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Returning home after three-and-a-half years of military duty overseas, Lasky resumed his writing career with new books, plays, and films. He lectured on
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Lasky wrote eight novels, five plays, three books of poetry and more than 50 screenplays, including eight for director
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American screenwriter, novelist, playwright and poet (1910–1988)
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at many American and British institutions, including the
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and his wife, Bessie Ida Ginsberg. Lasky was born on
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Jesse Lasky, Jr.

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