Dalton Trumbo tribute set

Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, a two-time Academy Award winner who was equally famous for being one of the Hollywood figures blacklisted during the late 1940s and ‘50s, will be saluted by the American Cinematheque this month.

Screening over the three-night tribute will be “Spartacus” (1960), “Exodus” (1960), “Lonely Are the Brave” (1962) and “Johnny Got His Gun” (1971), which Trumbo also directed, based on his antiwar novel of the same name.

The movies will be shown May 21 to 23 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

Trumbo won Oscars for writing “Roman Holiday” (1953) and “The Brave One” (1956), but not under his own name. He had to use pseudonyms on those films because, in 1947, he and nine other writers and directors refused to provide information about the communist influence in Hollywood to the House Un-American Activities Committee. He eventually served 11 months in prison for being found in contempt of Congress. It wasn’t until “Spartacus” and “Exodus” that he was able to write under his own name again.

Trumbo died in 1976. His children, Christopher and Mitzi, are scheduled to attend the May 21 event and Christopher will speak at the screenings the following two nights.

Tickets, ranging from $7 to $10, are available at www.fandango.com.

Additional information: www.egyptiantheatre.com.