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Daniel Taradash

Highest Rated: 100% Rancho Notorious (1952)

Lowest Rated: 20% Desiree (1954)

Birthday: Jan 29, 1913

Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Daniel Taradash was born in Kentucky and raised in Chicago and Miami Beach. While an undergraduate at Harvard, he met his future producing partner Jules Blaustein. After completing his studies at Harvard, including obtaining a law degree and passing the New York State bar, he seemed set on a legal career. But when his play "The Mercy" won the 1938 Bureau of New Plays contest (the two previous winners were Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams), it seemed likely Taradash would find success on stage. While his play received a staging at NYU, it was enough of a calling card to land him work in Hollywood, where he proved a smart, capable scripter, often of adaptations. His first assignment was as one of four credited writers on the screen version of Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy" (1939).

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Highest rated movies

100% 68% Rancho Notorious
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88% 84% From Here to Eternity Watchlist
83% 46% Golden Boy
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76% 66% Bell, Book and Candle
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75% 71% Morituri
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70% 54% Hawaii
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69% 58% Knock on Any Door
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50% 54% Picnic
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44% 48% Castle Keep
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25% 74% The Other Side of Midnight
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Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet 40% Bogie Screenwriter - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet From Here to Eternity Screenwriter - 1979
25% 74% The Other Side of Midnight Screenwriter - 1977
44% 48% Castle Keep Screenwriter - 1969
70% 54% Hawaii Screenwriter - 1966
75% 71% Morituri Screenwriter - 1965
76% 66% Bell, Book and Candle Writer - 1958
No Score Yet 37% Storm Center Director,
Screenwriter
- 1956
50% 54% Picnic Writer $24.0K 1955
20% 68% Desiree Screenwriter - 1954
88% 84% From Here to Eternity Screenwriter - 1953
100% 68% Rancho Notorious Writer - 1952
69% 58% Knock on Any Door Writer - 1949
83% 46% Golden Boy Screenwriter - 1939