Tim Gratz Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Anyone know about Lester Cole who did a lot of photographic work in Cuba in the late 1950s, much of which can be seen at the Corbis website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Richards Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Anyone know about Lester Cole who did a lot of photographic work in Cuba in the late 1950s, much of which can be seen at the Corbis website? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Tim, I'm wondering if the Lester Cole you asked about is the same Lester Cole who was a part of the infamous Hollywood Ten who were charged by the HUAC with contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate? Ring Lardner Jr., Herbert Biberman and Dalton Trumbo also charged. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanet Clark Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 (edited) Anyone know about Lester Cole who did a lot of photographic work in Cuba in the late 1950s, much of which can be seen at the Corbis website? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Tim, I'm wondering if the Lester Cole you asked about is the same Lester Cole who was a part of the infamous Hollywood Ten who were charged by the HUAC with contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate? Ring Lardner Jr., Herbert Biberman and Dalton Trumbo also charged. James <{POST_SNAPBACK}> H. "Max" Biberman is quite interesting. He made the film SALT OF THE EARTH while under blacklist pressure (it is really fine film, & in many video stores) Biberman went all the way to the Supreme Court to sue Howard Hughes for restraint of trade and conspiracy. HUGHES sent out a fax (telex) showing how to block Biberman in the film developing lab, the editing unions, the print labs, the distibution, the theaters, etc, and the Hollywood industry went along...Biberman filmed in Mexico and the Southwest, cut the film in a YMCA bathroom, printed it under a false name (vaya con dios) and showed it in sleazy independent theaters....he lost the supreme court case because the telex from HOWARD HUGHES ordering the suppression of the film was not SIGNED ..... great director, great film (the stars were real labor leaders from the original strike in Mexico that the story was based on). Back to this Cuban based Photographer Lester Coles, was he blacklisted? Edited January 29, 2005 by Shanet Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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