Budd Schulberg
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| '''Budd Schulberg''' (born '''Seymour Wilson Schulberg''', March 27, 1914 – August 5, 2009) was an American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer. He was known for his novels ''[[What Makes Sammy Run?]]'' and ''The Harder They Fall;'' his Academy Award-winning screenplay for ''[[On the Waterfront]]'', and his screenplay for ''[[A Face in the Crowd (film)|A Face in the Crowd]]''. | '''Budd Schulberg''' (born '''Seymour Wilson Schulberg''', March 27, 1914 – August 5, 2009) was an American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer. He was known for his novels ''[[What Makes Sammy Run?]]'' and ''The Harder They Fall;'' his Academy Award-winning screenplay for ''[[On the Waterfront]]'', and his screenplay for ''[[A Face in the Crowd (film)|A Face in the Crowd]]''. | ||
| - | In 1950, Schulberg published ''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 (who was then assumed by reviewers to be a thinly disguised portrait of [[F. Scott Fitzgerald|Fitzgerald]], who had died 10 years earlier) is portrayed as a tragic, flawed figure, with whom the young screenwriter becomes disillusioned. The novel was the tenth bestselling novel in the United States in 1950 and was adapted as a Broadway play in 1958, starring [[Jason Robards]] (who won a [[Tony Award]] for his performance) and [[George Grizzard]] as the character loosely based on Schulberg. In 1958, Schulberg wrote and co-produced (with his younger brother Stuart) the film ''[[Wind Across the Everglades]],'' directed by [[Nicholas Ray]]. | + | In 1950, Schulberg published ''[[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 (who was then assumed by reviewers to be a thinly disguised portrait of [[F. Scott Fitzgerald|Fitzgerald]], who had died 10 years earlier) is portrayed as a tragic, flawed figure, with whom the young screenwriter becomes disillusioned. |
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Budd Schulberg (born Seymour Wilson Schulberg, March 27, 1914 – August 5, 2009) was an American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer. He was known for his novels What Makes Sammy Run? and The Harder They Fall; his Academy Award-winning screenplay for On the Waterfront, and his screenplay for A Face in the Crowd.
In 1950, Schulberg published 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 (who was then assumed by reviewers to be a thinly disguised portrait of Fitzgerald, who had died 10 years earlier) is portrayed as a tragic, flawed figure, with whom the young screenwriter becomes disillusioned.
