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{{Short description|American screenwriter and producer (1911–1962)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jerry Wald
| image = John Wayne, Maurice Chevalier, Anthony Quinn and Jerry Wald during 1958 Academy Awards rehearsals.jpg
| caption = Jerry Wald (facing away from camera) during rehearsals for the 1958 Academy Awards, with [[John Wayne]], [[Maurice Chevalier]] and [[Anthony Quinn]]
| birth_name = Jerome Irving Wald
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|09|16|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|07|13|1911|09|16|mf=yes}}
| death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S.
| spouse = Constance M. Polan (1941–1962; his death; 2 children)
| years_active = 1932–1962
| occupation = Screenwriter; motion picture/radio program producer
}}
'''Jerome Irving Wald''' (September 16, 1911 – July 13, 1962{{Citation needed |date=April 2023}}) was an American screenwriter and a producer of [[Film producer|films]] and [[radio show|radio programs]].<ref name="obit">{{Cite news|title=Jerry wald is dead; movie producer, 49|work=New York Times|id={{ProQuest|116133967}}}}</ref><ref name="los">{{Cite news|title=Film producer jerry wald dies at his home after heart attack. |date=July 14, 1962|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|168141532}}}}</ref>

==Life and career==
===Early life===
Born to a Jewish family<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I0byBwAAQBAJ&q=wald|first=John|last=Cones|title=Motion Picture Biographies: The Hollywood Spin on Historical Figures|pages=42|isbn=9781628941166|date=April 2015|publisher=Algora }}</ref> in [[Brooklyn]], New York, he had a brother and sons who were active in show business. He attended James Madison High School.{{Citation needed |date=April 2023}}

He began writing a radio column for the ''[[New York Graphic|New York Evening Graphic]]'', while studying journalism at [[New York University]]. This led to him producing several ''[[Rambling 'Round Radio Row]]'' featurettes for [[Vitaphone]], [[Warner Brothers]]' short subject division (1932–33).{{Citation needed |date=April 2023}}

===Screenwriter===
Wald's first feature credit was for the Warners movie ''[[Twenty Million Sweethearts]]'' (1934); he provided the story along with [[Paul Finder Moss]] at Warners. Wald provided the story (along with [[Philip G. Epstein|Philip Epstein]]) for Universal's ''[[Gift of Gab (film)|Gift of Gab]]'' (1934).

Wald then signed with Warners where would be based for many years. He worked on the script for ''[[Maybe It's Love (1935 film)|Maybe It's Love]]'' (1935) and the [[Rudy Vallée]] musical ''[[Sweet Music]]'' (1935).

====Julius Epstein====
Wald worked on a series of scripts with [[Julius J. Epstein]]: the drama ''[[Living on Velvet]]'' (1935); ''[[In Caliente]]'' (1935); ''[[Broadway Gondolier]]'' (1935) (both uncredited); ''[[Little Big Shot (1935 film)|Little Big Shot]]'' (1935); ''[[Stars Over Broadway]]'' (1935); ''[[I Live for Love]]'' (1935); and ''[[Sons O' Guns (film)|Sons o' Guns]]'' (1936) with [[Joe E. Brown]].

Other writers with whom Wald regularly worked were [[Sig Herzig]] and [[Warren Duff]] who were both on ''[[Sing Me a Love Song]]'' (1937).

====Richard Macaulay====
Wald worked on ''[[Ready, Willing, and Able (film)|Ready, Willing and Able]]'' (1937) based on a story by [[Richard Macaulay]]. Wald, Macaulay, Duff and Herzig worked on ''[[Varsity Show (film)|Varsity Show]]'' (1937). Wald did some work on ''[[Ever Since Eve (1937 film)|Ever Since Eve]]'' (1937).

Wald and Macaulay collaborated on scripts for ''[[Hollywood Hotel (film)|Hollywood Hotel]]'' (1937); ''[[The Gay Impostors]]'' (1938) for Vallée; ''[[Garden of the Moon (film)|Garden of the Moon]]'' (1938); ''[[Brother Rat]]'' (1938), based on the hit play; and ''[[Hard to Get (1938 film)|Hard to Get]]'' (1938) with [[Dick Powell]].

