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Dalton Trumbo

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Noun1.Dalton Trumbo - United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976)


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The recent PBS "American Masters" presentation "Trumbo" is a fascinating documentary on the blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo ("Spartacus").
As executive producer as well as the star of Spartacus, directed in 1960 by Stanley Kubrick, Douglas made the politically courageous decision to give credit to screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood Ten, who had refused to testify in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee and was blacklisted.
In Hollywood, writers and actors like Dalton Trumbo, Ring Lardner Jr.
 
 
 
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