Hollywood Exile, or How I Learned to Love the Blacklist by Bernard Gordon

Hollywood Exile, or How I Learned to Love the Blacklist by Bernard Gordon

The Hollywood blacklist, which began in the late 1940s and ran well into the 1960s, ended or curtailed the careers of hundreds of people accused of having ties to the Communist Party. Bernard Gordon was one of them. In this highly readable memoir, he tells a engrossing insider's story of what it was like to be blacklisted and how he and others continued to work un-credited behind the scenes, writing and producing many box office hits of the era. Gordon describes how the blacklist cut short his screenwriting career in Hollywood and forced him to work in Europe. Ironically, though, his is a success story that includes the films "El Cid", "55 Days at Peking", "The Thin Red Line", "Krakatoa East of Java", "Day of the Triffids", "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers", "Horror Express", and many others. He recounts the making of many movies for which he was the writer and/or producer, with wonderful anecdotes about stars such as Charlton Heston, David Niven, Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner, and James Mason; directors Nicholas Ray, Frank Capra, and Anthony Mann; and the producer-studio head team of Philip Yordan and Samuel Bronston. In 1997, the Writers Guild of America began publicly re-crediting screenplays to their blacklisted authors. Bernard Gordon's name has appeared more often than any other. Now retired after a thirty-year career, he lives in Los Angeles.

"Bernard Gordon was the writer behind some of my favorite movies (but I never knew it)Now, he tells his most riveting story--that of his own colorful career... Fascinating!" --Joe Dante, director "Gordon never pulls his punches in this anecdotal autobiography, filled with intimate details and vivid novelistic pasages. A born story-teller, he writes with warmth and humour, and there's an emotional edge to his razor-sharp recall." - Publishers Weekly "Gordon never pulls his punches in this anecdotal autobiography, filled with intimate details and vivid novelistic passages. A born story-teller, he writes with warmth and humor, and there's an emotional edge to his razor-sharp recall"--Publishers Weekly

Gordon, Bernard: - Bernard Gordon wrote or produced more than twenty motion pictures, including Battle of the Bulge, 55 Days at Peking, The Thin Red Line, Krakatoa East of Java, Day of the Triffids, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, and Horror Express. Still active in struggles for democratic values, he helped lead the fight against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award to Elia Kazan, who cooperated with the House Committee on Un-American Activities during the blacklist era. Bernard Gordon lives in Los Angeles.

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ISBN 13	9780292728271
ISBN 10	0292728271
Title	Hollywood Exile, or How I Learned to Love the Blacklist
Author	Bernard Gordon
Series	Texas Film And Media Studies Series
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of Texas Press
Year published	1999-01-01
Number of pages	380
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