Mainland China (even though we were helping to Mao Zedongs Communist army gains control of.the Soviet Union tests an atomic bomb (earlier.The Motion Picture Association of America issued.Given jail sentences of six to 12 months each,īrecht having left the country the day after his Them that right and protection, the Ten were That the First Amendment of the Constitution gave German dramatist Bertolt Brechtwere charged withĬontempt of Congress for refusing to co-operate Nor shall be compelled in any criminal case toĬollectively as 'the Hollywood Ten', plus the Refused to cooperate, citing 5th amendment rights 10 of the first entertainment industry witnesses.The Communist Party of the United States? Have you now or have you ever been a member of Weeks Bentley identified more than 80 people she Investigation and offered to provide informationĪbout a Soviet spy ring. In 1945 Elizabeth Bentley, a former member of theĪmerican Communist Party, walked into the New.Producers, directors and writers were Communistsĭated back at least to 1940, when the thenĬhairman of (HUAC), Martin Dies, claimed thatĬommunists were in positions of influence in Allegations that film stars and leading.1938 began investigating communism in the Federal.Started by investigating the activities of.Became the most prominent and active government.House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) After WW II he participates actively in liberalĬauses that come under increasing suspicion as.Various leftist efforts to improve conditions in In the 1940s, Miller had become impressed by.His third play was Death of a Salesman. Which received the NY Drama Critics Circle Award, His second produced play was All My Sons (1947),.His first play wasnt very good (had only 4.After college, he worked in radio in NYC, writing.Pretty amazing, as he had only seen two plays in Playshis first play won an award, which is He works odd jobs to save up money to go to
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