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Budd Schulberg (born March 27, 1914 in New York City, New York) is an American screenwriter and novelist. Image File history File links Budd_Schulberg_(writer). ... Image File history File links Budd_Schulberg_(writer). ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ...

He was "Hollywood" royalty, the son of B.P. Schulberg, head of Paramount Pictures and Adeline Jafee-Schulberg, sister to agent/film producer Sam Jaffe. Budd Schulberg is best known for his 1941 novel What Makes Sammy Run, his 1947 novel The Harder They Fall, his 1954 Academy-award-winning screenplay for On the Waterfront, and his 1957 screenplay A Face in the Crowd. He encountered political controversy in 1947 because of his appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee, in which he appeared as a friendly witness, "named names" of fifteen alleged Communists, and testified that Party members had sought to influence the content of What Makes Sammy Run. His testimony saw many of his fellow workers added to the Hollywood blacklist. B.P. Schulberg (January 19, 1892 - February 25, 1957) was a pioneer film producer and movie studio executive. ... The Paramount Pictures logo used from 1987 to 1995. ... Sam Jaffe was born May 21, 1901. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Budd Schulbergs (b. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Harder They Fall is a 1956 film noir/drama starring Humphrey Bogart in his last movie role. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... On the Waterfront is an American 1954 film about mob violence and corruption among longshoremen, and became a standard of its kind. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Face in the Crowd (1957) is an epic motion picture starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Walter Matthau, directed by Elia Kazan. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... HUAC hearings The House Un-American Activities Committee or HUAC (or, rarely, HCUA) (1945-1975) was an investigating committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... Playwright Arthur Miller testifies before HUAC The Hollywood blacklist was a group of mainly film actors, directors, and screenwriters in the late 1940s and early 1950s who were unable to work openly after having been targeted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities for alleged communist activities. ...

Schulberg attended Deerfield Academy and Dartmouth College. In 1939 he collaborated on the screenplay for Winter Carnival, a light comedy set at Dartmouth. One of his collaborators was F. Scott Fitzgerald, who was at the time attempting to pursue a Hollywood career. In 1950 Schulberg published a novel, The Disenchanted, about a young screenwriter who collaborates on a screenplay about a college winter festival with a famous novelist at the nadir of his career. The novelist is portrayed as a tragic but contemptible figure, with whom the young screenwriter becomes disillusioned. According to the New York Times, it was the tenth bestselling novel in the United States in 1950. Deerfield Academy is a prep school located in Deerfield, Massachusetts. ... For other uses of the name Dartmouth, see Dartmouth Dartmouth College is a small private university in Hanover, New Hampshire, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Hey. ... A Winter carnival is an outdoor celebration that occurs in wintertime. ... F.Scott Fitzgerald, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896–December 21, 1940) was an Irish-American Jazz Age novelist and short story writer. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States, as determined by the New York Times. ...

In 1965, after a devastating riot had ripped apart the fabric of the Watts community in Los Angeles, Schulberg formed the Watts Writers Workshop as an attempt to ameliorate frustrations and bring artistic training to the economically impoverished district. 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... The Watts Writers Workshop was a creative writing group initiated by screenwriter Budd Schulberg in the wake of the devastating 1965 riots in South Central Los Angeles. ...

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