Red Scare
The Red Scare and the Hollywood Blacklist
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tjames
In 1947, the House Committee on Un-American Activities summoned film workers to Washington, as they believed that Soviet agents might be planting Communist propaganda in films.
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Augusta1
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The Hollywood Ten were convicted of contempt when they refused to testify before the committee, on the grounds that the proceedings were unconstitutional.
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