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Walter Bernstein

Writing • Born 1919

Walter Bernstein

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About

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...

Known for

The Magnificent Seven posterThe Magnificent SevenMovie • 1960Annie Hall posterAnnie HallMovie • 1977DuPont Show of the Month posterDuPont Show of the MonthSeries • 1957The House on Carroll Street posterThe House on Carroll StreetMovie • 1988Fail Safe posterFail SafeMovie • 1964Hidden posterHiddenSeries • 2011The Molly Maguires posterThe Molly MaguiresMovie • 1970Paris Blues posterParis BluesMovie • 1961Yanks posterYanksMovie • 1979The Train posterThe TrainMovie • 1964Semi-Tough posterSemi-ToughMovie • 1977Little Miss Marker posterLittle Miss MarkerMovie • 1980The Betsy posterThe BetsyMovie • 1978The Wonderful Country posterThe Wonderful CountryMovie • 1959The Front posterThe FrontMovie • 1976Heller in Pink Tights posterHeller in Pink TightsMovie • 1960Kiss the Blood Off My Hands posterKiss the Blood Off My HandsMovie • 1948A Breath of Scandal posterA Breath of ScandalMovie • 1960Fail Safe posterFail SafeMovie • 2000The Money Trap posterThe Money TrapMovie • 1965Miss Evers' Boys posterMiss Evers' BoysMovie • 1997