John Monk Saunders

John Monk Saunders

John Monk Saunders was an American novelist, screenwriter and movie director, born in Hinckley, Minnesota on 22 November 1897.

Saunders was married first to Avis Hughes from 1922 to 1927 then to the actress Fay Wray from 1928 to 1939, with whom he had a daughter.

He committed suicide at Ft. Myers, Florida, in 1940. [cite web | url=http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho/saunders_j.htm | title=Biography from Katz's Film Encyclopedia | accessdate=2008-08-14]

His screenwriting credits include Wings (1927), The Last Flight (which he adapted from his own novel "Single Lady"), and The Conquest of the Air (1936), which he also directed.

He won an Oscar for Best Story for the screenplay of The Dawn Patrol [cite web |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1218711745454 |title="Academy Awards Database |accessdate=2008-08-14]

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