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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Called before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in 1951, Polonsky was called a "very dangerous citizen" by Illinois congressman Harold Velde. Blacklisted in Hollywood for refusing to inform on his political associates, this brilliant screenwriter lived a life that offers a unique window on the Cold War in Hollywood. Buhle (Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist) and Wagner have produced a fine biography of Polonsky (who wrote such classics as Body and Soul and Force of Evil) that is also a visceral and engaging study of the Hollywood blacklist and its broader context: the 1950s right-wing backlash against progressive politics. Buhle and Wagner carefully detail Polonsky's actual leftist political activities (as opposed to the innuendo and misinformation that circulated in the HUAC) and map out the permutations of Polonsky's artistic career from working with Gertrude Berg on The Goldbergs to later work such as the 1969 Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here. Sympathetic the book is dedicated "To the Memory of the Blacklisted Generation" without being hagiographic or dishonest about their subject's political ideas, Buhle and Wagner have written an exceedingly well-researched, nuanced and highly informative biography and social history. It's a welcome addition not only to film literature but to the political history of the 1950s. 18 b&w photos.
From Booklist
Was Polonsky dangerous? He was certainly active. He wrote modernist and realistic fiction and film as well as radio and television scripts and directed the noir classics Body and Soul and Force of Evil before the blacklist brought his Hollywood career to an end. After writing under pseudonyms in the 1950s, Polonsky directed several post-blacklist films, notably Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here and Romance of a Horsethief, but was sidelined in the 1970s by health problems. He continued to write and teach film classes and lived long enough--until 1999--to witness a rebirth of interest in his work (thanks to Martin Scorsese's sponsorship). Was Polonsky a Communist? Yes, though more of a Marxist than a party tool and, perhaps, more of an existentialist than a Marxist. Raised by immigrant parents in the New York City of the 1910s and 1920s and educated at City College of New York in the 1930s, Polonsky was a committed radical. His films had messages, to be sure, but only 1950s blacklisters would judge those messages threatening to American values. Mary Carroll
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Called before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in 1951, Polonsky was called a "very dangerous citizen" by Illinois congressman Harold Velde. Blacklisted in Hollywood for refusing to inform on his political associates, this brilliant screenwriter lived a life that offers a unique window on the Cold War in Hollywood. Buhle (Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist) and Wagner have produced a fine biography of Polonsky (who wrote such classics as Body and Soul and Force of Evil) that is also a visceral and engaging study of the Hollywood blacklist and its broader context: the 1950s right-wing backlash against progressive politics. Buhle and Wagner carefully detail Polonsky's actual leftist political activities (as opposed to the innuendo and misinformation that circulated in the HUAC) and map out the permutations of Polonsky's artistic career from working with Gertrude Berg on The Goldbergs to later work such as the 1969 Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here. Sympathetic the book is dedicated "To the Memory of the Blacklisted Generation" without being hagiographic or dishonest about their subject's political ideas, Buhle and Wagner have written an exceedingly well-researched, nuanced and highly informative biography and social history. It's a welcome addition not only to film literature but to the political history of the 1950s. 18 b&w photos.
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From Booklist
Was Polonsky dangerous? He was certainly active. He wrote modernist and realistic fiction and film as well as radio and television scripts and directed the noir classics Body and Soul and Force of Evil before the blacklist brought his Hollywood career to an end. After writing under pseudonyms in the 1950s, Polonsky directed several post-blacklist films, notably Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here and Romance of a Horsethief, but was sidelined in the 1970s by health problems. He continued to write and teach film classes and lived long enough--until 1999--to witness a rebirth of interest in his work (thanks to Martin Scorsese's sponsorship). Was Polonsky a Communist? Yes, though more of a Marxist than a party tool and, perhaps, more of an existentialist than a Marxist. Raised by immigrant parents in the New York City of the 1910s and 1920s and educated at City College of New York in the 1930s, Polonsky was a committed radical. His films had messages, to be sure, but only 1950s blacklisters would judge those messages threatening to American values. Mary Carroll
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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