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Salt of the Earth is a 1954 American film drama written by Michael Wilson, directed by Herbert J. Biberman, and produced by Paul Jarrico.Because all three men were blacklisted by the Hollywood establishment due to their alleged involvement in communist politics, [1] Salt of the Earth was one of the first independent films made outside of the Hollywood studio system.
Clinton Jencks (March 1, 1918 – December 15, 2005) was an American lifelong activist in labor and social justice causes, most famous for union organizing among New Mexico's miners, acting in the 1954 film Salt of the Earth (where he portrayed "Frank Barnes", a character based on himself), and enduring years of government prosecution (and persecution) for allegedly falsifying a Taft-Hartley ...
While many people in the entertainment industry were blacklisted during McCarthyism in the 1950s, Salt of the Earth was the only film to be blacklisted. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Because it was largely unknown in North America for the first decade, Revueltas was not given full recognition for her acting achievement (note: she did win Best Actress in 1954 ...
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Herbert J. Biberman (March 4, 1900 [1] – June 30, 1971) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was one of the Hollywood Ten and directed Salt of the Earth (1954), a film barely released in the United States, about a zinc miners' strike in Grant County, New Mexico.
Salt of the Earth, an American drama film; Salt of the Earth: Palestinian Christians in the Northern West Bank, a 2004 American documentary film; The Salt of the Earth, a French-Brazilian-Italian biographical documentary film
With her career stalled, she supported her husband during the production of Salt of the Earth (1954). [10] [11] They sold their home in Hollywood shortly after they completed Salt of the Earth and moved to New York where Sondergaard was able to work in theatre. [9]
Salt of the Earth, starring Rosaura Revueltas and Will Geer; Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (Miyamoto Musashi), directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, starring Toshiro Mifune – Sansho the Bailiff (Sanshō Dayũ), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, starring Kinuyo Tanaka – (Japan) Saskatchewan, starring Alan Ladd