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Albert Maltz ( / mɔːlts /; October 28, 1908 – April 26, 1985) was an American playwright, fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the Hollywood Ten who were jailed in 1950 for their 1947 refusal to testify before the US Congress about their involvement with the Communist Party USA.
Apr 29, 1985 · Albert Maltz, an Academy-Award-winning screenwriter and one of 10 Hollywood figures jailed in 1950 and blacklisted by the movie industry for refusing to answer questions of the House Committee...
Oct 20, 2022 · From left: Samuel Ornitz, Ring Lardner, Albert Maltz, Alvah Bessie, Lester Cole, Herbert Bieberman and Edward Dmytryk, who were charged for their defiance of the House Un-American Activities...
May 11, 2023 · RBML researcher and Swansea University PhD candidate, Gary Ley writes a guest essay about delving into the Albert Maltz collection at Columbia. Maltz, a screenwriter, novelist, and playwright, was jailed after his refusal to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee regarding his membership in the Communist Party. (Columbia also ...
Nov 16, 2015 · After prison, he lived in Mexico in a tight-knit community with other blacklist exiles, including Ring Lardner Jr. and Albert Maltz.
Apr 28, 1985 · Along with nine other prominent film writers and producers, Maltz was found guilty of contempt of Congress and spent 10 months in prison for refusing on constitutional grounds to answer questions...
Jun 5, 2023 · In Albert Maltz’s newly republished novel about certain events that took place in January 1945, six escapees from Auschwitz—two women and four men, each from a different background and...
