Johnny got his gun book6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Few novels have ever endured such incredibly bad publication timing: the unabashedly anti-war novel hit stores just ten days following the announcement of a pact between Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia and just two days after Hitler’s subsequent invasion of Poland. Then he became known as Ian McClellan Hunter, mysterious no-show Oscar-winning writer of Roman Holiday before finally becoming known once again as Dalton Trumbo, the name on the script for Spartacus officially registered with the Writers Guild of America, thus bringing the ridiculous blacklist to as official an ending as it would get.īefore any of that happened, however, Dalton Trumbo was known as the author of the “Most Original Novel of” 1939 by the National Book Awards: Johnny Got His Gun. Then he became known as one of the Hollywood Ten and the highest paid screenwriter to be blacklisted during the communist witch hunt. Over the course of a long and varied career Dalton Trumbo was known as a screenwriter of trenchant humor and sly ironic jabs at beloved American institutions. At least his name is once again recognized. ![]() Thanks to Bryan Cranston’s Oscar-nominated performance as Dalton Trumbo, the irreverent and iconoclastic figure of American letters is perhaps known best as the guy who used to type while sitting in a bathtub full of water. ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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