Waldo Salt

A-List

Total Box Office Draw: $640,195,495

Writer

Average ROI: 394%
ROI Rank: 262
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Movies

Title
Serpico
Midnight Cowboy
Mafioso
The Philadelphia Story

Score
89%
88%
89%
97%

Year
1973
1969
1964
1941

Box Office
$29,829,963
$44,801,177
NA
$411,663

Known For & ROIs

Serpico

Midnight Cowboy

Mafioso

The Philadelphia Story

546%

709%

-72%

ROI Commentary:

Average ROI: 394%
ROI Rank: 262

Waldo Salt is in the top 6% of writers in the Fresh Kernels Database, and his A-List status shows that he is a true master of his craft!

Bio:

Waldo Salt (1914-1987) was an American screenwriter known for his work on films such as Midnight Cowboy, Serpico, and Coming Home. He was blacklisted during the McCarthy era for his left-wing political beliefs and was unable to work in Hollywood for several years. Despite this setback, he continued to write under pseudonyms and eventually regained his reputation as a respected screenwriter. Salt won two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and was posthumously inducted into the Blacklist Hall of Fame in 1993.

Birthday:

March 21, 1914

Birthplace:

Waldo Salt was born in Chicago, Illinois.

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