Maureen Lee Lenker

**Maureen Lee Lenker** is a journalist, author, movie critic and podcaster who is a Hall of Fame Guest G.M. on Screen Drafts, participating in the Classic Christmas, Humphrey Bogart, '30s Warner Bros, Mothers & Daughters, Natalie Wood, Jane Austen, Directors' Final Films and Judy Garland drafts as well as the Shakespeare: Part I Mini-Mega, Shakespeare: Part III Mini-Mega, the Paul Newman mini-Mega and Screwball Comedy mini-Mega drafts.

# Draft History

## 2018

### Classic Christmas

* Meet Me in St. Louis at No. 7
* Holiday Affair at No. 6
* ~~White Christmas at No. 4~~ vetoed by Vince Balzano
* The Bishop's Wife at No. 4
* White Christmas at No. 2

## 2019

### Humphrey Bogart

* The Big Sleep at No. 5
* Vetoed Black Legion drafted by Oriana Nudo at No. 4
* High Sierra at No. 3
* In a Lonely Place at No. 1

## 2020

### '30s Warner Bros

* Vetoed The Petrified Forest drafted by Bryan Cogman at No. 6
* The Dawn Patrol at No. 5
* Vetoed The Adventures of Robin Hood drafted by Bryan Cogman at No. 4
* Baby Face at No. 3
* The Adventures of Robin Hood at No. 1

### Mothers & Daughters

* Freaky Friday at No. 7
* Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again at No. 6
* Postcards From the Edge at No. 4
* Vetoed Grey Gardens drafted by Oriana Nudo at No. 3
* Stella Dallas at No. 2

### Shakespeare: Part I Mini-Mega

* The Taming of the Shrew at No. 11
* A Midsummer Night’s Dream at No. 10
* Vetoed Romeo and Juliet drafted by Bryan Cogman at No. 8
* ~~A Midsummer Night's Dream at No. 6~~ vetoed by Bryan Cogman
* King Lear at No. 6
* Vetoed Richard III drafted by Bryan Cogman at No. 5
* ~~Romeo and Juliet at No. 3~~ vetoed by Bryan Cogman
* ~~Macbeth at No. 3~~ vetoed by Graham Skipper
* Hamlet at No. 3

## 2021

### Shakespeare: Part III Mini-Mega

* ~~Get Over It at No. 9~~ vetoed by Joanna Robinson
* 10 Things I Hate About You at No. 9
* ~~West Side Story at No. 5~~ vetoed by Bryan Cogman
* ~~All is True at No. 5~~ vetoed by Graham Skipper
* Kiss Me Kate at No. 5
* ~~Vetoed Throne of Blood drafted by Graham Skipper at No. 2~~ veto overridden by Joanna Robinson
* Shakespeare in Love at No. 1

### Natalie Wood

* Rebel Without a Cause at No. 7
* ~~Driftwood at No. 6~~ vetoed by Oriana Nudo
* ~~All the Fine Young Cannibals at No. 6~~ vetoed by Oriana Nudo
* This Property Is Condemned at No. 6
* Love with the Proper Stranger at No. 4
* Vetoed West Side Story drafted by Oriana Nudo at No. 3
* Splendor in the Grass at No. 2

### Jane Austen

* Becoming Jane at No. 7
* Austenland at No. 6
* Bridget Jones’s Diary at No. 4
* ~~Emma. at No. 2~~ vetoed by Joanna Robinson
* Pride & Prejudice at No. 2
* Vetoed Persuasion drafted by Joanna Robinson at No. 1

## 2022

### Directors' Final Films

* First Comes Courage at No. 7
* Waitress at No. 6
* Once Upon a Time in America at No. 4
* Eyes Wide Shut at No. 2

### Paul Newman mini-Mega

* Vetoed The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean drafted by Oriana Nudo at No. 11
* Vetoed Slap Shot drafted by Walter Hollmann at No. 9
* Vetoed Harry & Son drafeted by Walter Hollmannat No. 9
* Road to Perdition at No. 7
* ~~Hud at No. 4~~ vetoed by Oriana Nudo\*
* Cool Hand Luke at No. 4
* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid at No. 1

## 2023

### Screwball Comedy mini-Mega

* Vetoed The Miracle of Morgan's Creek drafted by Oriana Nudo at No. 8
* ~~Christmas in Connecticut at No. 7~~ vetoed by Bryan Cogman
* Ball of Fire at No. 7
* Vetoed Bringing Up Baby drafted by Oriana Nudo at No. 5\*
* The Awful Truth at No. 4
* It Happened One Night at No. 1

### Judy Garland

* The Pirate at No. 5
* The Clock at No. 3
* Meet Me in St. Louis at No. 1