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Albert Maltz (/ m ɔː l t s /; October 28, 1908 – April 26, 1985) was an American playwright, fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the Hollywood Ten who were jailed in 1950 for their 1947 refusal to testify before the US Congress about their involvement with the Communist Party USA .
Mini Bio. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Albert Maltz was born on October 28, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Columbia University in 1930, he attended the Yale School of Drama for two years as a tyro playwright. After striking out on his own as a dramatist, he developed sociopolitical plays which were destined to be produced by ...
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- April 26, 1985
Albert Maltz. Writer: Broken Arrow. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Albert Maltz was born on October 28, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Columbia University in 1930, he attended the Yale School of Drama for two years as a tyro playwright.
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Apr 28, 1985 · A native of Brooklyn, he graduated from Columbia University in New York in 1926 and from Yale University Drama School in 1932. It was while at Yale that he wrote his first play, “Merry Go Round,”...
Apr 29, 1985 · Albert Maltz, an Academy-Award-winning screenwriter and one of 10 Hollywood figures jailed in 1950 and blacklisted by the movie industry for refusing to answer questions of the House...
MALTZ, ALBERT (1908–1985), U.S. playwright and novelist. Maltz, who was born in Brooklyn, wrote his first play in 1931 in collaboration with George Sklar. Entitled Merry-Go-Round, it was an exposé of corrupt Tammany politics in New York City.
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