Howard Koch (December 2, 1902 - August 17, 1995) was an American screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s. December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Playwright Arthur Miller testifies before HUAC The Hollywood blacklist was a group of primarily Jewish film actors, directors, and screenwriters in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including at least ten who were members of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), who were investigated by the House Committee on Un-American... ... A movie studio is a controlled environment for the making of a film. ...

Born in New York City, New York, his first accepted screenplay was made into a 1940 film. However, because he was blacklisted, he moved to the United Kingdom with other blacklisted writers where he wrote under the pseudonym "Peter Howard." His work includes the Orson Welles radio drama The War of the Worlds (1938), collaboration on the screenplay of Casablanca (1942), for which he received an Academy Award, and Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948). Koch's play Invasion from Mars, about the effect of the radio drama The War of the Worlds on some of its listeners, was made into a 1975 TV movie, The Night That Panicked America. Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The War of the Worlds, a radio adaptation by Orson Welles based upon H. G. Wells classic novel, was performed by Mercury Theatre on the Air as a Halloween special on October 30, 1938. ... Casablanca is a 1942 movie set during World War II in the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca. ... Letter From An Unknown Woman (Brief einer Unbekannten) is a novel authored by Stefan Zweig, which tells the story of a writer who, while reading a letter written by a woman he does not remember, gets glimpses into her life story. ...

Howard Koch died in 1995 in Woodstock, New York. Woodstock, New York The name Woodstock is associated with two locales in New York. ...

External link

• Howard Koch at the Internet Movie Database