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Albert Maltz ( / mɔːlts /; October 28, 1908 – April 26, 1985) was an American playwright, fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the Hollywood Ten who were jailed in 1950 for their 1947 refusal to testify before the US Congress about their involvement with the Communist Party USA.
Albert Maltz was an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a Communist Party member who was blacklisted in the 1950s. He wrote classics like Casablanca, The House I Live In, and The Naked City, and used fronts to evade the Hollywood blacklist.
Albert Maltz was an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a Communist Party member who was blacklisted in the 1950s. He wrote socially aware dramas such as Casablanca and The House I Live In, and faced persecution for his political views.
American dramatist and novelist, born in Brooklyn, New York, educated at Columbia University and Yale Drama School. At Yale Maltz attended George Pierce Baker's influential drama workshop where he ... From: Maltz, Albert in The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English ».
Jan 23, 2024 · Albert Maltz’s desire to write a prison novel did not begin with his incarceration in 1950 for refusing to answer the question, “Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist...
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Jeff Wallenfeldt. Other articles where Albert Maltz is discussed: Hollywood Ten: , John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo.
Apr 29, 1985 · Albert Maltz, an Academy-Award-winning screenwriter and one of 10 Hollywood figures jailed in 1950 and blacklisted by the movie industry for refusing to answer questions of the House...