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).

  • Title: Ben Maddow
  • Popularity: 2.397
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1909-08-07
  • Place of Birth: Passaic, New Jersey, USA
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  • Also Known As: David Wolff
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Ben Maddow Movies

  • 1989
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    W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

    W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult

    1 1989 HD

    The war in the South Pacific, a country doctor in Colorado, victims of industrial pollution in a Japanese village — all were captured in...

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  • 1948
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    Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

    Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

    6.6 1948 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Unforgiven

    The Unforgiven

    6.3 1960 HD

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  • 1954
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    Johnny Guitar

    Johnny Guitar

    7.4 1954 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Man from Colorado

    The Man from Colorado

    6.7 1948 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Way West

    The Way West

    6 1967 HD

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  • 1957
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    Men in War

    Men in War

    6.8 1957 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Asphalt Jungle

    The Asphalt Jungle

    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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    The Chairman

    The Chairman

    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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    Murder by Contract

    Murder by Contract

    6.7 1958 HD

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  • 1961
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    Two Loves

    Two Loves

    4.9 1961 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Mephisto Waltz

    The Mephisto Waltz

    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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    The Secret of Santa Vittoria

    The Secret of Santa Vittoria

    6.8 1970 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Wild One

    The Wild One

    6.6 1953 HD

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  • 1947
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    Framed

    Framed

    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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    The Balcony

    The Balcony

    5.2 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Balcony

    The Balcony

    5.2 1963 HD

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  • 1949
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    Intruder in the Dust

    Intruder in the Dust

    7.3 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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    No Down Payment

    No Down Payment

    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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