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Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5, 1910 – October 26, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, essayist and novelist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Body and Soul but in the early 1950s was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios, after refusing to testify at congressional hearings of ...
- Abraham Lincoln Polonsky, December 5, 1910, New York City, New York, U.S.
- October 26, 1999 (aged 88), Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Writer-director Abraham Lincoln Polonsky, one of the most prominent victims of the Hollywood blacklisting of communists and social progressives in the post-World War II period, was born on December 5, 1910, in New York, New York.
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Oct 29, 1999 · Abraham Polonsky, a director and screenwriter who was an early Hollywood master of film noir and who worked under many disguises after being blacklisted in the McCarthy era, died on...
Abraham Lincoln Polonsky was an American film director, screenwriter, essayist and novelist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Body and Soul but in the early 1950s was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios, after refusing to testify at congressional hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee ...
In his nearly three-hour interview, Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999) speaks frankly about appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1951 (in which he was labeled by Congressman Harold H. Velde as "the most dangerous man in America") and his subsequent blacklisting in the film and television industry.
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Oct 30, 1999 · Abraham Polonsky. Film-maker who stood firm against witch hunts. Brian Baxter. Fri 29 Oct 1999 20.00 EDT. No victim of the American red scare was better equipped for vilification than Abraham...
