Taradash's credits include Golden Boy (1939), Rancho Notorious (1952), Don't Bother to Knock (1952), From Here to Eternity (1953), Désirée (1954), Picnic (1955), Storm Center (1956), which he also directed, Bell, Book and Candle (1958), Morituri (1965), Hawaii (1966), Castle Keep (1969), Doctors' Wives (1971), and Bogie (1980), a film biography of Humphrey Bogart.
[2] After the war, Taradash attempted to find success on Broadway with an American version of Jean-Paul Sartre's Red Gloves, but the show folded quickly and he returned to Hollywood.
His adaptation of James Jones' massive novel From Here to Eternity (1953) starring Burt Lancaster was a big success and earned Taradash an Oscar.
His subsequent film work was generally in adaptations, including Desiree (1954), about Napoleon and Joséphine; Picnic (1955), from the William Inge play; and Bell, Book and Candle (1958), from John Van Druten's stage comedy.
Taradash won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Drama for From Here to Eternity, and he received a WGA nomination for Picnic.