Jerry Wald

Jerry Wald ( born September 16, 1911 in Brooklyn, New York City; † July 13, 1962 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, actually Jerome Irving Wald) was an American screenwriter and film producer.

Life

Born in Brooklyn, Jerry Wald came upon his brother for the film to Hollywood, where he worked as a screenwriter, especially for Warner Brothers. So he came among others, going places and at the Raoul Walsh film The Roaring Twenties ( The Roaring Twenties, 1939) and a Night ( They Drive by Night, 1940) as a screenwriter for use. From 1941 he served at Warner also as a film producer. His productions include a series of war films such as use in the North Atlantic ( Action in the North Atlantic, 1943) with Humphrey Bogart as well as several film dramas starring Joan Crawford, including Mildred Pierce ( Mildred Pierce, 1945), Humoresque ( Humoresque, 1946), Possessed ( Possessed, 1947) and the Road of the successful ( Flamingo Road, 1949).

Jerry Wald was as a producer for Peyton ( Peyton Place, 1957) and Sons and Lovers ( Sons and Lovers, 1960) nominated twice for an Academy Award and received the 1949 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. 1957 and 1958 he also produced the Oscar ceremony. He died in 1962 at the age of 50 at his home in Beverly Hills of a heart attack. His grave is at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Filmography (selection)

Production

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