Albert Maltz

Screenwriter

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Also Known As

John B Sherry

Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born

October 28, 1908

Died

April 26, 1985

Biography

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Award-winning author and short-story writer who scripted a number of effective propaganda films (both documentaries and features) during WWII. Maltz's career was curtailed by the activities of HUAC (he was jailed in 1950 as one of the Hollywood Ten), though he wrote several American films under pseudonyms while living in Mexico from 1952 to 1962. He worked uncredited on "The Robe" (1953)...

Filmography

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Hollywood On Trial (1976)

The Hollywood Ten (1950)

The Beguiled (2017)

Source Material

Naked City: Justice With a Bullet (1998)

Characters As Source Material

Naked City: A Killer Christmas (1998)

Characters As Source Material

Ordinary Heroes (1986)

From Story ("Pride Of The Marines")

Photos & Videos

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Robe, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) We'll Both Need Friends

This Gun For Hire (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Are You That Broke?

Family & Companions

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Margaret Larkin

Wife

Writer. Married 1937-1964.

Biography

Award-winning author and short-story writer who scripted a number of effective propaganda films (both documentaries and features) during WWII. Maltz's career was curtailed by the activities of HUAC (he was jailed in 1950 as one of the Hollywood Ten), though he wrote several American films under pseudonyms while living in Mexico from 1952 to 1962. He worked uncredited on "The Robe" (1953).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Hollywood On Trial (1976)

The Hollywood Ten (1950)

Writer (Feature Film)

The Beguiled (2017)

Source Material

Naked City: Justice With a Bullet (1998)

Characters As Source Material

Naked City: A Killer Christmas (1998)

Characters As Source Material

Ordinary Heroes (1986)

From Story ("Pride Of The Marines")

Scalawag (1973)

The Hollywood Ten (1950)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Hollywood On Trial (1976)

Writer (Short)

The House I Live In (1945)

Life Events

1997

Received posthumous credit for co-writing (with Philip Dunne) the screenplay for "The Robe" (1953)

Videos

Robe, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) We'll Both Need Friends Sent on a hurried mission to Palestine, having offended the emperor's heir, Roman officer Gallio (Richard Burton) with new slave Demetrius (Victor Mature) and Diana (Jean Simmons), the childhood sweetheart with whom he's just re-united, in the landmark wide-screen hit The Robe, 1953.

This Gun For Hire (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Are You That Broke? Boyfriend cop Mike (Robert Preston) seeing off singing magician and under-cover operative Ellen (Veronica Lake), who by chance meets Alan Ladd (as fugitive "Raven,") their first scene in their first movie together, in This Gun For Hire, 1942.

This Gun For Hire (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Now You See It... First appearance by Veronica Lake as singer-magician "Ellen," auditioning for night club operator and industrial spy Gates (Laird Cregar), song by Jacques Press and Frank Loesser, in This Gun For Hire, 1942.

Broken Arrow (1950) -- (Movie Clip) I Am Cochise Having spent a month learning Apache language and customs, and a big riding-in sequence from director Delmer Daves, Arizona scout Jeffords (James Stewart), having decided on his own to negotiate with Cochise (Jeff Chandler) to permit mail service, meets the imposing chief, in Broken Arrow, 1950.

Broken Arrow (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Apaches Playin' Fair? In Tucson after an encounter with Apaches, Jeffords (James Stewart) turns down an offer from ambitious Col. Bernall (Raymond Bramley), and tangles with aggrieved rancher Slade (Will Geer), Arthur Hunnicutt, Joyce MacKenzie among the spectators, in Delmer Daves’ Broken Arrow, 1950.

Broken Arrow (1950) -- (Movie Clip) White Painted Lady Received into the Arizona stronghold of Apache leader Cochise (Jeff Chandler), scout and former soldier Jeffords (James Stewart), seeking negotiations over mail service, observes tribal customs and meets young initiate Sonseeahray (Debra Paget), in Delmer Daves’ Broken Arrow, 1950.

Destination Tokyo (1943) -- (Movie Clip) I Never Seen A Doll On A Submarine Officers under command of Captain Cassidy (Cary Grant) take the U.S.S. Copperfin out, crewmen Tin Can (Dane Clark), Mike (Tom Tully), Cookie (Alan Hale) and Wolf (John Garfield) introduced, in Delmer Daves' Destination Tokyo, 1943.

Destination Tokyo (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Jap Float Zeroes Surfaced in the Aleutians to pick up Raymond (John Ridgely), Cassidy (Cary Grant) in command as Japanese planes strike, Wolf (John Garfield) and Mike (Tom Tully) among the defenders, impressive action in Destination Tokyo, 1943.

Destination Tokyo (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Join Us In Holding Our Breath The climax of a lengthy suspense sequence, Cary Grant as the steely Captain Cassidy guides the U.S.S. Copperfin into Tokyo Bay, through a mine-field, in the draught of a Japanese cruiser, keeping silent, John Ridgely, Warner Anderson, John Alvin among the crew, in DestinationTokyo, 1943.

Naked City, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Story Of The City Producer Mark Hellinger's narration boasts the virtues of the picture "you're about to see," leading to the murder by Ted de Corsia and Walter Burke in the famous opening of The Naked City, 1948.

Naked City, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Who Moved The Body? Cranky Lieutenant Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) works the crime scene with help from Halloran (Don Taylor) and Schaefer (Arthur O'Connell) in an early scene from The Naked City, 1948.

Naked City, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) The Kid Has Nerve Darn near unvarnished police procedure, as Donahue (Frank Conroy) and Halloran (Don Taylor) canvass for a suspect, director Jules Dassin working New York locations, until producer Mark Hellinger's narration resumes the policeman's lament in The Naked City, 1948.

Destination Tokyo - (Original Trailer) A U.S. submarine braves enemy waters during World War II in Destination Tokyo (1944) starring Cary Grant & John Garfield.

Pride Of The Marines (1945) - (Original Trailer) John Garfield stars in the true-life story of Al Schmid, A World War II hero blinded by a grenade in Pride Of The Marines (1945).

This Gun For Hire - (Original Trailer) A hitman (Alan Ladd) dodges police while tracking down the enemy agents who tried to frame him in This Gun For Hire (1942).

Companions

Margaret Larkin

Wife

Writer. Married 1937-1964.

Bibliography

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