Dore Schary

Dore Schary (born August 31, 1905 in Newark, New Jersey, United States - died July 7, 1980 in New York City) was a stage and motion picture personality.

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August 31 - 1905 - Newark, New Jersey - United States - July 7 - 1980 - New York City

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Schary worked as a writer, director, and producer of motion pictures in Hollywood, California and in 1938 won the Academy Award for Best Story as co-writer of the screenplay for the film, Boys Town. He was with RKO Pictures when in 1948 he became chief of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios and, following the 1951 ouster of the studio's longtime head and founder Louis B. Mayer, he became MGM's president, serving until 1956.

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Motion picture - Hollywood, California - 1938 - Academy Award for Best Story - Boys Town - RKO Pictures - 1948 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - 1951 - Louis B. Mayer - 1956

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Following his departure from MGM, he wrote the Broadway play Sunrise at Campobello; it won five Tony Awards. He wrote and produced a motion picture of the same name in 1960.

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Broadway - Sunrise at Campobello - Tony Awards - Same name - 1960

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Although one of the studio executives who formulated the 1947 Waldorf Statement, he became an outspoken opponent of the witch-hunt for communists conducted by Joseph McCarthy that resulted in the Hollywood Blacklist. A liberal activist, he served as National Chairman of the B'nai B'rith's Anti-Defamation League and as New York City Commissioner for Cultural Affairs. To honor his memory, the Anti-Defamation League established the Dore Schary Awards in 1982.

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Waldorf Statement - Witch-hunt - Communist - Joseph McCarthy - Hollywood Blacklist - Liberal - B'nai B'rith - Anti-Defamation League - New York City - Dore Schary Award - 1982

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Dore Schary died in 1980 and was interred in the Hebrew Cemetery, West Long Branch, New Jersey.

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Hebrew Cemetery - West Long Branch - New Jersey

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