• 5. He Ran All the Way (1951) & The Hollywood Ten (1950) – John Berry

  • Mar 28 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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5. He Ran All the Way (1951) & The Hollywood Ten (1950) – John Berry

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  • Join hosts Jason, Anthony, and Tim as they discuss John Berry's He Ran All the Way, a 1951 crime drama in the film noir and film gris traditions. The film stars John Garfield, who was shortly thereafter blacklisted and died of a heart attack at age 39. The screenplay is written by Hugo Butler and Dalton Trumbo, both blacklisted, as was the director, John Berry.

    We also discuss Berry's short documentary The Hollywood Ten (1950), a fundarising agitprop documentary about the ten Hollywood personnel jailed in federal prison for contempt of congress in 1050. Here are their names:

    • Alvah Bessie, screenwriter
    • Herbert Biberman, screenwriter and director
    • Lester Cole, screenwriter
    • Edward Dmytryk, director
    • Ring Lardner Jr., screenwriter
    • John Howard Lawson, screenwriter
    • Albert Maltz, screenwriter
    • Samuel Ornitz, screenwriter
    • Adrian Scott, producer and screenwriter
    • Dalton Trumbo, screenwriter

    For more inormation on the 1945 "Black Friday" Hollywood strike that Tony references in the episode, check out this article he co-wrote with Gerald Horne!

    We hope you enjoy!
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