Hollywood on Trial
The documentary analyzes a dark period in Hollywood's history due to the Red Scare of the 1940's and 1950's, when actors, writers and directors were persecuted and investigated by the House of Un-American Activities Committee after being considered suspects of committing Anti-American acts by preaching the Communism in their films and television shows.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Released
- 1976
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1976
Storyline
The documentary analyzes a dark period in Hollywood's history due to the Red Scare of the 1940's and 1950's, when actors, writers and directors were persecuted and investigated by the House of Un-American Activities Committee after being considered suspects of committing Anti-American acts by preaching the Communism in their films and television shows.
Top credits
Walter Bernstein — Self - Interviewee- Alvah Bessie — Self - Interviewee
- Lester Cole — Self - Interviewee
Howard Da Silva — Self - Interviewee
Awards
0 wins & 1 nomination
See all awards →Did you know
• The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was abolished in 1975. This documentary was made and first released in 1976, as was The Front (1976), a dramatic picture made about the McCarthy-era black-listing.
• Early in the film some documentary footage of Harlan County is shown. Ironically, this film lost the 1976 Best Documentary Oscar to Barbara Kopple's Harlan County U.S.A. (1976).
• Over 50 people were interviewed for the documentary.
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Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Black and White, Color
