Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p John Colton (December 31, 1887 – December 26, 1946) was a prolific American playwright and screenwriter born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He spent the first 14 years of his life in Japan where his English father was a diplomat. After returning to the US he soon worked for a Minneapolis newspaper.He is best remembered for adapting, with Clemence Randolph, Somerset Maughan's novel Rain into a 1922 smash hit play starring Jeanne Eagels.. }
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- John_Colton_(screenwriter) comment "John Colton (December 31, 1887 – December 26, 1946) was a prolific American playwright and screenwriter born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He spent the first 14 years of his life in Japan where his English father was a diplomat. After returning to the US he soon worked for a Minneapolis newspaper.He is best remembered for adapting, with Clemence Randolph, Somerset Maughan's novel Rain into a 1922 smash hit play starring Jeanne Eagels.".