Hollywood Flashback: Hollywood’s First War With D.C.

After advocating for Hollywood’s freedom of expression during the McCarthy era, a once-prominent group was recently revived amid renewed concerns of government censorship .

In response to the Red Scare, the Committee for the First Amendment was founded in September 1947 by screenwriter Philip Dunne, actress Myrna Loy and filmmakers John Huston and William Wyler. The group pledged support for the creatives known as the Hollywood Ten, who were cited for contempt of Congress after refusing to address the House Un-American Activities Committee about supposed communist affiliations.

After advocating for Hollywood’s freedom of expression during the McCarthy era, a once-prominent group was recently revived amid renewed concerns of government censorship .

In response to the Red Scare, the C