How did the Blacklist come to an end? If you ask Kirk Douglas, the end began
with his hiring of Dalton Trumbo to write Spartacus -- or, rather Douglas
flaunting of that hiring. Otto Preminger, who hired Trumbo to write Exodus,
might see it differently. In truth, the end of the blacklist was a process
that took over a decade, and couldn’t have happened without actions taken by
Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, director Joseph Losey, and president John F.
Kennedy. We'll talk about the connection between the end of the blacklist and
the weakening of the production code, and what both had to do with the slow
dissolution of the studio system amidst the rise of independent producers and
a younger generation of audiences. Finally, we’ll discuss how those who had
been blacklisted struggled to move on.
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How did the Blacklist come to an end? If you ask Kirk Douglas, the end began
with his hiring of Dalton Trumbo to write Spartacus -- or, rather Douglas
flaunting of that hiring. Otto Preminger, who hired Trumbo to write Exodus,
might see it differently. In truth, the end of the blacklist was a process
that took over a decade, and couldn’t have happened without actions taken by
Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, director Joseph Losey, and president John F.
Kennedy. We'll talk about the connection between the end of the blacklist and
the weakening of the production code, and what both had to do with the slow
dissolution of the studio system amidst the rise of independent producers and
a younger generation of audiences. Finally, we’ll discuss how those who had
been blacklisted struggled to move on.
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megaphone.fm/adchoices
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