1 9 0 8 ▁– ▁ 7 ▁November ▁ 1 9 8 3 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁subt it ler , ▁film ▁journalist ▁and ▁author . ▁He ▁pione ered ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁English ▁subt it les ▁for ▁foreign ▁films , ▁beginning ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁days ▁of ▁sound ▁film ▁and ▁continu ing ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁He ▁subt itled ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 0 ▁foreign ▁films , ▁including ▁many ▁class ics . ▁He ▁wrote ▁several ▁books ▁on ▁film ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁an ▁aut obi ography , ▁A ▁Manh attan ▁Od ys sey ▁( 1 9 8 2 ). ▁He ▁was ▁an ▁expert ▁on ▁the ▁films ▁of ▁Ernst ▁Lub itsch , ▁Josef ▁von ▁Stern berg ▁and ▁Er ich ▁von ▁St ro heim . ▁ ▁Wein berg ▁as ▁film ▁subt it ler ▁Wein berg ' s ▁film ▁translation ▁work ▁grew ▁out ▁of ▁an ▁early ▁job ▁re arr anging ▁the ▁sym ph onic ▁scores ▁of ▁imported ▁German ▁silent ▁films ▁for ▁the ▁string ▁quart et ▁at ▁the ▁Fif th ▁Avenue ▁Play house ▁in ▁Manh attan . ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁he ▁describes ▁his ▁early ▁experiments ▁in ▁tit ling ▁foreign ▁films : At ▁first ▁we ▁tried ▁the ▁technique ▁used ▁for ▁silent ▁pictures . ▁Every ▁couple ▁of ▁minutes ▁there ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁full - screen ▁title ▁announ cing ▁that ▁' Er ic ▁has ▁left ▁Maria ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁Switzerland ▁with ▁Hed wig . ▁We ▁shall ▁see ▁what ▁happens .' ▁But ▁that ▁didn ' t ▁work ▁because ▁there ▁were ▁always