Hollywood Ten

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The Hollywood Ten were a group of screenwriters, directors, and producers blacklisted in the late 1940s after refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee about alleged communist affiliations.

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instanceOf blacklisted film professionals
group of people
argument invoked First Amendment rights
charge contempt of Congress
consequence blacklisting from major Hollywood studios
imprisonment of members
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfActivity United States of America
surface form: United States
event HUAC hearings on alleged communist influence in Hollywood
field film industry
hasLanguage English
hasMember Adrian Scott NERFINISHED
Albert Maltz NERFINISHED
Alvah Bessie NERFINISHED
Dalton Trumbo NERFINISHED
Edward Dmytryk NERFINISHED
Herbert Biberman NERFINISHED
John Howard Lawson NERFINISHED
Lester Cole NERFINISHED
Ring Lardner Jr. NERFINISHED
Samuel Ornitz NERFINISHED
impact became symbol of resistance to political repression in the arts
intensified Hollywood blacklist practices
legacy debates over civil liberties and artistic freedom in the United States
legalOutcome conviction for contempt of Congress
legislativeBodyInvolved House Un-American Activities Committee NERFINISHED
locationOfActivity Hollywood NERFINISHED
media motion pictures
notableFor being blacklisted in Hollywood
refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee
occupation film directors
film producers
screenwriters
politicalContext McCarthy-era anti-communism
Second Red Scare NERFINISHED
refused to answer questions about alleged Communist Party membership
to name other alleged communists in Hollywood
relatedTo American anti-communism
Hollywood blacklist NERFINISHED
Red Scare NERFINISHED
subjectOf books on McCarthyism and film history
documentaries about the Hollywood blacklist
timePeriod late 1940s
year 1947

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Dalton Trumbo memberOf Hollywood Ten
Ring Lardner Jr. memberOf Hollywood Ten
Leo Penn politicalEvent Hollywood Ten
this entity surface form: Hollywood blacklist
Trumbo portrays Hollywood Ten