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NameInstructorCourse/NumberDateIntroductionThe Hollywood Blacklist refers to a list of American professional entertainers disallowed from participating in the entertainment industry. Actors, musicians, screenwriters, producers and directors were banned from working due to their supposed association or sympathizing with the American Communist Party. Other causes for the banning included engagement in political actions linked with communism, and failure to help in investigating the Communist Party activities."The Hollywood Blacklist"The blacklist arose from the 1940s anticommunists pursue targeting several high-ranking Hollywood professionals (Rose 401). ...view middle of the document...
The arrests did not proof that the professionals were communist sympathizers. HUAC hearings lacked sufficient evidence. Nevertheless, the committee was influential in transforming the media industry. Filmmakers refrained from publishing any information linked to communism due to fear of being included in the "Hollywood blacklist" (Dick 223). A majority of the communist sympathizers remained silent and some were incapable of getting employment in the US media industry. However, some of the professionals blacklisted progressed to work secretly using fictitious names or their friends' names (Dick 12). More people were included in the blacklist as the HUAC committee progressed to target more film producers. Thus, more professionals became jobless for years. The blacklist ended in 1960, following the public acknowledgement of Dalton Trumbo as the screenwriter of Spartacus (Dick 216).Dalton Trumbo was among the "Hollywood ten". He was a legendary US screenwriter who won academy awards despite being blacklisted. Trumbo, unlike most of the filmmakers that were blacklisted, was able to progress with his involvement in the film industry (Dick 215). He started his profession as a writer with several of his articles featuring in famous publicati...