The Hollywood Ten

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This article is about the 1950 American documentary. For the ten 1947 Hollywood blacklistees, see Hollywood Ten.
The Hollywood Ten
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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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  • January 15, 1950 (1950-01-15) (United States)
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. After being named a communist by fellow director and former party member Edward Dmytryk,[1] one of the Hollywood Ten, and ex-Communist Party member Frank Tuttle,[2] Berry was unable to find work again in Hollywood after 1951, and left for France.[3]

The documentary is available on the DVD releases of Spartacus[4] and Salt of the Earth.

Featuring

Release

The Hollywood Ten was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as a part of the "Carte Blache" series.[5]

References

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  3. ↑ The Hollywood Ten on the Ironweed web site. Archived April 25, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ The Criterion Collection. Spartacus (1960). Accessed: June 28, 2013.
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