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- Waldo Miller Salt (October 18, 1914 – March 7, 1987) was an American screenwriter who won Academy Awards for both Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home.
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Waldo Miller Salt [1] (October 18, 1914 – March 7, 1987) was an American screenwriter who won Academy Awards for both Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home.
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Dec 11, 2006 · The career of screenwriter Waldo Salt was brought to a halt by McCarthyism in the 1950s. His acclaimed works include Midnight Cowboy (1969), Serpico (1972) and Coming Home (1978). Skip to main ...
Jun 30, 2022 · Salt was a slight man, with a crop of curly hair, and somewhat prominent ears. Jerome Hellman, producer of Midnight Cowboy, was always taken by Salt’s ears, which he described as tilted slightly forward. “Subsequently, I got to feel that’s why Waldo heard so much and absorbed so much information.”
May 1, 1992 · Was the screenwriter Waldo Salt, who died in 1987, an American master? He must have been, because he is the subject of tonight's offering from "American Masters," at 9 on Channel 13.
The documentary is about the life and work of American screenwriter Waldo Salt who was put on the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s but went on to win two Academy Awards in the 1970s. The story is told through interviews with collaborators and friends such as Dustin Hoffman , Robert Redford , Jon Voight , John Schlesinger and with clips from ...
Mar 10, 1987 · The former drama and music instructor at Menlo College in Palo Alto died Saturday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of lung cancer. He was 72. Salt began writing movie scripts in 1938...
Waldo Salt. Writer: Midnight Cowboy. Waldo Salt was one of the many people blacklisted in Hollywood during the Red Scare, but unlike others, Salt recovered triumphantly. He wrote his first scripts in the late 1930s (MGM contract writer, 1936-42) and also served as a civilian consultant to the Office of War Information from 1942- 1945 before ...
