James Trumbo (1905 - 1976)

Born 9 Dec 1905 in Montrose, Colorado

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Died 10 Sep 1976 at age 70 in Los Angeles, California

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Biography

James Dalton Trumbo was born in 1905, the son of Orus Trumbo and Maud Tillery. He married Cleo Beth Fincher, 13 Mar 1938.^[1]

Dalton was a successful screenwriter and novelist until 1947, when he was one of several writers and actors, summoned to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee about their alleged involvement with the Communist Party. Because of his refusal to testify, he spent 10 months in prison at Ashland, Kentucky.

The motion picture industry “Blacklist” left him unemployed, after his prison release, so he moved his family to Mexico City, along with other Blacklisted writers, for a short time. He survived, writing scripts under pseudonyms and would win an Academy Award under the name 'Robert Rich' for the movie "The Brave One."

Not until after 1960 was he able to use his own name on scripts he was writing.^[2]He passed away in 1976^[3]

Dalton and Fletcher Prouty were 6C1R. Dalton and George Armstrong Custer were 4C3R.

Sources

1. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8V3-YD4 : 28 November 2014), James Dalton Trumbo and Cleo Beth Fincher, 13 Mar 1938; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,114,160.
2. ↑ Wikipedia article for Dalton Trumbo
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3GC-M24 : 20 May 2014), Dalton Trumbo, Sep 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Sentencing Card for Dalton Trumbo
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK4D-FYN : 29 October 2015), Orus B Trumbo, Grand Junction Ward 3, Mesa, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 93, sheet 7A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,135.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL7-DLF : 14 December 2015), Dalton Trumbo in household of Orus B Trumbo, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States; citing sheet 14A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,168.
• Biography.com page for Dalton Trumbo
• "Find a Grave", database with images, Find A Grave: Memorial #6817545 Memorial page for Dalton Trumbo Famous memorial (9 Dec 1905-10 Sep 1976).