[wtc911]

Howard Da Silva was screwed. He was an actor in the studio system, not a writer or producer or director. He had zero power. Robert Taylor named him not as a communist but as someone who often had something to say at the wrong time. He got called in front of the HUAC and basically told them to f themselves by keeping quiet. He was blacklisted and made no movies for ten years.

Get it? No work for ten years because of what someone else said about him...that's not right.

[RightWingAtheist]

Something similar happened to Jeff Corey. He and his wife were invited to a political meeting by a friend, were disgusted by the rhetoric they heard, and left after just a few minutes. Years later, someone remembered seeing him there, and he was instantly blacklisted.

[Antoninus]

Get it? No work for ten years because of what someone else said about him...that's not right.

He should have testified before Congress. Remaining silent wasn't an option--it was contempt of Congress. Based on his reaction, I'd say he probably was a communist.