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Dalton Trumbo
He was an award-winning screenwriter/novelist but had joined the communist party before the 1940s. He wasn't awarded much until later on in the years after people got over him being a communist. -
Red Scare
The "Red Scare" is a scare for an uprising of communism. It refers to the Red Flags which is a symbol for communism. The first sight of this was after World War 1. -
Marilyn Monroe
She was an American Actress in the 1950s and early 1960s. She was one of the most famous sex symbols and changed the way people looked at sexuality. She also was suspected to have communist ties but no one could find enough evidence to bring her in. -
HUAC Committee
HUAC stands for House Un-American Activities Committee. This was a committee established to spy on the public employees, private citizens, and other organizations that were thought to have any communist ties or acts of communism. -
McCarthyism
This is a practice of making accusations of treason by being a communist or having communist ties without proper evidence to support your accusation. -
Robert De Niro
He had one Golden Globe award and two Academy Awards for his acting/producing. He was guilty by suspicion of being apart of the communist but he also was an actor in a communist movie that was created. -
Hollywood Ten Blacklist
This was where 10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters were placed in front of the HUAC Committee to answer for there crimes of having possible communist affiliations. They refused to answer any of the questions from HUAC and spent time in jail. -
Nick Nolte
He won a Golden Globe award for best actor in the film of the Prince of Tides. He had once been apart of the communist party but eventually left it. -
The Crucible
The Crucible is a play that was represented as the government and how they would kill or crucify people who were suspected to be communists. This play was in many theatres all around the world -
Lifetime Achievement Award of 1974 & 1999
The person in 1974 who was awarded would've been James Cagney who the FBI had suspicions of his communist activities. In 1999 the people who were awarded were Billie Nelson, Bee Gees, Mitch Miller, John Lee Hooker, Woodie Guthrie, and Harry Belafonte. They were all along with the ones who were suspected communists.
