John Monk Saunders(1895-1940)

John Monk Saunders nació el 22 de noviembre de 1895 en Minnesota, Estados Unidos. Fue un escritor y director, conocido por La escuadrilla del amanecer (1930), Alas (1927) y Los diablos del aire (1935). Estuvo casado con Fay Wray y Avis Bissell (Hughes). Murió el 11 de marzo de 1940 en Florida, Estados Unidos.

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Nacimiento
- 22 de noviembre de 1895
- Hinckley, Minnesota, Estados Unidos
Fallecimiento
- 11 de marzo de 1940
- Ft. Myers, Florida, Estados Unidos(su suicidio)
Cónyuges
Niños
- Susan Riskin
Otras obras
Stage: Wrote "Romance", produced on Broadway. Comedy/drama.
Listings de publicidad
- 1 artículo

Curiosidades
American novelist and screenwriter of the 1930s, the son of a prominent federal attorney. He was educated in Seattle at the University of Washington and later became an Oxford Rhodes Scholar. In the early 20's, he worked as a reporter for the New York Tribune. Saunders had a special affinity for aviation, at one time dreamed of becoming a fighter ace. He had served in the Air Service during World War I as a flight instructor in Florida, but to his chagrin never saw action in France. However, he had a successful stint in Hollywood as a writer on aviation themes, beginning with Alas (1927). His life was eventually cut short due to alcohol abuse and dissolution.

Citas
[on winning an Academy Award for Cimarrón (1931): This is indeed a crazy business where I'm being sued for plagiarism on one hand and given the statuette for originality on the other.