I was out of town when this movie opened in Seattle, but finally saw it
last night. Dalton Trumbo, a member of the CPUSA, author of "Johnnie Got
His Gun," scriptwriter for "Spartacus" just to name a few, was one of
the blacklisted Hollywood Ten. He did a year or so in prison for
refusing to name names, etc. Fighters like him made conditions a whole
lot better for radicals like us in the generations who followed him.
The movie is very good, and fellow travelers especially will love it.
Luckily, it is still playing in Seattle (Guild 45th), so if you haven't
seen it, you owe it to your activist self to get to it this week.
Randy Rowland
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