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TRUMBO
TRUMBO | Bruce Cook
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ONE OF BUSTLE'S BOOKS TO READ BEFORE OSCAR SEASON IS OVER The true story that inspired the major motion picture starring Bryan Cranston and Helen Mirren. Dalton Trumbo was the central figure in the "Hollywood Ten," the blacklisted and jailed screenwriters. One of several hundred writers, directors, producers, and actors who were deprived of the opportunity to work in the motion picture industry from 1947 to 1960, he was the first to see his name on the screen again. When that happened, it was Exodus, one of the year's biggest movies.This intriguing biography shows that all his life Trumbo was a radical of the homegrown, independent variety. From his early days in Colorado, where his grandfather was a county sheriff, to Los Angeles, where he organized a bakery strike, to bootlegging, to Hollywood, where he was the highest-paid screenwriter when he was blacklisted (and a man with constant money problems), his life rivaled anything he had written. His credits include Kitty Foyle, The Brave One, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Spartacus, Lonely are the Brave, and Papillon, and he is the author of a power pacifist novel, Johnny Got His Gun.
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#Movie2BookRecs #helenmirren 18. Both great recs. Also, Mudbound by Hillary Jordan with queen Mary J. Blige

Klou Fantastic! 3y
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Just back from my (late) summer holiday and this was one of my beach reads. And it was really good. I‘ve listened to the You Must Remember This season on the blacklist and thought I had a handle on the scale of what went on but this was still eye opening. Well worth reading - fascinating and very engagingly written. Despite the recent film, this was actually in the 1970s and is based on in person interviews with a lot of the principals.

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HOLY DOLLAR TREE SCORE!!!!!!

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#reallifeperson #octphotochallenge on my TBR list. Dalton Trumbo is well-known in our town as he spent his formative years here and worked for the local newspaper. local historians say he was best friends with the kids who then lived in our current house and that he spent a lot of time here, which is cool to think about since I'm a huge movie fan 😁 @LibrarianRyan

Well-ReadNeck Fascinating story. Enjoyed the movie. I didn't realize it was a book, or I would have read it first! 8y
JoeStalksBeck I love his book Johnny Got His Gun. So powerfully emotional. His description of this mans experience is so surreal 8y
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