Writer
John Lee Mahin
Born 1902-08-23Died 1984-04-18aged 81
John Lee Mahin (1902–1984) is best known for North to Alaska, The Horse Soldiers and Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison.
John Lee Mahin (August 23, 1902, Evanston, Illinois – April 18, 1984, Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter and producer of films who was active in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was known as the favorite writer of Clark Gable and Victor Fleming. In the words of one profile, he had "a flair for rousing adventure material, and at the same time he wrote some of the raciest and most sophisticated sexual comedies of that period."
Filmography (29)
★ 6.91960
North to Alaska
1960
★ 7.11959
The Horse Soldiers
1959
★ 7.31957
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957
★ 7.41956
The Bad Seed
1956
★ 6.31954
Elephant Walk
1954
★ 6.61953
Mogambo
1953
★ 5.51952
My Son John
1952
★ 7.11951
Quo Vadis
1951
★ 6.81951
Show Boat
1951
★ 6.11945
Adventure
1945
★ 6.21942
Tortilla Flat
1942
★ 7.11942
Woman of the Year
1942
★ 6.81941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
★ 7.41940
Foreign Correspondent
1940
★ 7.01940
Boom Town
1940
★ 8.11939
The Wizard of Oz
1939
★ 6.81938
Test Pilot
1938
★ 7.91937
Captains Courageous
1937
★ 6.01936
Love on the Run
1936
★ 7.01936
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
★ 6.51935
Naughty Marietta
1935
★ 6.31934
Chained
1934
★ 7.11934
Treasure Island
1934
★ 7.01933
Eskimo
1933