Waldemar Young

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Waldemar Young was an American screenwriter known for his work on numerous Hollywood films during the silent and early sound eras.

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Waldemar Young canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American screenwriter
person
screenwriter
activeYearsInFilm 1917–1938
burialPlace Hollywood Forever Cemetery
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1878-07-09
dateOfDeath 1938-08-30
educatedAt Stanford University
employer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Paramount Pictures
Universal Pictures
fieldOfWork screenwriting
gender male
genre adventure film
drama film
horror film
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableCollaboration Cecil B. DeMille
Erle C. Kenton
Tod Browning
notableFor screenplays for major Hollywood studio productions in the 1920s and 1930s
notableWork Cleopatra (1934 film)
Island of Lost Souls (1932 film)
Reap the Wild Wind
surface form: Reap the Wild Wind (1942 film)

The Big House (1930 film)
The Blackbird (1926 film)
The Crusades (1935 film)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935 film)
The Mysterious Island (1929 film)
The Sign of the Cross
surface form: The Sign of the Cross (1932 film)

The Unholy Three (1925 film)
The Unknown
surface form: The Unknown (1927 film)
numberOfChildren 2
occupation journalist
screenwriter
partOf classical Hollywood cinema
placeOfBirth Salt Lake City
surface form: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
placeOfDeath Hollywood, California, United States
surface form: Hollywood, California, United States of America
relative Brigham Young
spouse Elizabeth Dauncey
workedOn early sound films
silent films

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Test Pilot (1938 film) screenwriter Waldemar Young
The Blackbird (1926 film) screenwriter Waldemar Young
The Sign of the Cross screenwriter Waldemar Young
Ann Barton screenWriterOfWork Waldemar Young
Cleopatra screenwriter Waldemar Young
subject surface form: Cleopatra (1934 film)
The Unholy Three screenwriter Waldemar Young
Piccadilly Jim screenwriter Waldemar Young