Trumbo: A Biography of the Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Who Broke the Hollywood Blacklist
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (650 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B014X6Q4LA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 405 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Interesting book on Dalton Trumbo and the blacklist of the 1950s This is an excellent biography. Cook not only lays out the biographical facts of Dalton Trumbo's life but he also delves into the character and personality that made the controversial screenwriter such a fascinating figure. To achieve this depth, the author includes recreatio. Lawguy said Great Story, Great Subject. I got the book because I had seen the trailer for the movie and wanted to know more about Trumbo. I'd known quite a bit about the Hollywood Ten and those times through other histories of the time. I was able, while I was in law school, to meet a few of the attorneys who had r. "Trumbo is a timely and thought provoking look into liberty, free speech and values." according to R. Rosen. Bruce Cook's Trumbo is being re-released in time for the movie (Fall 2015) starring Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren and John Goodman. Cook's Trumbo is a timely and thought provoking look into liberty, free speech and values; as relevant in the 1950s as today. The Hollywood Ten h
Trumbo was also the author of Johnny Got His Gun, winner of the National Book Award and one of the most powerful antiwar novels ever published. As a result of his relentless fight for political freedom and the right to work for those blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee beginning in 1947, he ended the blacklist era in 1960 by earning proper screen credit for his work on the blockbuster films Exodus and Spartacus. Dalton Trumbo was the central figure in the Hollywood Ten, the blacklisted and jailed screenwriters. He epitomized the spirit of American capitalism, yet he went to jail refusing to talk about his membership in the Communist party. A central figure in the Hollywood Ten and one of the most successful screenwriters in Hollywood history, two of Trumbo's screenplays earn