McCarthyism Comes to Hollywood summarizes the impact of McCarthyism on the film industry in Hollywood during the 1950s. Senator Joseph McCarthy began accusing government employees of being communists. The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) then started investigating Hollywood for communist influence. Individuals were called before HUAC and forced to name others or be blacklisted from the film industry. Many prominent Hollywood figures like Edward G. Robinson and Elia Kazan were among the victims of McCarthyism in Hollywood. The anti-communist witch hunt eventually ended when President Eisenhower opposed McCarthy over accusations against the army, though fear of communism continued.

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4. From left,—front row: Herbert Biberman, attorneys Martin Popper and Robert W. Kenny, Albert Maltz, Lester Cole,—second row: Dalton Trumbo, John Howard Lawson, Alvah Bessie, Samuel Ornitz—back row: Ring Lardner Jr., Edward Dmytryk, Adrian Scott.