Wald and Herzig were among the writers on ''[[Going Places (1938 film)|Going Places]]'' (1938) with Powell. He and Macaulay worked on ''[[The Kid from Kokomo]]'' (1939), from a story by [[Dalton Trumbo]]; ''[[Naughty but Nice (1939 film)|Naughty But Nice]]'' (1939) for Powell; and ''[[On Your Toes (1939 film)|On Your Toes]]'' (1939).

Wald and Macaulay had both mostly worked on musicals but they had a big hit with the gangster film ''[[The Roaring Twenties]]'' (1939), with [[James Cagney]] and [[Humphrey Bogart]], co-written with [[Robert Rossen]].

They worked on ''[[Brother Rat and a Baby]]'' (1939) (uncredited); ''[[3 Cheers for the Irish]]'' (1940), a comedy; ''[[Torrid Zone]]'' (1940), with Cagney and [[Ann Sheridan]]; ''[[Flight Angels]]'' (1940); ''[[Brother Orchid]]'' (1940); ''[[They Drive by Night]]'' (1940) with [[George Raft]] and Bogart; ''[[Million Dollar Baby (1941 film)|Million Dollar Baby]]'' (1941), a comedy co written with [[Casey Robinson]]; ''[[Out of the Fog (1941 film)|Out of the Fog]]'' (1941) with Lupino, working with Rossen; ''[[Manpower (1941 film)|Manpower]]'' (1941) with Raft, [[Edward G Robinson]] and [[Marlene Dietrich]].

===Producer===
Wald was promoted to producer at the recommendation of [[Mark Hellinger]]. His first credit was ''[[Navy Blues (1941 film)|Navy Blues]]'' (1941), which he also wrote with Macaulay.<ref name="obit" />

Wald was associate producer on ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942 film)|The Man Who Came to Dinner]]'' (1941), adapted by the Epsteins; ''[[All Through the Night (film)|All Through the Night]]'' (1942), with Bogart; ''[[Larceny, Inc.]]'' (1942) with Robinson; and ''[[Juke Girl]]'' (1942) with Sheridan and [[Ronald Reagan]].

Wald was promoted to full producer, and soon established himself as one of the leading filmmakers on the lot: ''[[Across the Pacific]]'' (1942), with Bogart and director [[John Huston]], written by Macaulay; ''[[George Washington Slept Here]]'' (1942) and ''[[The Hard Way (1943 film)|The Hard Way]]'' (1943); he also contributed to the story of the latter, but had effectively given up writing.

Wald went on to produce ''[[Action in the North Atlantic]]'' (1943) with Bogart; ''[[Background to Danger]]'' (1943) with Raft; ''[[Destination Tokyo]]'' (1943) with [[Cary Grant]] and directed by [[Delmer Daves]]; ''[[In Our Time (1944 film)|In Our Time]]'' (1944) with Lupino; ''[[The Very Thought of You (film)|The Very Thought of You]]'' (1944) with [[Dennis Morgan]] and [[Eleanor Parker]]; ''[[Objective, Burma!]]'' (1945) with [[Errol Flynn]]; and ''[[Pride of the Marines]]'' (1945) with [[John Garfield]].

Wald produced [[Joan Crawford]]'s first film at Warners, ''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]'' (1945) which won her an Oscar and earned Wald an Oscar Nomination for Best Picture. He did her next film, ''[[Humoresque (1946 film)|Humoresque]]'' (1946), written by [[Clifford Odets]] and directed by [[Jean Negulesco]].

Wald produced ''[[The Unfaithful (1947 film)|The Unfaithful]]'' (1947) with [[Ann Sheridan]] and director Vincent Sherman; ''[[Possessed (1947 film)|Possessed]]'' (1947) with Crawford; ''[[Dark Passage (film)|Dark Passage]]'' (1947) with Bogart and [[Lauren Bacall]] for Daves; and ''[[To the Victor]]'' (1948) with Morgan and Dves.

He produced a series of classic films: ''[[Key Largo (film)|Key Largo]]'' (1948) with Bogart, Bacall and [[Edward G. Robinson]]; ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'' (1948), which won an Oscar for star [[Jane Wyman]]; and ''[[Adventures of Don Juan]]'' (1948) with Flynn.

