John Bright was born on January 1, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA as John Milton Bright. He was a writer, known for The Public Enemy (1931), She Done Him Wrong (1933) and Taxi! (1932). He was married to Jeanne Dunne. He died on September 14, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
A self made man who worships his creator is an egotist.
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Fact
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Bright met his writing partner, Kubec Glasmon, at the drugstore where Bright worked as a soda jerk. Glasmon owned the drugstore, which was a hangout for many of Chicago's most notorious gangsters. It was there Bright met Al Capone. Bright was present at a banquet at Chicago's Commonwealth Hotel when Capone ordered the murder of two attending Mafiosi who had displeased him. The men were immediately beaten to death with baseball bats in front of Bright, an incident later dramatized in Brian DePalma's "The Untouchables."
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As a 13-year-old, Bright worked at the Chicago Daily News, where he was the office boy for Ben Hecht.
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In 1933, Bright was among 10 writers who founded the Screen Writers Guild.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
La rebelión de los colgados
1954
uncredited
The Brave Bulls
1951
The Kid from Cleveland
1949
screenplay / story
Close-Up
1948
screenplay
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948
screenplay
Open Secret
1948
additional dialogue - uncredited
I Walk Alone
1948
adaptation
We Accuse
1945
Documentary written by
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
screenplay
Broadway
1942
screenplay
Back Door to Heaven
1939
screenplay
San Quentin
1937
story
John Meade's Woman
1937
story
The Accusing Finger
1936
screenplay
Girl of the Ozarks
1936
Here Comes Trouble
1936
She Done Him Wrong
1933
screen play
If I Had a Million
1932
Three on a Match
1932
story
The Crowd Roars
1932
Taxi!
1932
adaptation / dialogue
Union Depot
1932
dialogue
Blonde Crazy
1931
story
Smart Money
1931
screen story and dialogue
The Public Enemy
1931
by
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Movie Crazy Years
1971
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1931
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Original Story
The Public Enemy (1931)
Known for movies
The Public Enemy (1931) as Writer
She Done Him Wrong (1933) as Writer
Taxi! (1932) as Writer
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) as Writer
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