Edward Dmytryk

Edward Dmytryk
Born	September 4, 1908(1908-09-04) Grand Forks, Canada
Died	July 1, 1999(1999-07-01) (aged 90) Encino, United States
Occupation	Film director Film editor
Years active	1929–1979

Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 – July 1, 1999) was an American film director who was amongst the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who served time in prison for being in contempt of Congress during the McCarthy-era 'red scare'.

Although born in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada, Dmytryk grew up in San Francisco when his Ukrainian parents moved to the United States. At the age of 31, he became a naturalized citizen.

Work, Hollywood Ten, HUAC

Dmytryk made his directorial debut with The Hawk in 1935.^[1] His best known films from the pre-McCarthy period of his career were film noirs Crossfire, for which he received a Best Director Oscar nomination, and Murder, My Sweet, the latter an adaptation of Raymond Chandler's Farewell My Lovely. In addition, he made two World War II films: Hitler's Children, the story of the Hitler youth and Back to Bataan starring John Wayne.

The late 1940s was the time of the Second Red Scare, and Dmytryk was one of many filmmakers investigated. Summoned to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), he refused to cooperate and was sent to jail. After spending several months behind bars, Dmytryk made the decision to testify again, and give the names of his fellow members in the American Communist Party as the HUAC had demanded. On April 25, 1951, Dmytryk appeared before HUAC for the second time, answering all questions. He spoke of his own Party past, a very brief membership in 1945, including the naming of twenty-six former members of left-wing groups. He explained how John Howard Lawson, Adrian Scott, Albert Maltz and others had pressured him to include communist propaganda in his films. His testimony damaged several court cases that others of the so-called "Hollywood 10" had filed. He recounted his experiences of the period in his revealing 1996 book, Odd Man Out: A Memoir of the Hollywood Ten (Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL).

For a time, Dmytryk moved to England, and Stanley Kramer hired him to direct a trio of low-budget films before handing Dmytryk The Caine Mutiny. He made films for major studios Columbia, 20th Century Fox, MGM and Paramount Pictures, including, among others, Raintree County, The Left Hand of God, The Young Lions, a remake of the Marlene Dietrich classic The Blue Angel, and The Carpetbaggers. Later into the 60' and 70's, he directed Where Love Has Gone, Anzio, Alvarez Kelly, Shalako, and his final film Bluebeard.

His films featured such stars as Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, Sean Connery, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda.

After his film career tapered off in the 1970s, he entered academia and taught at the University of Texas at Austin, and at the University of Southern California. He wrote several books on the art of filmmaking (such as On Film Editing) and lectured at various colleges and theaters, such as the Orson Welles Cinema. Dmytryk died from heart and kidney failure on 1 July 1999, aged 90, in Encino, California.

Filmography

• The Hawk (1935)
• Million Dollar Legs (1939)
• Television Spy (1939)
• Emergency Squad (1940)
• Golden Gloves (1940)
• Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
• Her First Romance (1940)
• The Devil Commands (1941)
• Under Age (1941)
• Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)
• The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
• Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941)
• Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)
• Counter-Espionage (1942)
• Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942)
• Hitler's Children (1943)
• The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
• Captive Wild Woman (1943)
• Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
• Tender Comrade (1943)
• Murder, My Sweet (1944)
• Back to Bataan (1945)
• Cornered (1945)
• Till the End of Time (1946)
• So Well Remembered (1947)
• Crossfire (1947)
• Obsession (1949)
• Give Us This Day (1949)
• The Sniper (1952)
• Mutiny (1952)
• Eight Iron Men (1952)
• The Juggler (1953)
• The Caine Mutiny (1954)
• Broken Lance (1954)
• The End of the Affair (1954)
• Soldier of Fortune (1955)
• The Left Hand of God (1955)
• The Mountain (1956)
• Raintree County (1957)
• The Young Lions (1958)
• The Blue Angel (1959)
• Warlock (1959)
• Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
• The Reluctant Saint (1962)
• The Carpetbaggers (1964)
• Where Love Has Gone (1964)
• Mirage (1965)
• Alvarez Kelly (1966)
• Anzio (film) (1968)
• Shalako (1968)
• Bluebeard (1972)
• The 'Human' Factor (1975)

See also

• The Hollywood Ten documentary.

References

1. ^ Vallance, Tom. "Obituary: Edward Dmytryk". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-edward-dmytryk-1103882.html. Retrieved 2011-05-01. 

External links

• Edward Dmytryk at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Dmytryk, Edward
Alternative names
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Date of birth	September 4, 1908
Place of birth	Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Date of death	July 1, 1999
Place of death	Encino, California, U.S.