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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.
Lester Cole was a screenwriter and a member of the Hollywood Ten, who defied the HUAC investigation and was blacklisted. He wrote scripts for The Invisible Man Returns, Objective, Burma!, Born Free and more, and later emigrated to London.
- Writer, Additional Crew
- June 19, 1904
- Lester Cole
- August 15, 1985
Nov 16, 2015 · Lester Cole - P 2015. AP Images. The child of Polish immigrants, Cole (ne Cohn) owed his political leanings to his Marxist father, who was a garment union organizer in New York City. In the...
Aug 17, 1985 · Aug. 17, 1985 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Lester Cole, an unreconstructed socialist who watched a successful screen-writing career vanish in a political cloud when he became one of the...
Aug 18, 1985 · Lester Cole, a screenwriter who was one of the 10 Hollywood figures sent to prison in 1950 for refusing to testify before a House committee investigating Communist influence in the...
Lester Cole, a screenwriter and a member of the Hollywood Ten, recounts his political and professional life in this book. He reveals his loyalty to the Communist Party, his struggles with the Blacklist, and his views on social issues and filmmaking.
Aug 16, 1985 · Aug. 16, 1985 12 AM PT. Lester Cole, a screenwriter who was imprisoned as one of the Hollywood 10 for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee investigating...
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