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Waldo Miller Salt (October 18, 1914 – March 7, 1987) was an American screenwriter who won Academy Awards for both Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home.
Waldo Salt. Writer: Midnight Cowboy. Waldo Salt was one of the many people blacklisted in Hollywood during the Red Scare, but unlike others, Salt recovered triumphantly.
Writer: Midnight Cowboy. Waldo Salt was one of the many people blacklisted in Hollywood during the Red Scare, but unlike others, Salt recovered triumphantly. He wrote his first scripts in the late 1930s (MGM contract writer, 1936-42) and also served as a civilian consultant to the Office of War Information from 1942- 1945 before being ...
Jun 30, 2022 · Salt belonged to the Communist Party for 18 years — daughter (and actress) Jennifer Salt believes he was driven in part by a longing for family, as well as a moralistic bent to make a better world. But he lost faith after a famous 1956 Khrushchev speech that revealed atrocities committed by Stalin.
Mar 8, 1987 · Waldo Salt, a two-time winner of the Academy Award for screenwriting, died of lung cancer yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 72 years old and lived...
Dec 11, 2006 · The career of screenwriter Waldo Salt was brought to a halt by McCarthyism in the 1950s. His acclaimed works include Midnight Cowboy (1969), Serpico (1972) and Coming Home (1978). Skip to main...
Jan 14, 2019 · Drawing on a range of draft scripts, correspondences, notes, trade and mainstream press reports, this essay examines the career of screenwriter Waldo Salt in the years surrounding the development and release of Midnight Cowboy (1969).
