"Hollywood Ten"

The "Hollywood Ten" were a group of writers and directors who refused to testify in front of the HUAC for their affiliation with CPUSA (Communist Party USA).  They were jailed under contempt of Congress for refusing to "name names" of people who were thought to be communist.  They were then blacklisted from Hollywood for years.

Herbert Biberman, Screenwriter and Director

Alvah Bessie, Screewriter

Adrian Scott, Screewriter and Film Producer

Albert Maltz, Author and Screenwriter

Lester Cole, Screenwriter

Samuel Ornitz, Screenwriter

Ring Lardner Jr., Journalist and Screenwriter

Edward Dmytryk, Director

Dalton Trumbo, Screenwriter and Novelist

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John Howard Lawson, Writer