the hollywood ten is a 1950 american 16 mm short documentary film .

in the film , each member of the hollywood ten made a short speech denouncing mccarthyism and the hollywood blacklisting .

the film was directed by john berry .

after being named a communist by fellow director and former party member edward dmytryk , one of the hollywood ten , and ex-communist party member frank tuttle , berry was unable to find work again in hollywood after 1951 , and left for france .

the documentary is available on the dvd releases of spartacus and salt of the earth .

the hollywood ten

herbert biberman struggles as a hollywood writer and director blacklisted as one of the hollywood ten in the 1950s .
the price the hollywood ten paid for refusing to answer “the $ 64 question . ”
the hollywood ten paid the price for refusing to the answer “the $ 64 question . ”
referred to as the hollywood ten , they were indicted for contempt of congress and sentenced to brief imprisonment . although the leaders of the motion picture studios had initially supported the hollywood ten , they soon denounced them , and the hollywood ten were suspended without pay . shortly thereafter it was announced…
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herbert biberman and samuel ornitz , two members of the hollywood ten , after being cited for contempt by the house committee on un - american activities on oct . 29 , 1947 .
who were the hollywood ten ? this 1950 documentary gives us a closer look at the ten blacklisted film writers and directors who defied the government and the sentiments of their day by refusing to testify during the huac anti - communist hearings . john berry , who directed the documentary , was blacklisted himself upon its release .
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disagreed : it found the so - called hollywood ten in contempt of congress , fined them each $ 1 , 000 and sentenced them to up to a year in federal prison . all 10 artists also were fired by a group of studio executives — and the era of the hollywood blacklist began .
in 1933 , while writing b movies , including several in the charlie chan series , he co - founded the screen writers guild ( with future hollywood ten collaborators john howard lawson and samuel ornitz ) , the first of the hollywood guilds . the following year cole joined the communist party and remained a committed marxist throughout his life .
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in compiling his top ten criterions , cronos director guillermo del toro had a hell of a time limiting himself . del toro humorously bemoaned the “unfair , arbitrary , and sadistic top ten practice , ” so instead he decided on ties or rather , “themat
he was one of the hollywood ten , a group of film - industry individuals blacklisted for their alleged communist affiliations , and was its only member to cooperate with the house un - american activities committee ( huac ) . …
many of the hollywood ten writers continued producing screenplays under assumed names after they were blacklisted . using the pseudonym robert rich , dalton trumbo penned the script for
the brave one ,
which earned an academy award for best screenplay in 1957 .
lardner had been recruited by the communist party in hollywood in 1937 . he later became a member of the hollywood anti - nazi league , the citizens committee for the defence of mexican - american youth , the hollywood writers mobilisation against the war and the board of the screen writers guild , all tainted with the
red
brush .
in october 1947 , 10 members of the hollywood film industry publicly denounced the tactics employed by the house un - american activities committee ( huac ) , an investigative committee of the u . s . house of representatives , during its probe of alleged communist influence in the american motion picture business . these prominent screenwriters and directors , who became known as the hollywood ten , received jail sentences and were banned from working for the major hollywood studios . their defiant stands also placed them at center stage in a national debate over the controversial anti - communist crackdown that swept through the united states in the late 1940s and early 1950s . besides the hollywood ten , other members of the film industry with alleged communist ties were later banned from working for the big movie studios . the hollywood blacklist came to an end in the 1960s .
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by 1937 lardner had been recruited by the communist party in hollywood and was attending a marxist meetings four nights a week . in time he became a member of such groups as the hollywood anti - nazi league and the hollywood writers mobilization against the war . he also served on the board of the screen writers guild .
( 1938 ) . in 1948 , lawson became one of the notorious hollywood ten when he refused to co - operate with the house un - american activities committee investigators . he was sentenced to one year in prison and was subsequently blacklisted in hollywood . lawson then exiled himself to mexico where he began writing books on drama and filmmaking such as
there had still been no conclusive proof presented that any of the hollywood ten were a subversive threat . but they had not done themselves any favors by refusing to answer questions . there was a pervasive sense , in the media at least , that a man wouldn’t invoke his right to silence unless he had something to hide . as one of the hollywood ten , edward dmytryk , wrote later , “it was clear to those who listened that the unfriendly witnesses were behaving as communists could be expected to behave . ”
…directors , later known as the hollywood ten , were sentenced to serve up to a year in prison for refusing to testify . that evening the members of the association of motion picture producers , which included the leading studio heads , published what became known as the waldorf declaration , in which they fired…
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three weeks later , on the same day congress voted 346 to 17 to indict the hollywood ten for contempt of congress , johnston called a meeting of 50 film executives at the waldorf - astoria in new york . he said they had two options : continue to do nothing , which wasn’t working out too well for anyone , or appease hollywood’s critics by purging the industry of known communists .
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a cue from one of the hollywood ten , a full length feature film , directed by karl francis , and featuring jeff goldblum and great scacchi . herbert biberman is a victim of the mccarthy witch hunts in hollywood , and this music conveys the sense of doom he feels as he ' s sacked on the set of a film . recorded in budapest with full orchestra . jr : composition , orchestration .
known as the hollywood ten , they claimed that the 1st amendment of the united states constitution gave them the right to do this . the house of un - american activities committee and the courts during appeals disagreed and all were found guilty of contempt of congress and each was sentenced to between six and twelve months in prison .
ome names on a list of the hollywood ten may ring a bell among movie buffs , but for many they’re as unfamiliar as a dynastic recital from the old testament . they were the “unfriendly witnesses” who appeared before the house un - american activities committee , summoned after huac had interviewed 41 willing “friendlies” .
, one of the original hollywood ten , had financial problems as a result of divorcing his first wife . faced with having to sell his plane and encouraged by his new wife , dmytryk decided to try to get his name removed from the blacklist . on 25th april , 1951 , dmytryk appeared before the
five days after the close of the hearings , the screen writers guild held elections in which a slate of anti - communists won in a landslide , a sign that much had changed since the beginning of the hearings , and that hollywood on the whole had been duly frightened . another sign of the same came that very day , when the mpaa’s eric johnston , who had declared victory on behalf of the hollywood ten a few days earlier , told the hollywood reporter that the 10 had performed a “tremendous disservice” to their industry . it was time that the studios , johnston said , “take positive steps to meet this problem . ”
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dmytryk also revealed how people such as john howard lawson , adrian scott and albert maltz had put him under pressure to make sure his films expressed the views of the communist party . this was particularly damaging to those members of the original hollywood ten were at that time involved in court cases with their previous employers . if these people refused to name names , they were added to a blacklist that had been drawn up by the hollywood film studios .
as a member of the hollywood ten , ornitz’s refusal to answer questions at the huac hearings in october 1947 resulted in a 12 - month sentence . while serving his time at the federal prison in springfield , vt . , he published his most successful novel , bride of the sabbath ( 1951 ) . he never worked in film again .
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all refused to answer , pleading the first amendment . they form a moving gallery , evoking the period of cold war fear and injustice in the history of hollywood and the us . the stories of this multitalented group , before and after the hollywood blacklist , form a collective testimony to the price paid for sincere political convictions .
three years later , the huac committee handed him the shortest sentence of the hollywood ten — six months in the minimum - security texarcana , texas , prison that housed fellow defendant alvah bessie . biberman’s wife , gale sondergaard , who won a best supporting actress oscar for her role in anthony adverse ( 1936 ) , also refused to testify before the huac and was blacklisted .
house un - american activities committee ( huac ) , committee of the u . s . house of representatives , established in 1938 under martin dies as chairman , that conducted investigations through the 1940s and ’50s into alleged communist activities . those investigated included many artists and entertainers , including the hollywood ten , elia kazan , pete seeger , bertolt brecht , and…
the hollywood ten were controversial figures at the time they launched their protest , and their actions continue to inspire debate decades later . some tend to view their punishment as justified , since the individuals were admitted communists , while others generally view them as heroic figures who spoke out against the abuses of the red scare–and in defense of the u . s . constitution–when many of their colleagues remained silent .
lawson worked during the first world war as a volunteer ambulance driver in italy and publicity director for the american red cross . he became a broadway playwright , began his hollywood career in 1920 , and joined the communist party in 1933 . as first president of the screen writers guild , lawson was seen as the ideological driver of the hollywood ten . his oscar - nominated script for blockade ( 1938 ) was denounced by catholic organisation the knights of columbus as “marxist propaganda” . after serving his huac sentence he wrote just two scripts , including , pseudonymously , the british cry the beloved country ( 1951 ) ; he taught at several universities , writing a counter - critique of hollywood propaganda in film .
before he was dispatched to the federal lockup in ashland , ky . — the same facility that housed adrian scott and dalton trumbo , fellow members of the hollywood ten — he recruited his friend michael blankfort to front for him on an adaptation of his 1944 novel the cross and the arrow , which became the film broken arrow , starring james stewart . the sympathetic treatment of native americans in the western earned maltz an oscar nomination for adapted screenplay .
historian yohuru williams discusses key facts about the hollywood 10 , a group of film directors , screenwriters , and producers blacklisted for communist affiliations in 1947 .
in 1947 , hollywood became the subject of a fullscale investigation by the house committee on unamerican activities ( huac ) . ten
unfriendly
witnesses - producers , directors and writers - refused to answer the question ,
are you now , or have you ever been , a member of the communist party ?
