Salt of the Earth
1954
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Herbert J. Biberman (March 4, 1900 – June 30, 1971) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was one of the Hollywood Ten and directed Salt of the Earth (1954), a film barely released in the United States, about a zinc miners' strike in Grant County, New Mexico.
Herbert J. Biberman, the progressive producer, director and screenwriter now best known as one of the Hollywood Ten who were blacklisted by the American Film Industry for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), was born on March 4, 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Jul 1, 1971 · Herbert J. Biberman, a lead ing director for the Theater Guild and director of the award‐winning film “Salt of the Earth,” died yesterday of bone cancer at the Hospital for Joint Diseases....
Nov 16, 2015 · Herbert J. Biberman (1900 – 1971) Herbert Biberman - P 2015. AP Images. Biberman began his career at age 28, directing plays and helping run the Theatre Guild in New York City.
Jul 31, 2021 · Herbert J. Biberman’s Salt of the Earth (1954) – a cinematic statement of resistance against the powers that be – is one such film, whose progressive sensibilities and eloquent narrative have faced vitriolic criticism over the years.
Jun 6, 2024 · It was directed by Herbert Biberman, one of the so-called Hollywood Ten, a group of leftist filmmakers (six of them Jews) blacklisted and jailed for contempt of Congress after refusing to...
Herbert J. Biberman (March 4, 1900 – June 30, 1971), was an American screenwriter and film director. He may be best known for having been one of the Hollywood Ten as well as directing Salt of the Earth, a 1954 film about a zinc miners' strike in Grant County, New Mexico.
Slaves is a 1969 American drama film co-written and directed by Herbert Biberman. The film stars Dionne Warwick (in her screen acting debut), Ossie Davis, and Stephen Boyd.
Yet comparatively little is known about Herbert Biberman, the director and co-producer of the film and one of the most important radical intellectuals in Hollywood in the 1940s. For more than forty years, Biberman wrote plays, essays and screen treatments which addressed the political, moral and aesthetic questions of his time.
Herbert J. Biberman (March 4, 1900 - June 30, 1971), was an American screenwriter and film director. He may be best known for having been one of the Hollywood Ten as well as directing...
