Abraham Polonsky

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blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter film director human novelist radio writer screenwriter

Abraham Polonsky was an American screenwriter and director known for his socially conscious, politically charged films and for being blacklisted during the Hollywood Red Scare.

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Label Occurrences
Abraham Polonsky canonical 10
Abraham Lincoln Polonsky 1
Dmytryk 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
radio writer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-12-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1999-10-26 ⓘ
directed Force of Evil ⓘ
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here ⓘ
educatedAt City College of New York ⓘ
Columbia Law School ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName Polonsky ⓘ
fullName Abraham Polonsky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abraham Lincoln Polonsky
genre film noir ⓘ
socially conscious cinema ⓘ
givenName Abraham ⓘ
movement Hollywood blacklist ⓘ
notableFor politically charged films ⓘ
social criticism in cinema ⓘ
notableWork Body and Soul ⓘ
Force of Evil ⓘ
Odds Against Tomorrow ⓘ
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation film director ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York

New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath Beverly Hills ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

United States of America ⓘ
politicalAlignment left-wing ⓘ
refusedToNameNamesBefore House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
spouse Sylvia Polonsky ⓘ
testifiedBefore House Un-American Activities Committee ⓘ
usedPseudonym John O. Killens ⓘ
front writers ⓘ
wasBlacklistedBy Hollywood studios ⓘ
wasBlacklistedDuring Hollywood Red Scare ⓘ
wroteScreenplayFor Body and Soul ⓘ
Force of Evil ⓘ
Odds Against Tomorrow ⓘ

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Body and Soul → screenwriter → Abraham Polonsky ⓘ
subject surface form: Body and Soul (1947 film)
Force of Evil → director → Abraham Polonsky ⓘ
Force of Evil → screenwriter → Abraham Polonsky ⓘ
Jacob Julius Garfinkle → workedWith → Abraham Polonsky ⓘ
Dmytro → hasShortForm → Abraham Polonsky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dmytryk
Odds Against Tomorrow → screenwriter → Abraham Polonsky ⓘ
Guilty by Suspicion → screenwriter → Abraham Polonsky ⓘ
Abraham Polonsky → fullName → Abraham Polonsky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abraham Lincoln Polonsky
Enterprise Productions → collaboratedWith → Abraham Polonsky ⓘ
Charley Davis → createdBy → Abraham Polonsky ⓘ
Tucker’s People → director → Abraham Polonsky ⓘ
subject surface form: Force of Evil
Ira Wolfert → screenwriter → Abraham Polonsky ⓘ
subject surface form: Force of Evil