, choosing to regard the committee as unconstitutional , and were thus indicted and imprisoned for contempt of the us congress .
in july 1947 rko released dmytryk’s thriller crossfire , about an american soldier who kills a jewish veteran and evades detection thanks to loyal army buddies . three months later , in washington , d . c . , dmytryk and the rest of the hollywood ten snubbed the house un - american activities committee . although publicly blacklisted in november , he nevertheless received an oscar nomination as best director for crossfire .
dalton03 pictured : dalton trumbo ( third from left , in glasses ) prepares to fly to washington d . c . to begin serving his jail sentence , as his children nicky and christopher ( holding sign ) and wife cleo ( right of christopher ) join a group protesting the jailing of the hollywood ten � los angeles airport , 1950 . � photo credit : courtesy of the trumbo family less
shortly after directing the 1951
he ran all the way ,
starring john garfield and shelley winters , berry was identified by director edward dmytryk and others as a communist . berry directed a documentary called
the hollywood ten
to raise money for the defense of that group , including ring lardner jr . and dalton trumbo , who were cited for contempt of congress for refusing to divulge their political affiliations .
from the 1950s through the early 1970s , dmytryk continued to direct studio films , including raintree country ( 1957 ) , a remake of the blue angel ( 1959 ) and the carpetbaggers ( 1964 ) . after his film career tapered off , he taught film and directing at the university of texas at austin and the university of southern california film school . in 1966 he published a book about his blacklist experiences , odd man out : a memoir of the hollywood ten .
. upon his release , samuel ornitz was finished in hollywood , but continued writing novels until his death at age 66 . - - hal erickson [ from the
although biberman never gained great success in hollywood , his involvement in politics , especially his early stand against fascism , earned him the wrath of the house un - american activities committee ( huac ) . in 1947 , biberman refused to answer the committee’s questions on constitutional grounds . his punishment was a $ 1 , 000 fine and a six - month sentence , half of what many others got . while his wife , the oscar - winning actress gale sondergaard , was not part of the original hollywood ten , she was also brought before huac , refused to testify , and later blacklisted .
thomas was bluffing here . in the midst of the hearings , the mpaa demanded that the committee furnish the list they had implied they possessed of so - called subversive films produced by hollywood studios . the committee would not name the names of the films that ostensibly were the reason for the hearings . on the second day of testimony , thomas declared he had a list of 79 people in hollywood who were definitely communists . he never released that list , either .
a more lasting punishment came as a result of the movie industry blacklist . studio executives did not want their business to be associated with radical politics in the minds of the movie - going public and therefore agreed that they would not employ the hollywood ten ( with the exception of dmytryk ) or anyone else suspected of being affiliated with the communist party . the motion picture industry blacklist grew steadily larger as congress continued its investigations into the 1950s , and numerous careers were damaged as a result . the blacklist ended in the 1960s .
screenwriter / producer adrian scott was among the first ten hollywood people to be called before the house un - american activities committee in the 1947 . his name was provided to the committee by director / producer edward dmytryk , with whom scott had worked for many years . after refusing to testify , scott was sentenced to a year in prison . following his release , scott was blacklisted and never worked in films again . - - sandra brennan [ from the
although lardner allowed his party membership to lapse in the 1950s , he said in an interview with the new york times that “i ' ve never regretted my association with communism . i still think that some form of socialism is a more rational way to organize a society , but i recognize it hasn ' t worked anywhere yet . ” he died in manhattan in 2000 at age 85 , the last surviving member of the hollywood ten .
in 1932 he moved to hollywood to work with 17 other writers on one of hollywood’s first all - star extravaganzas , the w . c . fields comedy if i had a million . the two successful plays cole had written in new york landed him a five - year , $ 250 - a - week contract with paramount .
john berry , a blacklisted hollywood director who made the classic film noir
he ran all the way
and then largely moved his career to europe , has died . he was 82 .
along with lester coles and john howard lawson , ornitz was a key figure in the founding of the screen writers guild . a vocal supporter of the soviet union , ornitz was one of the most outspoken political figures in hollywood .
screenwriter dalton trumbo , left , and his wife , cleo , listen from the audience as the chairman of the house un - american activities committee ( huac ) announces a contempt citation against trumbo at a hearing in washington , d . c . , oct . 28 , 1947 . on the witness stand trumbo , one of the hollywood ten called before the committee , declined to say whether he is or has been a communist . trumbo served a prison sentence in 1950 and was blacklisted in the film industry . ( ap photo ) less
the son of a famed humorist , screenwriter ring lardner , jr . ( born ringgold wilmer lardner , jr . ) started out as a reporter for the new york daily mirror . prior to that , he had briefly attended princeton . he eventually became a publicist for david selznick in hollywood and after that worked uncredited as a script doctor before becoming a full - fledged screenwriter working alone or in collaboration . lardner shared an oscar in 1942 for woman of the year and his career looked quite promising until he refused to cooperate with the witch - hunts of the house un - american activities committee and became one of the hollywood ten . for his refusal , lardner spent a year in prison and then was blacklisted until the mid ' 60s . though officially banned from hollywood , lardner continued working under pseudonyms and also worked uncredited . lardner made a big comeback in 1970 when he wrote the script for
in 1947 , at the height of his career , scott was subpoenaed to testify at the huac hearings ( he had joined the communist party in 1944 ) . he became one of the hollywood ten when he refused to answer the committee’s questions on first amendment grounds . while waiting a court ruling , scott moved to london to look for work but decided to return when the courts refused to overturn huac’s contempt charge . he noted that “nine of us couldn’t go into court with the 10th on the lam . that would have made it impossible for the rest who were left . ”
( 1947 ) , one of the first hollywood films to confront anti - semitism . in 1948 dmytryk became one of the
hollywood ten
when he was accused of having ties to the communist party and was sentenced to a year in prison for contempt of congress . following his imprisonment , dymtryk was blacklisted in the u . s . , so he directed three films in england , but returned to the states in 1951 . upon his return he went before the house un - american activities committee again , this time as a
friendly
witness , and his name was dropped from the blacklist . he then resumed his american career and directed four films for producer stanley kramer , most notably the sniper ( 1952 ) and
distinguished author , short - story writer , playwright and screenwriter albert maltz was among the notorious
hollywood ten ,
those artists who were first blackballed by the house un - american activities committee for refusing to testify about communist affiliations . following education at columbia university and the yale school of drama , maltz worked as a playwright for the left - leaning theatre union . during the early ' 30s , many of his plays were produced in new york . he also published his novels and stories . he moved to hollywood to write screenplays in 1941 and primarily worked alone and in collaboration for warner brothers and paramount . during ww ii , he penned patriotic scripts for such films as
born into a middle - class family in arlington , n . j . , scott wrote magazine articles before moving to hollywood . starting in 1940 , he contributed to several scripts , including the one for the popular cary grant comedy mr . lucky . scott received more acclaim as a producer . he and director edward dmytryk , a future fellow hollywood ten member , teamed up on a string of dark thrillers , including murder , my sweet ( 1944 ) , based on raymond chandler’s farewell , my lovely , and crossfire ( 1947 ) , an anti - semitism drama that received five oscar nominations , including best picture and best director .
