Maxwell Anderson
About
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Also Known As
James Maxwell Anderson
Birth Place
Atlantic, Pennsylvania, USA
Born
December 15, 1888
Died
February 28, 1959
Cause of Death
Stroke
Biography
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A noted playwright who occasionally wrote directly for the screen, Maxwell Anderson also wrote original film scripts. His credits include the adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930, with Del Andrews and George Abbott) and Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man" (1956), of his numerous plays adapted for the screen by others, "What Price Glory?" (1926; written with...
Filmography
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American Lifestyles
(1987)
Meet Joe Black
(1998)
From Story
Meet Joe Black
(1998)
Story By
The Bad Seed
(1985)
Play As Source Material
Ben-Hur
(1959)
Contract Writer
Vertigo
(1958)
Contract Writer
Family & Companions
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Margaret Ethel Haskett
Wife
Married 1911 until her death from a stroke in 1931; born 1896.
Mab Maynard
Wife
Actor, secretary. Began a relationship with Anderson in the late 1920s; divorced her first husband in 1933; reportedly married Anderson in 1934 although no record of marriage has ever been found; born 1904; died 1953.
Gilda Hazard
Wife
Married 1954 until Anderson's death in 1959; born 1913.
Biography
A noted playwright who occasionally wrote directly for the screen, Maxwell Anderson also wrote original film scripts. His credits include the adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930, with Del Andrews and George Abbott) and Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man" (1956), of his numerous plays adapted for the screen by others, "What Price Glory?" (1926; written with Laurence Stallings), Michael Curtiz's "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" (1939) and John Huston's "Key Largo" (1948) stand out.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
American Lifestyles
(1987)
Writer (Feature Film)
Meet Joe Black
(1998)
From Story
Meet Joe Black
(1998)
Story By
The Bad Seed
(1985)
Play As Source Material
Ben-Hur
(1959)
Contract Writer
Vertigo
(1958)
Contract Writer
The Wrong Man
(1957)
Screenwriter
The Wrong Man
(1957)
Story
Joan of Arc
(1948)
Screenwriter
A la sombra del puente
(1948)
Argumento Originalinalinal [Original story]
So Red the Rose
(1935)
Screenwriter
Death Takes a Holiday
(1934)
Screenwriter
We Live Again
(1934)
Screenplay Adapted
Rain
(1932)
Screenplay Adapted
Washington Merry-Go-Round
(1932)
Story
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1930)
Adapted and dial
Music (Feature Film)
My House in Umbria
(2003)
Song
Pink Lightning
(1991)
Song
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
(1989)
Theme Lyrics
Radio Days
(1987)
Song
Lost in the Stars
(1974)
From Musical Play ("Lost In The Stars")
I Could Go On Singing
(1963)
Composer
Pepe
(1961)
Composer
Midnight Lace
(1960)
Composer
Never Steal Anything Small
(1959)
Composer
September Affair
(1951)
Composer
Knickerbocker Holiday
(1944)
Composer
Writer (Special)
Winterset
(1959)
Play As Source Material
A Christmas Carol
(1954)
Writer
Music (Special)
The Music of Kurt Weill: September Songs
(1995)
Theme Lyrics
The House I Live In
(1989)
Theme Lyrics
A Christmas Carol
(1954)
Theme Lyrics
Special Thanks (Special)
Winterset
(1959)
Play As Source Material
A Christmas Carol
(1954)
Writer
Life Events
1911
Worked as a high school English teacher and did editorial work for San Francisco newspapers
1923
Wrote first play, "The White Desert"
1926
His play "What Price Glory?" (written with Laurence Stallings) was filmed
1930
Contributed dialogue to the award-winning anti-war film "All Quiet on the Western Front"
1932
Adapted "Rain" for the movies
1933
Received Pulitzer Prize for his verse drama "Both Your Houses"
1934
Co-wrote the film adaptation of "Death Takes a Holiday"
1935
Penned the award-winning "Winterset"
1936
Enjoyed stage success with "High Tor"
1938
Co-founded The Playwright's Company which produced many of his subsequent plays
1939
Wrote the stage play "Key Largo"
1946
Penned "Joan of Lorraine"
1954
Enjoyed stage success with "The Bad Seed"; play filmed in 1956
1959
Reportedly did uncredited work on the screenplay for the Oscar-winning "Ben-Hur"
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Family
William Lincoln Anderson
Father
Baptist minister. Born 1863; died 1936.
Charlotte Perrimela Anderson
Mother
Born 1867; died 1934.
Josephine Fitzpatrick
Step-Mother
Married Anderson's father in 1934.
Ethel Mae Anderson
Sister
Born 1887; died 1980.
Lela Blanche Anderson
Sister
Born 1891.
Harold Alfred Anderson
Brother
Born 1895.
Ruth Virginia Anderson
Sister
Born 1898; died 1972.
John Kenneth Anderson
Brother
Twin of Dorothy; born 1902.
Dorothy Elizabeth Anderson
Sister
Twin of John Kenneth; born 1902; died 1962.
Lawrence Anderson
Brother
Born 1913.
Quentin Maxwell Anderson
Son
Born 1912; mother Margaret Haskett.
Alan Haskett Anderson
Son
Born 1917; mother Margaret Haskett.
Terrence Anderson
Son
Born 1921; mother Margaret Haskett.
Hesper Anderson
Daughter
Screenwriter. Born 1934; mother Mab Maynard; wrote screen adaptation of "Children of a Lesser God"; married to Earle Levenstein in 1955; had three children.
Laruel Hazard
Step-Daughter
Lawrence Craig Hazard
Step-Son
Companions
Margaret Ethel Haskett
Wife
Married 1911 until her death from a stroke in 1931; born 1896.
Mab Maynard
Wife
Actor, secretary. Began a relationship with Anderson in the late 1920s; divorced her first husband in 1933; reportedly married Anderson in 1934 although no record of marriage has ever been found; born 1904; died 1953.
Gilda Hazard
Wife
Married 1954 until Anderson's death in 1959; born 1913.
