The Rising Fear of Communism

The Rising Fear of Communism

·  Following WWII, America feared a spread of communism, primarily from the Soviet Union

·  1948 – Czechoslovakia comes under Soviet control

·  The Soviets blockaded Berlin and Communist North Korea was established

·  1949 – Atomic bomb!

·  1950 – Communist China!

McCarthyism and the “Red Scare”

·  Republican Senator from Wisconsin who, in 1950, claimed he had a list of 205 communists working in the State Department.

·  Led the House Committee on Un-American Activities or HUAC (or, rarely, HCUA) (1945-1975). It was an investigating committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is often referred to as the House Un-American Activities Committee.

·  Under heavy suspicion were the artists, writers, and university professors.

·  McCarthy's intimidation spanned several years; however, by 1954, the Senate voted 67-22 to condemn McCarthy.

The "Hollywood Ten"

1.  Alvah Bessie, screenwriter

2.  Herbert Biberman, screenwriter, director

3.  Lester Cole, screenwriter

4.  Edward Dmytryk, director

5.  Ring Lardner, Jr, journalist, screenwriter

6.  John Howard Lawson, writer

7.  Albert Maltz, author, screenwriter

8.  Samuel Ornitz , screenwriter

9.  Adrian Scott, screenwriter, film producer

10.  Dalton Trumbo, screenwriter, novelist

Other Blacklisted Artists

·  Allen Adler, screenwriter

·  Larry Adler, actor, musician

·  Edgar Barrier, actor

·  Orson Bean, actor

·  Barbara Bel Geddes, actress

·  Herschel Bernardi, actor

·  Walter Bernstein, screenwriter

·  John Berry, actor, screenwriter, director

·  Marc Blitzstein, composer

·  Allen Boretz, songwriter

·  Phoebe Brand, actress

·  Bertolt Brecht, screenwriter

·  Lloyd Bridges, actor

·  J. Edward Bromberg, actor

·  Sidney Buchman, screenwriter

·  Hugo Butler, screenwriter

·  Morris Carnovsky, actor

·  Jerome Chodorov, writer

·  Aaron Copland, composer

·  Jeff Corey, actor

·  John Cromwell director

·  Jules Dassin, director

·  Roger De Koven, actor

·  Paul Draper, actor, dancer

·  Hanns Eisler, composer

·  Cy Endfield, screenwriter, director

·  John Henry Faulk, radio personality

·  Jerry Fielding, composer

·  Carl Foreman, producer, screenwriter

·  John Garfield, actor

·  Betty Garrett, actress

·  Will Geer, actor

·  Jack Gilford, actor

·  Bernard Gordon, screenwriter

·  Lloyd Gough, actor

·  Lee Grant, actress

·  Dashiell Hammett, writer

·  Sterling Hayden, actor

·  Lillian Hellman, playwright

·  Marsha Hunt, actress

·  Sidney Kingsley, playwright

·  Sam Jaffe, actor

·  Paul Jarrico, producer, screenwriter

·  Gordon Kahn, screenwriter

·  Pert Kelton, actress

·  Victor Kilian, actor

·  Howard Koch, screenwriter, actor

·  Alexander Knox, actor

·  Arthur Laurents, writer

·  Marc Lawrence, actor

·  John Howard Lawson, writer

·  Canada Lee, actor

·  Robert Lees, screenwriter

·  Louise Lewis, actress

·  Philip Loeb, actor

·  Joseph Losey, director

·  Arnold Manoff, screenwriter

·  Robert A. McGowan, screenwriter, director

·  Arthur Miller, playwright

·  Karen Morley, actress

·  Zero Mostel, actor

·  Jean Muir, actress

·  Clifford Odets, writer

·  Dorothy Parker, writer

·  Larry Parks, actor

·  Leo Penn, actor

·  Abraham Polonsky, screenwriter, director

·  John Randolph, actor

·  Maurice Rapf, screenwriter

·  Anne Revere, actress

·  Rosaura Revueltas, actress

·  Frederic I. Rinaldo, screenwriter

·  Martin Ritt, actor, director

·  Paul Robeson, actor, singer

·  Brian Eubanks,lawyer

·  Edward G. Robinson, actor

·  Edwin Rolfe, poet

·  Robert Rossen, screenwriter

·  Jean Rouverol, actress, writer

·  Waldo Salt, screenwriter

·  Pete Seeger, folk singer

·  Irwin Shaw, writer

·  Joshua Shelley, actor

·  Howard Da Silva, actor

·  Gale Sondergaard, actress

·  Lionel Stander, actor

·  Frank Tarloff, screenwriter

·  Dorothy Tree, actress

·  Louis Untermeyer, poet

·  Orson Welles, actor, writer, director

·  Michael Wilson, screenwriter

·  Richard N. Wright, writer

·  Nedrick Young, actor, screenwriter