On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 11:56:26 -0400 Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com>
writes:
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> On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 11:35:37 -0400 Jim Farmelant
> <farmelantj at juno.com>
> writes:
> >
> > On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 09:59:40 -0400 "Dennis Perrin"
> > <dperrin at comcast.net>
> > writes:
> > > My mini-obit:
> > >
> > >
> >
> <http://dennisperrin.blogspot.com/2008/04/his-toupee-will-live-on.html>
> > >
> > > Dennis
> >
> > Michael Wilson who co-wrote (with Rod Serling)
> > the screenplay for "Planet of the Apes" was blacklisted in the
> > 1950s for being a Communist.
>
> And I forgot to point out that the screenplay
> for "Spartacus" was written by Dalton Trumbo,
> based on the novel by Howard Fast.
I can't believe that I had a real brain fart with the above paragraph.
>
> Arch-reactionary film actor, Charlton Heston,
> owes whatever artistic reputation that he
> had as an actor, in part, due to the work
> of writers who were commies or ex-commies.
> The ironies concerning this are rich indeed.
>
> >
> > Jim F.
> >
> > >
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