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name: "Howard J. Green"
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born: "20 March 1893"
died: "2 September 1965"
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# Howard J. Green

Writer. Born 20 March 1893 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 2 September 1965.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 March 1893, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 2 September 1965
- **Also known as:** Howard Green
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_J._Green, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3141566, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337914/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103444

## Biography

Howard J. Green was an American screenwriter. Born in San Francisco in 1893, he worked as a journalist before entering the film industry in the late 1920s.

His credits include the scenario for *The Kid Brother* (1927) and the screenplay for *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932). He also contributed to *Morning Glory* (1933) and wrote more than sixty films in total. Green served as the first president of the Screen Writers Guild.

From 1951 he wrote episodes for numerous television series. He died in Los Angeles in 1965.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), Fi1m 85, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md)

## Complete filmography (71)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans* (1957), series, Story
- *The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse* (1953), series, Teleplay
- *The Hawk of Wild River* (1952), Screenplay
- *Joe Santa Claus* (1951), Story
- *My True Story* (1951), Screenplay
- *State Penitentiary* (1950), Screenplay
- *Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang* (1950), Writer
- *The Winner's Circle* (1948), Writer
- *The Invisible Wall* (1947), Writer
- *San Quentin* (1946), Screenplay
- *George White's Scandals* (1945), Screenplay
- *Having Wonderful Crime* (1945), Writer
- *Take It Big* (1944), Screenplay
- *The Racket Man* (1944), Writer
- *Doughboys in Ireland* (1943), Screenplay
- *High Explosive* (1943), Screenplay
- *After Midnight with Boston Blackie* (1943), Screenplay
- *Reveille with Beverly* (1943), Story
- *The Spirit of Stanford* (1942), Screenplay
- *Cadets on Parade* (1942), Screenplay
- *Harmon of Michigan* (1941), Screenplay
- *The Big Boss* (1941), Screenplay, Story
- *The Mad Doctor* (1940), Screenplay
- *Dreaming Out Loud* (1940), Writer
- *Curtain Call* (1940), Story
- *Inside Story* (1939), Producer
- *Making the Headlines* (1938), Screenplay, Story
- *This Way Please* (1937), Screenplay
- *New Faces of 1937* (1937), Adaptation
- *They Met in a Taxi* (1936), Screenplay
- *Devil's Squadron* (1936), Writer
- *If You Could Only Cook* (1935), Screenplay
- *Men Without Names* (1935), Screenplay
- *Star of Midnight* (1935), Screenplay
- *Rumba* (1935), Screenplay
- *The Lemon Drop Kid* (1934), Screenplay
- *Shoot the Works* (1934), Screenplay
- *Sing and Like It* (1934), Associate Producer
- *Success at Any Price* (1934), Screenplay
- *Man of Two Worlds* (1934), Screenplay
- *Morning Glory* (1933), Screenplay
- *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md)
- *They Call It Sin* (1932), Screenplay
- *Blessed Event* (1932), Screenplay
- *The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood* (1932), Writer
- *A Dangerous Affair* (1931), Story
- *Maker of Men* (1931), Story, Screenplay
- *Slaves of Fashion* (1931), Adaptation
- *The Stolen Jools* (1931), Writer
- *The Princess and the Plumber* (1930), Writer
- *Part Time Wife* (1930), Writer
- *Soup to Nuts* (1930), as Continuity
- *On Your Back* (1930), Writer
- *Cheer Up and Smile* (1930), Writer
- *High Society Blues* (1930), Writer
- *Down with Husbands* (1930), Story
- *Song of Love* (1929), Writer
- *Broadway Scandals* (1929), Writer
- *The Long, Long Trail* (1929), Screenplay
- *Flight* (1929), Scenario Writer
- *The Donovan Affair* (1929), Screenplay
- *The Younger Generation* (1929), Dialogue
- *Behind Closed Doors* (1929), Screenplay
- *The Faker* (1929), Writer
- *The Sideshow* (1928), Screenplay, Story
- *Restless Youth* (1928), Writer
- *The Head Man* (1928), Writer
- *Vamping Venus* (1928), Screenplay
- *The Life of Riley* (1927), Writer
- *White Pants Willie* (1927), Adaptation
- *The Kid Brother* (1927), Scenario Writer

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