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Waldo Salt is a Actor, Scriptwriter, Songs and Additional Dialogue American born on 18 october 1914 at Chicago (USA)

Waldo Salt

Waldo Salt
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Birth name Waldo Miller Salt
Nationality USA
Birth 18 october 1914 at Chicago (USA)
Death 7 march 1987 (at 72 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Writers Guild of America Award

Waldo Miller Salt (October 18, 1914 – March 7, 1987) was an American screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era of McCarthyism. He later won Academy Awards for Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home.

Biography

Dans les années 1950, il fut une des victimes du maccarthisme et inscrit sur la liste noire du cinéma.

Il est le père de l'actrice et scénariste Jennifer Salt.

Best films

Midnight Cowboy (1969)
(Scriptwriter)
Coming Home (1978)
(Scriptwriter)
Taras Bulba (1962)
(Ecrivain)
The Philadelphia Story (1941)
(Scriptwriter)
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
(Writer)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Harold Hecht
Harold Hecht
(5 films)
Ann Roth
Ann Roth
(3 films)
Franz Waxman
Franz Waxman
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Waldo Salt (23 films)

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Actor

Into the Night, 1h55
Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Farnsworth, Dan Aykroyd, David Bowie, David Cronenberg
Roles Male Derelict
Rating64% 3.2007253.2007253.2007253.2007253.200725
Upon discovering that his wife is having an affair, depressed insomniac Ed Okin (Jeff Goldblum) drives to LAX on his friend Herb's (Dan Aykroyd) suggestion. There he is surprised by a beautiful jewel smuggler, Diana (Michelle Pfeiffer), who lands on his car and begs him to drive her away from four Iranians who are chasing her. She persuades him to drive her to various locations, and he becomes embroiled in her predicament. After becoming increasingly exasperated with her demands, he discovers that Diana has smuggled priceless emeralds from the Shah of Iran's treasury into the country, and is being pursued by various assorted assailants, including the aforementioned agents of a criminal Iranian expatriate and a British hitman (David Bowie).
Midnight Cowboy, 1h49
Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Erotic thriller films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Balaban, John McGiver
Roles Joe Pyne on TV Show (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.8981953.8981953.8981953.8981953.898195
As the film opens, Joe Buck (Jon Voight), a young Texan working as a dishwasher, dresses in new cowboy clothing, packs a suitcase, and quits his job. He heads to New York City hoping to succeed as a male prostitute for women. Initially unsuccessful, he succeeds in bedding a well-to-do middle-aged New Yorker (Sylvia Miles), but Joe ends up giving her money.

