The Egyptian is screening four films by blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, including a premiere of the digitally remastered Johnny Got His Gun, today through Sunday.
A few facts about Trumbo:
* Wrote for Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Saturday Evening Post...
* Published his first novel, Eclipse, in 1934
* Started on the road to quick Hollywood screenwriting success in 1937
* Won an American Booksellers Award (now the National Book Award) for his 1939 novel, Johnny Got His Gun
* Saw everything go south in 1950
* Named one of the Hollywood Ten for refusing to give testimony to the House Committee on Un-American Activities
* Served one year in a federal penitentiary for contempt of Congress
* Followed it up with a reportedly boozy exile in Mexico
* Wrote under various pseudonyms while still under blacklist
* Won Oscars anyway (“Robert Rich,” The Brave One, and “Ian McLellan Hunter,” Roman Holiday)
* Everything started looking up again
* Credited as “Dalton Trumbo” for Exodus and Spartacus, helping to break the blacklist stranglehold
* Died in September, 1976
* Awarded a posthumous Oscar as “Dalton Trumbo” for Roman Holiday in 1993
Thursday, May 21, 7:30 pm
Johnny Got His Gun (1971) and Lonely Are The Brave (1962)
Between films, join a discussion with Trumbo’s son Christopher, his daughter and unit photographer, Mitzi, DP Jules Brenner, and actor Timothy Bottoms.
Friday, May 22, 7:30 pm
Spartacus (1960)
Join a discussion with Christopher Trumbo before the film.
Saturday, May 23, 7:30 pm
Exodus (1960)
Join a discussion with Christopher Trumbo before the film.
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