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Maxwell Anderson (I) (1888–1959)

James Maxwell Anderson was born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, on December 15, 1888 to William Lincoln Anderson and Charlotte Perrimela (Stephenson) Anderson. The second child born to the couple, Anderson spent his formative years on his maternal grandmother's farm in Atlantic before the family moved to Andover, Ohio when he was three years old. His ... See full bio »

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Known For

All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front Writer
(1930)
Key Largo
Key Largo Writer
(1948)
The Wrong Man
The Wrong Man Writer
(1956)
Meet Joe Black
Meet Joe Black Writer
(1998)
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 2022 The Bad Seed Returns (TV Movie) (based on a play by) (filming)
 2018 The Bad Seed (TV Movie) (based upon the play "The Bad Seed" by)
 1998 Meet Joe Black (earlier screenplay - inspiration)
 1985 The Bad Seed (TV Movie) (based upon the play by)
 1975 Valley Forge (TV Movie) (play)
 1974 Lost in the Stars (play)
 1970 Teatro de siempre (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Más allá del invierno (1970)
 1968 Elizabeth the Queen (TV Movie) (play "Elizabeth the Queen")
 1966 Barefoot in Athens (TV Movie) (play)
 1966 The Star Wagon (TV Movie) (play)
 1962-1966 Festival (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Mary of Scotland (1966)
- Elizabeth the Queen (1962)
 1963 The Bad Seed (play "The Bad Seed")
 1963 Playdate (TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- The Day the Money Stopped (1963) ... (play)
 1963 Vintersolhverv (TV Movie) (based on play)
 1962 Golden Showcase (TV Series) (play "Saturday's Children" - 1 episode)
- Saturday's Children (1962) ... (play "Saturday's Children")
 1961 Play of the Week (TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- The Wingless Victory (1961) ... (play)
 1959 Ben-Hur (contributing writer - uncredited)
 1959 Winterset (TV Movie) (play)
 1959 Grande Teatro Tupi (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Elizabeh da Inglaterra (1959)
 1959 Vintersolhverv (TV Movie) (play)
 1959 Johanna aus Lothringen (TV Movie) (play "Joan of Lorraine")
 1959 Never Steal Anything Small (play "The Devil's Hornpipe")
 1958 Vertigo (contributing writer - uncredited)
 1958 ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- Winterset (1958) ... (play)
 1957 TV de Vanguarda (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Tragédia em Nova Iorque (1957)
 1957 Playhouse 90 (TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- The Star Wagon (1957) ... (play)
 1956 The Wrong Man (screenplay) / (story)
 1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- Key Largo (1956) ... (play)
 1956 The Bad Seed (play)
 1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- High Tor (1956) ... (writer)
  Shower of Stars (TV Series) (adaptation - 2 episodes, 1954 - 1955) (teleplay - 1 episode, 1954)
- A Christmas Carol (II) (1955) ... (adaptation)
- A Christmas Carol (1954) ... (adaptation) / (teleplay - uncredited)
 1955 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- The Masque of Kings (1955) ... (play)
 1954 A Christmas Carol (adaptation)
  Omnibus (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode, 1952) (play - 1 episode, 1952)
- The Trial of Ben Jonson (1952) ... (written by - segment "The Trial of Ben Johnson")
- The Trial of Anne Boleyn (1952) ... (play - segment "The Trial of Anne Boleyn")
 1952 What Price Glory (play)
 1951-1952 Celanese Theatre (TV Series) (play - 2 episodes)
- Saturday's Children (1952) ... (play - episodes 1.03 and 1.13)
- Winterset (1951) ... (play)
  Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) (play - 4 episodes, 1951) (book - 1 episode, 1950)
- The Buccaneer (1951) ... (play)
- Night Over Taos (1951) ... (play)
- Valley Forge (1951) ... (play - episodes 1.07, 1.20, 1.21 and 1.37)
- Mary of Scotland (1951) ... (play - episodes 1.07, 1.20, 1.21 and 1.37)
- Knickerbocker Holiday (1950) ... (book)
 1950 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- Saturday's Children (1950) ... (play)
 1950 The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- High Tor (1950) ... (play)
 1950 Kraft Theatre (TV Series) (play "Valley Forge" - 1 episode)
- Valley Forge (1950) ... (play "Valley Forge")
 1948 Joan of Arc (play "Joan of Lorraine") / (screenplay)
 1948 Key Largo (based on the play by)
 1948 A la sombra del puente (play)
 1946 The Masque of Kings (TV Movie) (play)
 1945 Winterset (TV Movie) (play)
 1944 The Eve of St. Mark (based on a play by)
 1944 Knickerbocker Holiday (from the play by)
 1940 Saturday's Children (based on the Pulitzer Prize play by)
 1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (from the stage play by)
 1936 Winterset (play)
 1936 Mary of Scotland (from the play by)
 1935 So Red the Rose (screenplay)
 1935 Maybe It's Love (based on a play by)
 1935 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (contributing writer - uncredited)
 1934 We Live Again (screen adaptation)
 1934 Death Takes a Holiday (screenplay)
 1933 Hot Pepper (based on character created by)
 1932 Washington Merry-Go-Round (story)
 1932 Rain (screen adaptation)
 1931 The Guardsman (excerpt from play "Elizabeth the Queen" - uncredited)
 1931 Women of All Nations (characters)
 1930 One Romantic Night (adaptation)
 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front (adaptation & dialogue)
 1929 The Cock-Eyed World (play "Tropical Twins")
 1929 Saturday's Children (play)
 1926 What Price Glory (play)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(3/23/39) Stage: Wrote (w/Kurt Weill the musical, "Knickerbocker Holiday," performed at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, OH, with Walter Huston in the cast. See more »

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3 Print Biographies | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

Spouse:

Gilda Hazard  (his death) | See more »
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Personal Quote:

I believe with [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe] that dramatic poetry is man's greatest achievement on earth so far, and I believe with the early [George Bernard Shaw] that the theatre is essentially a cathedral of the spirit, devoted to the exaltation of men and boasting an apostolic succession of inspired high poets which extends further into the past than the Christian line of St. Peter. See more »

Trivia:

Anderson first considered a musical adaptation of "High Tor" for television in 1949. In mid-1954 CBS President William Paley first approached him with the intent to produce the play for his newly planned anthology series Ford Star Jubilee (1955). During production development, Anderson and John Monks Jr. adapted the play specifically as a made-for-television musical fantasy in early 1955, with ... See more »

Trademark:

Frequently wrote in blank verse

Star Sign:

Sagittarius
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