Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

Name: Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
Genre: Documentary
Released: 21 Oct 1987
Rating: 6.50
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Evelyn Keyes, Jane Wyatt, Sylvia Jarrico, Nikola Trumbo

This one-hour film, narrated by Actor BURT LANCASTER, explores the lingering effects of The Hollywood Blacklist, which occurred in the late forties and early fifties as part of the Anti-Communist witch-hunts that terrorized the nation. This film is seen through the eyes of the wives and children of the now deceased Hollywood figures whose careers were destroyed when studio bosses, along with guild and union officials capitulated to the demands of the House Un-American Activities Committee.

Genre: Documentary
Studio: One Step Productions
Keyword: anti-communism, hollywood, communism, usa history, radical politics, 1950s, government witch hunt
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Evelyn Keyes, Jane Wyatt, Sylvia Jarrico, Nikola Trumbo, Sadie Ornitz

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