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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 3, 2000 · The death of Ring Lardner Jr., the last of the so-called Hollywood 10, brings to a close an era characterized by persecution of political outsiders, an era that gives lie to the popular idea...
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).
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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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.
Jul 4, 2018 · Ring Lardner, Jr., scion of a distinguished author, and a successful screenwriter (winning an Academy Award for Woman of the Year), joined the Hollywood section of the Communist Party and participated in a number of political and labor activities prior to 1945.
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