Step behind the red carpet and into the shadows of 1940s Hollywood, where power, fear, and politics collided in one of the film industry’s darkest chapters—the Hollywood Blacklist. In this revealing episode of American Scandal Report, host Oz Dalton uncovers how a campaign driven by personal revenge, political fear, and Cold War paranoia crushed free speech and ended the careers of some of America’s brightest writers and directors.
From the rise of W.R. Wilkerson to the brave resistance of the Hollywood Ten, and the betrayal by studio heads at the Waldorf Astoria, this story unpacks the real impact of McCarthyism, anti-Communist hysteria, and cultural censorship in American entertainment history.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) When Fear Ruled the Silver Screen
(01:10) The Troublemaker With a Waxed Moustache
(04:06) The Hollywood Ten - Talent Under Fire
(07:22) The Political Theater - When Future Presidents Took the Stage
(11:00) The Strategy - Fighting Back Against the Machine
(14:46) The Betrayal - When Hollywood Abandoned Its Own
(18:47) The Guild Wars - When Writers Turned Against Writers
(22:46) The Fear - When Courage Became a Rare Commodity
(26:36) The Exile - When Europe Welcomed America's Unwanted Talent
(30:20) The Reckoning - Too Little, Too Late?
(35:35) Closing: The Price of Fear