene from I Found Stella Parish, 1935.

Yank At Oxford, A (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Perfectly Beautiful Enemy American jock Lee Sheridan (Robert Taylor) on the train to Oxford, introduces himself to fellow students Beaumont, Wavertree and Ramsey (Griffith Jones, Robert Coote, Peter Croft) when Beaumont's sister Molly (Maureen O'Sullivan) arrives, and a gag is pulled, in A Yank At Oxford, 1938.

Eagle And The Hawk, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) With A Great Big Bang? A nameless "Beautiful Lady" (Carole Lombard) pursues World War I flier Jerry (Fredric March) from a party that ends in a harrowing chat with a child in The Eagle and the Hawk, 1933.

Eagle And The Hawk, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) A Shining Example World War I flier Jerry (Fredric March) confides in the un-named "Beautiful Lady" (Carole Lombard) who has befriended him in The Eagle and the Hawk, 1933, from a story by John Monk Saunders.

Eagle And The Hawk, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) I've Lost Five World War I flier Henry (Cary Grant) watches colleague Jerry (Fredric March) having nightmares about his flight observers who keep dying, then reassures rookie Johnny (Kenneth Howell) in The Eagle and the Hawk, 1933.

Eagle And The Hawk, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Great Danger Opening credits featuring introductory clips for Fredric March, Cary Grant and Jack Oakie in The Eagle and the Hawk, 1933, from a story by John Monk Saunders.

Eagle And The Hawk, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Got Me Grounded! Flight officer Jerry Young (Fredric March) tells his crew who's shipping off to France, leaving out the impetuous Henry Crocker (Cary Grant) in The Eagle and the Hawk, 1933.

Dawn Patrol, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Those Are The Orders Commander Brand (Basil Rathbone) interrupts his Royal Flying Corps unit, who party constantly to cope with stress, with chilling orders, top pilot Courtney (Errol Flynn) first defiant, then happy again with best pal Scotty (David Niven), in the 1938 version of the WWI drama, The Dawn Patrol.

Wings - (Re-issue Trailer) Wings (1927). the epic adventure of two American flyers in World War I, was the first Best Picture winner.

Finger Points, The - (Original Trailer) A naive reporter (Richard Barthelmess) takes payoffs for keeping a prominent gangster out of the papers in The Finger Points (1931) co-starring Fay Wray.

Dawn Patrol, The (1938) - (Original Trailer) A flight commander in France almost cracks under the pressure of sending men to their deaths in The Dawn Patrol (1938) starring Errol Flynn.

I Found Stella Parish - (Original Trailer) An actress (Kay Francis) stops at nothing to protect her daughter from her shady past in I Found Stella Parish (1935), directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

Last Flight, The - (Original Trailer) A group of American vets damaged by World War I live it up in Paris after the war in the Hemingway-inspired The Last Flight (1931).

Family

Susan Saunders

Daughter

Adopted by fay Wray's second husband Robert Riskin.

Companions

Fay Wray

Wife

Actor. Married in 1928; divorced in 1938.

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