THE BLACKLIST



Unions
■Screen Writers Guild (SWG)
–seperation
–approval
–Credits
–American Author‘s Authority (AAA)
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HUAC
■House Un-American Activities Committee
■Committee for the First Amendement
■Waldorf statement
■Clearance
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COMMITTEE FOR THE 1ST AMENDMENT
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The Hollywood Ten
■originally 19
■then 11
■B. Brecht leaves the USA
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DALTON TRUMBO
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THE GREYLIST
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Häkchen
CLEARANCE
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Black Market
■Front
■Pseudonym (pen-name, alias)
■since 1951 (2. wave of hearings) no chance to work for the studios
■independent production
■television
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Trumbo
■last screenplay before the blacklist: 75.000 $
■first offer an day of HUAC hearing:
– 3.750 $ (Gun Crazy, King Brothers)
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The End of the Blacklist
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■1957: Friendly Persuasion Michael Wilson Nomination
■1957: The Brave One wins Oscar (Robert Rich = Dalton Trumbo)
■1958 Bridge Over River Kwai Nomination (Carl Forman, Michael Wilson)
■1959: The Defiant Ones  Nomination (Nathan E. Douglas = Ned Young)
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End of the blacklist
■Problems with the Academy Awards
■War in Korea is over
■Vice President Nixon tells Kirk Douglas that the blacklist is an issue to be solved by Hollywood,
not by the White House
■Payment for (some) blacklisted screenwriters is nearly at pare-huac level
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SPARTACUS AND EXODUS
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Trumbo
■Before 1947: Kitty Foyle, Tender Comrade, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo,
■Blacklist: Gun Crazy, Roman Holiday, The Brave One, Terror in a Texas Town
■After the list: Spartacus, Exodus, Lonely Are the Brave, Sandpiper, Hawaii, Johnny Got His Gun,
Papillon
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HUAC Conclusion
■Why screenwriters?
■Consequences
■Films before 1947:
■„russian“ film (Mission to Moscow, Song of Russia)
■Social Consciousness Filme: Crossfire, Grapes of Wrath,
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Cont.
■Films after 1947: anti-communist films
■different content: different representation of women, working class and Afro-Americans
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