. his career came to a halt in 1947 , when he was summoned before the house un - american activities committee . he refused to deny or confirm involvement in the communist party , and in 1950 he became one of the hollywood ten when he was imprisoned and blacklisted . in 1965 , bessie wrote a book about his experience with the huac , inquisition in eden . he wrote another book in 1975 , spain again , which chronicled his experiences as a co - writer and actor in a spanish movie of the same name . his
in 1942 , he co - wrote woman of the year with michael kanin . the comedy marked the first onscreen collaboration between katharine hepburn and spencer tracy and won lardner and kanin an oscar for original screenplay . in 1947 he became one of the highest - paid writers in hollywood when he signed a contract with 20th century fox at $ 2 , 000 a week . a few months later he stood by his fellow members of the hollywood ten in refusing to testify before huac . lardner replied to the standard question — “are you now or have you ever been …” — by noting , “i could answer the question exactly the way you want , but if i did , i would hate myself in the morning . ” the aggressive committee chairman , j . parnell thomas , a republican from new jersey , angrily dismissed lardner from the stand .
when the house un - american activities committee called alvah bessie to the witness stand in 1947 , he was ready to give them a piece of his mind . “i will never aid or abet such a committee in its patent attempt to foster the sort of intimidation and terror that is the inevitable precursor of a fascist regime ,
bessie told them . as such , in 1950 , along with the other members of the hollywood ten , bessie was found guilty of contempt of congress , fined $ 1 , 000 , and sentenced to one year at the federal prison at texarkana , tx .
with a career spanning more than seven decades , kirk douglas has long since earned his place among the most luminous figures in hollywood history . after cutting his teeth on the new york stage , he began his film career in the 1946 barbara stanwyck ve…
only 11 of the “unfriendly” witnesses were called to testify in the fall of 1947 , and 10 of them—a group that became known as the hollywood ten—shared legal counsel . they had agreed beforehand that they would not answer any questions about their party membership or other affiliations , because their whole defense was based on the idea that congress had no right to pry into their lives , their beliefs , or their practice of assembly . also , they knew that the committee could use their admitted allegiance to any social group or professional guild against them , and against any fellow members of those groups .
in 1947 roy m . brewer was appointed to the motion picture industry council . at this time the house of un - american activities committee ( huac ) , chaired by j . parnell thomas , began an investigation into the hollywood motion picture industry . the huac interviewed 41 people who were working in hollywood . these people attended voluntarily and became known as
friendly witnesses
. during their interviews they named nineteen people who they accused of holding left - wing views .
stanley kubrick directed a cast of screen legends—including kirk douglas as the indomitable gladiator that led a roman slave revolt—in the sweeping epic that defined a genre and ushered in a new hollywood era . the assured acting , lush technicolor cinematography , bold costumes , and visceral fight sequences won spartacus four oscars ; the blend of politics and sexual suggestion scandalized audiences . today kubrick ' s controversial classic , the first film to openly defy hollywood ' s blacklist , remains a landmark of cinematic artistry and history .
members of the association of motion picture producers deplore the action of the 10 hollywood men who have been cited for contempt . we do not desire to prejudge their legal rights , but their actions have been a disservice to their employers and have impaired their usefulness to the industry .
screenwriter lester cole will go down in cinema history as a member of the original
hollywood ten ,
one of the first unfortunate people in the film industry to be black - listed by the house anti - american activities committee in 1947 . cole , the son of polish immigrants , began writing and directing plays at age 16 after he dropped out of high school . during the 1920s and ' 30s he worked as an actor on stage and screen before embarking on his screenwriting career . while in hollywood , he was a union activist and became a co - founder of the screen writers guild in 1933 . he was later black - balled for challenging the committee ' s right to interrogate him about his political beliefs . he then served 1 year in prison , leaving behind an unfinished script that was later finished by john steinbeck for kazan ' s
the hollywood ten paid a high price for their actions at the huac hearings . in november 1947 , they were cited for contempt of congress . facing trial on that charge in april 1948 , each man was found guilty and sentenced to spend a year in prison and pay a $ 1 , 000 fine . after unsuccessfully appealing the verdicts , they began serving their terms in 1950 . while in prison , one member of the group , edward dmytryk , decided to cooperate with the government . in 1951 , he testified at a huac hearing and provided the names of more than 20 industry colleagues he claimed were communists .
once cleared by huac , dmytryk found work immediately . producer stanley krammer hired him to direct three films : the 1952 creepy psychopathic killer film the sniper ; the 1953 postwar psychodrama the juggler ( with kirk douglas ) ; and the 1954 critically acclaimed court martial drama the caine mutiny . dmytryk worked steadily through the fifties and sixties , mostly helming action and suspense films . in the ‘70s , the jobs abruptly stopped coming . he began a second career teaching filmmaking at the university of texas and the university of southern california . in 1996 , dmytryk once again tried to clear his name with odd man out : a memoir of the hollywood ten in which he blames his compatriots for refusing to bend to huac’s demands . he died three years later .
the individual in rebellion against monolithic power : that was a familiar trumbo theme , and it makes one wonder how trumbo could ever have flirted with communism or considered himself a communist . unlike , say , john howard lawson (
success at any price
) , a member of the hollywood ten whose work was identifiably marxist , trumbo was more in the old tradition of american literature , which maintained faith in individual genius and asserted individual rights . trumbo ' s defiance of the committee , like his work , seems , in retrospect , more an act of patriotism than subversion .
wet hot : ten marks the second netflix follow - up to the movie . the streaming giant last year released the eight - episode wet hot american summer : first day of camp , a prequel series featuring the movie ' s original stars . the new incarnation will again be written by showalter and wain , with the latter on board to direct . showalter , wain , peter principato , jonathan stern and howard bernstein are set to executive produce .
at 15 dmytryk was working as a studio messenger . progressing to projectionist , film editor and director , he made murder , my sweet ( 1944 ) based on raymond chandler’s farewell , my lovely . he joined the communist party and was summoned to testify in 1947 – the year he was oscar - nominated for crossfire . he resisted huac’s questions but , after fleeing to england , revealed 26 names and escaped the blacklist . he went on to make films such as the caine mutiny ( 1954 ) , the young lions ( 1958 ) and the carpetbaggers ( 1964 ) . haunted by the episode , he wrote a book in 1966 titled odd man out : a memoir of the hollywood ten .
the son of polish immigrants and a high school dropout from new york city , lester cole thought he’d found his american dream in hollywood . originally working as a stage actor , cole eventually moved to hollywood picking up parts in several silent films , like love at first glance and painted faces . by the ‘30s , he moved over to writing , penning a number of b - movies , including several in the charlie chan series . while he worked steadily inside the hollywood machine , he also pushed for workers’ rights . in 1933 , he was instrumental in reviving the screen writers guild , the union that would eventually become the writers guild of america . his organizing gained him the unfavorable moniker “hollywood red” by studio execs . the next year , cole confirmed the title when he officially joined the communist party . while he mostly hammered out scripts for crime genres and melodramas , he was quick to add a socially conscious message when possible . the 1936 thriller the president’s mystery , for example , includes a scene with workers storming a cannery yelling , “everybody works , everybody shares . ” and in the ‘40s , cole excelled in dramatizing anti - fascist sentiments in films like hostages and none shall escape . in 1946 , his career appeared ready to take off when mgm , hollywood’s most prestigious studio , put him under contract . then the house committee on un - american activities ( huac ) subpoenaed him .
rich had the best possible reason of all not to be present : he did not exist . he was a pseudonym , one of many , for dalton trumbo , a blacklisted writer . one of the hollywood ten , trumbo had gone to prison in 1950 for refusing to answer questions by the house un - american activities committee , which was trying to root out communism in the motion picture industry . upon his release 10 months later , he could find no work under his own name , but scratched together a living by turning out scripts either under fake names or for fellow writers , who fronted for him and funneled the money to him .
one of those named , bertolt brecht , an emigrant playwright , gave evidence and then left for east germany . ten others : herbert biberman , lester cole , albert maltz , adrian scott , samuel ornitz , dalton trumbo , edward dmytryk , ring lardner jr . , john howard lawson and alvah bessie refused to answer any questions .
, a diary of his activities while in spain in 1938 , have been recently published ( 2001 ) . unfortunately , his screenwriting career was ruined by the blacklisting , and he never returned to hollywood . [ information provided courtesy of dan bessie ]
karina longworth is the creator and host of you must remember this , a podcast about the secret and forgotten history of hollywood’s first century . she is the author of books about george lucas , al pacino , and meryl streep and has contributed to la weekly , the guardian , npr , vulture , and other publications .
the house un - american activities committee was charged with investigating allegations of communist influence and subversion in the u . s . during the early years of the cold war . committee members quickly settled their gaze on the hollywood film industry , which was seen as a hotbed of communist activity . this reputation originated in the 1930s , when the economic difficulties of the great depression increased the appeal of leftist organizations for many struggling actors and studio workers .
prison marked the end of bessie’s hollywood career . he moved to the bay area , where he wrote novels , edited a union newspaper and worked as publicist for arts organizations . for seven years he was the stage manager and soundman at san francisco’s hungry i nightclub , earning $ 70 a week .
i had long been convinced that the fight of the ten was political ; that the battle for freedom of thought , in which i believed that i was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the communist party , from which i had long been separated and which i had grown to dislike and distrust . i knew that if it ever got down to a choice between the party and our traditional democratic structure i would fight the party and our traditional democratic structure i would fight the party to the bitter end .
