John Meehan

from Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

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).

Timeline

1976Aged 92

  • Poster for That's Entertainment, Part II

    Thanks

1948Aged 64

  • Poster for Three Daring Daughters

    Screenplay

1945Aged 61

  • Poster for The Valley of Decision

    Screenplay

1944Aged 60

  • Poster for Kismet

    Screenplay

1940Aged 56

  • Poster for Seven Sinners

    Screenplay

1939Aged 55

  • Poster for Babes in Arms

    Additional Writing

1938Aged 54

  • Poster for Stardust

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Boys Town

    Screenplay

1937Aged 53

  • Poster for Madame X

    Screenplay

1936Aged 52

  • Poster for His Brother's Wife

    Screenplay

1935Aged 51

  • Poster for I've Been Around

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Peter Ibbetson

    Additional Writing

1934Aged 50

  • Poster for Sadie McKee

    Screenplay

  • Poster for What Every Woman Knows

    Screenplay

  • Poster for The Painted Veil

    Screenplay

1933Aged 49

  • Poster for When Ladies Meet

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Stage Mother

    Writer

  • Poster for The Prizefighter and the Lady

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Dinner at Eight

    Writer

1932Aged 48

  • Poster for Letty Lynton

    Writer

  • Poster for The Washington Masquerade

    Dialogue

1931Aged 47

1930Aged 46

  • Poster for The Divorcee

    Script Supervisor

  • Poster for Mrs. Lies

    Screenplay

  • Poster for A Lady's Morals

    Dialogue

1929Aged 45

  • Poster for The Lady Lies

    Theatre Play

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