Budd Schulberg, David Chase Writers Guild Salute
by Andre Soares
In April, the Writers Guild Foundation will salute David Chase, creator of the The Sopranos, and Budd Schulberg, Academy Award and WGA Award winner for On the Waterfront, and the son of Paramount honcho B.P. Schulberg.
The On the Waterfront screening will also feature a q&a with Schulberg, who will turning 94 this Thursday, March 27.
What Makes Sammy Run?, which in large part revolves around the formation of the Writers Guild, is one of the best — if not the best — Hollywood novel ever written. I find it hard to picture the young Budd Schulberg (he was in his 20s when he wrote Sammy), with his pro-union, left-leaning sensibilities developing into a "friendly witness" — by naming alleged Communist sympathizers — for the House Un-American Activities Committee during the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s. But that’s what happened.
(More on Schulberg on this Darmouth University page.)
The information below is from the WGA press release. (Note: Schulberg won his Oscar for On the Waterfront; A Face in the Crowd received no Academy Award nominations.)
AN EVENING WITH DAVID CHASE
Tuesday April 22nd, 7:30 pm
A rare public appearance by the man behind the ground-breaking show. Hear David Chase, award-winning creator of The Sopranos (and veteran of such shows as Northern Exposure, The Rockford Files, Almost Grown, and I’ll Fly Away) in his first Los Angeles appearance since the show’s much-talked-about final episode, discuss his career and craft, as well as the creation and making of the multi-season HBO hit that changed the face of television. Moderator to be announced.
AN EVENING WITH BUDD SCHULBERG
Screening of On the Waterfront (1954) and Q & A with Schulberg
Thursday April 24th, 7:00 pm
A unique opportunity to hear from living legend Budd Schulberg, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of On the Waterfront and A Face in the Crowd, and author of the classic show business novel-cum-expose, What Makes Sammy Run? Watch a screening of On the Waterfront (which won 8 Oscars in the Academy Awards for 1954) and listen to Schulberg share insights and anecdotes from his more than seven-decade career — one that saw him writing for both the big and small screens and working with the leading directors and biggest stars in Hollywood. Moderator is F.X. Feeney.
Wine and dessert reception to follow both events. Both events held at the Writers Guild Theater at 135 S. Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.
TICKETS: www.wgfoundation.org or call 323 782 4692 with your credit card
Ticket Prices: General public, $20; WGA, $15; full-time students with valid ID, $10.
The Writers Guild Foundation is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to preserve and promote the work of writers for film and television.
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I wonder if anyone is going to ask him questions about his contributions to the Red Scare.
They probably won’t. He’s too old.