Trumbo
Americannoun
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Marcel Proust wrote in bed; Dalton Trumbo in a bath; Agatha Christie only needed “a steady table and a typewriter.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
When asked about his time during the Red Scare, Trumbo recounted that regardless of what we endure, we still have to have a happy life.
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, who wrote the scripts for “Exodus” and “Spartacus,” among others, also directed it.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2022
Lucy Trumbo Martin screamed at the sound of the first shot, though until that moment she had not known her husband was on the train.
From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine
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