This month marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the Hollywood Blacklist. On October 27, 1947, screenwriter John Howard Lawson, the first member of what came to be known as the “Hollywood Ten,” testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
The 13th is on Thursday this October, occasion enough for "The Watcher." Turner Classic Movies acknowledges the 75th anniversary of the Hollywood Blacklist with screenings of "High Noon" and "On
Hunt was one of last surviving victims of the Hollywood blacklist of the late 1940s and early 1950s. Never a Communist Party member, she nonetheless became identified with opposition to the vicious witch-hunting in the film industry.