bᵻfˌoːɹ wˈɜːld wˈɔːɹ ɹˌoʊmən tˈuː, hiː ɹˈoʊt ɐ kˈʌpəl ʌv fˈɪlm skɹˈɪpts ænd æz ɐ dʒˈɜːnəlˌɪst fɚðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk dˈeɪli mˈɪɹɚ.
Before World War II, he wrote a couple of film scripts and as a journalist for the New York Daily Mirror.