How Did The Red Scare Influence In Hollywood

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In October 1947, there were ten members of the Hollywood film industry that did not appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), which was an investigative committee of the House of Representatives The Hollywood Ten were Alvah Bessie, Herbert J. Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo.. The HUAC was investigating communist ideas and influence in America. The Hollywood ten did not appear before them because they did not agree with their tactics. After they did not appear, they got charged in contempt of congress, and were sent to prison for one year, and had to pay a fine of $1,000.
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He was blacklisted and a part of the Hollywood Ten. He was born on December 9, 1905 in Montrose, Colorado. His father Orus was a shoe-store clerk. When he was 3, his family moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, where he grew up. While there, he developed a taste for writing. He became a club reporter for the local paper. He continued his interest in writing at the University of Colorado. He then moved to Los Angeles where his family moved after he graduated high school. His father died a year later and he took a job at a bakery to help support his family. While he worked the job, he wrote short stories, which he never found a publisher for. While working his job, he attended the University of California and had many other jobs. In the 1930’s, Dalton started writing professionally. He published articles in magazines such as Saturday Evening Post, Vanity Fair and the Hollywood Spectator. He became the editor of Spectator in in 1934. Also in 1934, he became a script reader for Warner Bros. In 1935, he signed a contract to become a screenwriter for Warner Bros. In 1936, he wrote his first screenplay, Road Gang. In 1939, he married Cleo Fincher. They had 3 children. Dalton achieved his peak with the novel Johnny Got His Gun, which received a National Book Award and was adapted for screen, play, and