The first systematic Hollywood blacklist was instituted on November 25, 1947, the day after ten screenwriters and directors were cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The ten men – Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott and Dalton Trumbo – had been subpoenaed by the committee in late September.
The Congressional action prompted a group of studio executives, acting under the aegis of the Association of Motion Picture Producers, to suspend without pay these ten film artists – initially labeled “The Unfriendly Ten” but soon changed to “The Hollywood Ten. Many of them had been accused, without evidence, by other Hollywood leaders of being communists or communist sympathizers. Among them, Walt Disney asserted that the threat of Communists in the film industry was a serious one, and he named specific ex-employees as probable Communists.
Most of the Hollywood Ten served time in prison and were unable to find work for years until the blacklist began to crack in the sixties and seventies.
“The Hollywood Ten” stand with their attorneys outside district court in Washington, D.C. before arraignment on contempt of Congress charges. The ten were charged for refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee. (Front row, L-R): Herbert Biberman, attorney Martin Popper, attorney Robert W. Kenny, Albert Maltz and Lester Cole. (Second row, L-R): Dalton Trumbo, John Howard Lawson, Alvah Bessie and Samuel Ornitz. (Top row, L-R): Ring Lardner Jr., Edward Dmytryk and Adrian Scott.
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