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with the exception of dmytryk , the group was severely blacklisted by the film industry . most were never again employed in hollywood , but some did write scripts under pseudonyms . as “robert rich , ” trumbo won an academy award oscar for best screenplay for the brave one ( 1956 ) . the red blacklist disappeared by the early 1960s , and trumbo and lardner subsequently wrote screenplays under their own names .
son of a prosperous dry - goods merchant , ornitz was on the streets of new york giving socialist speeches at the age of 12 . he became a social worker and started to write for the left - wing theatre , publishing a successful novel about jewish immigrant life in 1923 titled haunch , paunch and jowl . moving to hollywood in 1928 , ornitz worked for several studios , writing 25 scripts including little orphan annie ( 1938 ) . he was a stalwart of the screen writers guild and , after his huac arraignment , published a successful novel , bride of the sabbath . his hollywood career , however , was over .
it was also houseman who brought berry to hollywood , where he first worked as an assistant to director billy wilder . as a paramount producer , houseman hired berry to direct his 1945 film
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biberman came from a new york theatre background and arrived in hollywood in 1935 . he made one way ticket ( 1935 ) , meet nero wolfe ( 1936 ) and anti - nazi film the master race ( 1944 ) . biberman , a jew , was briefly suspected by the fbi of being a nazi because of virulent opposition to the us lend - lease agreement . in 1947 he was called to testify by huac and sentenced to six months in texarkana jail for refusing . his hollywood career was over . he collaborated with fellow blacklisters on salt of the earth , about a mexican miners’ strike . the film was investigated by the fbi and banned for 11 years .
new delhi : director james gray’s acclaimed adventure drama the lost city of z , which released in india on friday , describes real events surrounding british explorer percy fawcett , who was sent to bolivia and later made several attempts to find an ancient lost city in the amazon . here are 10 other hollywood films dealing with the theme of exploration .
the black chevy truck used in the later part of the movie was circa 1964 .
with the dawning of the cold war , anti - communist legislators grew concerned that the movie industry could serve as a source of subversive propaganda . although popular hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s offered little evidence of an overriding socialist agenda , the investigation proceeded . in october 1947 , more than 40 people with connections to the movie industry received subpoenas to appear before huac on suspicion of holding communist loyalties or being involved in subversive activities .
during the investigative hearings , members of huac grilled the witnesses about their past and present associations with the communist party . aware that their answers could ruin their reputations and careers , most individuals either sought leniency by cooperating with investigators or cited their fifth amendment right against self - incrimination . however , a group of 10 hollywood screenwriters and directors took a different approach and openly challenged the legitimacy of the committee’s investigations .
just as his career was at an all time high , scott was called before the house committee on un - american activities ( huac ) to answer questions about being a member of the communist party , which he had joined in 1944 . as the hollywood ten waited to hear the court’s decision on their refusal to comply on first amendment grounds , scott moved to london to look for work . as things grew increasingly dark in the states , scott’s french and british friends urged him to stay . “they said they ' d hide me out , ” scott recalls . “i was tempted . it could have been arranged . but nine of us couldn ' t go into court with the tenth on the lam . that would have made it impossible for the rest who were left .
scott returned to be sentenced on september 27 , 1950 to a $ 1 , 000 fine and 12 months in the federal correctional institution , ashland , ky .
by oct . 31 , 1947 , 11 of the 19 subpoenaed had been called to the stand . the unfriendlies who had testified , minus brecht , believed that it was all over , and that they had won . producer samuel goldwyn publicly called the hearings “a flop . ” the mpaa , still waiting for thomas to release his list of alleged propaganda films , declared that the sudden closing of the hearings vindicated the studios’ position that there was no proof that hollywood had allowed communists to control its products .
after nine months in prison , and unable to work in hollywood , lardner eventually found work in london , contributing to the 1950s television series , the adventures of robin hood . like several other blacklisted writers , he was forced to use a pseudonym to allow for american sales . the british - made virgin island ( 1958 ) credits
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with the screenplay , although a british historian of the same name wrote to the times refuting any connection with the mediocre movie .
el ten eleven has been two people making instrumental music from the start . together kris : an dunn ( bass / guitars ) and tim fogarty ( drums ) have released six full - length albums , an ep , a remix record and a mixtape . the process of el ten eleven has always been of reinven : on with each release , providing a canvas of sounds and singular execu : on to each album , track and layer . there is something exci : ng about a duo , both for the band and their cult - like fan base . they create eloquently designed composi : ons , layers of augmented bass and drums that are stacked and sound like a quintet or , ogen : mes , an atmospheric orchestra . as reinven : on took its course over the past 18 months , the band explored a variety of mediums for inspira : on , from films to orchestras to side - projects , and found the next colorant to add to its canvas : a guest vocalist . a risk and perhaps the deepest dye imaginable . instead of releasing a one - off track with a singer , dunn and fogarty decided to commit to a full extended - play release exploring the new sound . “the search for the right singer was frustra : ng . there were a lot of people we tried working with who were really talented , but ul : mately not the right fit stylis : cally , ” says kris : an dunn . ager months of searching they found emile mosseri from new york , songwriter and vocalist of indie garage rock revisionists the dig . “not only does the natural sound of his voice compliment our music , but his work ethic and dedica : on are on par with our own . and his lyrics compliment our music perfectly . ”el ten eleven wrote and recorded with mosseri and are very pleased to announce their first - ever vocal collabora : on release : unusable love . an ep whose four songs form an illustrated collage , merging el ten eleven instrumentals with vocals , to create a body of music en : rely unexpected .
ring lardner jr , who has died aged 85 , was the last surviving member of the hollywood 10 . the other nine were alvah bessie , herbert biberman , lester cole , john howard lawson , albert maltz , samuel ornitz , adrian scott , dalton trumbo and edward dmytryk . only dmytryk co - operated with the committee , and named names , including lardner ' s ; after serving their sentences , the other nine were blacklisted .
the 10 individuals who defied huac were alvah bessie ( c . 1904 - 85 ) , herbert biberman ( 1900 - 71 ) , lester cole ( c . 1904 - 85 ) , edward dmytryk ( 1908 - 99 ) , ring lardner jr . ( 1915 - 2000 ) , john howard lawson ( 1894 - 1977 ) , albert maltz ( 1908 - 1985 ) , samuel ornitz ( 1890 - 1957 ) , robert adrian scott ( 1912 - 73 ) and dalton trumbo ( 1905 - 76 ) . these men , who became known as the hollywood ten , not only refused to cooperate with the investigation but denounced the huac anti - communist hearings as an outrageous violation of their civil rights , as the first amendment to the u . s . constitution gave them the right to belong to any political organization they chose . some compared the committee’s coercive methods and intimidating tactics to the oppressive measures enacted in nazi germany . “i am not on trial here , ” declared screenwriter lawson . “this committee is on trial . ”
on the broader issues of alleged subversive and disloyal elements in hollywood , our members are likewise prepared to take positive action . we will not knowingly employ a communist or a member of any party or group which advocates the overthrow of the government of the united states by force or by illegal or unconstitutional methods . in pursuing this policy , we are not going to be swayed by hysteria or intimidation from any source . we are frank to recognize that such a policy involves dangers and risks . there is the danger of hurting innocent people . there is the risk of creating an atmosphere of fear . creative work at its best cannot be carried on in an atmosphere of fear . to this end we will invite the hollywood talent guilds to work with us to eliminate any subversives , to protect the innocent , and to safeguard free speech and a free screen wherever threatened .
the hearings on what the house un - american activities committee called “the communist infiltration of the motion - picture industry” began on oct . 20 , 1947 . at the insistence of lawyers representing the 19 “unfriendly” witnesses brought before the committee , the proceedings took place in full view of the media . the friendly witnesses were called first .
