Harry Peter McNab Brown Jr (1917 - 1986)

Born 30 Apr 1917 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite (Lamkin) Littman — married 20 Sep 1952 (to 1955) in Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States

Died 2 Nov 1986 at age 69 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Harry Brown Jr is Notable.

American poet, novelist and Academy Award winning screen writer.

Born Harry McNab Brown Jr on April 30, 1917 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine. He was the son of Harry McNab Brown and Bessie Maud Hiles.^[1]

1930 CENSUS - 552 Forest Ave., Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA ^[2]

William H Hiles 66 Head Canada Carpenter

Catherine W Hiles 66 Wife Canada

Bessie H Brown 39 Dau Maine

Harry M Brown 12 Grandson Maine

He was 23 years old, living in New York City and working for The New Yorker (magazine) when he completed his World War II registration and signed himself as Harry P. M. Brown. He enlisted in the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1941 where he served at Fort Belvoir, Virgina. In 1942 he joined the staff of Yank Magazine.

The time spent in military service was drawn upon for many of his literary and screen works. In 1951 He won The Academy Award jointly with Micheal Wilson for Best Adapted Screenplay for A Place in the Sun.

He married Thelma Elizabeth Janson about 1942 and they had a daughter named Melissa. They were divorced before 1952.

1950 CENSUS - 290 North Stanley Ave., Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California ^[3]

Harry P Brown 32 Head Maine Writer Motion Pictures

Thelma Brown 28 Wife Wales

Melissa Brown 5 Dau London England

Julia Alden 53 Maid Michigan Single

He married Marguerite Lamkin on September 27, 1952 in Monroe, Ouachita County, Louisiana and were divorced before 1959.^[4][5][6]

He married June Jollie in 1959 and they had at a son named Jared. They moved to Mexico in the early 1960's and lived there for about 15 years in Guanajuto. They were divorced on February 9, 1982 in Los Angeles County, California.^[7]

Harry died at the age of 69 on November 2, 1986 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles, California.^[8][9]

Awards & Honors

• 1935 - Recipient Young Poets' Prize
• 1937 - Lloyd McKim Garrison Award - Harvard University
• 1933/1939 - Shelley Memorial Award
• 1949 - Award Commonwealth Club, California
• 1952 - Academy Award for Best Screenplay for A Place in the Sun
• His 1944 novel A Walk in the Sun was made into a film with the same name in 1945. Brown was credited for his work on the first Ocean's 11 when it was remade in 2001.

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-S4Z2 : 2 March 2021), Harry Mcnab Brown, Birth 30 Apr 1917; multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm 10,086.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM8P-HZJ : accessed 16 March 2023), Harry M Brown in household of William H Hiles, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 65, sheet 11B, line 92, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 831; FHL microfilm 2,340,566.
3. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 3060; Sheet Number: 20; Enumeration District: 66-646.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Louisiana, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
5. ↑ Monroe Morning World; Publication Date: 21 Sep 1952; Publication Place: Monroe, Louisiana, USA
6. ↑ Miss Marguerite Lamkin Is Bride of Harry McNab Brown
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #203505598

SEE ALSO:

• Wikipedia:Harry_Brown_(writer)
• https://poetry.harvard.edu/harry-peter-mcnab-brown
• "New York Records of the State National Guard, 1906-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJY-NJKL : 8 March 2021), Harry P Brown, 20 Oct 1939; citing Military Service, New York, , New York, United States, New York State Archives, Albany.
• U.S. Edition of The New York Times, Obituaries/Harry Brown, 69,A Screenwriter by Edwin McDowell, Published November 4, 1986. (www.nytimes.com/1986/11/04/obituaries/harry_brown-69-a-screenwriter.html).