Dalton Trumbo

Screenwriter

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Also Known As

Ian Mclellan Hunter, Millard Kaufman, Robert Rich, James Dalton Trumbo

Birth Place

Montrose, Colorado, USA

Born

December 09, 1905

Died

September 10, 1976

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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Journalist who turned to screenwriting in the mid-1930s and became one of the "Hollywood Ten" some fifteen years later. Jailed for ten months because of his refusal to cooperate with HUAC and subsequently blacklisted, Trumbo nonetheless turned out a substantial number of screenplays under various pseudonyms, notably "The Brave One" (1956) as Robert Rich, which won an Oscar for Best Writi...

Filmography

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Hollywood On Trial (1976)

Papillon (1973)

Papillon (Remake) (2018)

Source Material

Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (2008)

Source Material

Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978)

Photos & Videos

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Roman Holiday (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Care To Make A Statement?

Papillon (1973) -- (Movie Clip) No One Is Innocent

Biography

Journalist who turned to screenwriting in the mid-1930s and became one of the "Hollywood Ten" some fifteen years later. Jailed for ten months because of his refusal to cooperate with HUAC and subsequently blacklisted, Trumbo nonetheless turned out a substantial number of screenplays under various pseudonyms, notably "The Brave One" (1956) as Robert Rich, which won an Oscar for Best Writing (Motion Picture Story). Years later, in 1991, it came out that another writer fronted for Trumbo and that he was entitled to another Oscar for his work on "Roman Holiday" (1953).

Though the event was a great embarrassment to the industry and had the potential to undermine the blacklist, it was not until 1960, with the support of producers Kirk Douglas ("Spartacus") and Otto Preminger ("Exodus"), that Trumbo's name again began appearing in film credits. He made an electrifying directing debut (at age 65!) with a harrowing adaptation of his 1939 anti-war novel, "Johnny Got His Gun" (1971).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Hollywood On Trial (1976)

Papillon (1973)

Writer (Feature Film)

Papillon (Remake) (2018)

Source Material

Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (2008)

Source Material

Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978)

Executive Action (1973)

Papillon (1973)

Roman Holiday (1953)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Hollywood On Trial (1976)

Life Events

1936

Wrote first screenplays: "Love Begins at 20", "Road Gang", and "Tugboat Princess"

1939

First novel, "Johnny Got His Gun", published

1971

Film directing debut, "Johnny Got His Gun"

1973

Underwent surgery for lung cancer

Photo Collections

Tender Comrade - Movie Posters

Here are a few movie posters from RKO's Tender Comrade (1944), starring Ginger Rogers and Robert Ryan.

A Man to Remember - Lobby Cards

Here are several Lobby Cards from RKO's A Man to Remember (1938). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

A Man to Remember - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are a few photos taken during production of RKO's A Man to Remember (1938), directed by Garson Kanin and starring Edward Ellis and Anne Shirley.

Lonely Are the Brave - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Lonely Are the Brave (1962), starring Kirk Douglas. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Videos

Roman Holiday (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Care To Make A Statement? The ending of the escape from official guest quarters by visiting Princess Anne (Audrey Hepburn), only beginning to feel the effect of a sleep medication, and the introduction of reporter Joe (Gregory Peck) and buds, especially cameraman Irving (Eddie Albert), in William Wyler's Roman Holiday. 1953.

Papillon (1973) -- (Movie Clip) No One Is Innocent En route to the penal colony in French Guyana ca. 1933, Steve McQueen (title character) introduces himself to wisecracking counterfeiter Dega (Dustin Hoffman), their first conversation, early in director Franklin Schaffner's international hit Papillon, 1973.

Papillon (1973) -- (Movie Clip) You Escape, They Hunt Arriving from France, Steve McQueen (title character) and Dega (Dustin Hoffman) get their first look at Devil's Island, with comments from returning inmate Julot (Don Gordon), who takes his own desperate steps, in Papillon, 1973, from the international best-selling memoir by Henri Charriere.

Sandpiper, The (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Think Of All Those Renaissance Cats Big Sur artist and single mom Laura (Elizabeth Taylor) and friend Larry (James Edwards) are being rebuffed by gallery owner Ellie (Pamela Mason) when Hewitt (Richard Burton), priest and headmaster of the school where her son’s been sent, arrives with a generous attitude, in The Sandpiper< 1965.

Sandpiper, The (1965) -- (Movie Clip) The Father Was Abandoned By Me The first meeting of principals Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in their first picture after Cleopatra, 1963, he’s the Episcopal priest headmaster of a California boarding school, she’s the free-spirited mother of a son sent there by a judge, Eva Marie Saint his wife, in The Sandpiper, 1965.

Sandpiper, The (1965) -- (Movie Clip) It's Either That Or Reform School After the opening in which lightly-parented Big Sur resident Danny (Morgan Mason) shot a deer, he and his artist mother Laura (Elizabeth Taylor) are called before a local judge (Torin Thatcher), Vincente Minnelli directing, early in the Taylor and Richard Burton vehicle The Sandpiper, 1965.

Spartacus (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Have We Learned Nothing? Producer and title character Kirk Douglas is disgusted with his fellow slave gladiators, making their former masters fight after their rebellion, confronting colleague Crixus (John Ireland), looking to inspire action against Rome, planning to find some ships, in Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus, 1960.

Roman Holiday (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Open, No Sign Of The Strain Following credits confirming the all-location shooting in Rome, Audrey Hepburn in her de-facto debut, the princess of a pointedly not-named country, beginning her Academy Award-winning performance, opening William Wyler's Roman Holiday, 1953, co-starring Gregory Peck.

Roman Holiday (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Did You Bring Me Here By Force? American reporter Joe (Gregory Peck) awakens Princess Anne (Audrey Hepburn), whose minders consider missing, but whom he in fact rescued, roaming the city while on sleep medication, not revealing that he knows who she is, in Roman Holiday, 1953.

Tender Comrade (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Awful Bed-Hog Direction by Edward Dnytryk, script by Dalton Trumbo, both future blacklist-ees, soldier Chris (Robert Ryan) comes home to wife Jo (Ginger Rogers), opening Tender Comrade, 1944.

Tender Comrade (1944) -- (Movie Clip) White For Dumbrowski? Looks like at least the crew visited the Douglas Aircraft plant in Long Beach, CA, military wives Jo (Ginger Rogers), Barbara (Ruth Hussey), Helen (Patricia Collinge) and Doris (Kim Hunter, one of her earliest roles), getting lunch in Tender Comrade, 1944.

Spartacus (1960) -- (Movie Clip) A Disease Called Human Slavery Vic Perrin's crisp narration, from the screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, given his first screen credit by producer and star Kirk Douglas after years on the Hollywood blacklist, the introduction of Douglas and some of his tormentors, Stanley Kubrick directing, in Spartacus, 1960.

Last Sunset, The - (Original Trailer) A sheriff (Rock Hudson) finds the outlaw (Kirk Douglas) he's hunting leading a cattle drive and decides to help him before arresting him in Robert Aldrich's The Last Sunset (1961).

Roman Holiday - (Original Trailer) A runaway princess (Audrey Hepburn) in Rome finds love with a reporter (Gregory Peck) who knows her true identity in Roman Holiday (1953).

Papillon - (Original Trailer) Steve McQueen plays Henri Charriere, one of the few prisoners to escape from Devil's Island in Papillon (1973) co-starring Dustin Hoffman.

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