Milton Sperling

American producer Milton Sperling entered the film business directly after studying at CCNY. He started as a gofer and shipping clerk at Paramount's Long Island studios, then moved to Hollywood, where he secured a position as secretary to Warner Bros.' Darryl F. Zanuck and Hal B. Wallis. As an assistant to Edward Small, Sperling learned the exacting trade of being an independent producer in a studio-dominated town. Sperling wrote screenplays before producing his first film, 20th Century Fox's Sun Valley Serenade, in 1941. Following World War II service, Sperling set up his own production firm, United States Pictures (aka U.S. Films). Releasing through Warner Bros., Sperling produced such films as South of St. Louis (1949), The Enforcer (1951), Retreat Hell! (1952), Marjorie Morningstar (1957) and Merrill's Marauders (1962). He was nominated for an Academy Award for The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) which he produced and co-wrote. Milton Sperling retired in 1971 after assembling his final feature, Captain Apache.

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	Black Market Baby	Producer	—	1977
57%	Battle of the Bulge	Producer	—	1965
No Score Yet	Merril's Marauders	Producer	—	1962
71%	The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond	Producer	—	1960
No Score Yet	The Bramble Bush	Producer Screenwriter	—	1960
No Score Yet	Marjorie Morningstar	Producer	—	1958
No Score Yet	Top Secret Affair	Producer	—	1957
100%	The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell	Producer Screenwriter	—	1955
No Score Yet	Blowing Wild	Producer	—	1953
No Score Yet	Retreat, Hell!	Producer Screenwriter	—	1952
No Score Yet	Distant Drums	Producer	—	1951
88%	The Enforcer	Producer	—	1951
No Score Yet	Three Secrets	Producer	—	1950
No Score Yet	South of St. Louis	Producer	—	1949
No Score Yet	My Girl Tisa	Producer	—	1948
100%	Pursued	Producer	—	1947
78%	Cloak and Dagger	Producer	—	1946
No Score Yet	Crash Dive	Producer	—	1943
No Score Yet	Hello, Frisco, Hello	Producer	—	1943
No Score Yet	Rings on Her Fingers	Producer	—	1942
No Score Yet	To the Shores of Tripoli	Producer	—	1942
83%	I Wake Up Screaming	Producer	—	1941
No Score Yet	Sun Valley Serenade	Producer	—	1941
No Score Yet	Return of the Cisco Kid	Screenwriter	—	1939
No Score Yet	Happy Landing	Screenwriter	—	1938
No Score Yet	Thin Ice	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	Sing, Baby, Sing	Screenwriter	—	1936

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