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Alvah Cecil Bessie (June 4, 1904 – July 21, 1985) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the movie studios for being one of the Hollywood Ten who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Jul 24, 1985 · Alvah Bessie, a writer whose politics took him to Spain to fight in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War and years later to Washington, where he refused to tell the House...
Areas Of Involvement: film. communism. Related People: Edward Dmytryk. Ring Lardner. John Howard Lawson.
Oct 27, 2022 · The 10 individuals were Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Robert Adrian Scott and Dalton Trumbo. The persecution and blacklisting of these 10 filmmakers — who later became known as the "Hollywood Ten" — was years in the making.
Alvah Bessie (1904-1985) was a writer and actor who worked on films such as Objective, Burma! and Northern Pursuit. He was blacklisted during the McCarthy era and wrote a book about his experiences, Inquisition in Eden.
- Writer, Actor
- June 4, 1904
- Alvah Bessie
- July 21, 1985
Jul 24, 1985 · Alvah Bessie, an author and screenwriter and one of the ''Hollywood 10'' held in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions during hearings in 1947 into alleged Communist influence in...
Nov 16, 2015 · Alvah Bessie (1904 – 1985) Image Credit: Courtesy of Everett Collection The son of a New York businessman, Bessie joined Eugene O’Neill’s Provincetown Players as an actor after graduating ...
