Dalton Trumbo [electronic resource] : Blacklisted Hollywood Radical
Ceplair, Larry.
Trumbo, Christopher.
James Dalton Trumbo (1905--1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee. Refusing to answer questions about his prior involvement with the Communist Party, Trumbo sacrificed a successful career in Hollywood to stand up for his rights and defend political freedom.In  Dalton Trumbo, authors Larry Ceplair and Christopher Trumbo present thier extensive research on the famed writer, detailing his work, his membership in the Communist Party, his long camp
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Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Under the Western Skies; 2. Baking Bread and Writing in Los Angeles; 3. Playing the Studio Game and Organizing Guilds; 4. Marriage and Johnny Got His Gun; 5. From B Films to A Films; 6. Money, Politics, and War; 7. Into the Communist Party; 8. Trumbo's Antifascist Persuasion; 9. The 1947 Hearings of the Committee on Un-American Activities; 10. Blacklisted, Indicted, Convicted; 11. The Time of the Toad; 12. Incarceration and Drift; 13. Oh, Oh, Mexico; 14. Negotiating the Black Market, Working with the King Brothers
15. From the Communist Party to the New Left16. Blacklist and Black-Market Politics; 17. Using and Revealing Robert Rich; 18. Spartacus; 19. Exodus and the Credit Announcements; 20. Back on the Screen; 21. Hawaii and The Sandpiper; 22. The Fixer and the Laurel Award; 23. Johnny Got His Gun--The Movie: Preproduction; 24. Johnny Got His Gun--The Movie: Principal Photography and Editing; 25. Johnny Got His Gun--The Movie: Distribution and Exhibition; 26. The Final Years; 27. Postmortem; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Chronology; Notes; Index
James Dalton Trumbo (1905--1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee. Refusing to answer questions about his prior involvement with the Communist Party, Trumbo sacrificed a successful career in Hollywood to stand up for his rights and defend political freedom.In  Dalton Trumbo, authors Larry Ceplair and Christopher Trumbo present thier extensive research on the famed writer, detailing his work, his membership in the Communist Party, his long camp
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976.
Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976
Screenwriters
Authors, American
Blacklisting of authors
Communism and motion pictures
English
Languages & Literatures
American Literature