Introduction

The Internet Resources

Biography

• American Masters, Waldo Salt (Bio) - Biographical.

• Hollywood.com Waldo Salt Bio - Entered film as a scriptwriter in the late 1930s but did not find his stride until 30 years later, following a period of inactivity caused by his 1951 blacklisting. Salt's gritty, socially informed work includes one of the emblematic dramas of the 60s, 'Midnight Cowboy' (1968), and the highly acclaimed post-Vietnam drama, 'Coming Home' (1978).

Related

• Finding Aid for the Waldo Salt Papers, 1936-1987 - UCLA Arts Library-Special Collections: Salt (Waldo) Papers Descriptive Summary Administrative Information Biography Organization Scope and Content Access Points Container List

Films

• Midnight Cowboy, a Film by Waldo Salt - Film Review.

• Rachel and the Stranger, a Film by Waldo Salt - screenwriter

• The Philadelpia Story 1940, a Waldo Salt Film (uncredited) - screenwriter (uncredited).

• Littlegoldenguy.com (Films) - All about his three films that were nominated or won Academy Awards.

• Waldo Salt Filmography - Writer Filmography: The Flame and the Arrow (1950) Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944) Double Wedding (1937) The Shopworn Angel (1938) Coming Home (1978) The Day of the Locust (1975) Serpico (1973) Midnight Cowboy (1969) Taras Bulba

• TV Guide On-line Midnight Cowboy Review - MIDNIGHT COWBOY was the only 'X'-rated picture ever to win an Oscar as Best Picture. The rating was later changed to an 'R' and, by today's standards, might almost be considered a 'PG-13.'