Howard Emmett Rogers (1890–1971) was an American screenwriter, playwright, lyricist, and theatre director. As a playwright he wrote the books for three Broadway musicals: The Midnight Rounders of 1920, ^[1] The Century Revue (1920), ^[2] and Luana (1930); the latter of which he also directed. ^[3] He also wrote the lyrics to the 1922 Broadway musical Red Pepper. ^[4] He was an active anti-communist member of the Screen Writers Guild. ^[5] He worked for several studios during his career. Two of his last films Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951) and The Hour of 13 (1952) were made by MGM-British.

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• Howard Emmett Rogers at IMDb
• Howard Emmett Rogers at the Internet Broadway Database

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