During the 1940s and 1950s there was a "witch hunt" against so called communists in America, led by Joseph McCarthy. In 1947 the House Un-American Activities Committee started an investigation of suspected Communists in the film industry. The investigation ruined hundreds of careers and tarnished hundreds of reputations. The Committee gained publicity by calling upon ... and socially. Those who were on the blacklist were not given job opportunities and many of their friends and family shunned. Many of those suspected were government workers, college professors, playwrights, Hollywood screenw...

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