Wald's credits then included ''[[One Sunday Afternoon (1948 film)|One Sunday Afternoon]]'' (1949), with Morgan; ''[[John Loves Mary]]'' (1949) with [[Ronald Reagan]]; ''[[Flamingo Road (film)|Flamingo Road]]'' (1949) with Crawford; Daves' ''[[Task Force (film)|Task Force]]'' (1949) with [[Gary Cooper]]; ''[[Always Leave Them Laughing]]'' (1949) with [[Milton Berle]]; and ''[[The Inspector General (1949 film)|The Inspector General]]'' (1949) with [[Danny Kaye]].

Wald produced ''[[Young Man with a Horn (film)|Young Man with a Horn]]'' (1950) with [[Kirk Douglas]]; ''[[Perfect Strangers (1950 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'' (1950) with Morgan and [[Ginger Rogers]]; Sherman's ''[[The Damned Don't Cry]]'' (1950) with Crawford; ''[[Caged (1950 film)|Caged]]'' (1950), with [[Eleanor Parker]]; the first adaptation of ''[[The Glass Menagerie (1950 film)|The Glass Menagerie]]'' (1950); ''[[The Breaking Point (1950 film)|The Breaking Point]]'' (1950), from a Hemingway novel, with Garfield; and ''[[Storm Warning (1951 film)|Storm Warning]]'' (1951), an anti-[[Ku Klux Klan]] film with Rogers, Reagan and [[Doris Day]].

His story, Hot Air shot as ''[[Twenty Million Sweethearts]]'' (1934), was filmed as the Doris Day musical ''[[My Dream Is Yours]]'' (1949).

===Wald-Krasna Productions===
Wald and [[Norman Krasna]] formed Wald/Krasna Productions to release films through [[RKO Radio Pictures]]. [[Howard Hughes]] reportedly paid Warners $150,000 to release Wald from his contract with them. They were to make 12 films a year for five years with a budget of $50 million.<ref name="obit" />

Their movies together included ''[[Two Tickets to Broadway]]'' (1951), a musical; ''[[The Blue Veil (1951 film)|The Blue Veil]]'' (1951), with Jane Wyman; ''[[Behave Yourself!]]'' (1952), a comedy with [[Shelley Winters]]; ''[[The Lusty Men]]'' (1952), a rodeo drama with [[Robert Mitchum]]; and ''[[Clash by Night]]'' (1953), from a play by [[Clifford Odets]]. Wald did some uncredited producing on ''[[Macao (film)|Macao]]'' (1952) with Robert Mitchum.

Krasna and Wald dissolved their partnership because of interference from [[Howard Hughes]], then head of RKO, in their productions.

===Columbia===
Wald went to Columbia in 1952 as vice president in charge of production.<ref name="obit" />

At Columbia he produced ''[[Miss Sadie Thompson]]'' (1953) starring [[Rita Hayworth]]; ''[[Queen Bee (1955 film)|Queen Bee]]'' (1955) with Crawford, directed by [[Ranald MacDougall]]; ''[[The Harder They Fall (1956 film)|The Harder They Fall]]'' (1956), Bogart's last movie; and ''[[The Eddy Duchin Story]]'' (1957), a biopic with [[Tyrone Power]] and [[Kim Novak]].

===Jerry Wald Productions at 20th Century Fox===
Wald signed a contract with [[20th Century Fox]] where he established Jerry Wald Productions. He had a solid hit with ''[[An Affair to Remember]]'' (1957) starring Grant and [[Deborah Kerr]], and some minor ones with ''[[No Down Payment]]'' (1957) directed by [[Martin Ritt]], and ''[[Kiss Them for Me (film)|Kiss Them for Me]]'' (1957) with Grant. Wald had one of the biggest successes of his career with ''[[Peyton Place (film)|Peyton Place]]'' (1957), directed by Mark Robson.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety212-1958-09/mode/1up?|title=Wald not after increase|date=24 September 1958|page=7}}</ref>

Wald also produced ''[[The Long, Hot Summer (film)|The Long, Hot Summer]]'' (1958) with Paul Newman and [[Joanne Woodward]] from the novel by [[William Faulkner]] for Ritt; ''[[In Love and War (1958 film)|In Love and War]]'' (1958), a war film with [[Robert Wagner]] and Jeffrey Hunter directed by [[Philip Dunne (writer)|Philip Dunne]]; ''[[Mardi Gras (1958 film)|Mardi Gras]]'' (1958) a musical with [[Pat Boone]]; and ''[[The Sound and the Fury (1959 film)|The Sound and the Fury]]'' (1959), more Faulkner from Ritt with Woodward and [[Yul Brynner]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety212-1958-10/page/n318/mode/1up?|title=Wald counts his b.o. blessings|date=29 October 1958|page=3}}</ref>

