Today in History

November 25, 1947

The Hollywood Ten

On November 25th, 1947, a group of Hollywood studio executives blacklisted and banned 10 individuals from employment for suspected Communist sympathies. The prior day, the Congress of the United States had cited these same individuals for contempt for refusing to give testimony to the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

Although defended vigorously by well-known personalities such as Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Danny Kaye, the blacklist grew in size and scope in a dark witch hunt-like frenzy.

The Hollywood Ten were composed mostly of screenwriters: Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo.

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