1. In 1931, when Budd Schulberg was 17, his father left the family to live with actress Sylvia Sidney.
15 Facts About Budd Schulberg
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Budd Schulberg attended Deerfield Academy and then went on to Dartmouth College, where he was actively involved in the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern humor magazine and was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.
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Budd Schulberg was involved in gathering evidence against war criminals for the Nuremberg Trials, an assignment that included arresting propaganda film maker Leni Riefenstahl at her chalet in Kitzbuhel, Austria, ostensibly to have her identify the faces of Nazi war criminals in German film footage captured by the Allied troops.
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Budd Schulberg said: 'Of course, you know, I'm really so misunderstood.
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In 1950, Budd Schulberg published The Disenchanted, about a young screenwriter who collaborates on a screenplay about a college winter festival with a famous novelist at the nadir of his career.
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In 1958, Budd Schulberg wrote and co-produced the film Wind Across the Everglades, directed by Nicholas Ray.
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Budd Schulberg encountered political controversy in 1951 when screenwriter Richard Collins, testifying to the House Un-American Activities Committee, named Budd Schulberg as a former member of the Communist Party.
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Budd Schulberg was a sports writer and former chief boxing correspondent for Sports Illustrated.
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Budd Schulberg wrote some well-received books on boxing, including Sparring with Hemingway.
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Budd Schulberg was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his contributions to the sport.
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In 1965, after a devastating riot had ripped apart the fabric of the Watts section of Los Angeles, Budd Schulberg formed the Watts Writers Workshop in an attempt to ease frustrations and bring artistic training to the economically impoverished district.
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Budd Schulberg's niece Sandra Schulberg was an executive producer of the Academy Award-nominated film Quills.
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Budd Schulberg's brother, Stuart Schulberg, was a movie and television producer.
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Budd Schulberg's sister, Sonya Schulberg, was an occasional writer.
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Budd Schulberg died on August 5,2009, in his home in Westhampton Beach, New York, aged 95.