Ring Lardner
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Ring Lardner, Jr., the son of the
famous journalist and humorist, was
educated at Princeton University and
became a reporter at the New York
Daily
Mirror. Lardner moved to Hollywood
where he worked as a publicist and
script doctor before writing his own
material. This included Woman of the
Year, a film that won an Academy Award
for the best screenplay in 1942. Other
notable scripts include Laura (1944),
Brotherhood of Man (1946) and Forever
Amber (1947). After the Second World
War the House of Un-American began an
investigation into the Hollywood
Motion
Picture Industry. Lardner appeared
before the HUAC on 30th October, 1947,
and refused to answer any questions.
Blacklisted by the Hollywood studios,
Lardner worked for the next couple of
years on the novel, The Ecstasy of
Owen
Muir (1954). He also wrote under
several pseudonyms before the
blacklist
was lifted. Lardner's later work
included The Cincinnati Kid (1965),
M*A*S*H (1970), for which he won
another Academy Award and The Greatest
(1977).
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Awards
Awards
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WON
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1997 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival |
June Moon |
Playwright |
