Was anybody ever denied an Oscar or other award because of the Hollywood blacklist?

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Hundreds of Hollywood producers, actors, directors, singers, dancers, voice-actors, choreographers, and screenwriters were blacklisted because of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings in the 1950's. They were accused of being members of the Communist Party or being sympathetic to communism. Many accusations were unfounded or completely false.

Sometimes mere opposition to nuclear testing or support for the Civil Rights Movement was enough to warrant suspicion.

Many of the accused left show business completely or went abroad to make films in other countries. Others were hired by sympathetic Hollywood producers and directors who opposed the hearings.

When sympathetic Hollywood producers and directors hired blacklisted screenwriters, they sometimes put a fictitious name or the name of somebody else on the credits so the film could still be shown in the US. They also hired producers and directors as co-producers or co-directors and released the film with a different name on the credits.

One example would be Hugo Butler who was blacklisted along with his wife, Jean Rouverol. He and his wife left the US for Mexico where they wrote several screenplays under various pseudonyms, and then sold the screenplays to Hollywood studios.

Was any blacklisted person ever denied an Oscar or other award because their name was not on the film credits? (i.e. - If a non-blacklisted friend's name was on the screenplay, and that friend won an Oscar, then the true author of the screenplay did not receive the recognition he or she deserved.)

I am asking not just about Oscars, but any award for movies or TV.

Although my question uses two screenwriters as examples, I also want to know about singers, producers, directors, or any other role in movie or TV making.



Best Answer

People who were denied an Oscar because they were blacklisted.

Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson

These screenwriters did not receive an Oscar for The Bridge on the River Kwai. Pierre Boulle won the Oscar instead. On December 11, 1984, the Board of Governors voted posthumous Oscars to the duo.

Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith

Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith co-wrote the screenplay for The Defiant Ones, but Young was blacklisted and used a pseudonym, Nathan E. Douglas, for his screen credit. As an inside joke, director Stanley Kramer cast Young and Smith in bit parts as truck drivers and had their screen credit appear while they were on screen together. In 1993, AMPAS restored Young's credit for this work.

Dalton Trumbo

Dalton Trumbo, used a friend's name, Ian McLellan Hunter, for Roman Holiday. On December 15, 1992, the Board of Governors voted to change the records and recognize Trumbo. Hunter's name was removed. However, Hunter's son, director Tim Hunter, refused to cede the award to Trumbo, so the Academy presented a second Academy Award.

Trumbo should also have won the 1956 Oscar for Best Story for The Brave One. Shortly before his death, Trumbo revealed the much-suspected truth.

There may be other should-have-been-winners we don't know yet.

There may also be should-have-been-winners for other awards such as the Golden Globe, BAFTA, or Writer's Guid that are currently unrecognized.




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Who has been blacklisted from the Oscars?

Carmine Caridi: the first actor in history to be banned from the Academy. Kevin Spacey: after receiving 30 accusations of sexual abuse, Spavey was banned from the Oscars by Academy officials. Harvey Weinstein: also banned from the Academy for allegations of sexual abuse.

Has anyone been banned from Oscars?

In fact, though there are those who have rejected their Oscars (Marlon Brando, Dudley Nichols), only one award has ever been revoked in Academy history \u2014 the 1969 prize for Best Documentary, which was given to Young Americans before it was determined that the film was released in 1967 and therefore ineligible.

Who refused to accept Oscars?

In the history of the Oscars, however, there have only been three people who refused their awards: actors George C. Scott and Marlon Brando, and screenwriter Dudley Nichols.

Who refused an Oscar in 1972?

MARLON BRANDO explains the reason for rejecting his Best Actor Oscar for THE GODFATHER (1972). \u201c(Brando) very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award,\u201d Littlefeather told the audience.



Only 3 winners have ever refused their Oscars




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