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Dalton Trumbo, January 1, 1947
Image Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images American author and screenwriter Dalton Trumbo exits an airplane at La Guardia Airport in New York. Trumbo arrived in New York from Los Angeles en route to Washington, D.C., where he was scheduled to surrender himself after refusing to tell the House on Un-American Activities whether he was a Communist.
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HUAC probe witnesses, October 20, 1947
Image Credit: Getty Among the Hollywood personnel who were subpoeneaed as witnesses for the House Un-American Activities Committee Hearings are, front L-R: Robert Kenny and Bartley Crum, attorneys for the group; Robert Rossen,Director; Waldo Salt, writer; Larry Parks, actor; Edward Dymtryk and Irving Rachel, directors; Adrian Scott, producer. Back L-R: unidentified lady and man; spectators; Ring Lardner Jr., his wife and Richard Collins. Lardner and Collins are writers.
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MPAA president Eric Johnston and Louis B. Mayer, October 20, 1947
Image Credit: NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images Eric Johnston, left, President of The Motion Picture Association of America, and MGM President Louis B. Mayer listen to testimony of Jack Warner of Warner Bros.
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House Un-American Activities Committee in Action, October 20, 1947
Image Credit: Getty Scene in the Caucus Room of the House Office Building as the House Un-American Activities Committee opened its investigation into alleged communist activities in the movie industry
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Jack Warner, attorney Paul McNutt and Louis B. Mayer, October 20, 1947
Image Credit: Getty From left: Jack Warner of Warner Bros. Studios; MPAA attorney Paul McNutt and MGM President Louis B. Mayer listen to opening statements at public hearing of the House of Un-American Activities Committee, which charged that communists have had “considerable success” in gaining entry to the motion picture industry.
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Louis B. Mayer swearing-in, October 20, 1947
Image Credit: G. Bradford Kress/Getty Louis B. Mayer, president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is sworn in as the third witness at the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings
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Hollywood filmmakers gather for HUAC Inquiry, October 27, 1947
Image Credit: G.B. Kress/Getty The group of Hollywood writers and producers summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee in probe of communism in the film city, are shown as they left the investigation late today. Front row: Lewis Milestone, Dalton Trumbo, John H. Lawson, who was cited for contempt, and Bartley Crum, attorney for witnesses. Center row: Gordon Kahn, Irving Pichel, Edward Dmytryk, Robert Rossen. Top row: Waldo Salt, Richard Collins, Howard Koch and Albert Maltz; Herbert Biberman; Lester Cole and Ring Lardner, Jr., writers and Martin Popper, another attorney for the group.
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Dalton Trumbo at House Hearings, October 28, 1947
Image Credit: Getty Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo refused to tell the House Un-American Activities Committee whether he was a Communist and was ordered to leave the witness stand.
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Two of the Hollywood Ten, October 29, 1947
Image Credit: New York Times Co./Getty Images Film producer and director Herbert Biberman, left, and screenwriter Samuel Ornitz talk after being cited for contempt for refusing to answer questions before the HUAC
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Herbert J. Biberman testifies, October 29, 1947
Image Credit: Getty Screenwriter Herbert J. Biberman was cited for contempt of Congress by the House of Un-American Activities Committee after refusing to state whether he is a Communists. T
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Ring Lardner Jr. after testimony, October 30, 1947
Image Credit: Getty Reluctant witnesses Ring Lardner Jr., is escorted form the witness stand at the House Un-American Activities Committee hearing after refusing to state whether he was a Communist.
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Ring Lardner Jr. testifies, October 31, 1947
Image Credit: Getty Screenwriter Ring Lardner, Jr. testifying against charges of being a communist during a hearing of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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Nine who refused HUAC Red-baiting, December 12, 1947
Image Credit: Getty Nine of ten Hollywood writers, directors, and producers cited for contempt of Congress, await fingerprinting in the U.S. Marshal’s office after they surrendered. From left: Robert Scott, Edward Dmytryk, Samuel Ornitz, Lester Cole, Herbert Biberman, Albert Waltz, Alvah Bessie, John Lawson, and Ring Lardner, Jr. Dalton Trumbo is scheduled to appear shortly. These are the men refused to state whether or not they are Communists when questioned by the HUAC in Washington, DC.
