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Nov 21, 2002 · Alfred Lewis Levitt, a Hollywood screenwriter who was blacklisted for his involvement with the Communist Party, died Saturday in Los Angeles of heart failure. He was 87.
Alfred Lewis Levitt (June 3, 1916 – November 16, 2002) was an American film and television screenwriter. He attended New York University, and served in a camera unit of the United States Air Force during the Second World War.
Alfred Lewis Levitt was a victim of the Hollywood Blacklist during the 1950s, which adversely affected many people in Hollywood, and screenwriters in particular. The documents reveal some of Levitt's thoughts about the impact of the Blacklist.
Description. Alfred Lewis Levitt was a victim of the Hollywood Blacklist during the 1950s, which adversely affected many people in Hollywood, and screenwriters in particular. This statement ghostwritten by Levitt for an actor, Fred "Smith," to read during a fundraiser reveals the fear and an anxiety that came with a subpoena from HUAC. Type. text.
Nov 22, 2002 · LOS ANGELES -- Alfred Lewis Levitt, 87, a Hollywood screenwriter who was blacklisted in the 1950s for his involvement with the Communist Party, died here Nov. 16 after a heart attack. Mr....
Original Credit: Written by Jack Jevne and Lewis Meltzer and Robert Blees. (1955) Corrected Credit: Written by Jean Rouverol & Hugo Butler and Lewis Meltzer and Robert Blees.
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Alfred Lewis Levitt was a screenwriter who was blacklisted during the 1950s for his involvement with the Communist Party. Born June 3, 1916 in the Bronx, New York, he began his writing career as the sports editor for the school paper at New York University’s Bronx campus.
