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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.
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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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.
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...
Lardner takes the title for his slender memoir from his famous reply to the chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee. "I could answer," he said when asked if he had ever been a member of the Communist Party, "but if I did I would hate myself in the morning."
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Summary. 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.
