Dalton Trumbo, Hollywood Rebel: A Critical Survey and Filmography - Hardcover

Hanson, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786408723 ISBN 13: 9780786408726

Publisher: McFarland Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

As a screenwriter, novelist, and political activist, Dalton Trumbo stands among the key American literary figures of the 20th century-he wrote the classic antiwar novel Johnny Got His Gun, and his credits for Spartacus and Exodus broke the anticommunist blacklist that infected the movie industry for more than a decade. By defining connections between Trumbo's most highly acclaimed films (including Kitty Foyle, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, and Roman Holiday) and his important but lesser-known movies (The Remarkable Andrew, He Ran All the Way, and The Boss), the author identifies how for nearly four decades Trumbo used the archetype of the rebel hero to inject social consciousness into mainstream films. This new critical survey-the first book-length work on Trumbo's screenwriting 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-while also detailing lesser-known areas of Trumbo's screenwriting, such as his troubling portrayal of women, the dichotomy between his proletarian attitude and bourgeois lifestyle, and the almost surreptitious manner in which he included antiestablishment rhetoric in seemingly innocuous scripts. An extensive filmography is included.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Hanson is a filmmaker, critic, and editor living in Albany, New York. He has lectured on screenwriting and journalism and has worked in numerous phases of independent film production.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786408723
• ISBN 13: 9780786408726
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 249