Abraham Polonsky

Abraham Polonsky

Born: December 5, 1910
Died: October 26, 1999
in New York, New York, U.S.
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Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5, 1910 - October 26, 1999) was an American film director, Academy-Award-nominated screenwriter, essayist, and novelist blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s, in the midst of the McCarthy era.

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Movies for Abraham Polonsky...

FBI contre Hollywood
Title: FBI contre Hollywood
Released: August 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Based on information from FBI cases, this documentary investigates the dark years of American cinema and attempts to discover the mechanisms leading to one of the most diabolical periods in US history.
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Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
Title: Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
Character: Himself
Released: March 22, 1998
Type: Movie
This film discusses the effect on how major American films in Hollywood were influenced by the Eastern European Jewish culture that most of the major movie moguls who controlled the studios shared. Through clips of various films, the filmmakers illustrate the dominant themes like that of the outsider, the outspoken American patriotism, and rooting for the underdog in society.
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Red Hollywood
Title: Red Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: August 16, 1996
Type: Movie
A documentary that examines the films made by the victims of the Hollywood Blacklist and offers a radically different perspective on a key period in the history of American cinema.
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Abraham Polonsky
Title: Abraham Polonsky
Released: July 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Short documentary about Polonsky and his Hollywood years.
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Innere Sicherheit: Abraham Polonsky
Title: Innere Sicherheit: Abraham Polonsky
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Documentary about American filmmaker Abraham Polonsky.