| Daniel Taradash | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 29, 1913 Louisville, Kentucky |
| Died | February 22, 2003 (aged 90) Los Angeles, California |
| Spouse(s) | Madeleine Forbes (1945-2003) |
Daniel Taradash (January 29, 1913 - February 22, 2003) was an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made
Taradash's credits include Golden Boy (1939), From Here to Eternity (1952), Rancho Notorious (1952), Don't Bother to Knock (1952), Désirée (1954), Picnic (1955), Storm Center (1956), which he also directed, Bell, Book and Candle (1958), Morituri (1965), Hawaii (1966), Castle Keep (1969), Doctors' Wives (1971), and Bogie (1980), a film biography of Humphrey Bogart. For other uses see Golden Boy. Golden Boy is a play by Clifford Odets. From Here to Eternity is a novel by James Jones, winner of the National Book Award for fiction in 1952 Rancho Notorious is a 1952 Western film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Marlene Dietrich as the matron of a criminal hideout called Don't Bother to Knock is a 1952 film The thriller stars Marilyn Monroe as Nell Forbes a disturbed babysitter watching a child at the same New York hotel Désirée is a 1954 Historical film biography made by 20th Century Fox. Picnic is a 1955 Cinemascope film in Technicolor which tells the story of an ex-college football star turned drifter who arrives in a small Kansas town Storm Center ( 1956) is a American Drama film directed by Daniel Taradash. Bell Book and Candle is a 1958 Romantic comedy directed by Richard Quine and starring James Stewart and Kim Novak Morituri (also known as The Saboteur and Code Name Morituri) is a 1965 film about Robert Crain a German Hawaii is a 1966 American film based on the novel of the same name by James A
Taradash won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Drama for From Here to Eternity, and received a WGA nomination for Picnic. The Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE representing
Taradash died of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles. Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor of the Pancreas. Each year about 37680 individuals in the United States are diagnosed with this condition and 34290 Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
| Preceded by Gregory Peck | President of Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences 1970-1973 | Succeeded by Walter Mirisch |