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Stern, Stewart H, SSgt 424 K
Stewart Stern, noted screen writer and member of the 106th Infantry Division passed away at the age of 92 on February 2, 2015
UNIT INFORMATION FROM ROSTER on Indiana Military Site: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/RosterZOHO.htm
CUB MEMORIAM NOTES: death listed in April- July 2015 Cub Magazine as reported by Donald Prell p.47 106thinfdivassn.org/CUB/CUB-Vol71%20no2-July2015-web2.pdf
SEATTLE TIMES OBITUARY: www.seattletimes.com/news/award-winning-screenwriter-stewart-stern-dies-at-92/
PAPERS OF STEWART STERN UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/msc/tomsc450/msc440/msc440.htm
biographical note: "Stewart Henry Stern was born in New York City in 1922. As the son of a physician and former film actress, he was introduced to the inner circle of the motion picture industry as a child. His uncle was the movie mogul Adolph Zukor and Stern spent summers on the Zukor estate with the likes of Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks. In 1941, Stern left New York for Iowa. He came to the University of Iowa as an art major, later switching to speech and dramatic arts. He graduated in three years, magna cum laude. Serving in the 106th Infantry Division during WWII, Stern saw combat during the Battle of the Bulge. Listed as missing in action, he was hospitalized with frostbite. After the war, Stern worked briefly as an actor on Broadway before making his way west. His first job in Hollywood was that of dialogue director at the Eagle Lion Studios. Through his cousin, Arthur Loew, Jr., Stern met film director Fred Zinnemann. Zinnemann was to give Stern his first job as a screenwriter. Their first film together, Teresa, won an Academy Award nomination for Stern and co-writer Alfred Hayes. Another Zinnemann collaboration led to the writing of Benjy which won an Oscar as best short. These early successes led to such films as: Rebel Without a Cause; The Ugly American; Rachel, Rachel, and; Summer, Wishes, Winter Dreams and such television dramas as: And Crown Thy Good; Thunder of Silence, and; Sybil. Stern has repeatedly been nominated by the Motion Picture Academy, has won many awards issued by the Writers Guild of America, and in 1977 won an Emmy for his screenplay, Sybil."
AV CLUB RIP: www.avclub.com/article/rip-stewart-stern-screenwriter-rebel-without-cause-214976 " ...Stern served in the 106th Infantry Division in World World II, fighting in the Battle Of The Bulge and earning a Purple Heart."
MORE BIOGRAPHY: www.imdb.com/name/nm0827856/bio#quotes
Stewart Stern was born on March 22, 1922 in New York City, New York, USA as Stewart Henry Stern. He is known for his work on Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Sybil (1976) and Rachel, Rachel (1968). He was married to Marilee Stiles Stern. He died on February 2, 2015 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Graduated from the University of Iowa.
Taught screenwriting at the University of Washington's Extension Program during the 1990's.
Served in the 106th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army during World War II, saw action in the Battle of the Bulge and was awarded a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and Combat Infantry Badge.
"When World War II began, he entered the Army, fighting in the 106th Infantry Division. Friendships forged under the duress of battle taught him lessons that proved valuable in his screen-writing. He recalled in particular how he helped calm another soldier at the start of the Battle of the Bulge. "I knew that he liked to draw horses and cowboys," Stern said in a 1999 interview in the Michigan Quarterly, so "we stood in that trench full of freezing water with every-thing coming at us, and I showed him how to draw a horse in a rodeo scene. I learned in the Army that I didn't have to abandon who I was -- an artist. I discovered that everyone, no matter how much tough armor he's created around himself, is fundamentally, a sensitive, responsive person who needs just as much reassurance as the rest of us. And that gave me a great deal of strength and insight, and it also informed my writing of 'Rebel' -- especially this whole question of the masks we feel we need to wear in front of others -- and what exactly defines a 'man.'" Stern, who killed three German soldiers, survived an extreme case of frostbite and for a while was missing in action, was decorated for his service."
