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in 1920, graduating in 1924 with a B.A. in English. In 1922, the Bessie family finances had taken a serious downturn after which the elder Bessie died. This reversal of family circumstances freed Bessie to pursue his own interests and ambition without the intervention of his authoritarian father.
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family, the younger of two sons of Daniel Nathan Cohen Bessie and Adeline Schlesinger Bessie. Bessie's father was an inventor and successful businessman and the family lived a comfortable life in a prosperous section of
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His screenwriting career was ruined by the blacklisting, and he never returned to Hollywood. Late in his life, however, he was involved in bringing his novel
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in 1928, joining the colony of American expatriates who had relocated there. Bessie now focused his energies on becoming a writer.
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From Shtetl to Stardom: Jews and Hollywood: Chapter 1: Still an Empire of Their Own: How Jews Remain Atop a Reinvented Hollywood
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This Is Your Enemy; A Documentary Record Of the Nazi Atrocities Against Citizens And Soldiers Of Our Soviet ally
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A true, honest, fine book. Bessie writes truly and finely of all that he could see ... and he saw enough.
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Finding aid to Alvah Cecil Bessie letters at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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The Torture Garden by Octave Mirbeau. Translated by Alvah C. Bessie. Claude Kendall: New York, 1931.
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During the 1930s, Bessie became alarmed at the rise of fascism, and began working for the
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The Songs of Bilitis by Pierre LouĂżs, translated by Alvah C. Bessie, illustrations by
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Our fight : writings by veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Spain, 1936–1939
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In 1957, Bessie wrote a novel fictionalising his experiences with the HUAC,
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His career came to a halt in 1947, when he was summoned before the
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The Last great cause. The intellectuals and the Spanish civil war.
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The Heart Of Spain: anthology of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
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and worked as the film reviewer for the left-wing magazine
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and participated in paramilitary activity as part of the
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for Best Original Story for the patriotic Warner's film
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cause. Through 1938 Bessie fought as a volunteer in the
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Purdue University Press. p. 17. 521:(1982); Introduction by Gabriel Miller. 14: 1691: 369:House Un-American Activities Committee 209:House Un-American Activities Committee 48:Bessie in 1938 while fighting in Spain 1789:Military personnel from New York City 1073: 892: 737:. University Press of Kentucky, 2011 620: 614: 1631:International Brigade Memorial Trust 696: 694: 692: 621:Brook, Vincent (December 15, 2016). 260:whose guiding member was playwright 1714:20th-century American screenwriters 677:.New York : Macy-Masius, 1926. 24: 1784:Members of the Communist Party USA 1759:Jewish American military personnel 1744:Columbia College (New York) alumni 1709:20th-century American male writers 429:to the screen in the feature film 207:who refused to testify before the 25: 1815: 995:Committee for the First Amendment 918: 834: 782:. Grove Press. pp. 322–323. 689: 435:(1986) starring J.E. 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Alvah Cecil Bessie

New York City
Terra Linda, California
Columbia University
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay
Spanish Republic

International Brigades
The "Abraham Lincoln" XV International Brigade
Spanish Civil War
screenwriter
blacklisted
movie studios
Hollywood Ten
House Un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party USA
Comintern
International Brigades
Spanish Civil War
Jewish
Harlem
New York City
Columbia University
Provincetown Players
Eugene O’Neill
France
avant-garde
Songs of Bilitis

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