Dalton Trumbo : Blacklisted Hollywood Radical

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ceplair, Larry.

Contributor:

Trumbo, Christopher.

Series:

Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)

Screen Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976.

Trumbo, Dalton.

Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976--Political and social views.

Screenwriters--20th century--United States--Biography.

Screenwriters.

Authors, American--United States--Biography.

Authors, American.

Blacklisting of authors--United States.

Blacklisting of authors.

Communism and motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (717 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780813146812

081314681X

9780813154770

0813154774

9780813146829

0813146828

OCLC:

1295277837