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. (Indeed, it was known by the ... See full bio »

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(1947)
(1948)
Meritie Writer
(1965-1966)

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 1982 Monsignore (screenplay)
 1981/I Body and Soul (suggested by the original screenplay by)
 1979 Avalanche Express (screenplay by)
 1969 Tapan sinut, Willie Boy! (written by)
 1968 Säälimättömät (screenplay)
  Meritie (TV Series) (creator - 30 episodes, 1965 - 1966) (writer - 3 episodes, 1965)
- Gunpowder and Paint: Part 2 (1966) ... (creator)
- Gunpowder and Paint: Part 1 (1966) ... (creator)
- Rx for Murder (1966) ... (creator)
 1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Last Clear Chance (1965) ... (writer)
 1959 He pakenivat huomispäivää (screenplay by - as John O. Killens)
 1959 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- Body and Soul (1959) ... (story)
 1953-1955 You Are There (TV Series) (24 episodes)
- The Hatfield-McCoy Feud (January 1, 1888) (1955) ... (uncredited)
- The Liberation of Paris (August 25, 1944) (1955) ... (uncredited)
 1952-1953 Danger (TV Series) (8 episodes)
- Prodigal Returns (1953) ... (uncredited)
- Subpoena (1953) ... (uncredited)
- Car Pool (1953) ... (uncredited)
- The Thread of Scarlett (1952) ... (uncredited)
- A Date at Midnight (1952) ... (uncredited)
 1951 Kunnianhimoinen (screen play)
 1948 Pahan pauloissa (screenplay)
 1947 Verta ja kultaa (original screenplay)
 1947 Kultaiset korvarenkaat (screenplay)
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Alternate Names:

John O. Killens | Abraham Polanski | Abraham L. Polonsky

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Sylvia Marrow  (her death)
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[on watching the rushes of a day's filming]: Dailies can fool you. They're full of momentary energy. You have no way of knowing until they're cut together in the whole film if anything is going there. Accidental energy cancels out and things just lay there. See more »

Trivia:

Polonsky, a victim of the blacklist, was so offended when director Irwin Winkler changed the main character (a director who is blacklisted after refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee) of his script for Väärä totuus (1991) from a Communist Party member to a relatively apolitical liberal that he not only had his name taken off of the picture, he also ... See more »

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