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He was placed on the Hollywood blacklist.
McCarthyism targeted suspected communists living in the United States. An anti-communist hysteria began to emerge in the U.S. in the 1950s that was fueled by Senator Joe McCarthy. .
Hollywood personalities & Communists.
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 industry was targeted as subversive and the individuals accused became known as the Hollywood ten.
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
McCarthyism -Apex
it is ironic because the point Miller was trying to make was the opposite of what at the time Hollywood thought. They were on McCarthys side.
they are during much different time periods. Mccarthyism took place during the 1940s, and the Salem witch trials took place in the 1640's.
McCarthyism started in the United States during the era time frame of 1950 to 1956. A time frame that is sometimes called the Second Red Scare.
Movie Industry
McCarthyism; Hollywood (California) scandals; neighbor's snitching on each other; some arrests; and then it out lived itself and faded away.