Trumbo

ONEOFBUSTLE'SBOOKSTOREADBEFOREOSCARSEASONISOVERThetruestorythatinspiredthemajormotionpicturestarringBryanCranstonandHelenMirren.DaltonTrumbowasthecentralfigureinthe"HollywoodTen,"theblacklistedandjailedscreenwriters.Oneofseveralhundredwriters,directors,producers,andactorswhoweredeprivedoftheopportunitytoworkinthemotionpictureindustryfrom1947to1960,hewasthefirsttoseehisnameonthescreenagain.Whenthathappened,itwasExodus,oneoftheyear'sbiggestmovies.ThisintriguingbiographyshowsthatallhislifeTrumbowasaradicalofthehomegrown,independentvariety.FromhisearlydaysinColorado,wherehisgrandfatherwasacountysheriff,toLosAngeles,whereheorganizedabakerystrike,tobootlegging,toHollywood,wherehewasthehighest-paidscreenwriterwhenhewasblacklisted(andamanwithconstantmoneyproblems),hisliferivaledanythinghehadwritten.HiscreditsincludeKittyFoyle,TheBraveOne,ThirtySecondsOverTokyo,Spartacus,LonelyaretheBrave,andPapillon,andheistheauthorofapowerpacifistnovel,JohnnyGotHisGun.