Ring Lardner Jr. moved to Hollywood where he worked as a publicist and "script doctor" before writing his own material. This included "Woman of the Year" (1942), a film that won him and Michael Kanin the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award. He also worked on the scripts for the films "Laura" (1944), "Brotherhood of Man" (1946), "Forever Amber" (1947), and "M*A*S*H" (1970). The script of the latter earned him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.