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Abraham Polonsky (1910–1999)

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Writer-director Abraham Lincoln Polonsky, one of the most prominent victims of the Hollywood blacklisting of communists and social progressives in the post-World War II period, was born on December 5, 1910, in New York, New York. An unreconstructed Marxist, Polonsky never hid his membership in the Communist Party... See full bio »

Born:

Abraham Lincoln Polonsky
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 88) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1982 Monsignor (screenplay)
 
1981 Body and Soul (suggested by the original screenplay by)
 
1979 Avalanche Express (screenplay)
 
1969 Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (written by)
 
1968 Madigan (screenplay)
 
1965-1966 Seaway (TV series)
– Gunpowder and Paint: Part 2 (1966) (creator)
– Dont Forget to Wipe the Blood Off: Part 2 (1966) (creator)
– The Last Free Man (1966) (creator)
– Billy the Kid (1966) (creator)
– Ghost Ship (1966) (creator)
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1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
– The Last Clear Chance (1965) (writer)
 
1959 Odds Against Tomorrow (screenplay / front John O. Killens)
 
1953 You Are There (TV series)
– The Conquest of Mexico (1519) (1953) (uncredited)
 
1951 I Can Get It for You Wholesale (screen play)
 
1948 Force of Evil (screenplay)
 
1947 Golden Earrings (screenplay)
 
1947 Body and Soul (original screenplay)
 
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1965-1966 Seaway (TV series) (script supervisor - 8 episodes)
– What the Rats Knew (1966) (script supervisor)
– A Medal for Mirko (1965) (script supervisor)
– Nothing But a Long Goodbye (1965) (script supervisor)
– Bonhomme Richard (1965) (script supervisor)
– The Provocative Mademoiselle (1965) (script supervisor)
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1971 Romance of a Horsethief
 
1969 Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
 
1965 Seaway (TV series)
– A Medal for Mirko (1965)
 
1957 Oedipus Rex (uncredited)
 
1948 Force of Evil
 
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2001 FBI contre Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (TV documentary)
Himself (as Abraham L. Polonsky)
 
1996 Red Hollywood (video documentary)
 
1996 Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (TV documentary)
 
1995 American Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
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Alternate Names:

Abraham L. Polonsky
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Personal Quote:

Because we can't be [Joseph Stalin], we become movie directors. See more »

Trivia:

UC Riverside has a fiction prize, named for Polonsky, given to the writer of the best short-story in their annual literary magazine. Harry Lawton, an instructor at the university, wrote a non-fiction book called "Willie Boy: A Desert Manhunt" which was the inspiration for a script by Jack B. Sowards and purportedly the inspiration for Polonsky's script for Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here... See more »

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Star Sign:

Sagittarius