Waldemar Young

Waldemar Young (born July 1, 1878 in Salt Lake City , Utah , † August 30, 1938 in Hollywood , California ) was an American screenwriter who was nominated for an Oscar for best screenplay .

Life

Young, grandson of the leader of the Mormons belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints , Brigham Young , began his career as an editor at the daily newspaper The Salt Lake Herald and began studying at Stanford University , which he does not graduated. He then worked as a writer and theater editor for newspapers such as the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner .

He began his career as a screenwriter in the Hollywood film industry in 1917 at Universal Studios , for which he worked until 1919. In 1917 he wrote the first story and scenario for a film for the silent film The Car of Chance by William Worthington with Franklyn Farnum , Agnes Vernon and Helen Wright . He later worked for film production companies such as Famous Players-Lasky, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1924-1929) and Paramount Pictures (1930 and 1932-1936). During his time at Paramount Pictures, four productions were created under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille .

Young, who died of complications from pneumonia , worked on the making of eighty films until his death. Most recently he co-wrote the script for the adventure film Der Testpilot (1938) by Victor Fleming with Clark Gable , Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy and died just four months after the premiere on April 16, 1938.