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Albert Maltz Mug Shot



Albert Maltz Mug Shot
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Title: Albert Maltz Mug Shot
Description: Prison photograph of screenwriter Albert Maltz who, as one of the "Hollywood Ten", was jailed for his failure to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee about Communist Party associations. Maltz served one year in prison and paid a $1,000 fine. After his release from the blacklist prevented him from writing in Hollywood under his own name. The blacklist was punishment meted out, not by HUAC nor by Joseph R. McCarthy, but by the Hollywood establishment.

Image ID: 47754
Creation
Date:
June 29, 1950 ca.
Creator
Name:
Unknown
Collection
Name:
WCFTR Name File
Genre: Photographs
Additional
Information:
The Albert Maltz Papers are part of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research housed in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.
Subjects: Uniforms
Writing
Men
Portrait photography
Prisoners
Communism
 

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Please Credit: Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

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