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Sidney Howard


Born
in Oakland, California, The United States
June 26, 1891

Died
August 23, 1939

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Sidney Coe Howard was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1925 and a posthumous Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay in 1940 for the screenplay for Gone with the Wind. This was the first time a posthumous nominee for any Oscar won the award. He had been twice previously nominated for his adaptations of the Sinclair Lewis novels Arrowsmith , and Dodsworth . ...more

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Average rating: 3.6 · 181 ratings · 27 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors
Gone with the Wind: The Scr...
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4.07 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1980 — 14 editions
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They Knew What They Wanted
3.02 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1925 — 3 editions
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The Silver Cord
3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1927 — 15 editions
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Gone with the Wind
4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions
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Yellow Jack
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3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1934 — 10 editions
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Alien Corn
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1933 — 5 editions
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Paths of Glory
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The little blind god a-whee...
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1896 — 18 editions
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Dodsworth
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風と共に去りぬ〈上〉
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“One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.
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― Sidney Howard
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“He’s a pagan! I’m an artist! We’re naturally sympathetic!”
― Sidney Howard
tags: artists, creativity, pagan
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“Truth has to be credible or it makes as much trouble as any lie!”
― Sidney Howard
tags: lies, truth
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