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a part of American history that made a mockery of the Constitution and
Bill Of Rights all in the name of politics. It is/was the definition of
McCarthyism! Must be remembered and known by all.
AMERICAN MASTERS: TRUMBO
Wednesday, September 2 at 9:30 p.m.
With credits for Kitty Foyle and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo to his
name and the anti-war novel Johnny Got His Gun the young Trumbo was one
of the highest paid Hollywood writers. Refusing to testify before HUAC in ‘47,
he was part of the group known as the Hollywood Ten convicted for contempt, he
spent 11 months in federal prison and lost all right to ply his craft. Writing
30 scripts under pseudonyms he won an Oscar in ’56 for The Brave One as
Robert Rich he was not recognized publicly again until 1960, when Otto Preminger
credited him on Exodus and Kirk Douglas did so on Spartacus, actions considered to mark the end of the blacklist. As late as 1993, Trumbo was
awarded a posthumous Academy Award for Roman Holiday (1953).