---
title: 'John Howard Lawson'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'playwright'
  - 'writer'
  - 'screenwriter'
born: '1895-09-25'
died: '1977-08-11'
birthplace: 'New York City'
deathplace: 'San Francisco'
films_in_library: 14
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/john-howard-lawson'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Lawson'
wikidata: 'Q974932'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# John Howard Lawson

playwright, writer, screenwriter.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 1957 · [The Careless Years](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-careless-years-1957) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1947 · [Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman](https://cinepixo.com/movies/smash-up-the-story-of-a-woman-1947) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1943 · [Sahara](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sahara-1943) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1943 · [Action in the North Atlantic](https://cinepixo.com/movies/action-in-the-north-atlantic-1943) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1940 · [Foreign Correspondent](https://cinepixo.com/movies/foreign-correspondent-1940) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1940 · [Earthbound](https://cinepixo.com/movies/earthbound-1940) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1939 · [They Shall Have Music](https://cinepixo.com/movies/they-shall-have-music-1939) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1938 · [Algiers](https://cinepixo.com/movies/algiers-1938) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1938 · [Blockade](https://cinepixo.com/movies/blockade-1938) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1934 · [Success at Any Price](https://cinepixo.com/movies/success-at-any-price-1934) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1931 · [Bachelor Apartment](https://cinepixo.com/movies/bachelor-apartment-1931) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1930 · [Our Blushing Brides](https://cinepixo.com/movies/our-blushing-brides-1930) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1930 · [The Ship from Shanghai](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ship-from-shanghai-1930) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1929 · [Dynamite](https://cinepixo.com/movies/dynamite-1929) — Screenplay · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/john-howard-lawson
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