Harry BrownAKA:
Harry Peter Brown
Nationality:
American Birthdate:
04/30/1917 Birthplace:
Portland, Maine Death Date:
11/02/1986 Celeb News
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biography
A novelist and scriptwriter whose "A Walk in the Sun" was adapted for the screen by Lewis Milestone in 1945 to great acclaim, Brown earned an Academy Award nomination for another war-themed film, "The Sands of Iwo Jima" (1949). He shared an Oscar with co-screenwriter Michael Wilson for George Stevens' "A Place in the Sun" (1951). Brown worked on several other notable films, including "Eight Iron Men" (adapted from his play), the Bette Davis vehicle "The Virgin Queen" (1955) and "D-Day the Sixth of June" (1956). His last screenplay was for the crime comedy "Ocean's Eleven" (1960).
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
Worked at Time and The New Yorker
1945
Screenwriting debut, "The True Glory"
1960
Final screenplay "Ocean's 11"
Moved to Mexico in the 1960s
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