Dalton Trumbo, Hollywood Rebel: A Critical Survey and FilmographyMcFarland, 2001 M01 1 - 249 pages This new critical survey -- the first book-length work on Trumbo's screen-writing career -- examines the scores of films on which Trumbo worked and explores the techniques that made him, at the time he was blacklisted in 1947, Hollywood's highest-paid writer. Hanson reveals how Trumbo dealt with major themes including rebellion, radical politics, and individualism. |
Contents
The PartTime Screenwriter 19381940 | 26 |
The Path to Glory 19401942 | 48 |
The Good War 19431946 | 64 |
Going Underground 19471956 | 92 |
Man with a Mission 19561959 | 121 |
The Rebel Hero 1960 | 135 |
Back in Business 19601961 | 149 |
The Craftsman at Work 19621969 | 165 |
Out of the Past 19701971 | 185 |
Twilight 19711976 | 196 |
Filmography | 209 |
Notes | 227 |
Bibliography | 243 |
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