In 19 forty seven, the house american activities committee held hearings. Screen wriders and movie stars who were suspected of once being members of the communist party were called to testify. Anyone suspected of communist ties were black listed. It was all but impossible for them to work in show business under their own names. The levets saw their friends get caught up in the witch hunt one by one,. Then one day the witch hunt came for them.
Helen Slote Levitt was on her way to the good life in 1950s Hollywood. Then one day, her name appeared on a list. The story of an ordinary woman whose world was upended by extraordinary times.
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