Walter Bernstein

Walter Bernstein

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1919-08-20
Deathday: 2021-01-22 (101 years old)

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Biography

In February 1941, Bernstein was drafted into the U.S. Army. Eventually attaining the rank of Sergeant, he spent most of World War II as a correspondent on the staff of the Army newspaper Yank, filing dispatches from Iran, Palestine, Egypt, North Africa, Sicily and Yugoslavia. He wrote of his experiences in Palestine in an article entitled "War and Palestine".


Bernstein wrote a number of articles and stories based on his experiences in the Army, many of which originally appeared in The New Yorker. These were collected in Keep Your Head Down, his first book, published in 1945.


Bernstein first came to Hollywood in 1947, under a ten-week contract with writer-producer-director Robert Rossen at Columbia Pictures. Following that stint, he worked for a while for producer Harold Hecht, which resulted in his first screen credit, shared with Ben Maddow, for their adaptation of the Gerald Butler novel Kiss the Blood Off My Hands for the 1948 Universal film. He subsequently returned to New York, where he continued writing for The New Yorker and other magazines, and eventually found work as a scriptwriter in the early days of live television. In 1950, because of his numerous left-wing political affiliations and related activities, his name appeared in the notorious publication Red Channels, and as a result he found himself blacklisted. Throughout the 1950s, however, he managed to continue writing for television, both under pseudonyms and through the use of "fronts" (non-blacklisted individuals who would permit their names to appear on his work). In this manner, he contributed to several notable TV programs of the era, including Danger, the CBS News docudrama series You Are There and the mystery series Colonel March of Scotland Yard. (It has been incorrectly stated in some sources that Bernstein's blacklisting resulted from "unfriendly" testimony given to HUAC in 1951, but in fact he was not subpoenaed by the Committee until the late 1950s, and never actually testified.)


His screenwriting career began to rebound from the blacklist when director Sidney Lumet hired him to write the screenplay for the 1959 Sophia Loren movie That Kind of Woman. From then on Bernstein was able to work openly on films such as Paris Blues (1961) and Fail-Safe (1964). He also contributed, without receiving credit, to the screenplays of The Magnificent Seven (1960) and The Train (1964), and was one of several writers who worked on the script for the ill-fated Something's Got to Give, which was left uncompleted at the time of the death of its star, Marilyn Monroe, in 1962.

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Filmography

all 43

Movies 41

Writer 25

self 13

TV Shows 2

Director 2

Self
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'

Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' (2016)

Movie
Self
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015)

Movie
Writer
Hidden

Hidden (2011)

TV
7.5
Self - Screenwriter
A War in Hollywood

A War in Hollywood (2009)

Movie
Self / Interviewee
Trumbo

Trumbo (2007)

Movie
Self
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin

Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin (2003)

Movie
Self (uncredited)
The Tramp and the Dictator

The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)

Movie
Self
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001)

Movie
Self
On Cukor

On Cukor (2000)

Movie
Self
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (2000)

Movie
Self
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000)

Movie
Writer
Fail Safe

Fail Safe (2000)

Movie
Writer
Durango

Durango (1999)

Movie
Himself
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)

Movie
Writer
Miss Evers' Boys

Miss Evers' Boys (1997)

Movie
Story
The Affair

The Affair (1995)

Movie
Writer
Doomsday Gun

Doomsday Gun (1994)

Movie
Director
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991)

Movie
Self - Screenwriter 'Something's Got to Give'
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give

Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990)

Movie
Writer
The House on Carroll Street

The House on Carroll Street (1988)

Movie
Writer
The Couch Trip

The Couch Trip (1988)

Movie
Director
Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker (1980)

Movie
Writer
Yanks

Yanks (1979)

Movie
Writer
An Almost Perfect Affair

An Almost Perfect Affair (1979)

Movie
Writer
The Betsy

The Betsy (1978)

Movie
Writer
Semi-Tough

Semi-Tough (1977)

Movie
Annie's Date Outside Theatre
Annie Hall

Annie Hall (1977)

Movie
5.08
Self - Interviewee
Hollywood on Trial

Hollywood on Trial (1976)

Movie
Writer
The Front

The Front (1976)

Movie
Writer
The Molly Maguires

The Molly Maguires (1970)

Movie
Writer
The Money Trap

The Money Trap (1965)

Movie
Writer
Fail Safe

Fail Safe (1964)

Movie
5.53
Writer
The Train

The Train (1964)

Movie
Writer
Something's Got to Give

Something's Got to Give (1962)

Movie
Writer
Paris Blues

Paris Blues (1961)

Movie
Writer
The Light That Failed

The Light That Failed (1961)

Movie
Writer
The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Movie
5.66
Writer
A Breath of Scandal

A Breath of Scandal (1960)

Movie
Writer
Heller in Pink Tights

Heller in Pink Tights (1960)

Movie
Writer
The Wonderful Country

The Wonderful Country (1959)

Movie
6
Writer
That Kind of Woman

That Kind of Woman (1959)

Movie
Additional Writing
DuPont Show of the Month

DuPont Show of the Month (1957)

TV
Writer
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)

Movie
1

Ratings

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Information

Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1919-08-20

Deathday
2021-01-22 (101 years old)

Birth Place
Brooklyn, United States of America

Relationships
Judith Braun (1960-01-01 - 1984-01-01)

Children
Jake Bernstein, Andrew Bernstein

Citizenships
United States of America

Awards
Evelyn F. Burkey Award


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