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Hollywood Ten, motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who refused to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee regarding their possible communist affiliations.
Members of the Hollywood Ten and their families in 1950, protesting the impending incarceration of the ten. The Hollywood blacklist was an entertainment industry blacklist put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States during the early years of the Cold War, in Hollywood and elsewhere.
Dec 16, 2009 · The Hollywood Ten were film professionals who denounced the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947, resulting in their blacklisting from the industry.
Nov 16, 2015 · Ten witnesses — all current or former party members — banded together in protest, refusing to cooperate on First Amendment grounds (freedom of speech, right of assembly, freedom of association)...
Mar 24, 2023 · Edward Dmytryk stands out among the Hollywood 10 for winning an Academy Award in 1948, after he was blacklisted.
Oct 26, 2022 · The group, who became known as the Hollywood Ten, were voted in contempt of Congress in November and sentenced to prison for six months to a year. They were blacklisted by the Hollywood studios.
The Hollywood Ten. In the fall of 1947, a group of ten prominent artists working in film who were to enter American history as the Hollywood Ten, were subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) as part of investigations into "the extent of Communist infiltration in the Hollywood motion picture industry."
Nov 13, 2009 · The “ Hollywood Ten ," as the men were known, are sentenced to one year in jail. The Supreme Court later upheld the contempt charges. The contempt charges stemmed from the refusal of the 10...
Hollywood Ten, motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who refused to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee regarding their possible communist affiliations.
Apr 27, 2023 · The Hollywood Ten at 75. Apr 13 – Apr 30, 2023. Seventy-five years ago, Hollywood entered one of its bleakest periods. In 1947, 10 Hollywood writers and directors famously refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and were held in contempt of Congress.
