John McGowan (playwright)

John McGowan, also known by his nickname Jack McGowan, (January 12, 1894, Muskego, Wisconsin – May 28, 1977, New York City) was an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, director and producer.^[1] His 1927 Broadway play Excess Baggage was adapted into the 1928 film of the same name. He died in New York City on May 28, 1977.^[2]

Selected credits

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• Say When, Producer and Book
• Pardon My English, Book Director
• Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1932, Book
• Heigh-ho, Everybody, Writer
• Singin' the Blues, Writer
• Girl Crazy, Book
• Flying High, Book
• Nigger Rich (The Big Shot), Writer and Director
• Murray Anderson's Almanac, Book
• The Lady Lies, Producer
• Hold Everything!, Book
• Excess Baggage, Writer
• Tenth Avenue, Writer