The Hollywood Ten
This article is about the 1950 American documentary. For the ten 1947 Hollywood blacklistees, see Hollywood blacklist.
| The Hollywood Ten | |
|---|---|
 Promotional image | |
| Directed by | John Berry |
| Produced by | John Berry |
| Written by | John Berry |
| Narrated by | Colin Chandler |
| Distributed by | The Criterion Collection |
Release dates |
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Running time | 15 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Hollywood Ten is a 1950 American 16mm short documentary film. In the film, each member of the Hollywood Ten made a short speech denouncing McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklisting.
The film was directed by John Berry. Berry was blacklisted upon the film's release, and unable to find work, he left for France.[1]
The documentary is available on the DVD releases of Spartacus[2] and Salt of the Earth.
Featuring
- Herbert J. Biberman
- Lester Cole
- Edward Dmytryk
- Ring Lardner Jr.
- John Howard Lawson
- Albert Maltz
- Samuel Ornitz
- Adrian Scott
- Dalton Trumbo
- Alvah Bessie
Release
The Hollywood Ten was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as a part of the "Carte Blache" series.[3]
References
- ↑ The Hollywood Ten on the Ironweed web site. Archived April 25, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ The Criterion Collection. Spartacus (1960). Accessed: June 28, 2013.
- ↑ McCarthy, Todd (1993-11-04). "Berry career inevitably comes back to the blacklist". Variety. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
External links
- The Hollywood Ten at the Internet Movie Database
- The Hollywood Ten bios at University of California, Berkeley, Library
- John Berry's obituary in The Philadelphia Inquirer
- The Hollywood Ten trailer on YouTube
- The Hollywood Ten film on YouTube
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