Dalton Trumbo, once a blacklisted author and screenwriter, summoned to appear before the House Committee for Un-American Activities in 1947, recalls his subsequent conviction for contempt of Congress. Trumbo explains his controversial decision to turn his anti-war novel, ‘Johnny got his gun’ into a feature film.
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ACMI Identifier
504562
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture authorship
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Trumbo, Dalton, 1905-1976
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
History → United States - History - 1945-
Literature → Authors, American
Literature → Novelists - Biography
People → Novelists - Biography
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)