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- One part Marxist democrat and two parts humanist-rationalist, he stayed true to his vision to the end.
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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, Ring ...
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.
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 28, 2007 · Ring Lardner Jr. was one of the Hollywood Ten — the ten screenwriters who went to prison for refusing in 1947 to testify before the House of Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC).
Aug 12, 2024 · Resent anyone who suggests that there might be a conflict between identifying with and admiring Lardner: between egalitarianism and exceptionalism, between democracy and hero worship, between...
Ring Lardner was a sharp-witted American humorist who had an amazing ear for malapropisms, idioms, and the lively vernacular of early 20th-century Chicago and later the East Coast. Originally a sports writer for baseball, Lardner branched out to short stories in 1914, when he wrote serial fiction for the Saturday Evening Post.
An interview with Ring Lardner Jr., one of the Hollywood Ten who was jailed in the late 1940s for his Communist activities. Lardner describes the American mood of the time, Hollywood's experience with McCarthyism, and the effect that imprisonment had on his career in the film industry.
