Hollywood on Trial

United States, 1976

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In 1947, the House of Un-American Activities Committee came to Los Angeles to investigate communism in the motion picture industry. This feature-length documentary details the hysteria and paranoia of the blacklist years which deeply divided America and Hollywood. This was a time of the Red Scare, loyalty checks and Joseph McCarthy, of the Hollywood Ten and the Motion Picture Alliance for the preservation of American Ideals, of film union wars and anti-communist movies - a time that America and Hollywood would like to forget.

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Credits

producer

James Gutman

production company

Cinema Associates

director

David Helpern Jr

Duration

01:41:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1976

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302289

Language

English

Audience classification

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - History

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → United States - Politics and government

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Paranoia

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Paranoia

History → Communism - United States

History → United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities

People → McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1624947

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