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John Meehan

John Meehan

Writer · 1884–1954 · Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

John Meehan, a Canadian-born playwright and screenwriter (initially a stage actor), was a two-time Academy Award Best Writing nominee for The Divorcee (1930) and Boys Town (1938).

Wrote 26

1940s

  1. 1948

    Three Daring Daughters

    Screenplay

  2. 1945

    The Valley of Decision

    Screenplay

    73
  3. 1944

    Kismet

    Screenplay

    59
  4. 1940

    Seven Sinners

    Screenplay

    68

1930s

  1. 1938

    Boys Town

    Screenplay

    75

  2. Stardust

    Screenplay

  3. 1937

    Madame X

    Screenplay

  4. 1936

    His Brother's Wife

    Screenplay

  5. 1935

    I've Been Around

    Story, Screenplay

  6. 1934

    The Painted Veil

    Screenplay

    65

  7. What Every Woman Knows

    Screenplay

  8. Sadie McKee

    Screenplay

  9. 1933

    Dinner at Eight

    Writer

    78

  10. The Prizefighter and the Lady

    Screenplay

  11. Stage Mother

    Writer

  12. When Ladies Meet

    Screenplay

  13. 1932

    The Washington Masquerade

    Dialogue

  14. Letty Lynton

    Writer

  15. 1931

    The Phantom of Paris

    Dialogue

  16. The Miracle Woman

    Theatre Play

  17. A Free Soul

    Dialogue

  18. Strangers May Kiss

    Dialogue

  19. 1930

    A Lady's Morals

    Dialogue

  20. Mrs. Lies

    Screenplay

  21. The Divorcee

    Dialogue

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Lady Lies

    Screenplay, Theatre Play

Other crew 4

1930s

  1. 1939

    Babes in Arms

    Additional Writing

  2. 1935

    Peter Ibbetson

    Additional Writing

    72
  3. 1931

    This Modern Age

    Additional Dialogue

  4. Son of India

    Additional Dialogue

Directed 1

1930s

  1. 1930

    The Divorcee

    Script Supervisor

Thanked in the credits1

1970s

  1. 1976

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    Thanks