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Nov 9, 2001 · One of the Hollywood Ten: Directed by Karl Francis. With Jeff Goldblum, Greta Scacchi, Ángela Molina, Christopher Fulford. Herbert Biberman struggles as a Hollywood writer and director blacklisted as one of The Hollywood Ten in the 1950s.
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- Drama
- Karl Francis
- 2001-11-09
One of the Hollywood Ten is a 2000 Spanish-British bio-picture.The film was written and directed by Karl Francis.. The drama focuses on screenwriter/director Herbert Biberman and his efforts to make what would become the historic political film, Salt of the Earth in 1954, produced without studio backing after he was blacklisted for belonging to the American Communist Party.
- Alvah Bessie (1904 – 1985) The son of a New York businessman, Bessie joined Eugene O’Neill’s Provincetown Players as an actor after graduating from Columbia University.
- Herbert J. Biberman (1900 – 1971) Biberman began his career at age 28, directing plays and helping run the Theatre Guild in New York City. In 1935, he moved to Hollywood, where he graduated from dialogue director to writer to director of modest films, including Meet Nero Wolfe (1936), King of Chinatown (1939) and The Master Race (1944), an anti-Nazi film.
- Lester Cole (1904 – 1985) 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.
- Edward Dmytryk (1908 – 1999) Born in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Dmytryk was the second of four sons of Ukrainian immigrants. His father, a severe disciplinarian who bounced between jobs as truck driver, smelter worker and motorman, moved his family to San Francisco and then to Los Angeles.
Brief Synopsis. True story of blacklisted Hollywood director Herbert J. Biberman, who was jailed during the McCarthy era for refusing to answer Congressional questions. After Biberman served his six-month prison sentence, he went on to direct the historic docudrama "Salt of the Earth" (USA/1956), about striking New.
- Karl Francis
- Geraint Wyn Davies
Movie Info. This biographical drama, based on the life of Herbert Biberman (Jeff Goldblum), follows the filmmaker as he gets blacklisted along with other prominent Hollywood figures. Although his ...
- Drama
- Jeff Goldblum
- Karl Francis
- Bloom Street Productions [Gb]
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Jul 6, 2002 · Movie More Info. This biographical drama, based on the life of Herbert Biberman (Jeff Goldblum), follows the filmmaker as he gets blacklisted along with other prominent Hollywood figures. Although his wife, Gale Sondergaard (Greta Scacchi), is a successful, Oscar-winning actress, Biberman is still singled out as a communist.
