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- Birth nameCarl Nathan Foreman
- Carl Foreman was born on July 23, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Guns of Navarone (1961), High Noon (1952) and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957). He was married to Estelle Barr and Evelyn Smith. He died on June 26, 1984 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesEstelle Barr(November 1, 1938 - ?) (1 child)Evelyn Smith(? - June 26, 1984) (his death, 2 children)
- After being blacklisted he continued to work uncredited on scripts such as 'Bridge on the River Kwai and as such wasn't able to receive an Oscar as co screen writer.
- Served with the Army Signal Corps during World War II, and was involved in the making of training and motivational films under director Frank Capra.
- Wrote the original draft of the Marlon Brando motorcycle film, The Wild One (1953). The script fell afoul of the Breen Office censors--supposedly because it sought to explain the motorcyclists' sense of frustration instead of just portraying them as crazed, violent outlaws--and was re-written, to Brando's bitter disappointment.
- His son, Jonathan Foreman, was an editorial writer and senior film critic for the New York Post, before relocating to his London birthplace to work for the Daily Mail.
- The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, he originally studied for a law degree but ended up starting his career in publicity.
- [on the failure of his friend and partner Stanley Kramer to support him during the days of the blacklist]: Stanley had been a long time becoming a liberal and he had grown to love President Roosevelt very much and he felt it was unjust that, as a liberal, he should be tarred with the Communist brush. We were very successful and he really didn't want to be guilty by association.
- There are no villains in my stuff. The heavy is always the mass or the environment, never a personal heavy.
- I've only one thing to say, really, one basic theme. I'm involved with the struggle of the individual against a society that, for one reason or another, is hostile.
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - $17,000
- Spooks Run Wild (1941) - $225
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