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dashiell hammet was an american writer and disabled us army vet who struggled with tuberculosis and was an active communist which landed him onto the black list and not able to go back into active service ]]> 2017-01-12 19:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146912492 https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146914078 Nineteen thirty-eight was a fateful year for Waldo Salt. It was the year the young screenwriter saw his first screenplay, “THE SHOPWARN ANGEL,” produced by Joe Mankiewicz, with a cast featuring James Stewart, Margaret Sullivan, and Walter Pidgeon. It was also the year he joined the American Communist Party, the start of an affiliation that would cause him to be plucked from the brink of fame, blacklisted, and prevented from working in the industry he loved for fifteen years.]]> 2017-01-12 20:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146914078 https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146914765 Lillian Hellman was an american dramatist and screenwriter known for her success as a playwright on Broadway, as well as her left-wing sympathies and political activism.]]> 2017-01-12 20:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146914765 700138 https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146916884

lena horne was a african american civil rights activist and singer song writer and actor which laded her on the black list because of he activism ]]> 2017-01-12 20:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146916884 https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146916960 Elia Kazan was Greek-American director, producer, writer and actor, described by the New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". He was born in istanbul, to Cappadocian Greek parents. ]]> 2017-01-12 20:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146916960 https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146918157 More than any other playwright working today, Arthur Miller has dedicated himself to the investigation of the moral plight of the white American working class. With a sense of realism and a strong ear for the American vernacular, Miller has created characters whose voices are an important part of the American landscape. His insight into the psychology of desperation and his ability to create stories that express the deepest meanings of struggle, have made him one of the most highly regarded and widely performed American playwrights. In his eighty-fifth year, Miller remains an active and important part of American theater.]]> 2017-01-12 20:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146918157 700138 https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146918770 paul robeson was an american bass player and football player who was put onto the black list because of his civil activism ]]> 2017-01-12 20:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146918770 https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146918813 Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the US to receive worldwide acclaim]]> 2017-01-12 20:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146918813 700138 https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146921851 aaron copeland was an american composer who had many musical pieces and composed in mexico and various foreign lands helped put him on to the infamous black list ]]> 2017-01-12 20:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146921851 https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146922908 Charlie Chaplin was one of the greatest and widely loved silent movie stars. From “Easy Street” (1917) to “Modern Times” (1936), he made many of the funniest and most popular films of his time. He was best known for his character, the naive and lovable Little Tramp. The Little Tramp, a well meaning man in a raggedy suit with cane, always found himself wobbling into awkward situations and miraculously wobbling away. More than any other figure, it is this kind-hearted character that we associate with the time before the talkies.]]> 2017-01-12 20:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/700138/s3bpzjedza38/wish/146922908