( 1944 ) , which emphasized the need for sacrifice in order to win the war . following the end of the war , trumbo ' s career was blighted by the increasingly unfriendly political climate in hollywood , where the studio heads had no use for men of ideas and ideals such as him . and then , in 1947 , the roof fell in on him when he was called to testify about the alleged communist infiltration of the movie business and - - along with nine others - - refused to testify . trumbo , who was suspect for his otherwise innocuous 1943 script for tender comrade ( which was about communal living in wartime , not covert communist propaganda ) , was cited for contempt of congress and served a 10 - month jail term . unable to find employment in hollywood , he moved to mexico where he continued to write - - for fees far smaller than the $ 75 , 000 a year he ' d been making from mgm before the contempt citation - - under assumed names . his script for the


the man who came back is a 2008 american film directed by glen pitre .

it stars eric braeden , billy zane , george kennedy , and armand assante .

set in southern louisiana , it is loosely based on the 1887 sugar strike in four parishes and violence that erupted in the thibodaux massacre .

the man who came back ( 2008 film )

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eric braeden stars in ' the man who came back , ' directed by louisiana filmmaker glen pitre .
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reese paxton ( eric braeden ) , right , has a score to settle with cocky billy duke ( james patrick stuart ) in ' the man who came back , ' directed by louisiana filmmaker glen pitre .
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framed for murder and left for dead , a local legend comes back to make the guilty pay as he seeks revenge on those who killed his family in this traditional western about one man who stood against injustice .
in the book , slughorn and dumbledore stand back - to - back , waving their wands to restore the house . in the film , only dumbledore restores the house , sending everything back together with a single wave of his wand .
the film would begin with peter parker as spider - man stopping mysterio and handing him over to the police .
eric braeden and james patrick stuart give sublime performances in this post civil war period film shot in the south - based on a true story . there was lots of meat in this film to make it great , but inconsistent direction and lackluster performances from some of the other cast made
the man who came back
into the man who shouldn ' t have come back . oh well , because of braeden and stuart , it is still worth a look despite its shortcomings and the fact that it isn ' t a true western .
though radcliffe , gambon and broadbent started shooting in late september 2007 , some other cast members started much later : watson did not begin until december 2007 , rickman until january 2008 , and bonham carter until february 2008 . [ 26 ] [ 27 ] principal photography wrapped up on may 17 2008 . [ 28 ] and a confirmation that editing was complete was released on july 29 , 2008 , though we do not know when they finished exactly .
spider - man 4 was the unofficial title for what would have been the fourth film in sony pictures ' spider - man film series that was slated to release on may 6 , 2011 . some rumors said that the title given was going to be spider - man 4 : birds of prey .
the man who came back 2 1 / 2 stars starring : eric braeden . director : glen pitre . rating : r , for violence , sexual content ( some of it of an aberrant nature ) and language ( including racial slurs ) . running time : 1 hour 52 minutes .
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from right to left ; tobey maguire and kirsten dunst , the two main cast members in the spider - man films , in a promotional image for spider - man 4 .
hasten to write this review to prevent anyone from renting this movie . under the guise of an “anti - slavery” story , “the man who came back” portrays southern whites , with the exception of a “confederate war hero , ” as vile , violent , and , of course , as evil christians who quote the bible , glowingly reference the crusades , and abuse freed blacks with orgiastic delight .
in the film , though , the massacre takes place primarily because paxton is hiding among the strikers , and the planters are determined to kill him before he kills the rest of their number involved in the original conspiracy against him . that depiction trivializes the real - life tragedy ( though , to be fair ,
the man who came back
is not intended to be a historical treatise ) .
i came up with a new game show idea recently . it ' s called the old game . you got three old guys with loaded guns onstage . they look back at their lives , see who they were , what they accomplished , how close they came to realizing their dreams . the winner is the one who doesn ' t blow his brains out . he gets a refrigerator .
the crying child . pretty good made for tv movie . i think it came out in ’96 .
actor robert preston was best known for his portrayal of the charismatic huckster in the music man—a role he played on broadway and in the film adaptation .
house - elf kreacher and the hippogriff buckbeak are omitted from the film , and there is no mention of hagrid getting buckbeak back .
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and that ' s not the only reason why gatsby still feels fresh today . the novel ' s very title has become a kind of buzzword for periods of excess and fake luxury . the economic collapse of 2008 brought back distant and unwelcome memories of the
- summary : framed for murder and left for dead , a local legend comes back to make the guilty pay as he seeks revenge on those who killed his family , in this traditional western about one man who stood against injustice . - like us on facebook : urltoken - follow us on twitter : urltoken
the 22 months between start of filming and release of the film was by far the longest interval in the series to date and was in fact several months longer than the equally protracted schedule for the 2009 star trek film , which began production several months after hbp but was released several months before hbp . at one point the film was scheduled for a late 2008 release , but this was pushed back .
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according to local estate agents , interest has been increasing steadily since the film came out and properties are being snapped up within days of going on the market .
in
the man who came back ,
which arrives tuesday , dec . 9 , on dvd , louisiana filmmaker glen pitre saddles a classic western revenge plot with the burden of representing a horrific incident from post - reconstruction history . the result is a narrative that fans of pitre ' s
belizaire the cajun
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the scoundrel ' s wife
might find disappointing . .
though the inferi in the book climb out of the lake and attempt to drag harry back in with them , they actually pull him underwater in the film .
development began in 2008 , with raimi attached to direct and the core cast of the previous films to return . come 2009 , however , raimi dismissed the rumors that all three films were being made , instead confirming that only the fourth was under development . sony hired james vanderbilt in october of 2008 to pen the screenplay , after contacting david koepp , the writer of the first film . the script underwent further revision by playwright david lindsay - abaire and once more by gary ross in october of 2009 . sony had also hired vanderbilt to pen scripts for spider - man 5 and spider - man 6 .
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help ! i am trying to find a film or short story from the 80’s , its some kind of horror film . all i remember is a man and woman go to a lake at night , man is shot dead and falls in the lake . ghost of man haunts the woman , in the end the ghost takes her back to the lake and try to pull her in , has he does he turns into a skeleton . i don’t remember much because i was a kid when i saw it . anyone know what this might be ? ? ?
the only exception is the desolate mamma mia ! bar , run by a lugubrious man called demetri - who was brosnan ' s driver during the filming - and dismissed as ' tacky ' by many locals .
a sordid tale of rape and violence with a real slave revolt as the background , which was glossed over and not very historically accurate . the way the hero came back is not very believable either . threw my copy in the trash can .
the film omits the details that fenrir greyback is a werewolf , and also the part of lupin mentioning that greyback was the one who turned him into a werewolf .
2 . it was steven spielberg’s secretary who discovered richard matheson ' s story .
' there was one swiss couple who were going to convert to greek orthodox and come back , ' says marion fester , who works for thalpos holidays . ' given that you ' d fit only about six people in the church , it seems a bit extreme . '
ant - man and the wasp soars to $ 76 million on opening weekend . . . beating its prequel by $ 19 million
contemporary horror movies , like the “saw” films , are morally and ethically disgusting , but “the man who came back” uses the pretext of slavery - era injustice to glory in pornographic violence and sexual acts . in the end , billy zane’s character clutches a book with the words “holy bible” on it as a final stamp of the filmmaker ' s contempt for christianity . watching this movie is like listening to a sermon by a murderer who takes pleasure in the sin he both commits and condemns . whatever it may say about its subject , the final irony of the movie is that its greatest hypocrisy is the sanctimonious deceitfulness of the director himself .
slughorn tells dumbledore that the muggles who own the house are on holiday in the canary islands in both the book and film , however , in the book , he says this after the house is restored . in the film , he says this before the house is restored , to which dumbledore suggests putting the house back in order for its muggle owners . he then begins to restore the house .
alive ! four thai boys who made it out of cave in daring . . .
and kurt , agreed . i saw event horizon a few years back and it creeped the shit out of me .
in the novel , dumbledore pours the memory into the pensieve and accompanies harry into the memories . in the film , dumbledore gives harry the memory to pour , and harry enters them alone , with dumbledore standing back and observing .
the film was the top grossing film at uk cinemas in 2009 , taking £50 . 7m , closely followed by avatar . - guardian
kylie jenner rocks curve - clinging attire as she shows off body . . . and considers going back to blonde
as the truck rams the car over the cliff and falls off in the final film , there is a low roar sound effect that the filmmaker included to emphasize the death of the truck . spielberg , who wanted the truck to seem
helen mccrory who plays the role of narcissa malfoy in this film , was originally chosen to play bellatrix lestrange in the fifth film , harry potter and the order of the phoenix . but she had to back out of the role due to her sudden pregnancy , so she ended up getting this role instead , while helena bonham carter was cast as bellatrix in her place .
