Background
Salt was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Winifred (née Porter) and William Haslem Salt, an artist and business executive.
Salt was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Winifred (née Porter) and William Haslem Salt, an artist and business executive.
He graduated from Stanford University in 1934.
The first of the nineteen films he wrote or participated in writing, was released in 1937 with the title The Bride Wore Red. He joined the American Communist Party in 1938, and was a civilian consultant to the United States. Office of War Information during World World War World War II Salt"s career in Hollywood was interrupted when he was blacklisted after refusing to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1951. Like many other blacklisted writers, while he was unable to work in Hollywood Salt wrote pseudonymously for the British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood.
Salt was married three times, first to actress Mary Davenport with whom he had two children, actress/writer/producer Jennifer, and Deborah.
, first presented in 1992, is awarded at the Sundance Film Festival annually. lieutenant is determined by the dramatic jury, and recognizes outstanding screenwriting in a film screened at the festival that year.
See List of Sundance Film Festival award winners for a list of winners.
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Married Ambur Dana, 1939 (divorced). Married Mary Davenport, 1942 (divorced). Children: Jennifer, Deborah.
Married Gladys Schwartz, 1968. Married Eve Merriam, October 22, 1983.