71: The Blacklist Part 1: The Prehistory of the Blacklist

71: The Blacklist Part 1: The Prehistory of t...

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72: The Blacklist Part 2: Crossfire – The Trials of the Hollywood Ten

In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee subpoenaed dozens of Hollywood workers to come to Washington and testify to the presence of Communists in the film industry. 19 of those who were subpoenaed announced that they wouldn't co-operate with the Committee; of those 19 ...  Show more

73: The Blacklist Part 3: Dorothy Parker

The New Yorker columnist, poet and celebrated Algonquin Roundtable wit spent years in Hollywood, working as a screenwriter in partnership with her second husband, Alan Campbell, and contributing to important films such as the original A Star is Born and Alfred Hitchcock’s Saboteu ...  Show more

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