Ben Maddow

Ben Maddow

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Benjamin D. Maddow (August 7, 1909 in Passaic, New Jersey – October 9, 1992 in Los Angeles, California) was a prolific screenwriter and documentarian from the 1930s through the 1970s. Educated at Columbia University, Maddow began his career working within the American documentary movement in the 1930s. In 1936 he co-founded the short-lived left-wing newsreel The World Today. Under the pseudonym of David Wolff, Maddow co-wrote the screenplay to the Paul Strand–Leo Hurwitz documentary landmark, Native Land (1942). He earned his first feature screenplay credit with Framed (1947). Other screenplays include Clarence Brown's Intruder in the Dust (1949, an adaptation of the William Faulkner novel), John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination), Johnny Guitar (1954, credited to Philip Yordan, God's Little Acre (1958, an adaptation of the Erskine Caldwell novel officially credited to Philip Yordan as a HUAC-era "front" for Maddow), and, again with Huston, an Edgar Award for Best Mystery Screenplay) and The Unforgiven (1960). As a documentarian he directed and wrote such films as Storm of Strangers, The Stairs, and The Savage Eye (1959), which won the BAFTA Flaherty Documentary Award. Maddow made his solo feature directorial debut with the striking, offbeat feature An Affair of the Skin (1963), a well-acted story of several loves and friendships gone sour and marked by the rich characterisations which had distinguished his best screenplays. In 1961, Maddow and Huston co-wrote the episode "The Professor" of the 1961 television series The Asphalt Jungle. In 1968 he wrote a screenplay based on Edmund Naughton's novel McCabe; while a film adaptation of the novel was ultimately produced as McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Maddow wasn't credited on the film. His final screenplay was for the horror melodrama The Mephisto Waltz (1970).

  • Popularidad : 2.345
  • Conocido por : Writing
  • Cumpleaños : 1909-08-07
  • Lugar de nacimiento : Passaic, New Jersey, USA
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Ben Maddow Películas

  • 1989
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    W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

    W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1948
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    Sangre en las manos

    Sangre en las manos

    6.6 1948 HD

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  • 1960
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    Los que no perdonan

    Los que no perdonan

    6.263 1960 HD

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  • 1954
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    Johnny Guitar

    Johnny Guitar

    7.388 1954 HD

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  • 1948
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    El hombre de Colorado

    El hombre de Colorado

    6.7 1948 HD

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  • 1967
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    Camino De Oregón

    Camino De Oregón

    6 1967 HD

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  • 1957
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    La colina de los diablos de acero

    La colina de los diablos de acero

    6.8 1957 HD

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  • 1950
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    La jungla de asfalto

    La jungla de asfalto

    7.5 1950 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Savage Eye

    The Savage Eye

    5.7 1960 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Savage Eye

    The Savage Eye

    5.7 1960 HD

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  • 1969
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    La sombra del zar amarillo

    La sombra del zar amarillo

    5.5 1969 HD

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  • 1963
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    An Affair of the Skin

    An Affair of the Skin

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1952
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    Shadow in the Sky

    Shadow in the Sky

    6.6 1952 HD

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  • 1987
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    Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record

    Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1958
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    Asesinato por contrato

    Asesinato por contrato

    6.689 1958 HD

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  • 1961
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    Dos amores

    Dos amores

    4.9 1961 HD

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  • 1971
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    Satán mon amour

    Satán mon amour

    6.1 1971 HD

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  • 1939
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    United Action Means Victory

    United Action Means Victory

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1970
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    El secreto de Santa Vittoria

    El secreto de Santa Vittoria

    6.8 1970 HD

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  • 1953
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    Salvaje

    Salvaje

    6.6 1953 HD

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  • 1947
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    Paula

    Paula

    6.4 1947 HD

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  • 1963
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    An Affair of the Skin

    An Affair of the Skin

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    An Affair of the Skin

    An Affair of the Skin

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1940
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    Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men

    Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men

    8 1940 HD

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  • 1963
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    El balcón

    El balcón

    5.2 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    El balcón

    El balcón

    5.2 1963 HD

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  • 1949
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    Han matado a un hombre blanco

    Han matado a un hombre blanco

    7.321 1949 HD

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  • 1937
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    People of the Cumberland

    People of the Cumberland

    5.8 1937 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Steps of Age

    The Steps of Age

    5 1950 HD

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  • 1957
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    Más fuerte que la vida

    Más fuerte que la vida

    6.3 1957 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Savage Eye

    The Savage Eye

    5.7 1960 HD

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  • 1942
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    Native Land

    Native Land

    5.9 1942 HD

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  • 1937
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    The World Today: The Black Legion - Shadow of Fascism Over America

    The World Today: The Black Legion - Shadow of Fascism Over America

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1972
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    Man On A String

    Man On A String

    7 1972 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Steps of Age

    The Steps of Age

    5 1950 HD

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