Larry Ceplair and Christopher Trumbo
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780813146805
- eISBN:
- 9780813154770
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813146805.003.0013
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
Financially, the Mexican adventure proved unsuccessful, and Trumbo had a very unhappy experience writing a script for Herbert Biberman. But in another respect, it laid the foundation for Trumbo’s ...
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Financially, the Mexican adventure proved unsuccessful, and Trumbo had a very unhappy experience writing a script for Herbert Biberman. But in another respect, it laid the foundation for Trumbo’s campaign against the blacklist. While in Mexico, he conceived the story and wrote the script for The Brave One. He also watched from afar as one of his black-market scripts, Roman Holiday (fronted by his close friend Ian Hunter), enjoyed unqualified success. He returned to the United States in early 1953, determined to wage an unrelenting battle against the blacklist.Less
Financially, the Mexican adventure proved unsuccessful, and Trumbo had a very unhappy experience writing a script for Herbert Biberman. But in another respect, it laid the foundation for Trumbo’s campaign against the blacklist. While in Mexico, he conceived the story and wrote the script for The Brave One. He also watched from afar as one of his black-market scripts, Roman Holiday (fronted by his close friend Ian Hunter), enjoyed unqualified success. He returned to the United States in early 1953, determined to wage an unrelenting battle against the blacklist.
Larry Ceplair and Christopher Trumbo
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780813146805
- eISBN:
- 9780813154770
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813146805.003.0027
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
With difficulty, Cleo Trumbo finally resolved the financial mess her husband had left behind. The family also struggled to ensure that Trumbo received screen credit for Roman Holiday and that Kirk ...
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With difficulty, Cleo Trumbo finally resolved the financial mess her husband had left behind. The family also struggled to ensure that Trumbo received screen credit for Roman Holiday and that Kirk Douglas did not get exclusive credit for “breaking the blacklist.” The Trumbos were gratified when a free-speech fountain at the University of Colorado was dedicated to Trumbo and when the citizens of Grand Junction embraced him and Eclipse. The “Dalton Gang” sponsored a sculpture of him—writing in his bathtub—that sits on Main Street in Grand Junction. A special Writers Guild committee restored many of his black-market credits.Less
With difficulty, Cleo Trumbo finally resolved the financial mess her husband had left behind. The family also struggled to ensure that Trumbo received screen credit for Roman Holiday and that Kirk Douglas did not get exclusive credit for “breaking the blacklist.” The Trumbos were gratified when a free-speech fountain at the University of Colorado was dedicated to Trumbo and when the citizens of Grand Junction embraced him and Eclipse. The “Dalton Gang” sponsored a sculpture of him—writing in his bathtub—that sits on Main Street in Grand Junction. A special Writers Guild committee restored many of his black-market credits.
Larry Ceplair and Christopher Trumbo
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780813146805
- eISBN:
- 9780813154770
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813146805.003.0024
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
Trumbo’s investors did not provide adequate funds for the shoot, and they demanded that he rush the editing process so they could recoup their investment more quickly. Christopher worked closely with ...
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Trumbo’s investors did not provide adequate funds for the shoot, and they demanded that he rush the editing process so they could recoup their investment more quickly. Christopher worked closely with his father on the project. During the shoot, one of the extras wrote a distorted account of events that was sent to Esquire by Alvah Bessie, one of the Hollywood Ten. That act ended the friendship between the Bessies and Trumbos.Less
Trumbo’s investors did not provide adequate funds for the shoot, and they demanded that he rush the editing process so they could recoup their investment more quickly. Christopher worked closely with his father on the project. During the shoot, one of the extras wrote a distorted account of events that was sent to Esquire by Alvah Bessie, one of the Hollywood Ten. That act ended the friendship between the Bessies and Trumbos.
Larry Ceplair and Christopher Trumbo
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780813146805
- eISBN:
- 9780813154770
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813146805.003.0028
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
An overview of Dalton Trumbo as a writer, person, and political figure and the many battles he fought. It posits that his membership in the Communist Party did not define him and outlines his ...
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An overview of Dalton Trumbo as a writer, person, and political figure and the many battles he fought. It posits that his membership in the Communist Party did not define him and outlines his essential political credo. It also shows him as others saw him.Less
An overview of Dalton Trumbo as a writer, person, and political figure and the many battles he fought. It posits that his membership in the Communist Party did not define him and outlines his essential political credo. It also shows him as others saw him.
