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Jerry Wald
Producer 1911 - 1962

Jerry Wald

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

Every title this person produced

46 titles
The Stripper

The Stripper

Franklin J. Schaffner 1963 1h 35m

An aging former movie starlet whose Hollywood career went nowhere, now reduced to dancing with a third-rate touring show, finds herself stranded in a small town where she's courted by an infatuated and naive local teenager.

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

Martin Ritt 1962 2h 25m

Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show.

Wild in the Country

Wild in the Country

Philip Dunne 1961 1h 54m 5.5

A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career.

Return to Peyton Place

Return to Peyton Place

José Ferrer 1961 2h 3m

The residents of Peyton Place are not happy after its most famous resident, Alison Mackenzie, writes a shocking" novel detailing the sinful secrets of the town.

Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

George Cukor 1960 1h 59m 6.2

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.

The Story on Page One

The Story on Page One

Clifford Odets 1959 2h 3m 5.0

An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.

The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

Martin Ritt 1959 1h 50m

1959 adaptation of the Faulkner novel, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Jack Warden, Ethel Waters, Sturt Whitman.

The Best of Everything

The Best of Everything

Jean Negulesco 1959 2h 1m

An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.

Beloved Infidel

Beloved Infidel

Henry King 1959 2h 3m 2.0

Toward the end of his life F. Scott Fitzgerald is writing for Hollywood studios to be able to afford the cost of an asylum for his wife. He is also struggling against alcoholism. Into his life comes the famous gossip columnist.

The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer

Martin Ritt 1958 1h 55m 6.8

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras

Edmund Goulding 1958 1h 47m

A military school cadet romances a visiting French actress during Mardi Gras. With songs, kissing and New Orleans locations.

Peyton Place

Peyton Place

Mark Robson 1957 2h 37m 7.7

Small-town scandals erupt when a repressed woman deals with her daughter's move into adulthood.

No Down Paymen

No Down Paymen

Martin Ritt 1957 1h 45m 6.0

In California, four couples who have bought houses near one another face problems, alcoholism, racism, promiscuity, and discrimination against lack of education, until a tragic event forces them to reassess their lives.

Kiss Them for Me

Kiss Them for Me

Stanley Donen 1957 1h 45m 6.0

Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they manage to elude their ulcerated public relations officer, the trio throw a wild party with plenty of pretty girls.

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember

Leo McCarey 1957 1h 51m 7.0

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

The Eddy Duchin Story

The Eddy Duchin Story

George Sidney 1956 2h 3m 6.0

The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

Queen Bee

Queen Bee

Ranald MacDougall 1955 1h 35m 5.0

When a young woman arrives at the home of her socialite cousin, she soon gets sucked into the woman's complex web of deceit.

Miss Sadie Thompson

Miss Sadie Thompson

Curtis Bernhardt 1953 1h 31m 6.0

Sadie Thompson winds up stranded on an island and while her boat is being quarantined, she manages to stir up the blood of every marine on the base.

The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men

Nicholas Ray 1952 1h 53m 9.0

Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.

Clash by Night

Clash by Night

Fritz Lang 1952 1h 45m 7.8

An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband's best friend.

Two Tickets to Broadway

Two Tickets to Broadway

James V. Kern 1951 1h 46m

Nancy Peterson and her friends wants to get a spot on Bob Crosby's TV show, but their agent has linked them.

The Blue Veil

The Blue Veil

Curtis Bernhardt 1951 1h 53m

A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.

Storm Warning

Storm Warning

Stuart Heisler 1951 1h 33m 7.0

Ginger Rogers is troubled when she finds her sister's husband is a member of the KKK.

Behave Yourself!

Behave Yourself!

George Beck 1951 1h 21m 5.0

Bill Denny has no idea that the cute Welsh terrier who has followed him home is sought by all of gangland. Who will be bumbling Bill's undoing--the gangsters, the cops, or his suspicious mother-in-law?

Young Man with a Horn

Young Man with a Horn

Michael Curtiz 1950 1h 52m 8.0

Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.

The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

Vincent Sherman 1950 1h 43m 7.5

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

The Breaking Point

The Breaking Point

Michael Curtiz 1950 1h 37m 7.0

A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.

Caged

Caged

John Cromwell 1950 1h 36m 8.4

Caged tells the story of a teenage newlywed, who is sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery. Her experiences while incarcerated, along with the killing of her husband, change her from a very frightened young girl into a hardened convict.

The Inspector General

The Inspector General

Henry Koster 1949 1h 41m 6.0

An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.

Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road

Michael Curtiz 1949 1h 34m 7.0

A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

Key Largo

Key Largo

John Huston 1948 1h 40m 7.3

A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco (Robinson) holes up -- and holds at gunpoint hotel owner Nora Temple (Bacall), her invalid father-in-law (Barrymore) and ex-GI Frank McCloud (Bogart).

Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

Jean Negulesco 1948 1h 42m 8.5

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.

Adventures of Don Juan

Adventures of Don Juan

Vincent Sherman 1948 1h 46m 7.0

A 1948 adventure Technicolor romance film made by Warner Bros. highlighting Errol Flynn's swashbuckling and romantic antics.

The Unfaithful

The Unfaithful

Vincent Sherman 1947 1h 49m

Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.

Possessed

Possessed

Curtis Bernhardt 1947 1h 48m 7.9

A dazed woman walks the streets of Los Angeles looking for a man named David. After collapsing in a diner, she's taken to the psychiatric ward of a nearby hospital. Flashbacks reveal her obsession for David as a result of borderline personality disorder which ultimately leads to murder.

Dark Passage

Dark Passage

Delmer Daves 1947 1h 46m 8.0

Bogart is Vincent Parry, a prison escapee framed for murder who emerges from plastic surgery with a new face. Bacall is Irene Jansen, his lone ally.

Humoresque

Humoresque

Jean Negulesco 1946 2h 5m 10.0

A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.

Pride of the Marines

Pride of the Marines

Delmer Daves 1945 1h 59m 9.0

Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife.

Objective, Burma!

Objective, Burma!

Raoul Walsh 1945 2h 22m 7.8

A platoon of special ops are tasked to parachute into the remote Burmese jungle and destroy a strategic Japanese radar station, but getting out isn't as easy.

Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce

Michael Curtiz 1945 1h 51m 8.3

After her cheating husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful, but can't win the approval of her spoiled daughter.

The Hard Way

The Hard Way

Vincent Sherman 1943 1h 49m 7.0

Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.

Destination Tokyo

Destination Tokyo

Delmer Daves 1943 2h 15m 6.0

During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in advance of the planned bombing of Tokyo. Along the way, the crew learn about each other as they face the enemy and some of them lose their lives.

Background to Danger

Background to Danger

Raoul Walsh 1943 1h 20m

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic

Lloyd Bacon 1943 2h 6m 7.8

Lieutenant Joe Rossi is 1st Officer on a Liberty Ship in a great convoy bound from Halifax to Murmansk. After German subs crushed the convoy his ship loses the convoy and is heading alone to Murmansk. In spite of attacks by German planes and subs he get the ship safely to Murmansk.

Larceny, Inc.

Larceny, Inc.

Lloyd Bacon 1942 1h 36m

A hoodlum tries to go legit to buy a dog tract but needs investment money which he plans to get by robbing a bank, tunning in from a neighboring luggage shop. He takes over the luggage shop but is thwarted by its unexpected success.

Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific

John Huston 1942 1h 37m 6.0

In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.

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