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Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5, 1910 – October 26, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, essayist and novelist.
Abraham Polonsky was a prominent communist and a victim of the Hollywood blacklist in the post-World War II period. He wrote and directed three classic film noirs: Body and Soul, Force of Evil, and Odds Against Tomorrow.
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Apr 15, 2005 · Learn about the life and career of Abraham Polonsky, a radical left-wing writer and director who was blacklisted by Hollywood for his Communist beliefs. Explore his three films, his screenplays, his novels and his involvement in the Resistance during World War II.
Abraham Polonsky was a screenwriter who was a victim of the Hollywood Blacklist. He wrote films such as BODY AND SOUL (1947), FORCE OF EVIL (1948) and ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW...
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Oct 29, 1999 · Abraham Polonsky, a director and screenwriter who was an early Hollywood master of film noir and who worked under many disguises after being blacklisted in the McCarthy era, died on Tuesday at...
In his nearly three-hour interview, Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999) speaks frankly about appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1951 (in which he was labeled by Congressman Harold H. Velde as "the most dangerous man in America") and his subsequent blacklisting in the film and television industry.
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Abraham Polonski (1903 – ), also known as Pol or Maurice Ferrer, was a Belarusian electrical engineer in Toulouse who was one of the founders of the French Jewish Resistance movement. By June 1940, the French army had surrendered to Germany.
