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The Hollywood Ten (1950)

15m

Running Time

The Hollywood Ten (1950)

Name: The Hollywood Ten
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1950-01-15

15m

Running Time

Plot.

A brief look at The Hollywood Ten, a group of screenwriters and directors charged with contempt of court after challenging the House Un-American Activities Committee and their controversial and self-incriminatory questions during the red scare. With that act of defiance, they were sentenced to one year in prison simply for speaking their minds and exercising their constitutional rights as concerned citizens. This is their story, their version of the facts, and their opinions.

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Cast & Crew.

J. Parnell Thomas

Self

Albert Maltz

Self

Lester Cole

Self

Samuel Ornitz

Self

Adrian Scott

Self

Alvah Bessie

Self

Edward Dmytryk

Self

Ring Lardner, Jr.

Self

John Howard Lawson

Self

Herbert J. Biberman

Self

Dalton Trumbo

Self

Lauren Bacall

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Conte

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Berry

Director / Writer

Nicolas Hayer

Director of Photography

Humphrey Bogart

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 15, 1950

Status
Released

Running Time
15m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2023-11-12

Wiki.

The Hollywood Ten is a 1950 American 16mm short documentary film. In the film, each member of the Hollywood Ten made a short speech denouncing McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklisting.

The film was directed by John Berry. After being named a communist by fellow director and former party member Edward Dmytryk, one of the Hollywood Ten, and by ex-Communist Party member Frank Tuttle, Berry was unable to find work again in Hollywood after 1951, and left for France.The documentary is available on the DVD releases of Spartacus and Salt of the Earth.