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Jan 16, 2020 · Elia Kazan’s action in 1952 made him a pariah in some quarters of Hollywood, which was being riven by the McCarthy-era red-hunting. Numerous actors and writers saw their lives and livelihoods...
Apr 26, 2024 · His reputation as one of the most accomplished and influential American stage and film directors of the 1940s, ’50s, and early ’60s was clouded by his cooperation in 1952 with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), to which he “named names,” identifying fellow artists as members of the Communist Party.
Kazan testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in 1952, during the postwar era that journalist Michael Mills calls "arguably the most controversial period in Hollywood history".
Dec 10, 2014 · In 1952, when Elia Kazan gave the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) the names of eight actors who had been members with him of a Communist Party unit in the Group Theatre, he committed an act that would cloud his reputation for the rest of his life.
Apr 2, 2014 · Director Elia Kazan is best known for his successes on stage and in film, including 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' 'On the Waterfront' and 'East of Eden.'
Apr 10, 2021 · The noted theater and film director Elia Kazan on this day named eight people who he had known to have been members of the Communist Party in testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
Sep 3, 2003 · He defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in 1956, and refused, unlike Kazan, to name those whom he knew to be “fellow travelers.” For this he was held in contempt of...
