Lester Cole

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American screenwriter (1904-1985)

United States WritersLived 1904 to 1985 · aged 81

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Lester Cole was an American screenwriter. He was one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of screenwriters and directors who were cited for contempt of Congress and blacklisted for their refusal to testify regarding their alleged involvement with the Communist Party.

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"The Hollywood Ten" stand with their attorneys outside district court in Washington, D.C. before arraignment on contempt of Congress charges. The ten were charged for refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee.(Front row, L-R): Herbert Biberman, attorney Martin Popper, attorney Robert W. Kenny, Albert Maltz and Lester Cole.(Second row, L-R): Dalton Trumbo, John Howard Lawson, Alvah Bessie and Samuel Ornitz.(Top row, L-R): Ring Lardner Jr., Edward Dmytryk and Adrian Scott.

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Geoffrey KeenAlso in Born Free (1966)

John BolesAlso in Sinners in Paradise (1938)

Edmund LoweAlso in Under Pressure (1935)

Helen MackAlso in Secrets of a Nurse (1938)

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