David Silverstein (January 13, 1896 – July 6, 1944) was an American screenwriter and journalist who worked at MGM, Universal, and Columbia in the 1930s and 1940s.
Silverstein served in the military during World War I,[2] and he worked as a journalist before beginning his career in Hollywood.
[3] His first credit as a scenario writer came in 1932 with the release of Hatta Marri.
Silverstein joined the Army Signal Corps during World War II in 1941; he joined other Columbia scenarists in writing training films at the Film Lab in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
[4] He died of injuries received in action in 1944, and was awarded a Purple Heart posthumously.