Background
Wald, Malvin Daniel was born on August 8, 1917 in New York City. Son of Rudolph and Bella (Danglo) Wald.
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This is the first film shot by a Hollywood producer to make the island of Manhattan into a film studio. Shot as a semi-documentary at 107 locations throughout the city, Malvin Wald, Albert Maltz, and Jules Dassin skillfully used the city as protagonist and intensified the credibility of the story and its human characters. Based on unsolved cases he found in New York police files, Malvin Wald’s suspenseful tale of murder, theft, and conspiracy was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Story” in 1949. (The cinemaphotographer, William Daniels, and the film editor, Paul Weatherwax, won Oscars for their work.) Asked to create a role for James Stewart as the detective, Wald found that the research he had done and his personal knowledge of the detectives and their methods made that impossible. His police lieutenant emerged as a sixty-five-year-old veteran with an Irish brogue, and Barry Fitzgerald was given his now classic role. The Naked City established a film style that is still used. It was the source of the successful television series of the same title which in turn gave birth to a rash of imitations. Like the previous books in the Screenplay Library series, the script published here is the original shooting script.
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Wald, Malvin Daniel was born on August 8, 1917 in New York City. Son of Rudolph and Bella (Danglo) Wald.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1936. Juris Doctor, Woodland University, 1976.
Screenwriter, various film studios, Hollywood, California, 1939-1942;
screenwriter, producer, various film and television studios, worldwide, since 1946. Adjunct Professor writing University of Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1949. Playwright, actor American National Theatre and Academy, West Burbank, California, 1985-1993.
Guest appearances Hollywood Commandos, Administrative Management College Channel, 1997, Rogues Gallery, Discovery Channel, 1997, Visiting With Huell Howser, Public Broadcasting Service, 1996.
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Director information American Veterans Committee, Los Angeles, 1945-1946. Board directors Housing for Entertainment Professionals, Hollywood, 1986-1993. Technology sergeant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946.
Member Writers Guild American West (board directors 1983-1985), Writers Guild Foundation (trustee 1986-1997), University Film and Video Foundation (advisory board 1987-1991), Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (documentary awards committee 1950-1980, Academy award nomination 1958, editorial board creative screenwriting, editorial board).
Married Sylvia Blanche Fish, June 22, 1946 (deceased 1999). Children: Alan Russell, Jenifer Diane.