Background
He was born in New York City and died in Los Los Angeles
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He was born in New York City and died in Los Los Angeles
Among his own screenplays were and The Caine Mutiny. The Blankforts donated over 400 pieces of art to the museum, including works by Yves Klein, Willem de Kooning and Arshile Gorky.
He served as a front for the blacklisted Albert Maltz on the Academy Award-nominated screenplay of Broken Arrow (1950). He was president of the Writers Guild of America, West from 1967 to 1969 and won the Guild"s Valentine Davies Award (along with Norman Corwin) in 1972. He also served on the Board of Governors of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1969 to 1971.
