Writing • AGE 70
John Meehan, a Canadian-born playwright and screenwriter (initially a stage actor), was a two-time Academy Award Best Writing nominee for The Divorcee (1930) and Boys Town (1938).


Three Daring Daughters
Screenplay
1948

The Valley of Decision
Screenplay
1945

Kismet
Screenplay
1944

Seven Sinners
Screenplay
1940

Babes in Arms
Additional Writing
1939

Boys Town
Screenplay
1938

Stardust
Screenplay
1938

Madame X
Screenplay
1937

His Brother's Wife
Screenplay
1936

Peter Ibbetson
Additional Writing
1935

I've Been Around
Story
1935

The Painted Veil
Screenplay
1934

What Every Woman Knows
Screenplay
1934

Sadie McKee
Screenplay
1934

Dinner at Eight
Writer
1933

The Prizefighter and the Lady
Screenplay
1933

Stage Mother
Writer
1933

When Ladies Meet
Screenplay
1933

The Washington Masquerade
Dialogue
1932

Letty Lynton
Writer
1932

The Phantom of Paris
Dialogue
1931

This Modern Age
Additional Dialogue
1931

Son of India
Additional Dialogue
1931

The Miracle Woman
Theatre Play
1931

A Free Soul
Dialogue
1931

Strangers May Kiss
Dialogue
1931

A Lady's Morals
Dialogue
1930

Mrs. Lies
Screenplay
1930

The Divorcee
Script Supervisor
1930

The Lady Lies
Screenplay
1929