David Silverstein

David Silverstein was an American screenwriter and journalist who worked at MGM, Universal, and Columbia in the 1930s and 1940s.[1]

David Silverstein
BornJanuary 13, 1896
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
DiedJuly 1944
Staten Island, New York, USA
OccupationScreenwriter, actor

Biography

David was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Nathan Silverstein and Minnie Grobstein. His parents were Jewish Russian immigrants.

Silverstein served in the military during World War I,[2] and he worked as a journalist before beginning his career in Hollywood.[3] His first credit as a scenario writer came in 1932 with the release of Hatta Marri. He'd go on to write 24 films over the course of his career.

Silverstein joined the Army Signal Corps during World War II in 1941; he joined other Columbia scenarists in writing training films at the Film Lab in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.[4] He died of injuries received in action in 1944, and was awarded a Purple Heart posthumously.[5] He was survived by his wife, Alice, and their son.[6][7]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "The Drama Desk". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 30 Jun 1944. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  2. "Film Pioneer Dies". The Pittsburgh Press. 7 Jul 1944. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  3. "Maj. David F. Silverstein, Ex-Newspaperman, Dies". The Republic. 7 Jul 1944. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  4. "Training Film Lab". The Daily Record. 20 Aug 1941. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  5. "Popular Edition of 'Under Cover'". The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. 11 Aug 1944. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  6. "Film Playwright Dies". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 7 Jul 1944. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  7. Screen Writers' Guild; Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) DLC (1947). The Screen Writer (Jun 1947-Mar 1948). MBRS Library of Congress. Screen Writers Guild.
  8. "Nicholls, David Alan, (born 30 Nov. 1966), novelist, screenwriter", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 2012-12-01, retrieved 2019-12-01
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