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Maxwell Anderson

Maxwell Anderson

Writer · 1888–1959 · Atlantic, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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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.

Wrote 43

2020s

  1. 2026

    The Boots on the Western Front

    Adaptation

  2. 2022

    The Bad Seed Returns

    Theatre Play

    59

2000s

  1. 2005

    The Royal Games

    Author

1990s

  1. 1998

    Meet Joe Black

    Original Film Writer

    61

  2. Yalınayak Sokrates

    Scenario Writer

1980s

  1. 1985

    The Bad Seed

    Theatre Play

    57
  2. 1982

    The Gentlemen from Congress

    Theatre Play

1970s

  1. 1975

    Valley Forge

    Writer

  2. 1974

    Lost in the Stars

    Lyricist, Theatre Play

1960s

  1. 1969

    Anne of the Thousand Days

    Theatre Play

    65
  2. 1968

    Elizabeth the Queen

    Theatre Play

  3. 1966

    The Star Wagon

    Writer

  4. NET Playhouse

    Writer

  5. 1963

    The Bad Seed

    Story

1950s

  1. 1959

    Never Steal Anything Small

    Theatre Play, Lyricist

  2. 1957

    The Star Wagon

    Writer

  3. 1956

    The Wrong Man

    Screenplay, Story

    79

  4. The Bad Seed

    Theatre Play

    67

  5. High Tor

    Lyricist, Theatre Play, Writer

  6. 1954

    A Christmas Carol

    Teleplay, Lyricist

  7. 1952

    What Price Glory

    Theatre Play

    61

1940s

  1. 1948

    Joan of Arc

    Theatre Play, Screenplay

    68

  2. Key Largo

    Theatre Play

    80

  3. In the Shadow of the Bridge

    Story

  4. 1944

    The Eve of St. Mark

    Writer

  5. Knickerbocker Holiday

    Theatre Play, Lyricist, Writer

  6. 1940

    Saturday's Children

    Theatre Play

1930s

  1. 1939

    The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

    Theatre Play

    71
  2. 1936

    Winterset

    Author

    61

  3. Mary of Scotland

    Theatre Play

    63
  4. 1935

    So Red the Rose

    Writer

  5. Maybe It's Love

    Theatre Play

  6. 1934

    We Live Again

    Adaptation

  7. Death Takes a Holiday

    Screenplay

  8. 1932

    Washington Merry-Go-Round

    Story

  9. Rain

    Screenplay

    72
  10. 1931

    Women of All Nations

    Characters

  11. 1930

    One Romantic Night

    Adaptation

  12. All Quiet on the Western Front

    Adaptation

    86

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Cock-Eyed World

    Writer

  2. Saturday's Children

    Theatre Play

  3. 1926

    What Price Glory

    Theatre Play

Acted in 1

1990s

  1. 1992

    I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America

    Movie

Sound 1

1960s

  1. 1960

    Midnight Lace

    Songs

Appearances1

1990s

  1. 1996

    Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    Self (archive footage)