During this time Wald told the press that a filmmaker's motto should be "Don't offend the innocent but don't frustrate the intelligent."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Wald to make film in boston|author=N. E.|date=May 7, 1958|work=The Christian Science Monitor|id={{ProQuest|509746979}}}}</ref>

Wald produced ''[[The Best of Everything (film)|The Best of Everything]]'' (1959) with Crawford, directed by Negulesco; ''[[Hound-Dog Man]]'' (1959), an attempt to make a film star of [[Fabian Forte]]; ''[[Beloved Infidel]]'' (1959) with Kerr and [[Gregory Peck]]; ''[[The Story on Page One (film)|The Story on Page One]]'' (1959), written and directed by Odets, starring Hayworth.

===Final films===
Wald spent a period in England to make ''[[Sons and Lovers (film)|Sons and Lovers]]'' (1960). Back in Hollywood he produced ''[[Let's Make Love]]'' (also 1960), Marilyn Monroe's penultimate film; ''[[Return to Peyton Place (film)|Return to Peyton Place]]'' (1961); ''[[Wild in the Country]]'' (1961), an [[Elvis Presley]] film written by Odets and directed by Dunne; ''[[Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation]]'' (1962) starring [[James Stewart]] and Fabian; ''[[Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man]]'' (1962) for Ritt with [[Richard Beymer]]; ''[[The Stripper (film)|The Stripper]]'' (1963) with Woodward and Beymer.

He also produced the [[Academy Awards]] telecast twice, the ceremonies for 1957 and 1958.{{Citation needed |date=April 2023}}

In July 1961 Wald's contract with Fox was expanded from ten films over three years to 18 films over three years, starting in September. Films announced included ''Adventures of A Young Man'', ''Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation'', ''The Enemy Within'', ''Lost Girl'', ''Ulysses'', the remake of ''Of ‘Human Bondage'', ''Let It Come Down'', ''Sextette'', ''Pink Tights'' and ''High Wind in Jamaica''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety-1961-07/page/10/mode/1up?|title=Longer commitment of Wald for 20th|date=26 July 1961|page=10}}</ref>

Among the films Wald was working on at the time of his death were adaptations of ''[[The Enemy Within (Kennedy book)|The Enemy Within]]'',<ref>{{cite web | title=PERSPECTIVE ON JIMMY HOFFA : Making a Folk Hero Out of a Thug : Film's revisionism can't erase the record: The former Teamsters boss was a mobster who plundered his union | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=January 3, 1993 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-03-op-883-story.html }}</ref> ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'' and ''[[A High Wind in Jamaica (novel)|A High Wind in Jamaica]]''.<ref name="obit" />

==Awards==
He received four Academy Award nominations as producer of the following [[Academy Award for Best Picture|nominees for Best Picture]]: ''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]'', ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'', ''[[Peyton Place (film)|Peyton Place]]'' and ''[[Sons and Lovers (1960 film)|Sons and Lovers]]''.<ref name="Osborne">{{cite book|title=65 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards|last=Osborne|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Osborne|year=1994|publisher=Abbeville Press|location=London|isbn=1-55859-715-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/65yearsofoscarof00osbo/page/88 88, 110, 147, and 164]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/65yearsofoscarof00osbo/page/88}}</ref> Although he never won a competitive Academy Award, he was awarded the [[Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award]] in 1949.<ref name="Osborne131">Osborne, p. 131</ref>

==Impact==
Wald is often cited as the real-life inspiration for the character Sammy Glick in the novel ''[[What Makes Sammy Run]]'' by [[Budd Schulberg]] although Schulberg himself denied this.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety-1962-08/page/n1/mode/1up?|magazine=Variety|title=Jerry Wald wasn't Sammy Glick|date=1 August 1962|page=2}}</ref>

