Walter Bernstein, who was blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s but returned to writing on many films, including the Oscar-nominated script for The Front, has died at 101.Bernstein died Friday night, according to WGA West president and Howard Rodman, who reported it on Twitter.Bernstein’s credits included the films Fail-Safe (1964), Semi-Tough (1977), Yanks (1979) and The Front, (1976), the latter which starring Woody Allen as Howard Prince, who was hired by three blacklisted TV writers to become the face of their work.
It was a ruse Bernstein knew well, having employed the tactic himself when he was blacklisted himself.The Brooklyn, NY-born Bernstein joined the Communist Party while attending Dartmouth College, then served in the US Army
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