Scriptwriter

Coming Home, 2h7
Directed by Hal Ashby
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Politique, Films about sexuality, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty
Rating72% 3.647523.647523.647523.647523.64752
In the spring of 1968 in California, Sally (Jane Fonda), a loyal and conservative military wife, is married to Bob Hyde (Bruce Dern), a captain in the United States Marine Corps who is about to be deployed to Vietnam. As a dedicated military officer, Bob sees it primarily as an opportunity for progress. At first, Sally dreads being left alone, but after a while she feels liberated. Forced to find housing off the base she moves into a new apartment by the beach and buys a sports car. With nothing else to do, she decides to volunteer at a local veterans' hospital. This, in part, is motivated by her bohemian friend Vi Munson (Penelope Milford), whose brother Billy has come home after just two weeks in Vietnam with grave emotional problems and now resides in the VA hospital.
The Day of the Locust, 2h24
Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about films
Actors William Atherton, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, Donald Sutherland, Geraldine Page, Lelia Goldoni
Rating68% 3.44523.44523.44523.44523.4452
A cynical and gothic look at Hollywood during the late 1930s, The Day of the Locust tells the tales of residents of the dilapidated San Bernardino Arms: Faye Greener, a trashy aspiring actress with limited talent, and her father Harry, a washed-up vaudevillian reduced to working as a door-to-door salesman; sexually repressed accountant Homer Simpson, who desperately loves Faye, and East Coast WASP Tod Hackett, an aspiring artist employed by the production department of a major studio, who also fancies Faye.
Serpico
Serpico (1973)
, 2h5
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Historical, Crime, Politic
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Al Pacino, John Randolph, M. Emmet Walsh, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Tony Roberts
Rating76% 3.8487853.8487853.8487853.8487853.848785
Working as a uniformed patrolman, Frank Serpico excels at every assignment. He moves on to plainclothes assignments, where he slowly discovers a hidden world of corruption and graft among his own colleagues. After witnessing cops commit violence, take payoffs, and other forms of police corruption, Serpico decides to expose what he has seen, but is harassed and threatened by his peers. His struggle leads to infighting within the police force, problems in his personal relationships, and his life being threatened. Finally, after being shot in the face during a drug bust on February 3, 1971, he testifies before the Knapp Commission, a government inquiry into NYPD police corruption between 1970 and 1972. After receiving a New York City Police Department Medal of Honor and a disability pension, Serpico resigns from the force and moves to Switzerland.
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, 1h36
Directed by James Goldstone
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jo Van Fleet, Lionel Stander, Roz Kelly, Robert De Niro
Roles Ecrivain
Rating49% 2.456442.456442.456442.456442.45644
Deux gangs s'affrontent à New York. D'un côté, le vieux parrain Baccala, bien décidé à conserver son territoire. De l'autre, l'ambitieux Kid Sally et son gang, estimant mériter une place plus importante au sein du crime organisé de la grosse pomme.
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, 1h36
Directed by James Goldstone
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jo Van Fleet, Lionel Stander, Robert De Niro, Hervé Villechaize
Roles Ecrivain
Rating49% 2.456442.456442.456442.456442.45644
C'est l'histoire amusante de deux gangs mafieux en guerre à New York. Le gang le plus faible utilise incroyablement un lion pour faire chanter les "clients" du gang opposé. La police réussit à arrêter l'un des gangs, tandis que l'autre reste sans le Boss.Ld
Midnight Cowboy, 1h49
Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Erotic thriller films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Balaban, John McGiver
Rating77% 3.8981953.8981953.8981953.8981953.898195
As the film opens, Joe Buck (Jon Voight), a young Texan working as a dishwasher, dresses in new cowboy clothing, packs a suitcase, and quits his job. He heads to New York City hoping to succeed as a male prostitute for women. Initially unsuccessful, he succeeds in bedding a well-to-do middle-aged New Yorker (Sylvia Miles), but Joe ends up giving her money.
Flight from Ashiya, 1h38
Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark, George Chakiris, Suzy Parker, Shirley Knight, Danièle Gaubert
Roles Writer
Rating53% 2.6571752.6571752.6571752.6571752.657175
The movie centers on three flight crew members of a USAF Air Rescue Service HU-16 Albatross and various experiences in their collective pasts, told in flashback. Some have considered the flashbacks as tedious and boring, but the aircraft sequences are generally considered quite good, especially for fans of the Grumman Albatross. Richard Widmark plays Colonel Stevenson (the pilot in command); Yul Brynner portrays Master Sergeant Mike Takashima (the Pararescue specialist) and George Chakiris portrays the co-pilot, Lieutenant Gregg.
