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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 . Early life and career. Salt was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Winifred (née Porter) and William Haslem Salt, an artist and business executive. [2] .
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 being blacklisted in 1951 after refusing ...
October 18, 1914 · Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died. March 7, 1987 · Los Angeles, California, USA (lung cancer) Birth name. Waldo Miller Salt. Mini Bio. Waldo Salt was one of the many people blacklisted in Hollywood during the Red Scare, but unlike others, Salt recovered triumphantly.
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 · By Vanessa Zimmer. For Waldo Salt, writing a screenplay wasn’t about crafting a clever or witty piece of dialogue — although he could certainly do that. It was about writing in images, almost like composing poetry. That’s not too surprising, considering he wrote the powerful scripts for Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Coming Home (1978), both ...
Mar 8, 1987 · Waldo Salt, a two-time winner of the Academy Award for screenwriting, died of lung cancer yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 72 years old and lived in Los Angeles.
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey: Directed by Eugene Corr, Robert Hillmann. With Peter Coyote, Mary Davenport, Jerome Hellman, James Leo Herlihy. Documentary about acclaimed screenwriter Waldo Salt.
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