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Alvah Cecil Bessie (June 4, 1904 – July 21, 1985) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the movie studios for being one of the Hollywood Ten who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Jul 24, 1985 · Alvah Bessie, a writer whose politics took him to Spain to fight in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War and years later to Washington, where he refused to...
Dec 16, 2009 · Alvah Bessie was one of the 10 Hollywood screenwriters and directors who defied the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 and denounced its anti-communist probe. He and the other Hollywood Ten were jailed, blacklisted and vilified for their actions during the Cold War.
Alvah Bessie (1904-1985) was a writer and actor who worked on films such as Objective, Burma! and Northern Pursuit. He was blacklisted during the McCarthy era and wrote a book about his experiences, Inquisition in Eden.
- Writer, Actor
- June 4, 1904
- Alvah Bessie
- July 21, 1985
- Alvah Bessie (1904 – 1985) The son of a New York businessman, Bessie joined Eugene O’Neill’s Provincetown Players as an actor after graduating from Columbia University.
- Herbert J. Biberman (1900 – 1971) Biberman began his career at age 28, directing plays and helping run the Theatre Guild in New York City. In 1935, he moved to Hollywood, where he graduated from dialogue director to writer to director of modest films, including Meet Nero Wolfe (1936), King of Chinatown (1939) and The Master Race (1944), an anti-Nazi film.
- Lester Cole (1904 – 1985) The child of Polish immigrants, Cole (ne Cohn) owed his political leanings to his Marxist father, who was a garment union organizer in New York City.
- Edward Dmytryk (1908 – 1999) Born in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Dmytryk was the second of four sons of Ukrainian immigrants. His father, a severe disciplinarian who bounced between jobs as truck driver, smelter worker and motorman, moved his family to San Francisco and then to Los Angeles.
Jul 24, 1985 · Alvah Bessie, an author and screenwriter and one of the ''Hollywood 10'' held in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions during hearings in 1947 into alleged Communist influence in...
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Oct 27, 2022 · These artists were blacklisted from the film industry and were sentenced by the government to serve a year in federal prison. The 10 individuals were Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Robert Adrian Scott and Dalton Trumbo.
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