![Hollywood Black List - Enemy in the Mirror Hollywood artists and writers, accused of communist sympathies, were blacklisted in 1947. Hollywood Black List - Enemy in the Mirror Hollywood artists and writers, accused of communist sympathies, were blacklisted in 1947.](https://www.enemyinmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/92c852e874a6793a1ceb88fc3038c214-1.jpeg)
Hollywood Black List - Enemy in the Mirror Hollywood artists and writers, accused of communist sympathies, were blacklisted in 1947.
![October 20, 1947: The House Un-American Activities Committee Opens an Investigation of Communism in Hollywood | The Nation October 20, 1947: The House Un-American Activities Committee Opens an Investigation of Communism in Hollywood | The Nation](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Hollywood10_cc_img.jpg)
October 20, 1947: The House Un-American Activities Committee Opens an Investigation of Communism in Hollywood | The Nation
This 1947 photo above features members of \"The Hollywood Ten\" many of whom would serve time in prison during the post - WWII \"Red Scare\". Why were they convicted?
![Reflections on Hollywood's Infamous Blacklist 70 Years Later (Guest Column) – The Hollywood Reporter Reflections on Hollywood's Infamous Blacklist 70 Years Later (Guest Column) – The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blacklist_thr_-_h_-_2015.jpg?w=3000)