Albert Maltz 1908-1985

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ollowing his education at Columbia University and the Yale School of Drama, Albert Maltz worked as a playwright for the Theatre Union.

   During the early 30s, several of his plays were produced in New York and a number of his novels and stories were published.

   In 1941, Maltz moved to Hollywood to write screenplays and he primarily worked for Warner Brothers and Paramount.

   In 1942, he wrote the script for the Oscar-winning documentary Moscow Strikes Back.

   During WWII, he wrote scripts for films such as Destination Tokyo (1944). One documentary he wrote, The House I Live In won a special Academy Award in 1945.

   After refusing to cooperate with Congress in 1947, Maltz was sentenced to almost a year in jail and was blacklisted as one of the Hollywood Ten.  

   Although he continued to contribute anonymously to scripts, Maltz received no credit until his final film Two Mules for Sister Sara.

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