 The blacklist was lifted for Lardner when producer Martin Ransohoff and director Norman Jewison gave him screen credit for writing "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965).Lardner's later work included "M*A*S*H" (1970), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and "The Greatest" (1977).His final film project was an adaptation of Roger Kahn's book "The Boys of Summer".