John Colton (screenwriter)
John Colton | |
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| Born | December 31, 1887 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Died | (aged 58) |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright Screenwriter |
John Colton (December 31, 1887 – December 26, 1946) was an American playwright and screenwriter born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He spent the first 14 years of his life in Japan where his English father was a diplomat. After returning to the US he soon worked for a Minneapolis newspaper.
He is best remembered for adapting, with
talking film era he wrote numerous screenplays. Three of his stage plays found motion picture production: Rain (1932); The Shanghai Gesture (1941); and, posthumously, Under Capricorn
(1949).
His 1933 play Nine Pine Street, written with Carleton Miles, was based around the Lizzie Borden story. Lizzie Borden's character was changed to "Effie Holden", played by Lillian Gish. It ran for only 28 performances.[1]
Colton suffered a stroke in 1945. He died of a second stroke in Gainesville, Texas in 1946. Colton, a gay man, never married.[2][3][4]
References
External links
- John Colton at IMDb
- John Colton, in 1935 back row in specs & tie standing with several literary friends i.e.
- The Shanghai Gesture printed programme, the West Coast production (additional notes on Broadway production), Biltmore Theatre, Los Angeles, June 1927 (Wayback)
- isolated headshot image of Colton from 1935 group photo
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