Biography
John Milton Bright (January 1, 1908 β September 14, 1989) was an American journalist, screenwriter and political activist.
Bright was born in Baltimore and worked with Ben Hecht as a newspaper journalist in Chicago. With fellow journalist Kubec Glasmon, Bright co-wrote a series of stories adapted as screenplays. The most notable of these, Beer and Blood, became the 1931 film The Public Enemy starring James Cagney. The two were nominated for a 1931 Academy Award for Best Story.
In 1933 he became one of the ten founders of the Screen Writers Guild. As with other founders and members of the Screen Writers Guild, Bright was targeted in the early 1950s by the House Un-American Activities Committee, and put on the Hollywood blacklist.Bright's wife Josefina Fierro was a Mexican-American activist in her own right. Bright fled to Mexico and wrote screenplays for at least two Mexican films.His posthumous 2002 memoir was called Worms in the Winecup.
Filmography
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Movies 27
Writer 25
self 1
Screenplay 1
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)
Rebellion of the Hanged (1954)
The Brave Bulls (1951)
The Kid from Cleveland (1949)
Close-Up (1948)
Open Secret (1948)
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)
I Walk Alone (1947)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Broadway (1942)
Glamour for Sale (1940)
Back Door to Heaven (1939)
San Quentin (1937)
John Meade's Woman (1937)
The Accusing Finger (1936)
Girl of the Ozarks (1936)
Here Comes Trouble (1936)
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
If I Had a Million (1932)
Three on a Match (1932)
The Crowd Roars (1932)
The Crowd Roars (1932)
Union Depot (1932)
Taxi! (1931)
Blonde Crazy (1931)
Smart Money (1931)
The Public Enemy (1931)
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GenderMale
Birthday1908-01-01
Deathday1989-09-15 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceBaltimore, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJohn Milton Bright
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