Jerry Wald, was a close friend of Joan Crawford in the forties, offering her many parts including the title role in ''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]'', which he produced. He convinced director [[Michael Curtiz]] that she would succeed in the role, which brought her the Oscar for Best Actress in 1946. Jerry Wald not only produced ''Mildred Pierce'', but also ''[[Humoresque (1946 film)|Humoresque]]'' (1946), considered one of the best performances of Crawford's career, ''[[Across the Pacific]]'' (1942), ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942 film)|The Man Who Came to Dinner]]'' (1942), ''[[Possessed (1947 film)|Possessed]]'' (1947), ''[[Flamingo Road (film)|Flamingo Road]]'' (1949), ''[[The Damned Don't Cry]]'' (1950). After her career at Warner's fizzled out slowly even though she wished to remain with Warner's, after years of reinventing herself, she bought out her contract.{{Citation needed |date=April 2023}}

He is alleged to have responded, when asked why he attended [[Harry Cohn]]'s funeral, “Just to be sure the bastard was dead”<ref name="Cohn">{{Cite news|title=La Côte Basque, 1965|author=Truman Capote|date=August 18, 2022|work=Esquire|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a40376194/truman-capote-la-cote-basque/}}</ref>

==Marriage==
Wald married his wife Constance Emily "Connie" Polan (née Polan) on Christmas Day 1941; the couple had two sons. She became a California socialite and hostess whose dinner parties, frequented by her friend [[Audrey Hepburn]], continued after her husband died.<ref>{{cite news|last=Yardley|first=William|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/arts/connie-wald-hollywood-hostess-dies-at-96.html|title=Connie Wald, Whose Meals Became a Hollywood Tradition, Dies at 96|work=The New York Times|date=November 17, 2012|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Barnes|first=Mike|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/connie-wald-beverly-hills-hostess-391699|title=Connie Wald, Who Loved Having Hollywood Over for Dinner, Dies at 96|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 17, 2012|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref>

==Death==
Wald had been ill for the last few years of his life, suffering three heart attacks. He died, aged 50, at his home in [[Beverly Hills, California]] from a heart attack.{{Citation needed |date=April 2023}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jerry Wald, ethusiast|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety-1962-07/page/n198/mode/1up?|date=18 July 1962|page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jerry Wald|url=https://archive.org/details/variety-1962-07/page/n244/mode/1up?|date=18 July 1962|page=52}}</ref>

==Films as writer==
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* ''[[Twenty Million Sweethearts]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Gift of Gab (film)|Gift of Gab]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Living on Velvet]]'' (1935)
* ''[[I Live for Love]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Maybe It's Love (1935 film)|Maybe It's Love]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Sweet Music]]'' (1935)
* ''[[In Caliente]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Broadway Gondolier]]'' (1935) – Additional Dialogue.
* ''[[Stars Over Broadway]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Little Big Shot (1935 film)|Little Big Shot]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Sweet Music]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Sons O' Guns (film)|Sons o' Guns]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Ever Since Eve (1937 film)|Ever Since Eve]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Sing Me a Love Song]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Ready, Willing and Able (film)|Ready, Willing and Able]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Varsity Show (film)|Varsity Show]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Hard to Get (1938 film)|Hard to Get]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Hollywood Hotel (film)|Hollywood Hotel]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Gold Diggers in Paris]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Going Places (1938 film)|Going Places]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Garden of the Moon (film)|Garden of the Moon]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Brother Rat]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The Kid from Kokomo]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Roaring Twenties]]'' (1939)
* ''[[On Your Toes (1939 film)|On Your Toes]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Naughty but Nice (1939 film)|Naughty But Nice]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Three Cheers for the Irish]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Brother Rat and a Baby]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Brother Orchid]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Torrid Zone]]'' (1940)
* ''[[They Drive by Night]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Flight Angels]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Out of the Fog (1941 film)|Out of the Fog]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Navy Blues (1941 film)|Navy Blues]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Million Dollar Baby (1941 film)|Million Dollar Baby]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Manpower (1941 film)|Manpower]]'' (1941)
* ''[[The Hard Way (1943 film)|The Hard Way]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Humoresque (1946 film)|Humoresque]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Possessed (1947 film)|Possessed]]'' (1947)
* ''[[My Dream Is Yours]]'' (1949)
* ''[[The Damned Don't Cry!]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Peyton Place (film)|Peyton Place]]'' (1956)
}}

