ON THIS DAY in 1905, screenwriter and member of “the Hollywood Ten” Dalton Trumbo was born. His refusal to testify about Communists in the film industry was depicted in the 2007 documentary, TRUMBO.
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ON THIS DAY in 1947, the “Hollywood Ten” were cited for contempt of Congress and blacklisted by movie studios after refusing to answer the House Un-American Activities Commission’s questions. The 1976 Martin Ritt film, THE FRONT, starring Woody Allen and Zero Mostel, dramatized the subsequent events surrounding the blacklist.
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