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The Hollywood Ten
• The Hollywood blacklist was rooted in • Alvah Bessie, screenwriter
events of the 1930s and the early 1940s,
encompassing the height of the Great
Depression and World War II. Two major film • Lester Cole, screenwriter industry strikes during the 1930s increased
tensions between the Hollywood
producers and the unions, particularly • Ring Lardner Jr., screenwriter the Screen Writers Guild.
• Herbert Biberman, screenwriter and director • Edward Dmytryk, director
• The following ten individuals were cited for
contempt of Congress and blacklisted after • Samuel Ornitz, screenwriter
• John Howard Lawson, screenwriter
• Albert Maltz, screenwriter
refusing to answer questions about their
alleged involvement with the Communist
Party: • Dalton Trumbo, screenwriter
• Adrian Scott, producer and screenwriter