Word: constructionists
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...late leggy, lantern-jawed Sidney Howard was one of the ablest, most dependable scripters who ever turned his successful plays into equally successful movies (The Silver Cord, Yellow Jack, Dodsworth). Selznick considered Playwright Howard "a great constructionist" and turned to him in his hour of need. After a brief total immersion in Gone With the Wind, Sidney Howard arrived in Hollywood in the spring of 1937. With Selznick's famed marked copy of Gone With the Wind as a starter, Selznick, Howard and George Cukor (to supply the director's angle) spent twelve hours of a series...