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Paul Jarrico
Paul Jarrico (1915 January 12 — 1997) was an American screenwriter, beginning in the late 1930s. From the late 1950s to the late 1960s Jarrico was blacklisted on the both sides of the Iron Curtain, in the US and in the Soviet Union. Joined the National Student League, and then the Young Communist League. Active member of the Communist Party between the years 1937 & 1951.
Blacklisted after hearings by the House Un-American Activities Committee, where he refused to testify. Howard Hughes fired Jarrico immediately when he heard that Jarrico had received the subpoena for the hearings.
Jarrico's passport was confiscated after his journey to London in 1951. His most important project in the following years was Salt of the Earth (1953), a union-sponsored drama about the appalling conditions of striking coal miners in New Mexico. The film was written by Michael Wilson and directed by Herbert J. Biberman — the only independent production made by blacklisted people in the US film industry. Salt of the Earth was subsequently blacklisted and its distribution was prohibited, but later it has gained the status of a cult film. In 1958 Jarrico went into exile and worked in Europe for 20 years.
