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Budd Schulberg

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The Resume

    (March 27, 1914-August 5, 2009)
    Born in New York City, New York
    Son of Paramount Pictures head B.P. Schulberg
    Won the Oscar for Best Story and Screenplay for 'On the Waterfront' (1954)
    Also wrote screenplays for 'Little Orphan Annie' (1938), 'Government Girl' (1943), 'The Harder They Fall' (1956) and 'A Face in the Crowd' (1957)
    Wrote the novels 'What Makes Sammy Run?' (1941) and 'The Harder They Fall' (1947)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was accused of anti-semitism in his portrayal of Sammy Glick in 'What Makes Sammy Run?'
    He feuded with John Wayne for decades.
    He joined the Communist Party.
    He named names before the House Unamerican Activities Committee.
    Coincidentally, the hero of 'On the Waterfront' names names by testifying about corruption on the docks.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He left the Communist Party partly over disgust at the Hitler-Stalin non-agression pact and partly over attempts by the party to insert Marxist dogma into his novels.
    'What Makes Sammy Run?' was praised by Dorothy Parker and Damon Runyon.
    During World War II, he served with the OSS, collecting evidence for the Nuremburg war crimes trials.
    He was a boxing correspondent for Sports Illustrated and was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame for his writing (2003).

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 93.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 26 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 120 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 47 Votes: 76.60% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 60 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 50 Votes: 56.00% Annoying