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Screenwriter
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Male
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Birth:
3 November 1886(Oakland)
Death:
7 January 1942(Oxnard)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Andrew Bennison (3 November 1886 – 7 January 1942 in Oakland, California) was an American screenwriter and film director whose career was at its peak in the 1930s.
Bennison was nearly entirely a screenwriter between 1923 and 1942 involved in the writing of some 40 American films of that period. He co-directed the film Born Reckless (1930) with acclaimed director John Ford and a young John Wayne as an extra.
He died in Oxnard, California in January 1942.
Selected filmography
- You'll Find Out (1940)
- Chip of the Flying U (1940)
- Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (1939)
- A Ducking They Did Go (1939)
- Pardon My Scotch (1935)
- Born Reckless (1930)
- Let's Go Places (1930)
- Words and Music (1929)
- Strong Boy (1929)
- Sin Sister (1929)
- Woman Wise (1928)