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Jan 1, 1981 · This is a frank recap of Lester Cole's life including his Communist activities, their impact on his personal and professional life, his relationship with the other members of the "Hollywood Ten" and his family. It is unforgiving and yet without excessive bitterness.
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Nov 17, 2010 · Hollywood Red : the autobiography of Lester Cole by Cole, Lester, 1904-1985. Publication date 1981 Topics
Lester Cole (June 19, 1904 – August 15, 1985) was an American screenwriter. Cole was one of the Hollywood Ten , a group of screenwriters and directors who were cited for contempt of Congress and blacklisted for their refusal to testify regarding their alleged involvement with the Communist Party .
by Lester Cole ‧RELEASE DATE: Jan. 15, 1981. Screenwriter Lester Cole, of the Hollywood Ten, would not appear to have moved an intellectual muscle since he was wowed by Gorky, at age 21 in 1925, and envisioned ""the nobility of fighting for a socialist life for all."". The political news of his story, scant but real, follows therefrom: for ...
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One of my major interests has been the blacklisting of suspected "reds" in the 1950s. Lester Cole was one of the Hollywood Nine (?), the group of "unfriendly witnesses" that refused to cooperate with HUAC. The result of which they went to prison. A great first-hand account by someone who was there.
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Lester Cole. In October 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) cited ten Hollywood writers and directors for contempt of Congress. The leading organs of the daily press were outspoken and unhesitating in their criticism of the Committee's purposes and methods.
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In his 1981 autobiography, Hollywood Red, screenwriter Lester Cole stated that all of the Hollywood Ten had been Communist Party USA members at some point. Other members of the Hollywood Ten, such as Dalton Trumbo and Edward Dmytryk, publicly admitted to being Communists while testifying before the Committee.