in the book horace slughorn was said to have a big silver moustache like a walrus and was supposed to be quite large , both are changed for the film . in the film , he does not have a moustache , and is only slightly chubby . additionally , slughorn is portrayed as a soft - spoken , senile man in the film .
it doesn’t seem all that long since bbc america’s merlin came to an end , but in actuality it’s been three years . and quite a lot can happen in a few years’ time . it may seem longer because we grew attached to the series and its characters after five seasons ( 2008 - 2012 ) . if you’re missing the cast , you can check them out in their latest appearances in tv and film outlined below :
in the film , harry , hermione , and ron are not seen back at the burrow after spying on draco . instead , they are next seen on the train , and it is here that they discuss what draco may have been doing at borkin and burkes in the film .
to be fair , the film company did go to enormous lengths to put everything back as it was when they arrived . it seems the only thing they couldn ' t do was restore the peace and quiet .
someone please help me… i’m looking for two movies…the first one is about a young girl who has been kept in her house by her mother , when the girl “misbehaves” the mother chains he ankle up . she got away one day and met a boy and was going to run away with him well something happened i don’t remember what but her mom had to go to the hospital where she died and the girl didnt know , when the boy came back to get her , she thought it was her mom and killed him and burried him in the back yard .
safety measures issued by the ministry and about the inferi were not discussed throughout the entire film .
in the book , the felix felicis is gold . in the film , it is clear .
until now i can’t find this film . i watch this about 20 years ago but i think it was from the 70’s . a group of young woman staying in a house & there’s an landlady or warden . i think at one point they accidentally killed her & covered it up . the old woman came back and killed the young women one by one . i remember villa like house , a swimming pool and at the end all the killed women came for the last victim together with the old lady . it was the first movie that kept me awake at night .
there are no security measures discussed or implied before entering the burrow in the film .
dumbledore and harry do not have many talks about voldemort like they did in the book . voldemort is not explained as someone who likes to control people , who is very charming with all the teachers , who places great meaning on places where he has tortured others , and who feels a deep connection to hogwarts because it is proof he is special and is a wizard and because it feels like his home . however , these details were focused on in the chamber of secrets film .
the power elite took his family and his freedom but this one man stood against injustice and made the guilty pay ! when local legend resse paxton is wrongly accused of murder by the corrupt and racist town leadership and sentenced to prison , he accepts his fate hoping his innocence will eventually set him free . when the self - appointed major brutally murders his wife and son , he has nothing left to live for . in a town that writes its own rules , in a land where the innocent are killed and where the system is rotten , paxton decides to take the law into his own hands and dispense his own form of justice . the man who came back is a gripping tale of revenge based on the legendary true story of the thibodaux massacre of 1887 .
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whatever life holds in store for me , i will never forget these words : ' with great power comes great responsibility . ' this is my gift . my curse . who am i ? i ' m spider - man .
i came here because i was trying to remember the name of the film , frontiers . i cant even think of why because the film was awful . i mean awful . reminds me of a cheap chainsaw massacre . ive also seen grace , that was pretty bad and just never went anywhere , same with may .
selena gomez is seen with same mystery man she was with in may . . . after news her ex justin bieber is engaged to hailey baldwin
eagle - eyed viewers will catch the word “flammable” scrawled across the back of the truck , yet when it careens off the cliff at the end of the movie it doesn’t go boom . the studio wanted a big explosion , but the director wanted a slower demise for his film’s villain .
robert benchley was an american humorist , drama critic and film actor who is best known for his small roles in more than 40 films , including how to sleep .
american actor robert vaughn is best known for his 1960s role as napoleon solo on the hit tv series the man from u . n . c . l . e .
in spite of the lukewarm fan reception to spider - man 3 , its impressive box office score convinced sony to make another film , even convincing them to speak of a fifth and sixth film , also to be directed by raimi . it was even discussed that they be shot cocurrently .
' they are unbelievably obsessed . we had one swedish woman who ' d seen the film 198 times . and she was upset when we didn ' t play it during the trip . '
era ' s newly wealthy , materialism and immortality were the name of the game . the novel ' s star is jay gatsby , a young , rich man in love with a society girl from his past . a girl who , as it happens , is married to someone else .
“i’ve tried to avoid doing this ever since the picture came out . when you just say the ideas they sound foolish , whereas if they’re dramatized one feels it , but i’ll try .
during the reign of the vikings , kainan , a man from a far - off world , crash lands on earth , bringing with him an alien predator known as the moorwen . though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them , kainan leads the alliance to kill the moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the viking ' s iron age weaponry .
merlin befriends a young man by the name of arthur , who is to become the future king . the two are contemporaries , but merlin keeps a watchful eye on the prince , knowing he might be in danger . arthur doesn’t agree with his father’s rulings , which makes his bond with merlin even stronger .
' it was a bit disappointing at first , ' says diana staveley , 40 . ' in the film , they arrived at a pretty bay in a tiny boat , but we came on a giant ferry into the port and there were people everywhere . '
demonstrating he isn & apos ; t afraid of blockbusters ( or english accents ) , downey starred in the guy ritchie directed sherlock holmes in 2009 . the film co - starred jude law as dr . john watson . in addition , 2010 returned downey to superhero status with the second installment of the iron man franchise . the crime fighting picked up again in 2012 , when downey & apos ; s iron man character was back in action in the avengers , a movie that featured a bevy of hollywood talent , including don cheadle ( colonel james
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rhodes ) , mark ruffalo ( hulk ) , samuel jackson ( nick fury ) and scarlett johansson ( the black widow ) , among others . downey was back playing the popular tony stark in 2013 & apos ; s iron man 3 . in 2014 he starred as sharp city lawyer hank palmer opposite robert duvall as his father judge joseph palmer in the drama the judge .
draco is seen testing an apple on the vanishing cabinet . it comes back with a bite taken out . he then tests a white songbird in the cabinet , and it comes back dead . draco ' s desperation and fear in this scene is palpable . it is likely that he was repeatedly testing to see if it would work correctly , and became more frightened the more the tests failed , as everything he sent through except for the black songbird came back damaged in some way . it is also possible that the white and black songbirds and their respective failure and success may be an act of symbolism or foreshadowing , as well as demonstrating the cabinets ' tempermental nature .
now that we know who you are , i know who i am . i ' m not a mistake ! it all makes sense ! in a comic , you know how you can tell who the arch - villain ' s going to be ? he ' s the exact opposite of the hero . and most times , they ' re friends , like you and me ! i should ' ve known way back when . you know why , david ? because of the kids . they called me mr . glass .
the film doesn ' t show harry questioning dumbledore as to why he trusted snape .
bookstore owner who called 911 to defend steve bannon from abusive customer is former episcopal priest whose wife got 5 years for embezzling $ 2 . 2 million in church funds – and donald trump ' s sister was the judge who sentenced her !
in 2017 downey starred in spider - man : homecoming . some of his upcoming projects include the voyage of doctor dolittle , ( based on the classic children & apos ; s book series by british author hugh lofting ) , as well as a film on pinocchio .
the dvd includes audio commentary , deleted scenes and footage from the film ' s premiere . the movie never received a theatrical release , but it was screened during the new orleans film festival in october .
in the film , draco ' s reluctance to go with the death eaters is much more obvious .
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the faint whistle that is heard whenever a spell / enchantment / charm was being used in the film adaptation of harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban , was heard for the first time after prisoner of azkaban when dumbledore put the muggles ' house in which slughorn was hiding back in order .
spider - man has a sticky situation to crawl out of . as reported by deadline hollywood , spider - man 4 is caught up in a web of disagreements that’ll likely keep it from being released on may 5th , 2011 as planned . further complicating things , raimi reportedly went through four revisions of the script , with different writers , and still
hated it
. with so many issues , sony cancelled the film in january 2010 .
neil maciejewski , a film historian who runs a joan crawford tribute website , concedes that the actress ‘was an alcoholic , she was controlling and she probably wasn’t the best mother , but i’ve talked to so many people who knew her , and my feeling is mommie dearest was not an honest portrayal . one person i talked to recently is betty barker , who was joan crawford’s secretary from the 1930s and knew her till she died . she’s an older woman who would have no reason to lie , and she said that joan had her faults but she absolutely did not abuse her children . ’
the scene is also in a different place from the book . in the book , this scene takes place directly after fudge talks with the prime minister . whereas in the film , the scene takes places after harry has met horace slughorn and has travelled back to the burrow and has reunited with ron , hermione , and the other weasleys .
in the book , professor slughorn says that one bottle of felix felicis lasts for twelve hours , and that the one who takes it will be lucky at every endeavour from dusk to dawn . in the film , he says that the one who takes it will succeed at every endeavour until its effects wear off , with no mention made of exactly how long it lasts .
this is a very good film apparently loosely based on an incident in the . . .
as nina koukovinas , 79 , puts it : ' if only they could turn the clock back to when things were more normal and people had better manners . '
aragog ' s size appears smaller than described and shown in both the books and the second film adaptation .
all i wanna do is make it back to sidnaw , sit down for christmas dinner , watch some ball with my old man , sleep in my own bed , have leftovers for about six months , eat some of that christmas turkey . like i said , i never was much for the holidays . . . until now .
the truth is . . . i am iron man .
