Who was the writer of the 1970 American romantic drama for which Ali MacGraw received an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Ali MacGraw Elizabeth Alice "Ali" MacGraw (born April 1, 1939) is an American actress, model, author, and animal rights activist. She first gained attention with her role in the 1969 film "Goodbye, Columbus", for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. She reached international fame in 1970's "Love Story", for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 1972, MacGraw was voted the top female box office star in the world and was honored with a hands and footprints ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre after having been in just three films. She went on to star in the popular action films "The Getaway" (1972) and "Convoy" (1978) as well as the romantic sports drama "Players" (1979), the comedy "Just Tell Me What You Want" (1980), and the historical novel-based television miniseries "The Winds of War" (1983). In 1991, she published an autobiography, "Moving Pictures".
Francis Swann Francis Swann (July 16, 1913, Maryland – August 27, 1983, Fairfax, California) was a playwright and novelist, and a film and television writer. He wrote several Broadway plays, most notable of which was "Out of the Frying Pan". He wrote a number of screenplays for Warner Bros. and other studios, including the screenplay for "711 Ocean Drive" (1950). Swann also wrote several books including "The Brass Key" and "Royal Street". He was one of the early writers for the television soap opera "Dark Shadows".