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Ben Barzman (October 12, 1910 – December 15, 1989) was a Canadian journalist, screenwriter, and novelist, blacklisted during the McCarthy Era and known best for his screenplays for the movies Back to Bataan (1945), El Cid (1961), and The Blue Max (1966).
Ben Barzman was an Anglo-Canadian best known as a screenwriter who was blacklisted during the post-World War II "Red scare" in Hollywood. Born on October 12, 1910, in Toronto, he moved to the United States, where he established himself as a screenwriter during the war.
Dec 20, 1989 · Ben Barzman, who was forced to abandon a successful screenwriting career when he was placed on a McCarthy-era blacklist, died Friday in Santa Monica. He was 79 and had suffered a stroke. A...
Ben Barzman was an Anglo-Canadian best known as a screenwriter who was blacklisted during the post-World War II "Red scare" in Hollywood. Born on October 12, 1910, in Toronto, he moved to the United States, where he established himself as a screenwriter during the war.
Dec 21, 1989 · Ben Barzman, a scriptwriter who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era and whose movie credits include ''Back to Bataan'' (1945), ''El Cid'' (1961) and ''The Blue Max'' (1966),...
Ben Barzman (October 12, 1910 – December 15, 1989) was a Canadian journalist, screenwriter, and novelist, blacklisted during the McCarthy Era and best known for his screenplays for the films Back to Bataan (1945), El Cid (1961), and The Blue Max (1966).
Ben Barzman, who died in 1989, wrote the screenplay for "The Boy With Green Hair," an example of his best work. This 1948 film captured the mood of disillusionment brought on by the collapse of the US-Soviet WWII friendship and the threat of nuclear war on the horizon.