==Select filmography as producer==
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
*''[[Navy Blues (1941 film)|Navy Blues]]'' (1941)
*''[[George Washington Slept Here]]'' (1942)
*''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942 film)|The Man Who Came to Dinner]]'' (1942)
*''[[All Through the Night (film)|All Through the Night]]'' (1942)
*''[[Across the Pacific]]'' (1942)
*''[[Larceny, Inc.]]'' (1942)
*''[[Juke Girl]]'' (1942)
*''[[Background to Danger]]'' (1943)
*''[[The Hard Way (1943 film)|The Hard Way]]'' (1943)
*''[[Action in the North Atlantic]]'' (1943)
*''[[Destination Tokyo]]'' (1944)
*''[[The Very Thought of You (film)|The Very Thought of You]]'' (1944)
*''[[In Our Time (1944 film)|In Our Time]]'' (1944)
*''[[Objective, Burma!]]'' (1945)
*''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]'' (1945)
*''[[Pride of the Marines]]'' (1945)
*''[[Humoresque (1946 film)|Humoresque]]'' (1946)
*''[[The Unfaithful (1947 film)|The Unfaithful]]'' (1947)
*''[[Dark Passage (film)|Dark Passage]]'' (1947)
*''[[Possessed (1947 film)|Possessed]]'' (1947)
*''[[Key Largo (film)|Key Largo]]'' (1948)
*''[[Adventures of Don Juan]]'' (1948)
*''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'' (1948)
*''[[To the Victor]]'' (1948)
*''[[Flamingo Road (film)|Flamingo Road]]'' (1949)
*''[[Task Force (film)|Task Force]]'' (1949)
*''[[Always Leave Them Laughing]]'' (1949)
*''[[The Inspector General (1949 film)|The Inspector General]]'' (1949)
*''[[One Sunday Afternoon (1948 film)|One Sunday Afternoon]]'' (1949)
*''[[John Loves Mary]]'' (1949)
*''[[The Damned Don't Cry]]'' (1950)
*''[[Caged (1950 film)|Caged]]'' (1950)
*''[[The Breaking Point (1950 film)|The Breaking Point]]'' (1950)
*''[[Perfect Strangers (1950 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'' (1950)
*''[[Young Man with a Horn (film)|Young Man with a Horn]]'' (1950)
*''[[The Glass Menagerie (1950 film)|The Glass Menagerie]]'' (1950)
*''[[Storm Warning (1951 film)|Storm Warning]]'' (1951)
*''[[The Blue Veil (1951 film)|The Blue Veil]]'' (1951)
*''[[Behave Yourself!]]'' (1951)
*''[[Clash by Night]]'' (1952)
*''[[The Lusty Men]]'' (1952)
*''[[Macao (film)|Macao]]'' (1952)
*''[[Miss Sadie Thompson]]'' (1954)
*''[[Queen Bee (1955 film)|Queen Bee]]'' (1955)
*''[[The Eddy Duchin Story]]'' (1956)
*''[[The Harder They Fall (1956 film)|The Harder They Fall]]'' (1956)
*''[[Kiss Them for Me (film)|Kiss Them for Me]]'' (1957)
*''[[Peyton Place (film)|Peyton Place]]'' (1957)
*''[[An Affair to Remember]]'' (1957)
*''[[No Down Payment]]'' (1957)
*''[[Mardi Gras (1958 film)|Mardi Gras]]'' (1958)
*''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]'' (1958)
*''[[In Love and War (1958 film)|In Love and War]]'' (1958)
*''[[The Story on Page One (film)|The Story on Page One]]'' (1959)
*''[[Beloved Infidel]]'' (1959)
*''[[The Sound and the Fury (1959 film)|The Sound and the Fury]]'' (1959)
*''[[The Best of Everything (film)|The Best of Everything]]'' (1959)
*''[[Hound-Dog Man]]'' (1959)
*''[[Let's Make Love]]'' (1960)
*''[[Sons and Lovers (1960 film)|Sons and Lovers]]'' (1960)
*''[[Return to Peyton Place (film)|Return to Peyton Place]]'' (1961)
*''[[Wild in the Country]]'' (1961)
*''[[Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation]]'' (1962)
*''[[Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man]]'' (1962)
*''[[The Stripper (film)|The Stripper]]'' (1963)
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0907003}}
* {{Find a Grave|6031}}

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