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19 Aug 1915

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Ring Lardner, Jr.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner Jr. (August 19, 1915 – October 31, 2000) was an American journalist and screenwriter blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios during the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s. Ring Lardner Jr. moved to Hollywood where he worked as a publicist and "script doctor" before writing his own material. This included Woman of the Year, a film that won him an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay in 1942. He also worked on the scripts for the films Laura (1944), Brotherhood of Man (1946), Forever Amber (1947), and M*A*S*H (1970). The script of the latter earned him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Lardner held strong left-wing views and during the Spanish Civil War he helped raise funds for the Republican cause. He was also involved in organizing anti-fascist demonstrations. His brother, James Lardner, was a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, and was killed in action in Spain in 1938. Although his political involvement upset the owners of the film studios, he continued to be given work and in 1947 became one of the highest paid scriptwriters in Hollywood when he signed a contract with 20th Century Fox at $2,000 a week.

Red Hollywood

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The Hollywood Ten

15 January 1950

Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

8 January 2000

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

19 January 1990

M*A*S*H

18 February 1970

Laura

11 October 1944

M*A*S*H

17 September 1972

The Cincinnati Kid

15 October 1965

Woman of the Year

5 February 1942

Cloak and Dagger

28 September 1946