Word: ferrers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unable to be on hand for the Hollywood ceremony, Jose (Cyrano de Bergerac) Ferrer flew down to San Juan to get his 1950 Oscar from the hands of Governor Luis Muñoz Marín. Native son Ferrer then presented the Oscar to the University of Puerto Rico in the name of his late father, a prominent local lawyer...
Both Actors Ferrer and Holliday, said the committee, had "been affiliated with from five to ten" Communist-front organizations, and Ferrer was also accused of giving "open support to Communist candidates in election campaigns." Both Actors Ferrer and Holliday promptly denied...
...report this time was "The Communist 'Peace' Offensive," and the committeemen listed more than 350 prominent U.S. citizens-scientists, artists, "an inordinately large proportion of clerics"-who had signed up for "peace/' Russian-style. Well up on the list: Oscar Winners Jose (Cyrano de Bergerac) Ferrer and Judy (Born Yesterday) Holliday (TIME, April...
Cyrano de Bergerac. José Ferrer's Oscar-winning acting sparks a conscientious adaptation of the Rostand classic (TIME...
...Ferrer got his chance to make a speech, after all. As winner of the best-actor award (for Cyrano de Bergerac), he telephoned to the Hollywood gathering a message, broadcast across the U.S., which pointedly raised an echo of the movie industry's hottest current issue. Under subpoena by the House Un-American Activities Committee, Ferrer, who firmly denies any Communist ties, said: "This means more to me than an honor to an actor. I consider it a vote of confidence and an act of faith, and believe me, I'll not let you down...