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86: The Blacklist Part 16: Kirk Douglas, Dalton Trumbo, and Otto Preminger (Breaking the Blacklist, Part 2)

Jun 21, 2016
Explore the dramatic demise of Hollywood's Blacklist, marked by Kirk Douglas hiring Dalton Trumbo for Spartacus. Dive into the clashes between iconic figures like Otto Preminger and how they shaped the industry's fate. Discover the role of independent production and the production code's decline in breaking the blacklist. Witness the struggle of blacklisted artists seeking redemption and the fascinating, ongoing legacy of the Blacklist within Hollywood's evolving landscape.
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INSIGHT

Publicity Built And Undid The Blacklist

  • The blacklist was as much sustained by publicity and fear as by formal agreements like the Waldorf Declaration.
  • Breaking it required creating public events that convinced industry and audiences the blacklist was over.
ANECDOTE

United Artists Bets On Controversy

  • United Artists rebuilt itself by courting independent producers and courting controversial films like High Noon.
  • Carl Foreman's blacklisting turned High Noon into a meta-parable about betrayal and isolation.
ANECDOTE

The Robert Lyle Rich Oscar Mystery

  • Dalton Trumbo wrote The Brave One under the pseudonym Robert Lyle Rich and the film was Oscar-nominated.
  • The Academy ceremony revealed there was no real Robert Rich, turning the blacklist into a public scandal.
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