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  1. Abraham Polonsky

    Abraham Polonsky

    American politician
  2. 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.
  3. Abraham Polonsky. Writer: Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here. 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.

    • January 1, 1
    • New York City, New York, USA
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    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
  4. 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 the midst of the McCarthy era.

  5. Oct 28, 1999 · Polonsky Obituary We remember director and screenwriter Abraham Polonsky, who has died at the age of 88. Polonsky was blacklisted for nearly two decades, after refusing to testify about his ...

  6. Apr 15, 2005 · Learn about the life and career of Abraham Polonsky, a radical left-wing writer and director who was blacklisted by Hollywood for his Communist beliefs. Explore his three films, his screenplays, his novels and his involvement in the Resistance during World War II.

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  8. Oct 29, 1999 · Abraham Polonsky, director and screenwriter who was an early Hollywood master of film noir and who worked under many disguises after being blacklisted in McCarthy era, dies at age 88; photo (M)

  9. Nov 11, 2015 · Abraham Polonsky was a screenwriter who was a victim of the Hollywood Blacklist. He wrote films such as BODY AND SOUL (1947), FORCE OF EVIL (1948) and ODDS A...

    • Nov 11, 2015
    • 1925
    • Writers Guild Foundation
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