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Lester Cole

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Screenwriter

The Resume

    (June 19, 1904-August 15, 1985)
    Born in New York, New York
    Wrote the screenplay for ‘Born Free’
    Acted in ‘Painted Faces’ and ‘Love at First Sight’

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a communist.
    He was jailed for contempt of congress.
    His political views were extreme.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He left a script about Emiliano Zapata unfinished.
    His unfinished script was completed by John Steinbeck and became the Oscar winning film ‘Viva Zapata.’
    He was one of the founders of the Screen Writers Guild.
    Because he was blacklisted, he wrote ‘Born Free’ under an assumed name.

Credit: Jack Magic


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 189 Votes: 64.02% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 39.13% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 26 Votes: 80.77% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 56 Votes: 67.86% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 23 Votes: 69.57% Annoying