Spartacus

The Hollywood classic John Wayne condemned as ‘Marxist propaganda’ | Films | Entertainment

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Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus couldn’t have been more controversial upon its release in 1960. Title star Kirk Douglas took a massive risk in allowing blacklisted communist screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood Ten, to pen the Oscar-winning Roman epic without having to use a friend’s name in place of his own. The scribe had previously taken a … Read more

John Wayne publically condemned Kirk Douglas’ Spartacus as ‘Marxist propaganda’ | Films | Entertainment

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Stanley Kubrick’s Oscar-winning Roman epic was incredibly controversial upon its release in 1960. Kirk Douglas allowed blacklisted communist screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood Ten, to pen Spartacus without having to hide his name. The scribe had previously been taking a clandestine approach to his work following his ostracisation from the film industry years … Read more