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Gordon Kahn (1902–1962) was an American writer and screenwriter who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era; he is the father of broadcaster and author Tony Kahn.
Gordon Jacques Kahn was born on May 11, 1901, in Szigetvár, Hungary. When he was six years old, he and his parents moved to the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the United States of America. In 1918, Kahn graduated from Townsend Harris High School in New York City. He spent the next year at Yale University, then took up studies at Columbia University
While studying at Yale, Kahn became a reporter for the Bridgeport Star.
In New York, he worked for the New York Herald and Zitt's Theatrical Weekly, the latter for which he wrote a Broadway column in the style of Samuel Pepys. In 1922, he wrote a book called Manhattan Oases about speakeasies, illustrated by his roommate of the time, Al Hirschfeld. For much of the 1920s, Kahn wrote for the New York Daily Mirror.
In 1930, former Mirror colleague Samuel Marx (later head of scenery at MGM), invited Kahn to move to Hollywood and try his luck as a screenwriter. He wrote more than a script a year (well over two dozen) in a period under two decades. Writing credits include: The Death Kiss (1932), Newsboys' Home (1938), and Buy Me That Town (1941).
Kahn joined several leftist and liberal causes and helped found the Screen Writers Guild (now Writers Guild of America). He was the first managing editor of The Screen Writer.
In 1947, when the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) began its hearings on "Communist infiltration," Kahn was one of the "Nineteen Unfriendlies" subpoenaed. He was not called to testify and so did not become one of the Hollywood Ten. Soon after December 1947, however, when the Studios announced the firing of the Hollywood Ten, Kahn lost his job at Warner Bros. Studios. In 1948, he published Hollywood on Trial.
Kahn sold his 13-room Beverly Hills home, and he and his family moved into a smaller house in Studio City. In 1950, fearing arrest, he fled to Cuernavaca, Mexico. His wife and sons Jim and Tony joined him six months later. The Kahns lived there until low funds in 1956, after which they returned to the United States and lived in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Gordon Kahn
Gordon Kahn (1902–1962) was an American writer and screenwriter who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era; he is the father of broadcaster and author Tony Kahn.
Gordon Jacques Kahn was born on May 11, 1901, in Szigetvár, Hungary. When he was six years old, he and his parents moved to the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the United States of America. In 1918, Kahn graduated from Townsend Harris High School in New York City. He spent the next year at Yale University, then took up studies at Columbia University
While studying at Yale, Kahn became a reporter for the Bridgeport Star.
In New York, he worked for the New York Herald and Zitt's Theatrical Weekly, the latter for which he wrote a Broadway column in the style of Samuel Pepys. In 1922, he wrote a book called Manhattan Oases about speakeasies, illustrated by his roommate of the time, Al Hirschfeld. For much of the 1920s, Kahn wrote for the New York Daily Mirror.
In 1930, former Mirror colleague Samuel Marx (later head of scenery at MGM), invited Kahn to move to Hollywood and try his luck as a screenwriter. He wrote more than a script a year (well over two dozen) in a period under two decades. Writing credits include: The Death Kiss (1932), Newsboys' Home (1938), and Buy Me That Town (1941).
Kahn joined several leftist and liberal causes and helped found the Screen Writers Guild (now Writers Guild of America). He was the first managing editor of The Screen Writer.
In 1947, when the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) began its hearings on "Communist infiltration," Kahn was one of the "Nineteen Unfriendlies" subpoenaed. He was not called to testify and so did not become one of the Hollywood Ten. Soon after December 1947, however, when the Studios announced the firing of the Hollywood Ten, Kahn lost his job at Warner Bros. Studios. In 1948, he published Hollywood on Trial.
Kahn sold his 13-room Beverly Hills home, and he and his family moved into a smaller house in Studio City. In 1950, fearing arrest, he fled to Cuernavaca, Mexico. His wife and sons Jim and Tony joined him six months later. The Kahns lived there until low funds in 1956, after which they returned to the United States and lived in Manchester, New Hampshire.