three general categories: the woman as a criminal or the instigator of crime; the woman as man's enemy, fighting and losing - for she must always lose - in the battle of the sexes; the woman as a `primitive' child, fulfilling the male dream of a totally submissive vehicle of physical pleasure." Lawson also argued that in most U.S. movies, "when a woman succeeds in the world of competition, Hollywood holds that her success is achieved by trickery, deceit, and the amoral use of sexual appeal." The manuscript of his unpublished autobiography is held at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Carbondale, Illinois. Religion Lawson was born into a wealthy Jewish family. His father had changed their surname from Levy to one of English style. As a boy, Lawson went to the house of a Christian schoolmate, where he mentioned his father's real name was Levy. He was not invited to the house again. He claimed he faced social discrimination. His father then insisted that the family join a Christian church. They joined the First Church at 96th Street and Central Park West. However John Howard Lawson would adhere to Jewish dietary laws all his life. While at Williams College, during his sophomore year Lawson was denied election to the editorial board of The Williams College Monthly because some students raised questions about his Jewish background. He would later say that it was a good experience because it forced him "to begin his struggle to come to terms with his Jewish identity". Works Theatre A Hindoo Love Drama (1915) The Spice of Life (1915) Servant-Master-Lover (1916) Standards (1916) Roger Bloomer (1923) Processional (1925) Nirvana (1926) Loud Speaker (1927) The International (1928) Success Story (1933) The Pure in Heart (1934) Gentlewoman (1934) Marching Song (1937) Parlor Magic (1963) Film Dream of Love (1928), with Dorothy Farnum, Marion Ainslee, and Ruth Cummings The Pagan (1929), with Dorothy Farnum Dynamite (1929), with Jeanie MacPherson The Sea Bat (1930), with Dorothy Yost and Bess Meredyth Our Blushing Brides (1930), with Bess Meredyth and Helen Mainard The Ship From Shanghai (1930) Bachelor Apartment (1931), with J. Walter Rubin Good-bye Love (1933) Success at Any Price (1934), with others Treasure Island (1934), with John Lee Mahin and Leonard Praskins Party Wire (1935), with Ethel Hill Adventure in Manhattan (1936), adaption uncredited Blockade (1938) Algiers (1938), with James M. Cain They Shall Have Music (1939), with Irma von