1. The Hollywood BlacklistClorissa LepeJared ZuanichJeannette Castro

2. The Hollywood Ten As the fear of Communism and its spread into the United States. With therise of unions and other liberal institutions in the entertainment industrythat where thought to have communist ties, the government beganturning its attention to the links, real and imagined, between Hollywoodand the party. 1947 - The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) began tosummon certain Hollywood entertainment professionals on the suspicionthat their work included Communist propaganda. The Hollywood Ten were mainly screenwriters as well as actors, director,and producers who refused to answer the question "Are you now or haveyou ever been a member of the Communist Party? citing their FirstAmendment rights. These people where cited for contempt. The Waldorf Statement - The Motion PictureAssociation of America (MPAA) thenannounced that they would be fired anddenied work. This was the First Blacklist. 3. The Hollywood Ten 1947https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJzV6-wJ3SQ 4. The Blacklist Grows The HUAC was unable to produce any evidence ofcommunist intentions through propaganda, or otherwiseduring their hearings. The Hollywood Ten all received one year in jail for contempt.This is because they would not cooperate with the HUAC andtheir investigations. One of the Ten, Director Edward Dmytryk then confessed thathe was a communist and was released early. He testifiedabout his membership, then named names, and recoveredhis career. Many nongovernmental organizations enforced andexpanding the blacklist. They pressured the entertainmentindustry to exclude those of political sympathies theydisagreed with. 5. The Blacklist Grows People were forced to sign loyalties or asked tospy on coworkers and where afraid to speak outagainst these aggressions. Many of those who didwere slandered and sometimes blacklisted. In 1951, with the U.S. Congress now underDemocratic control, HUAC launched a secondinvestigation of Hollywood and Communism. In these mass hearings, people who had past Communist affiliations were compelled not only to testify about their own activities but also to "name names" of others who had also participated. Many witnesses were willing tohttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FN98eHvI0Yg/TO126PCklfI/AAAAAA discuss their own activities but refused to nameAABy4/HsNZQw9beh0/s1600/Huac.jpg names. After the Supreme Court ruled that individuals could not invoke theFifth Amendment if they had already testified about themselves,witnesses had to choose between explaining their own past actionsand being compelled to implicate other people. 6. The Blacklist Grows Witnesses were expected to state that they had been misled orconfused in the past and were now regretful. They could prove theirsincerity by naming others who had been with them in Communistorganizations or at Communist functions. In 1951, with the U.S. Congress now under Democratic control, HUAClaunched a second investigation of Hollywood and Communism. In these mass hearings, people who had past Communist affiliationswere compelled not only to testify about their own activities but also to"name names" of others who had also participated. Many witnesseswere willing to discuss their own activities but refused to name names. After the Supreme Court ruled that individuals could not invoke the FifthAmendment if they had already testified about themselves, witnesseshad to choose between explaining their own past actions and beingcompelled to implicate other people. Witnesses were expected to state that they had been misled orconfused in the past and were now regretful. They could prove theirsincerity by naming others who had been with them in Communistorganizations or at Communist functions. 7. The Blacklists Victims In 1952 Charlie Chaplin was exiled formthe country while on a trip back toEngland. His Visa had been revoked; hedecided not to fight it. He only returnedonce, and that was in 1972 to accept hisAcademy Award. As the Hollywood blacklist continuedstrong into the mid 1950s, The ScreenWriters Guild gave permission for moviestudios to leave out the names of thosewho had not been cleared byCongressional investigations, and thosehttp://chaplin-gifs.tumblr.com/ already on the blacklist. It was difficult for blacklisters so shake the stigma even afterthey were cleared and many of them never came back tothe industry. Toward the end of the 1950s, certain blacklisters began toget work in the industry again mostly under pseudonyms orused the names of friends as fronts. 8. The Blacklist Ends John Henry Faulk was a key figure to ending theblacklist. Faulk was blacklisted and was fired by CBS forbeing an alleged communist sympathizer. His radio andtelevision career destroyed. Faulk sued, and in 1962 thecourts ruled in his favor. His successful lawsuit against blacklisters of theentertainment industry helped to bring an end tothe Hollywood blacklist. In 1960, Kirk Douglas credited blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo, of the Hollywood Ten, as the movies writer, using Trumbos real name. Currently, The Writers Guild has gone back and given credit to all who helped in movies where their names were taken out. 9. The Hollywood Blacklist Works Citedhttp://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1850.htmlhttp://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/mccarthy/blacklist.htmlhttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FN98eHvI0Yg/TO126PCklfI/AAAAAAAABy4/HsNZQw9beh0/s1600/Huac.jpghttp://www.kingsacademy.com/mhodges/03_The-World-since-1900/09_The-Cold-War/pictures/EVN-440-1_Hollywood-protests-HUACs-actions.jpghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJzV6-wJ3SQhttp://www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/30/reviews/chaplin-obit.htmlhttp://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/faulkner_john/ 10. 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