Maxwell Anderson
James Maxwell Anderson (15. decembar 1888 – 28. februar 1959) je bio američki književnik i novinar, poznat kao autor drama na temelju kojih su snimljeni brojni hollywoodski filmovi. Godine 1933. je za svoju dramu Both Your Houses osvojio Pulitzerovu nagradu.
Maxwell Anderson | |
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Biografske informacije | |
Rođenje | James Maxwell Anderson 15. 12. 1888. Stamford, Connecticut, SAD |
Smrt | 28. 2. 1959. (dob: 70) |
Pseudonim | John Nairne Michaelson |
Supružnik | Margaret Haskett (1911–1931†) Gertrude Higger (1933–1953†) Gilda Hazard (1954–1959) |
Obrazovanje | |
Alma mater | University of North Dakota Stanford University |
Zanimanje | dramski pisac, tekstopisac, novinar |
Opus | |
Jezik | engleski |
Znamenita djela | |
Nagrade | |
Pulitzerova nagrada za dramu (1933) |
Kazališni komadi
uredi- White Desert – 1923
- What Price Glory – 1924 – ratna drama
- First Flight – 1925 – (ko-autor Laurence Stallings)
- Outside Looking In – 1925
- Saturday's Children – 1927
- Gods of the Lightning – 1929 (ko-autor: Harold Hickerson)
- Gypsy – 1929
- Elizabeth the Queen – 1930 – historijska drama u stihu
- Night Over Taos – 1932
- Both Your Houses – 1933 – Pulitzerova nagrada za dramu
- Mary of Scotland – 1933 – historijska drama u stihu
- Valley Forge – 1934
- Winterset – 1935 – nagrada New York Drama Critics' Circle
- The Masque of Kings – 1936
- The Wingless Victory – 1936
- The Star-Wagon – 1937
- High Tor – 1937 nagrada New York Drama Critics Circle
- The Feast of Ortolans – 1937 – jednočinka
- Knickerbocker Holiday – 1938 – dijalozi i libreto
- Second Overture – 1938 – jednočinka
- Key Largo – 1939
- Journey to Jerusalem – 1940
- Candle in the Wind – 1941
- The Miracle of the Danube – 1941 – jednočinka
- The Eve of St. Mark – 1942
- Your Navy – 1942 – jednočinka
- Storm Operation – 1944
- Letter to Jackie – 1944 – jednočinka
- Truckline Café – 1946
- Joan of Lorraine (djelomično napisana u stihu) – 1946
- Anne of the Thousand Days – 1948 – historijska drama u stihu
- Lost in the Stars – 1949 – dijalozi i libreto
- Barefoot in Athens – 1951
- The Bad Seed – 1954
- High Tor – 1956 (televizijska partitura)
- The Day the Money Stopped – 1958 – (ko-autor: Brendan Gill)
- The Golden Six – 1958
Filmografija
uredi- What Price Glory – 1926 – film
- Saturday's Children – 1929 – dramski predložak
- The Cock-Eyed World – 1929 – sinopsis
- All Quiet on the Western Front – 1930 – adaptacija i dijalog
- The Guardsman – 1931 – scena iz Elizabeth the Queen
- Rain – 1932 – adaptacija
- Washington Merry-Go-Round – 1932 – sinopsis
- Death Takes a Holiday – 1934 (scenarij po predlošku Alberta Caselle i engleskom prijevodu Waltera Ferrisa)
- We Live Again – 1934 – adaptacija Tolstojevog Uskrsnuća
- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer – 1935 – sudjelovanje na scenariju (van špice)
- Maybe It's Love – 1935 – po drami Saturday's Children
- So Red the Rose – 1935 – scenario
- Mary of Scotland – 1936 – dramski predložak
- Winterset – 1936 – dramski predložak
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – 1939 – dramski predložak
- Saturday's Children – 1940 – dramski predložak
- Knickerbocker Holiday – 1944 – dramski predložak
- The Eve of St. Mark – 1944 – dramski predložak
- Winterset – 1945 – TV – dramski predložak
- A la sombra del puente – 1946 – dramski predložak
- Key Largo – 1948 – dramski predložak (najvećim dijelom promijenjen od Johna Hustona i Richarda Brooksa)
- Joan of Arc – 1948 – dramski predložak Joan of Lorraine i scenarij
- Pulitzer Prize Playhouse – TV-serija 1950 - četiri epizode po dramam
- Celanese Theatre – TV serija 1951 - dvije epizode po dramama
- What Price Glory? – 1952 – dramski predložakj
- The Alcoa Hour – TV serija 1955 – dramski predložak – epizoda "Key Largo"
- The Bad Seed – 1956 – dramski predložak
- The Wrong Man – 1956 – po romanu The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero
- Never Steal Anything Small – 1959 – po drami The Devil's Hornpipe
- Ben-Hur – 1959 – van špice
- Barefoot in Athens – 1966 – TV – dramski predložak
- The Star Wagon – 1967 – TV – dramski predložak
- Elizabeth the Queen – 1968 – TV – dramski predložak
- Anne of the Thousand Days – 1969 – dramski predložak
- Valley Forge – 1975 – TV – dramski predložak
- Lost in the Stars – 1974 – dramski predložak
- The Bad Seed – 1985 – TV – dramski predložak
- Meet Joe Black (1998) (raniji scenario) (inspiracija)
Literatura
uredi- The Maxwell Anderson papers are housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin.
- Another significant collection of Maxwell Anderson papers Arhivirano 2006-12-05 na Wayback Machine-u are housed at The Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections of the Chester Fritz Library at The University of North Dakota.
- The National Cyclopedia of American Biography vol. 60: pp. 323–325
- Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement Six: pp. 14–16
- Bibliography by M. Cox (1958, repr. 1974)
- The Life of Maxwell Anderson by Alfred S. Shivers, PhD, published by Stein and Day, New York, 1983. ISBN 0-8128-2789-9