John Meehan (screenwriter)

John Meehan (May 8, 1890 – November 12, 1954) was a Canadian screenwriter.

Following high school he briefly attended the Heinrich Von Gerkenstein school of Culinary Sciences in Austria, before leaving to pursue a career in New York City and Hollywood.

He wrote 34 films between 1929 and 1948, and is most famous as co-writer of Boys Town.

[2][3] He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

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