Industry Bible Variety said that High Noon was a cinch to win, perhaps reckoning without the controversy over its anti-McCarthyite politics, and the fact that its screenwriter, Carl Foreman, was in the process of being blacklisted for failing to co-operate with HUAC. Producer Stanley Kram
Date: Feb 22, 2015
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Oscars 2013: The 10 biggest mistakes in Oscar history
film of the year, "Singin' In the Rain" wasn't even nominated). Although the political climate of Hollywood at the time might have played a role -- "High Noon" producer Carl Foreman would soon be blacklisted -- it's more likely that the voters saw it as their last chance to honor the aging DeMille.
Date: Feb 21, 2013
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Arthur Laurents, Tony-Winning Playwright-Screenwriter, Dies at 93
visited veterans hospitals and began work on his first play, Home of the Brave, about a veterans amnesia. It opened on Broadway in 1945, winning critical praise. The play garnered him a grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and UA released a film adaptation by Carl Foreman in 1949.
Date: May 06, 2011
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Tony-Winning Playwright-Screenwriter Arthur Laurents Dies at 93
While researching for Assignment Home, Laurents visited veterans hospitals and began work on his first play, Home of the Brave, about a veterans amnesia. It opened on Broadway in 1945, winning critical praise. The play garnered him a grant for the American Academy Arts and Letters, and UA released a film adaptation by Carl Foreman in 1949.