Trumbo
Americannoun
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“Spartacus” screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, blacklisted during the Red Scare, may have identified with the shrewd Thracian gladiator who led a slave revolt against the crushing overlords of the Roman Republic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
On the night of the election, I was with a veteran activist who told me a story about Dalton Trumbo, the blacklisted writer.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
"Previous observations from the Hubble Space Telescope show evidence for ocean-derived salt in Tara Regio," explained Trumbo.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2023
Trumbo won two screenwriting Oscars under fictitious names for “Roman Holiday” in 1954 and “The Brave One” in 1957.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022
William Trumbo, kin of John Martin’s wife who was Lucy Trumbo, made a remark to a man by the name of Price.
From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine
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