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November 1976. ( 1976-11) Running time. 105 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Hollywood on Trial is a 1976 American documentary film directed by David Helpern.
Hollywood on Trial: Directed by David Helpern. With Walter Bernstein, Alvah Bessie, Lester Cole, Howard Da Silva. The documentary analyzes a dark period in Hollywood's history due to the Red Scare of the 1940's and 1950's, when actors, writers and directors were persecuted and investigated by the House of Un-American Activities Committee after being considered suspects of committing Anti-American acts by preaching the Communism in their films and television shows.
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- Documentary
- David Helpern
- 1976-11
A detailed look at the events leading up to the blacklisting of Hollywood writers and artists. In October 1947 nineteen Hollywood personalities were subpoenaed by the House Committee on Un-American Activities to testify about their knowledge or possible involvement in the American Communist Party.
- David Helpern
- 5
- John Huston
Watch trailer. Genres: Documentary. Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes. Availability: Limited + Show. Is our First Amendment right as protected as we think? Telling the story of the Hollywood 10, this classic documentary explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee was able to summon before it American citizens of the motion picture ...
Oct 18, 2017 · Hollywood on Trial gives a sample of his rhetoric in archival footage, but traces the attacks on the entertainment industry to the years before World War II, when the conservative Democratic Congressman Martin Dies led HUAC in efforts to curtail the Federal Theater Project - a Depression-era enterprise giving employment to stage artists - by accusing participants of expressing left-wing views. Other developments paving the way for anti-communist extremism included the labor struggles of the ...
Summaries. The documentary analyzes a dark period in Hollywood's history due to the Red Scare of the 1940's and 1950's, when actors, writers and directors were persecuted and investigated by the House of Un-American Activities Committee after being considered suspects of committing Anti-American acts by preaching the Communism in their films ...
Hollywood on Trial. 1976 · 1 hr 42 min. TV-PG. Documentary. Members of Hollywood and the motion picture industry suffer through accusations of communism and blacklists during the Red Scare of the ‘40s and ‘50s. Subtitles: English. Starring: Walter Bernstein Alvah Bessie Lester Cole. Directed by: David Helpern.
