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...Daniel Taradash ’33, HLS ’36, 1954, Best Screenplay
According to the Los Angeles Times, Taradash told his father, “If at the end, I still hadn’t made it I promised him I’d go into law full time.” When Taradash won a playwriting contest in 1938 and was then was signed by Columbia Studios to collaborate on the script for the film Golden Boy, his career as a screenwriter was sealed...
...Taradash was dedicated to civil liberties throughout his career...
Among his many accomplishments in the film industry, Taradash served as president of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Writers Guild of America, west, throughout the 1970s. In 1996, Taradash received the Guild’s highest honor, the Screen Laurel Award...
...Taradash is survived by his wife of 58 years, Madeleine Forbes Taradash, daughters Jan, of Berkeley, Meg, of Los Angeles, son Bill, of New York and two grandchildren...