Bryan Cranston is already being touted as an Oscar contender for Trumbo, a biopic of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, yet the man he plays had to watch on his living room TV set as screenplays ...

Screen writer and director Dalton Trumbo holding cigarette, with his pet bird perched on his chest. (Photo by John Swope / The LIFE Images Collection / Getty Images) In an early scene of Trumbo, the ...

When Dalton Trumbo’s novel, “Eclipse” was published in 1935, the 29-year-old author from Grand Junction was at the beginning of a breakout year. He had recently left his tedious, nine-year-long job at ...

An antiwar literary classic reaches the bigscreen (again) via stage translation in "Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun." That circuitous route benefits the interior monologue of a soldier robbed of ...

Given the history, tragedy and injustice that the New Orleans-filmed “Trumbo” dramatizes, it could have been more effective than it is. Bryan Cranston portrays Dalton Trumbo, one of Hollywood’s great ...

The Oscar-winning screenwriter whose exploits are the subject of the upcoming biopic Trumbo, opening November 20, would be the first to snort at the thought of his life becoming Hollywood fodder. Then ...

It is a truth widely acknowledged that an actor in search of an Oscar would do well to portray an indomitable overcomer of adversity. This is the formula generally expected to do the job for Leonardo ...

“Trumbo” is an unconventional film about an unconventional man. Part documentary, part expertly staged readings, it focuses on the unquiet life and unforgettable words of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, ...

Kevin Spacey made his return to the spotlight on Tuesday, comparing his plight to that of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. While accepting the lifetime achievement award from the Better World Fund Gala in ...

Samantha Trumbo Campbell has the best writing Oscar for 1953's 'Roman Holiday' in her Pasadena bungalow: "I think my grandfather's Oscars are especially significant because they represent the eventual ...

The Guild says it wants to "make amends" for injustices of 1950s McCarthyism by telling the truth about who really wrote the 1953 classic film. The new screenwriting credit also pays "tribute to the ...