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In the summer of 1947, when an investigator for the House Un-American Activities Committee testified that Ring Lardner Jr. was the holder of “1944 Card No. 46806” in the Communist Party,...
Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 [1] – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre.
Nov 16, 2015 · By 1937 Lardner had been recruited by the Communist Party in Hollywood and was attending a Marxist meetings four nights a week.
Nov 10, 2000 · Lardner's famously elegant response to the committee was a clue to how wrong that image was. "I could answer your question," he said, but "I would hate myself in the morning"--hence his...
Sep 21, 2024 · Lardner’s son Ring Lardner, Jr. (1915–2000), was a satiric screenwriter who won Oscars for Woman of the Year (1942) and M*A*S*H (1970). A member of the Hollywood Ten , he was jailed (1950–51) and blacklisted because of allegations that he was a communist.
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Sep 8, 2022 · On October 30, 1947, HUAC called Ring Lardner, Jr., Academy Award winning screenwriter, to testify before the committee. He was removed from the witness stand when he declined to answer if he was a member of the Communist Party, saying, “I could answer the question exactly the way you want, Mr. Chairman...but if I did, I would hate myself in ...
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Oct 23, 2023 · My point is that Ring Lardner’s stories helped shaped our nation’s sense of itself and its pastime, but these stories wouldn’t have existed without his experience in the Central League. That raucous baseball conglomerate of Midwest toughs and shady business dealings is down there in our cultural DNA