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Hollywood writers and producers on courthouse steps, January 9, 1948
Image Credit: Getty Among those who pleaded not guilty to contempt of Congress charges, from left, 1st and 2nd rows, inclusive: Director Producer Herbert Biberman; Writer Dalton Trumbo; Attorney Martin Popper; Writer John Lawson; Attorney Robert W. Kenny; Writers Alva Bessie; Albert Malz, Samuel Ornitz and Lester Cole. In the rear, left to right, are: Writer Ring Lardner, Jr.; Director Edward Dmytryk, and Producer Adrian Scott.
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Bessie Alvah, Ring Lardner, Jr., and Edward Dmytryk at train station, January 13, 1948
Image Credit: Getty Lawsuits challenging the right of Hollywood Studios to suspend them for refusing to tell a Congressional Committee whether they ever had been members of the Communist Party, were filed here by two writers and a director/producer. From left are Edward Dmytryk, Alvah Bessie and Ring Lardner Jr.
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Dalton Trumbo and his attorney, May 5, 1948
Image Credit: Getty Dalton Trumbo, right, film writer, was found guilty in Federal Court of Contempt of Congress for refusing to tell House Un-American Activities Subcommittee whether he ever belonged to the Communist Party. Trumbo shakes hands with his attorney, Charles H. Houston, after being released on bail pending appeal.
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Dalton Trumbo mugshot, June 9, 1950
Image Credit: courtesy Bureau of Prisons/Getty Images Writer Dalton Trumbo’s booking photo
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John Howard and Dalton Trumbo, June 1, 1950
Image Credit: New York Times Co./Getty Images Film writers John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo leave a federal court handcuffed together to begin serving one-year contempt of court sentences for refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo Boarding Jail Bus, 9 June 1950
Image Credit: Getty Hollywood writers John Howard Lawson (left) and Dalton Trumbo enter van to be taken to D.C. jail after they were sentenced to one year in custody and fined $1,000 each for contempt of Congress.
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Ring Lardner Jr. and Lester Cole at Capitol, June 22, 1950
Image Credit: Getty Two of the “Hollywood Ten” writers facing trial for contempt: Ring Lardner, Jr., left, and Lester Cole
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Hollywood Writers Go On Trial, 20 June 1950
Image Credit: Getty Images Seven Hollywood writers and directors arrive at District Court, where five will go on trial for contempt of Congress. Trial of the other two will began the next day. From left: Samuel Ornitz, Ring Lardner Jr., Albert Maltz, Alvah Bessie, Lester Cole, Herbert Bieberman and Edward Dmytryk.
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Hollywood writers awaiting decision on contempt charges, June 20, 1950
Image Credit: Getty From left to right: Edward Dmytryk, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Alvan Bessie and Herbert Biberman gather to await a federal court’s ruling on whether they must go to jail for contempt of Congress.
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Hollywood protesters at Lincoln Memorial, June 23, 1950
Image Credit: Getty Seven of the Hollywood Ten sign a peace petition at the Lincoln Statue outside U.S. District Court. The petition called for the outlawing of atomic warfare and was circulated by the World Congress of Peace Partisans. From left: Alvah Bessie, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Herbert Biberman, Ring Lardner, Jr., Lester Cole and Edward Dmytryk.
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Hollywood protesters inside courthouse, June 29, 1950
Image Credit: Getty Four Of Hollywood Ten head off to jail. In front are Albert Maltz, left and Ring Lardner Jr., who are hundcuffd together. Behind them are Alvah Bessie, left, and Lester Cole. They were sentenced to serve one year each and each was fined $1,000.
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Ring Lardner Jr. mugshot, June 29, 1950
Image Credit: Bureau of Prisons/Getty Images Ring Lardner Jr.’s booking photo
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