Harry Brown

• Born: Apr 30, 1917 in Portland, Maine
• Died: 1986 in Los Angeles, California
• Occupation: Writer
• Active: '40s-'50s
• Major Genres: Drama, War
• Career Highlights: Sands of Iwo Jima, Ocean's Eleven, The Benny Goodman Story
• First Major Screen Credit: Forever Yours (1944)

Biography

American screenwriter, novelist and poet Harry Brown is best known for writing war stories. Before coming to film, he worked as a correspondent for Time and the New Yorker; he also published two volumes of poetry before serving in the Army during WW II. It was then that he began writing his stories. In 1946 his novel A Walk in the Sun was adapted into a film. Brown occasionally penned scripts for other movie genres, including westerns. In 1951, he won an Academy Award for his collaboration on a remake of A Place in the Sun. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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