Wild and Wonderful, 1h28
Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Tony Curtis, Christine Kaufmann, Marcel Dalio, Fifi D'Orsay, Marty Ingels, Jacques Aubuchon
Rating60% 3.0013053.0013053.0013053.0013053.001305
« Monsieur Cognac », tel est le nom d'un caniche blanc devenu à Paris, au début des années 1960, une star de la télévision et de la publicité. Tout choyé qu’il est, il aime bien échapper un moment à sa maîtresse, la jeune Giselle Ponchon, en passant par un trou de la cave de la maison Ponchon. Il se promène alors la nuit sans souci dans les rues de la capitale. Dans une discothèque où se produit l'Américain Terry Williams avec sa bande, « Monsieur Cognac » déguste avec plaisir une petite tasse de la boisson alcoolisée qui porte son nom et qui était en fait réservée à l'un des musiciens. Mais ce qui a attiré notre caniche dans la discothèque, ce n’est pas le cognac mais surtout les jolies dames caniches qui font partie du spectacle. Entre Monsieur Cognac et Terry nait une telle amitié que tous les deux se lancent dans une longue tournée de cafés, au cours de laquelle le chien, rendu de couleur verdâtre à la suite d’un accident, se révèle comme un connaisseur confirmé ès boissons alcoolisées. Mais Terry va bientôt faire connaissance de Giselle, la propriétaire de Monsieur Cognac : le lendemain matin, en compagnie de son père et de la police, elle fait irruption dans l'appartement de Terry et veut faire arrêter ce dernier pour « dognapping ».
Taras Bulba, 2h2
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Yul Brynner, Tony Curtis, Sam Wanamaker, Perry Lopez, Brad Dexter, George Macready
Roles Ecrivain
Rating62% 3.1495353.1495353.1495353.1495353.149535
The film opens in the 16th century, when Russia and Eastern Europe were divided into small sections and principalities that fought each other or against one enemy: in this case, Turkey. It starts with a battle raging between the Turks and the Poles. The Poles are losing until the Cossacks arrive to save the day. However, it turns out that the Poles were merely holding back so that they could treacherously attack the Cossacks after they won the battle for them. As a result, the Poles become masters of Ukraine and the Cossacks are subjugated. Taras Bulba, one of the Cossack officers, returns home to raise his family but now it is under Polish dominion.
Blast of Silence, 1h17
Directed by Allen Baron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Allen Baron, Larry Tucker, Lionel Stander, Jerry Douglas
Roles Writer
Rating73% 3.695073.695073.695073.695073.69507
Le tueur à gages Frank Bono revient à New York, la veille de Noël, pour exécuter un contrat : il doit impérativement liquider un petit "caïd" désormais indésirable. Il s'entoure de mille précautions et surveille attentivement sa future victime. Mais, il va rencontrer de vieilles connaissances, dont Lorrie, qu'il semble avoir aimée autrefois. Il prend contact avec Big Ralph qui doit lui procurer l'arme du meurtre, mais la rencontre avec celui-ci tourne mal. Frank finit par assassiner Big Ralph avec le fil d'un téléphone. Désormais menacé, Frank cherche à fuir avec Lorrie et ne veut plus remplir ses engagements. La fille refuse : Frank se ravise et finit par abattre le gangster. Il prévient ses commanditaires de l'accomplissement en bonne et due forme de son travail, mais au moment d'être payé, il est pris en chasse, tué et abandonné dans un marais.
The Crimson Pirate, 1h44
Directed by Robert Siodmak, Vernon Sewell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok, Torin Thatcher, James Hayter, Margot Grahame
Rating70% 3.546833.546833.546833.546833.54683
In the Caribbean, late in the 18th century, Captain Vallo (Burt Lancaster), a pirate known as "The Crimson Pirate", and his crew capture a ship of the King's navy. The ship is carrying Baron Gruda (Leslie Bradley), the special envoy to the King, who is on his way to the Island of Cobra to help crush a rebellion by rebels opposed to the King's rule. Vallo proposes to make money by selling the weapons on the ship to El Libre, the leader of the rebels. Baron Gruda then proposes to pay Vallo money if he can capture El Libre and bring him to him. Vallo accepts and Baron Gruda and his crew are released, Vallo keeping their ship and releasing Gruda and his men onto his own. While some of the pirates complain that this is not pirate business, they soon come around when they find out the amount of money to be made.
M
M (1951)
, 1h28
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Luther Adler, Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr
Roles Dialogue
Rating67% 3.392293.392293.392293.392293.39229
In this Americanized remake of the 1931 German film of the same name, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious killer who preys on small children.