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Elliott J Clawson

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Years active
  
1913-1929

Role
  
Screenwriter

Name
  
Elliott Clawson

Born
  
January 19, 1883 (
1883-01-19
)
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Died
  
July 21, 1942, Vista, California, United States

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Movies
  
The Phantom of the Opera, West of Zanzibar, The Cop, The Road to Mandalay, The Thirteenth Chair

Similar People
  
Rupert Julian, Edward Sedgwick, Lon Chaney, Tod Browning, Tay Garnett

Phantom Of The Opera Unmasking Scene ( original) 1925


Elliott J. Clawson (January 19, 1883 – July 21, 1942) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 81 films between 1913 and 1929. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and died in Vista, California. At the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, he was nominated for four Oscars in the category Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay).

Contents

Selected filmography

  • The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914)
  • Desperate Trails (1921)
  • Under Two Flags (1922)
  • The Flame of Life (1923)
  • The Spoilers (1923)
  • The Flaming Forties (1924)
  • The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
  • The Man from Red Gulch (1925)
  • The Road to Mandalay (1926)
  • Body and Soul (1927)
  • West of Zanzibar (1928)
  • The Cop (1928)
  • Sal of Singapore (1928)
  • Skyscraper (1928)
  • The Leatherneck (1929)
  • The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
  • References

    Elliott J. Clawson Wikipedia