Howard J. Green

Howard J. Green (March 20, 1893 – September 2, 1965) was an American screenwriter who worked in film and television. He was the first president of the Screen Writers Guild and a founder of the subsequent Writers Guild of America, West.

Career Green attended Hastings Law College in San Francisco during which he wrote multiple musical comedies. Once his scripts began getting local production, he gave up law to pursue newspaper reporting and began as a news reporter in San Francisco and St. Louis before settling in New York and joining the New York Clipper. After serving in World War I, he returned to New York and became managing editor of Theatre World. and Greenwich Village Follies.

The silent film actor Johnny Hines eventually suggested that Green try his hand at screenwriting which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture but also had a significant impact on film-goers in the United States.

In 1933, at a time when writers were looking to organize against the studios, Green suggested reviving the Screen Writers Guild, which began as a social club in 1921, as a union. Green then became the union's first president. The couple had two children; Howard Jr. and Eleanor.

Selected filmography As screenwriter

The Kid Brother (1927) White Pants Willie (1927) Vamping Venus (1928) The Head Man (1928) Restless Youth (1928) Marked Money (1928) The Sideshow (1928) The Faker (1929) The Younger Generation (1929) The Donovan Affair (1929) The Long, Long Trail (1929) Broadway Scandals (1929) Song of Love (1929) The Melody Man (1930) High Society Blues (1930) Cheer Up and Smile (1930) On Your Back (1930) Part Time Wife (1930) The Princess and the Plumber (1930) Maker of Men (1931) A Dangerous Affair (1931) The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932) Blessed Event (1932) They Call It Sin (1932) I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) Trick for Trick (1933) Morning Glory (1933) Man of Two Worlds (1934) Success at Any Price (1934) Shoot the Works (1934) The Lemon Drop Kid (1934) Rumba (1935) Star of Midnight (1935) Men Without Names (1935) If You Could Only Cook (1935) Devil's Squadron (1936) Meet Nero Wolfe (1936) They Met in a Taxi (1936) New Faces of 1937 (1937) This Way Please (1937) Making the Headlines (1938) Curtain Call (1940) Dreaming Out Loud (1940) The Mad Doctor (1941) Two in a Taxi (1941) Harmon of Michigan (1941) Reveille with Beverly (1943) After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943) High Explosive (1943) Doughboys in Ireland (1943) The Racket Man (1944) Take It Big (1944) Having Wonderful Crime (1945) George White's Scandals (1945) San Quentin (1946) The Invisible Wall (1947) The Winner's Circle (1948) Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang (1950) State Penitentiary (1950) Chain Gang (1950) My True Story (1951)