Trumbo
Proper noun
Meaning
Trumbo (plural Trumbos)
A surname.
Examples
After receiving letters from right-wing isolationists requesting copies of the book, Trumbo contacted the FBI and turned these letters over to them.
Douglas memorably insisted after the filming of Spartacus that screenwriter Dalton Trumbo - one of those targeted by the communist witch hunts and who had written for years under an alias - use his real name in the film credits.
And Helen Mirren’s role as gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, while delivered with mustache-twirling evil glee, has only one dimension: Why does Hopper hate Trumbo so much, aside from her being kind of an asshole?
Douglas made a symbolic blow against the blacklist when he openly credited Dalton Trumbo, a blacklisted Oscar winner and former Communist, for helping write the script for "Spartacus."
During the late 1930s and early 1940s, Trumbo became one of Hollywood's highest-paid screenwriters, at about $4000 per week while on assignment, Nordheimer 1976.
He donated his body to scientific research. citation In 1993, Trumbo was posthumously awarded the Academy Award for writing Roman Holiday (1953).