Albert Maltz (October 28, 1908 – April 26, 1985) was an American author and screenwriter who was one of the Hollywood Ten who were blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era of McCarthyism. October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... The Hollywood Ten was a group of American screenwriters, actors, and directors, alleged members of the Communist Party, who were convicted of contempt of Congress during the height of the Red Scare. ... A blacklist is a list or register of people who, for one reason or another, are being denied a particular privilege, service, or mobility. ... ... A movie studio is a company which develops, equips and maintains a controlled environment for the making of a film. ... McCarthyism, named for Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, was a period of intense anti-communism, and is also popularly known as the second Red Scare. ...

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Albert Maltz was educated at Columbia University and the Yale School of Drama. Maltz worked as a playwright for the Theatre Union during the early 1930s and wrote his first of eighteen screenplays for Hollywood in 1932. He won the 1938 O. Henry Award for "The Happiest Man on Earth," a short story published in Harper's Magazine. In 1944 he published the novel, "The Cross and the Arrow." The Brooklyn Bridge in 1890, seven years after its opening Kings County in New York State Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Columbia University is a private university in New York City. ... Yale School of Drama traces its roots to the Yale Dramatic Association, the second oldest college theatre association in the country, founded in 1900. ... The O. Henry Awards are yearly prizes given to short stories of exceptional merit. ... This article is in need of attention. ... An issue of Harpers Magazine from 1905 Another issue, from November 2004 Harpers Magazine (or simply Harpers) is a monthly general-interest magazine covering literature, politics, culture, and the arts. ...

For his script for the 1945 film Pride of the Marines, Maltz was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. He won the 1951 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Drama for his screenplay for Broken Arrow. However, due to his blacklisting at the time, fellow MPAA screenwriter Michael Blankfort put his name on the script as the only way to get it accepted by any of the Hollywood movie studios. As such, Blankfort was named the winner until things were made right for Maltz, albeit posthumously, in 1997 when the Writers' Guild of America unanimously voted to restore screen credit to the those who had been blacklisted. The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries. ... Broken Arrow was the name of a film released in 1950. ... The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a non-profit trade association formed to advance the interests of movie studios. ... A movie studio is a company which develops, equips and maintains a controlled environment for the making of a film. ...

Albert Maltz died in Los Angeles, California in 1985. Griffith Observatory and the Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ...

Partial filmography:

• Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
• The Robe (1953) (originally uncredited)
• Broken Arrow (1950) (originally uncredited)
• The Naked City (1948)
• Cloak and Dagger (1946)
• Pride of the Marines (1945)
• The House I Live In (1945)

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External link

• Albert Maltz at the Internet Movie Database