(b. Dec. 9, 1905, Montrose?, Colorado, U.S. --d. Sept. 10, 1976, Los Angeles), screenwriter and novelist who was probably the most talented member of the Hollywood Ten, one of a group who refused to testify before the 1947 [U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities]? about alleged communist involvement. Though only convicted of contempt of Congress, he was blacklisted and in 1950 spent 11 months in prison. |
(b. Dec. 9, 1905, Montrose?, Colorado, U.S. --d. Sept. 10, 1976, Los Angeles), screenwriter and novelist who was probably the most talented member of the Hollywood Ten, one of a group who refused to testify before the 1947 House Un-American Activities Committee about alleged communist involvement. Though only convicted of contempt of Congress, he was blacklisted and in 1950 spent 11 months in prison. |