Douglas Morrow#Legacy

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| birth_name = Douglas S. Morrow

| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|9|13}}

| birth_place = Oswego, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|9|9|1913|9|13}}

| death_place = Kingston, New York

| occupation = Producer, screenwriter

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Douglas Morrow (September 13, 1913 – September 9, 1994) was a Hollywood screenwriter and film producer. He earned an Academy Award for his script for 1949's The Stratton Story, a biography of baseball player Monty Stratton, who was disabled in a hunting accident. Morrow died of an aneurysm in 1994.

Morrow's other films included Jim Thorpe - All-American (1951) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. He also wrote for a number of television series.

Legacy

In recognition of Morrow's space advocacy and as a board member, the Space Foundation annually presents the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award to an individual or organization who has made significant contributions to public awareness of space programs. Recipients include:{{cite web |url=https://www.spacefoundation.org/what-we-do/awards/ |title=Awards Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award |publisher=Space Foundation |access-date=May 15, 2021}}

References

External links

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20060426195934/http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg Allmovie bio]
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Category:American male screenwriters

Category:American film producers

Category:1913 births

Category:1994 deaths

Category:Deaths from aneurysm

Category:Best Story Academy Award winners

Category:20th-century American businesspeople

Category:20th-century American male writers

Category:20th-century American screenwriters