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i ' m here to talk to you about the avenger initiative .
speaking of which , back up at the chapel , things are less civil as an elderly couple from macclesfield are shooed out of the way by an indian woman brandishing an enormous camera .
‘it was complete and total hypocrisy between the public and the private . she adopted us for the publicity , ’ she says . ‘i have tremendous concerns about celebrity adoptions by people like madonna and angelina jolie . from the adoptee’s point of view , it is vitally important to know who they are , where they came from , or it can have profound medical and psychological effects . ’
robert downey jr . is an american actor known for roles in a wide variety of films , including ' iron man , ' ' the avengers , ' sherlock holmes ' and ' chaplin . '
zacharias smith does a commentary during the quidditch match in the book , while there is no commentary during it in the film .
the way harry is found is different in the film . in the book , tonks finds harry , stating that she did not see him leave the train and , knowing harry has his cloak , decided to double check the train . in the film , it is luna lovegood who finds harry with her spectrespecs , stating that she can see wrackspurts all over him . [ 78 ]
as the scene with fudge and the muggle prime minister is not featured in the film , after the kidnapping is shown , the film cuts to harry reading a copy of the daily prophet in a muggle café located along surbiton station , then leaves it on the table when he sees professor dumbledore outside . also , the muggle waitress at the cafe flirts with harry and asks about the newspaper he reads in the film . this scene is entirely unique to the film , and harry does not appear until later in the book .
mel b ' is unable to pay her back taxes amid ongoing divorce battle with stephen belafonte . . . as it ' s estimated the pair owe up to $ 650k ' to the irs
the special edition two - disc dvd for harry potter and the order of the phoenix contained two sneak peeks of the film , [ 71 ] [ 36 ] while the us edition included an additional clip . [ 72 ] warner bros and msn will run an online order of the phoenix quiz , with the prize being a walk - on part in the film . [ 73 ] as with the previous films , ea games will produce a video game based on the film . [ 74 ] the teaser trailer for the sixth video game was released along side of its website on july 2 , 2008 . the film will be released on 1 - disc dvd , 2 - disc special edition dvd , and 3 - disc blu - ray / dvd / digital copy combo pack on december 8 , 2009 [ 75 ]
dumbledore does not actually have possession of tom riddle ' s diary as it is shown in the film ; harry gave it back to lucius at the end of chamber of secrets . ( however , lucius gave the diary to dobby , and dobby may have given the diary back to harry or dumbledore ) . one thing that people may have noticed is that in the harry potter and the chamber of secrets movie , tom riddle ' s diary ( after it is destroyed ) shows only a small hole in the middle , but in this film it looks as though a small bomb exploded in it .
there are a few commercial types who think the mayor ' s mad not to milk mamma mia ! for all it ' s worth . generally , however , the locals aren ' t interested . particularly outside skopelos town , where eyes roll at the mention of the film .
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they say you ' re the man who shot him .
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that ' s right . one of ' em .
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so why are you coming here to see me ? to see the damage you done ?
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no . i came here because he asked me to . when he went down , he said somethin ' . i put my ear next to his mouth , and what i think he said was this . he said , ' tell billie for me : bye bye , blackbird . '
khloe kardashian ' anxious but eager ' as she gets back to work for the first time since true ' s birth . . . and her alarm goes off at 4 . 35am
the other one i do not remember so clearly , but it was something about a little girl , who stood on a stone in the woods when it rained .
the ensuing battle between hogwarts staff and students against death eaters has been significantly reduced to a rampage through hogwarts ; with bellatrix lestrange shattering the windows and other glass objects in the great hall . the castle appears to be deserted except for one auror on duty , who snape jinxes out of the way . the battle was so reduced because the film ' s producer felt it was too similar to the battle that would occur in the final film .
his real film and theatre education came , mendes says , when he went to cambridge – by his account something of a surprise in itself . ' i was much more sport - oriented at school , and i wasn ' t very academic . i came through in my last year at school and got into cambridge . ' then he adds , philosophically : ' it was the case for me in my twenties , and into my thirties , that i sort of pulled things out of my arse at the very last moment . '
since the slug club meets later in the film , harry goes right to spy on draco when leaving his compartment .
bill weasley does not appear in the film , much less get bitten by fenrir greyback as he does in the book . however , in the next film , he is shown bearing scars from being attacked by greyback . this creates a plot hole in the next film since it is unknown where , how and when the scarring happened .
we love listening to john hurt as the great dragon , but we’d like to see him too . in 2013 he made up for lost time starring as the war doctor on doctor who . also in 2013 we watched him in the blockbuster snowpiercer , and he took on the role of lord cotys in hercules in 2014 . he’s completed filming on the six - part crime drama the last panthers , also starring samantha morton , which is set to premiere later this year . we look forward to seeing him in 2016’s the history of love , the man who killed don quixote , and tarzan .
hollywood insiders believe the exit stems from terrence howard ‘s difficult behavior on the set of iron man . but those with intimate knowledge of the situation suggest a far more dramatic backstory : howard was the first actor signed to the film and , on top of that , was the highest - paid . that’s right : more than gwyneth paltrow . more than jeff bridges . more than robert downey jr . and once the project fully came together , it was too late to renegotiate his deal . it didn’t help that , according to one source , favreau and his producers were ultimately unhappy with howard’s performance , and spent a lot of time cutting and reshooting his scenes . ( favreau could not be reached for comment , while howard’s publicist says : ”terrence had a tremendous experience working on iron man . ” )
and does anyone try them on ? ' oh no ! they ' re nailed down . though we ' d love him to come back and prise them off . '
daddy daycare ! jared kushner takes kids back to d . c . after weekend in new jersey - as ivanka dons a short dress for visit to a nyc asphalt company
i have a question . as i can see , there are others who need help finding the name of a horror movie . i do that too .
on january 2nd , 2009 , websites reported that the film had been rated
pg
by the mpaa , for scary images , some violence , language and mild sensuality . this is the first and only time since the third film that a harry potter film has been rated pg , although in britain it is a 12a .
in the book , amycus carrow finds draco with dumbledore , and he pressures draco to kill dumbledore . in the film , while amycus is still present , it is bellatrix lestrange , who is not among the death eaters present in the book , encountering draco and pressuring him to kill dumbledore .
( voice - over )
. . . this is me taking back control of my life .
( turning toward the camera )
what the f - - k have you done lately ?
in the book , bellatrix and narcissa are met at the door by snape , who then brings them to the parlour . peter pettigrew is then called in to bring them drinks . he does so , and then hurries upstairs to listen by a door , which snape says is a new habit he has taken up . in the film , it is peter who greets narcissa and bellatrix , and shows them to the parlour , where snape is waiting . snape then uses his wand to slam the door shut , barring pettigrew from the room . snape already has drinks out in the film .
in the book , leanne is crying when she tells mcgonagall about what happened , but in the film she is calm .
‘it was the hypocrisy of it that was so difficult , ’ she says . ‘people fantasised about who or what i was ; that i had this privileged , wealthy , film - star family life . i didn’t have any of that . ’
his tony stark / iron man character remains in high demand . downey returned to the role for 2015 & apos ; s avengers : age of ultron . downey reprised his role in the next installment of the captain america film series , captain america : civil war is here ( 2016 ) and in avengers : infinity war ( 2018 ) .
having anticipated this , sony planned a back - up script for a reboot . the project was taken over by director marc webb , and was released in theaters on july 3 , 2012 .
raimi admitted to being
exhausted
with the
tremendous amount of delegation
needed to make
gigantic
movies like the spider - man films . however , it ultimately came down to an inability to get together a suitable story that led him to pass on a fourth installment of the blockbuster franchise .
it really was the most amicable and undramatic of breakups : it was simply that we had a deadline and i couldn ' t get the story to work on a level that i wanted it to work . i was very unhappy with spider - man 3 , and i wanted to make spider - man 4 to end on a very high note , the best spider - man of them all . but i couldn ' t get the script together in time , due to my own failings , and i said to sony ,
i don ' t want to make a movie that is less than great , so i think we shouldn ' t make this picture . go ahead with your reboot , which you ' ve been planning anyway .
and [ sony co - chairman ] amy pascal said ,
thank you . thank you for not wasting the studio ' s money , and i appreciate your candor .
so we left on the best of terms , both of us trying to do the best thing for fans , the good name of spider - man , and sony studios .
amping up the
ick
factor is armand assante ( pitre ' s
belizaire
) , playing a character who repeatedly becomes sexually aroused by the planters ' violence .
