Sidney Howard

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human playwright screenwriter

Sidney Howard was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for adapting Margaret Mitchell’s novel into the Academy Award–winning screenplay for the film "Gone with the Wind."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
adaptedFrom Gone with the Wind ⓘ
surface form: Gone with the Wind (novel)
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
causeOfDeath tractor accident ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1891-06-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1939-08-23 ⓘ
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
employer Hollywood film studios ⓘ
familyName Howard ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
screenplay ⓘ
givenName Sidney ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath accident ⓘ
memberOf Dramatists Guild of America ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army Air Service ⓘ
movement American theatre ⓘ
name Sidney Howard self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableAward Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
notableFor adapting Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone with the Wind for film ⓘ
notableWork Dodsworth (play) ⓘ
Gone with the Wind ⓘ
surface form: Gone with the Wind (film screenplay)

The Late Christopher Bean ⓘ
The Silver Cord ⓘ
They Knew What They Wanted ⓘ
occupation dramatist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Oakland ⓘ
surface form: Oakland, California
placeOfDeath Tyringham ⓘ
surface form: Tyringham, Massachusetts
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Clare Eames ⓘ
Leah Salisbury ⓘ
workLocation Broadway ⓘ
Hollywood ⓘ
wrote Dodsworth (play) ⓘ
The Late Christopher Bean ⓘ
The Silver Cord ⓘ
They Knew What They Wanted ⓘ
adaptation of Gone with the Wind (screenplay) ⓘ

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The Most Happy Fella → basedOnAuthor → Sidney Howard ⓘ
Sidney Howard → name → Sidney Howard self-link ⓘ
Gone with the Wind → screenwriter → Sidney Howard ⓘ