Stewart Stern, noted screen writer and member of the 106th Infantry Division passed away at the age of 92 on February 2, 2015
UNIT INFORMATION FROM ROSTER on Indiana Military Site: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/RosterZOHO.htm
CUB MEMORIAM NOTES: death listed in April- July 2015 Cub Magazine as reported by Donald Prell p.47 106thinfdivassn.org/CUB/CUB-Vol71%20no2-July2015-web2.pdf
SEATTLE TIMES OBITUARY: www.seattletimes.com/news/award-winning-screenwriter-stewart-stern-dies-at-92/
PAPERS OF STEWART STERN UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/msc/tomsc450/msc440/msc440.htm
biographical note: "Stewart Henry Stern was born in New York City in 1922. As the son of a physician and former film actress, he was introduced to the inner circle of the motion picture industry as a child. His uncle was the movie mogul Adolph Zukor and Stern spent summers on the Zukor estate with the likes of Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks. In 1941, Stern left New York for Iowa. He came to the University of Iowa as an art major, later switching to speech and dramatic arts. He graduated in three years, magna cum laude. Serving in the 106th Infantry Division during WWII, Stern saw combat during the Battle of the Bulge. Listed as missing in action, he was hospitalized with frostbite. After the war, Stern worked briefly as an actor on Broadway before making his way west. His first job in Hollywood was that of dialogue director at the Eagle Lion Studios. Through his cousin, Arthur Loew, Jr., Stern met film director Fred Zinnemann. Zinnemann was to give Stern his first job as a screenwriter. Their first film together, Teresa, won an Academy Award nomination for Stern and co-writer Alfred Hayes. Another Zinnemann collaboration led to the writing of Benjy which won an Oscar as best short. These early successes led to such films as: Rebel Without a Cause; The Ugly American; Rachel, Rachel, and; Summer, Wishes, Winter Dreams and such television dramas as: And Crown Thy Good; Thunder of Silence, and; Sybil. Stern has repeatedly been nominated by the Motion Picture Academy, has won many awards issued by the Writers Guild of America, and in 1977 won an Emmy for his screenplay, Sybil."
AV CLUB RIP: www.avclub.com/article/rip-stewart-stern-screenwriter-rebel-without-cause-214976 " ...Stern served in the 106th Infantry Division in World World II, fighting in the Battle Of The Bulge and earning a Purple Heart."
MORE BIOGRAPHY: www.imdb.com/name/nm0827856/bio#quotes
Stewart Stern was born on March 22, 1922 in New York City, New York, USA as Stewart Henry Stern. He is known for his work on Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Sybil (1976) and Rachel, Rachel (1968). He was married to Marilee Stiles Stern. He died on February 2, 2015 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Graduated from the University of Iowa.
Taught screenwriting at the University of Washington's Extension Program during the 1990's.
Served in the 106th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army during World War II, saw action in the Battle of the Bulge and was awarded a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and Combat Infantry Badge.
"When World War II began, he entered the Army, fighting in the 106th Infantry Division. Friendships forged under the duress of battle taught him lessons that proved valuable in his screen-writing. He recalled in particular how he helped calm another soldier at the start of the Battle of the Bulge. "I knew that he liked to draw horses and cowboys," Stern said in a 1999 interview in the Michigan Quarterly, so "we stood in that trench full of freezing water with every-thing coming at us, and I showed him how to draw a horse in a rodeo scene. I learned in the Army that I didn't have to abandon who I was -- an artist. I discovered that everyone, no matter how much tough armor he's created around himself, is fundamentally, a sensitive, responsive person who needs just as much reassurance as the rest of us. And that gave me a great deal of strength and insight, and it also informed my writing of 'Rebel' -- especially this whole question of the masks we feel we need to wear in front of others -- and what exactly defines a 'man.'" Stern, who killed three German soldiers, survived an extreme case of frostbite and for a while was missing in action, was decorated for his service."