' we ' ve seen the film eight times and have come all the way from warsaw especially , so this is very upsetting , ' says karl , 28 . ' they must have used a film set for the inside . '
titanic
co - star billy zane pops up as a carpetbagger , who provides comic relief , but whose dialogue is far too contemporary .
when a summer blockbuster grosses more than $ 300 million , putting together a sequel is typically as simple as throwing buckets of money at your stars and signing a few pieces of paper . that hasn’t been the case with iron man 2 . it took months for marvel studios to lock in director jon favreau for the sequel . and reports that don cheadle will replace terrence howard as col . jim rhodes — a supporting character who seemed poised for a big role in the follow - up after he muttered ”next time , baby” to iron man’s steel suit — hint that im2 isn’t quite as infallible as the superhero at its center .
goodness . as the story goes , the film ' s producers looked at more than 25 greek islands before plumping for skopelos .
the film doesn ' t show harry being admitted to the hospital wing , due to the absence of the quidditch match and mclaggen having knocked him off his broom with the bludger .
this is the only film in the series ( except deathly hallows part 2 ) that shows us events from the previous book ( the first scene at the ministry of magic ) .
( voice - over )
frankie never came back at all . frankie didn ' t leave a note , and nobody knew where he went . i ' d hoped he ' d gone to find you and ask you one more time to forgive him . but maybe he didn ' t have anything left in his heart . i just hope he found someplace where he could find a little peace . a place set in the cedars and oak trees . somewhere between nowhere and goodbye . but that ' s probably wishful thinking . no matter where he is i thought you should know what kind of man your father really was .
mendes ' s spectacularly assured cinematic debut was instantly deemed a ' classic ' by steven spielberg , and was nominated for eight academy awards ( it won five ) . narrated by a dead man , the film stars kevin spacey ( with mena suvari ) as a suburban father undergoing a high octane mid - life crisis , and annette bening as his compulsive and distant wife . a biting film with a sleekly noir - ish end , some of its features – such as the floating rose petals of spacey ' s imagination and the windchoreographed plastic bag – lost no time in entering the film canon . made for $ 15 , the film grossed well over $ 350m worldwide .
furthermore , the role of bellatrix lestrange has been greatly expanded in the film . in the book , she does not fight in the battle of the astronomy tower or witness dumbledore ' s death . upon witnessing it in the film , she reacts by destroying everything with sadistic glee and delight .
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when ron is brought to slughorn ' s office , slughorn mistakenly refers to him as
wemby
in the film . in the book , slughorn calls him
ralph
. also in the book , slughorn later tells harry that he has had every bottle tested by a house elf since ron ' s incident , mistakenly referring to ron as
rupert ,
likely a reference to the actor who plays ron in the film series , rupert grint . there is no mention of any precautionary measures taken by slughorn in the film .
the scene in which dumbledore gives harry the back - story involving a young tom riddle bringing amy benson and dennis bishop from wool ' s orphanage to the crystal cave was filmed , but cut from the final production and is featured as a deleted scene on the dvd releases .
in the film , the necklace is a gold heart with an arrow through it , rather than the words
my sweetheart
. ron does not receive it from lavender for christmas , rather , she is seen giving him it once they are back at school and ron agrees to wear it , much to hermione ' s disgust .
ok horror movie buffs my sister recalls a movie that disturbed her and all she can remember is it was in the 90’s and had men that came out of the water and killed people . we are trying to find the name , anyone have a clue ? please ! thank you !
pansy parkinson sits beside blaise and across from draco in the film , rather than beside draco , stroking his hair . very little of her as well as her relationship with draco is seen in the film series as a whole .
in the book , dumbledore drinks about three cups of the potion before falling prey to its effects . in the film , he starts reacting after his first drink . in the book , the potion eventually causes him to faint , but in the film , while suffering badly from the potion , he manages to remain concious the entire time .
in the book , harry invites luna to slughorn ' s party as friends . in the film , he makes the same offer to hermione , who likes the idea but has already arranged to go with mclaggen ( in order to annoy ron ) . harry says he ' ll find another date and the scene cuts to him meeting luna .
the film only shows the memory in which dumbledore goes to pick up voldemort at the orphanage and the memory in which voldemort asks slughorn about the horcruxes , which is shown twice , as in the book .
richard wilson teamed up with simon callow in 2014 for the playhouse presents episode “space age . ” the aging astronauts volunteer for a space mission , opting out of the overpopulated retirement home . he provided a voiceover for the 2013 short film making ends meat . he’s currently filming danny and the human zoo , also starring doctor who ’s arthur darvill .
from the moment the invaders arrived , breathed our air , ate and drank , they were doomed . they were undone , destroyed , after all of man ' s weapons and devices had failed , by the tiniest creatures that god in his wisdom put upon this earth . by the toll of a billion deaths , man had earned his immunity , his right to survive among this planet ' s infinite organisms . and that right is ours against all challenges . for neither do men live nor die in vain .
anyway , when they get finished with him , as happens in so many myths of all cultures in the world , he is transformed into some kind of super being and sent back to earth , transformed and made into some sort of superman . we have to only guess what happens when he goes back . it is the pattern of a great deal of mythology , and that is what we were trying to suggest . ”
the weather on the day of the first quidditch match is snowing and stormy in the film , whereas in the book it is clear , a circumstance which ron attributes to the felix felicis he thinks he drank .
spielberg also enlisted 50 - year stunt veteran carey loftin as his stunt coordinator . loftin , who played the driver , also designed the legendary car chase sequences in vanishing point , bullitt , and the french connection .
' skopelos is about more than mamma mia ! - we don ' t want our island to change because of a film , ' says mayor hristos vasiloudis , who is sitting in his sunny office in a pink , short - sleeved shirt and jeans .
when the matt damon film the martian came out , critics immediately compared it to cast away and wrote “ the martian is cast away in space , ” especially because both films featured men marooned , alone , and trying to survive , and both movies were distributed by fox . the difference is matt damon’s mark watney had the ability to communicate with people . in a usa today profile , damon disagreed with the comparisons . “it’s not cast away in the sense that it’s actually a guy who is behaving with the expectation that people are watching him . he’s on video all the time on these gopros . nobody’s seeing the video feed live , but he’s behaving as if someday someone might . ”
professor mcgonagall joins the crowd who discovered albus dumbledore ' s body in the foot of the astronomy tower . she leads the hogwarts students and staff in raising their wands to be rid of the dark mark and in respect for the now - deceased headmaster . [ 78 ]
there really was a thibodaux massacre in 1887 , and it did involve the efforts of planters to force striking laborers back to work . in the film ' s credits , pitre says about 300 strikers were killed , but sources place the figure anywhere from 25 to 300 - - with no explanation of the disparity . regardless of the body count , there ' s no denying the racism and ruthlessness behind the planters ' criminal acts .
more recently , downey co - starred with jamie foxx in the soloist ( 2009 ) , which tells the story about the friendship between a los angeles journalist ( downey ) and a homeless juilliard - trained musician ( foxx ) . the film registered a respectable showing at the box - office and earned the praise from critics , who lauded downey and foxx for their performances .
katie bell is cursed by the necklace as in the book , and she is lifted into the air and silently screams with her head tilted back in a very frightening manner . as in the book , hagrid comes and takes her to the castle , however hagrid ' s role on the whole is very diminished .
hi ! i’m looking for a movie i’ve seen glimpse of as a child , but i have no idea what its name might be . i guess it’s a horror movie ( it pretty much freaked me out as a child ) and it should not be older than the 90s . i remember the first scene was about a woman in a hospital who had a stillborn baby . she then moved to an other house when she hears at night the baby crying ( and if i remember right she came to a srt of hidden room ) . there is also a blind old woman involved ( who was very creepy ) .