Writing
John Van Druten
Born — Died
1901-06-01 — 1957-12-19
Known for
Writing
Credits
16 titles
Known for
7.9The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Gone with the Wind
1939
7.5A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Gaslight
1944
7.3In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays behind and starts seeing a local businessman.
Main Street to Broadway
1953
6.8An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.
The Voice of the Turtle
1947
7.5In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
Forever and a Day
1943
4.6Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.
Parnell
1937
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.9The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Gone with the Wind
1939
7.5A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Gaslight
1944
6.8An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.
The Voice of the Turtle
1947
7.5In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
Forever and a Day
1943
4.6Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.
Parnell
1937
6.2Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose. A necklace presents an irresistible temptation, but also in attendance is Scotland Yard's finest, finally on the trail.
Raffles
1939
6.8A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.
My Life with Caroline
1941
7.0Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs. Bramson's niece Olivia takes a liking to Danny, and comes to believe that he may have been involved in the disappearance of a local woman.
Night Must Fall
1937
A bird's-eye view of life in a City of London office.
After Office Hours
1932
7.0Saucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite interference from her fiancee and his ex.
One Night In Lisbon
1941
7.0Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in 2013.
Johnny Come Lately
1943
7.1Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
Old Acquaintance
1943
6.1Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
Lucky Partners
1940
7.0In this society drama set in contemporary England, a noblewoman pretends to be an adulteress in order to protect her sister-in-law, who actually is.
Unfaithful
1931
7.5No synopsis available yet.
The Cabaret Girl
1979
