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Ring Lardner, Jr.
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Ring Lardner, Jr.

1915 – 2000 · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Active 1939–2021

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner Jr. (August 19, 1915 – October 31, 2000) was an American journalist and screenwriter blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios during the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s. Ring Lardner Jr. moved to Hollywood where he worked as a publicist and "script doctor" before writing his own material. This included Woman of the Year, a film that won him an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay in 1942. He also worked on the scripts for the films Laura (1944), Brotherhood of Man (1946), Forever Amber (1947), and M*A*S*H (...

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Laura

Laura

1944 ★ 7.7
Writer

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

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Filmography

32 credits
2020s 1 credit
2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.6
2000s 3 credits
2001
The Majestic as Self (Hollywood Ten, arrives, behind Biberman) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
2000
Movie ★ 6.0
2000
Movie ★ 10.0
1990s 2 credits
1996
Movie ★ 6.1
1990
Movie ★ 6.6
1950s 1 credit
1950
Movie ★ 6.6
Crew Credits
1970s 8 credits
1977
Movie ★ 5.5
1977
Semi-Tough Additional Writing
Movie ★ 5.5
1976
Woman of the Year Original Film Writer
Movie
1972
M*A*S*H Writer
TV ★ 7.9
1971
The Deadly Trap Additional Writing
Movie ★ 5.4
1971
Lady Liberty Screenplay
Movie ★ 5.3
1971
Movie ★ 5.3
1970
M*A*S*H Screenplay
Movie ★ 7.0
1960s 3 credits
1965
Movie ★ 7.0
1963
The Cardinal Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.6
1960
Movie ★ 5.2
1950s 2 credits
1959
Movie ★ 5.0
1951
The Big Night Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.7
1940s 11 credits
1949
Movie ★ 6.7
1949
Swiss Tour Dialogue
Movie ★ 8.0
1947
Movie ★ 6.0
1946
Movie ★ 6.4
1945
Movie ★ 6.0
1944
Movie ★ 7.9
1944
Laura Screenplay
Movie ★ 7.6
1943
Movie ★ 6.2
1942
Movie ★ 6.9
1941
Arkansas Judge Adaptation
Movie
1940
Movie ★ 5.4
1930s 1 credit
1939
Movie