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  • Odd Man Out

  • A Memoir of the Holllywood Ten
  • By: Edward Dmytryk
  • Narrated by: A. Smith Harrison
  • Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Odd Man Out

By: Edward Dmytryk
Narrated by: A. Smith Harrison
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In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee rudely interrupted the successful career and life of Edward Dmytryk, citing him with contempt of Congress. As a result, Dmytryk was fired by RKO and spent three years in England before returning to the United States to serve a six-month jail sentence and undergo a second round of hearings, during which he recanted and provided evidence against several of his former colleagues.

In this personal and perceptive book, Dmytryk sharply chronicles the history of a particularly turbulent era in American political life while examining his own life before and after the events universally called the witch hunts. He details his brief membership in the Communist Party of America, explaining his initial commitment to what he perceived as communist ideals of civil liberties, economic justice, and antifacism, followed by his eventual disillusionment with the party as it betrayed those ideals.

Dmytryk describes his reactions to other members of the Hollywood Ten. His recollection of conversations with them lend his book an immediacy that is not only informative but also absorbing.

The book is published by Southern Illinois University Press.

©1996 Edward Dmytryk (P)2016 Redwood Audiobooks
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A Memoir with a better Narrator than Author

It was interesting to hear what Mr. Dmytryk had to deal with after leaving the communist party in Hollywood. It does seem to me he placed too much blame for his problems on non-communists, that he wasn't aware of the Venona files or the writings of Soviet defectors of how they targeted any who dared to leave the fold.
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