JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN {DALTON TRUMBO, LARRY BENSKY} (RADIO)
Summary
In this program, Larry Bensky interviews the author and formerly blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who discusses the following topics, among others: how audiences have reacted to his recent film adaptation of his 1939 anti-war novel "Johnny Got His Gun," which he also directed; whether or not he thought that a film version of his book was ever going to be made; how he came to allow his book to be turned into a film; the focus of the book and the film; his experiences during World War II; the techniques used in the film; why the film could not be updated to modern times; how his life has evolved since being thrown in jail in 1950 as one of the "Hollywood Ten" for refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Committee; the results of efforts to change the world; events during the year he went to jail, 1950, and other events of the late 1940s and 1950s.
Details
- NETWORK: KPFA-FM (Berkeley, CA) / Pacifica / Public Radio (AAPB)
- DATE: October 20, 1971
- RUNNING TIME: 0:21:25
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R:9640
- GENRE: Radio - Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: Authors; Blacklisting of authors; Films - Production and direction; U S House Committee on Un-American Activities; World War I - drama
- SERIES RUN: Pacifica - Radio, 1971
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Larry Bensky … Interviewer
- Dalton Trumbo … Guest