The film chronicles the 1947 hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee, with a focus on the Hollywood Ten directors, screenwriters and producers cited for contempt of Congress and blacklisted by the movie industry after refusing to answer questions about their alleged involvement with the Communist Party. The documentary is narrated by John Huston[3] and includes archival footage from the hearings and interviews with key participants in the hearings and studio figures affected by those events.[4]
hollywood, trial, 1976, american, documentary, film, directed, david, helpern, directed, bydavid, helpernwritten, byarnie, reismanproduced, byjames, gutman, david, helpern, cinematographybarry, abramsedited, byfrank, galvindistributed, bycorinth, filmsrelease,. Hollywood on Trial is a 1976 American documentary film directed by David Helpern 2 Hollywood on TrialDirected byDavid HelpernWritten byArnie ReismanProduced byJames Gutman David Helpern Jr 1 CinematographyBarry AbramsEdited byFrank GalvinDistributed byCorinth FilmsRelease dateNovember 1976 1976 11 Running time105 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Accolades 3 Cast 4 References 5 External linksSynopsis editThe film chronicles the 1947 hearings of the House Un American Activities Committee with a focus on the Hollywood Ten directors screenwriters and producers cited for contempt of Congress and blacklisted by the movie industry after refusing to answer questions about their alleged involvement with the Communist Party The documentary is narrated by John Huston 3 and includes archival footage from the hearings and interviews with key participants in the hearings and studio figures affected by those events 4 Accolades editIt was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature but lost to Barbara Kopple s Harlan County USA 5 6 Cast editJohn Huston Narrator 7 Walter Bernstein Himself Alvah Bessie Himself Lester Cole Himself Gary Cooper Himself archive footage Henry Daniell Himself archive footage Howard Da Silva Himself Walt Disney Himself archive footage Edward Dmytryk Himself Will Geer Himself Millard Lampell Himself Ring Lardner Jr Himself Albert Maltz Himself Ben Margolis Himself Louis B Mayer Himself archive footage Joseph McCarthy Himself archive footage Zero Mostel Himself Otto Preminger Himself Ronald Reagan Himself Martin Ritt Himself Dore Schary Himself Gale Sondergaard Herself Leo Townsend Himself Dalton Trumbo HimselfReferences edit Documentary Winners 1977 Oscars MUBI Turner Classic Movies Emanuel Levy The 49th Academy Awards 1977 Nominees and Winners oscars org Retrieved October 3 2011 NY Times Hollywood on Trial Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times 2011 Archived from the original on May 21 2011 Retrieved November 15 2008 BFIExternal links editHollywood on Trial at Corinth Films Hollywood on Trial at IMDb Trailer Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hollywood on Trial amp oldid 1180287626, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
