All “labeled Communists” felt the way Lawson did about the HUAC. The interrogated, silent Communist-Sympathizers included celebrities such as: actress - Lucille Ball, novelist - Dashiell Hammett, dramatist - Lillian Hellman, singer - Paul Robeson, and the list continues. Each individual was classified as a Communist because of questions that they may have not felt comfortable answering, or may have disagreed on a fact with the investigator. Consequences for the “sympathizers” included imprisonment, eradication of passports, forced out of work, or poor show business. As a result of many actors, actresses, and artists losing their jobs, the film industry declined. A couple years later in the 1950’s, the intensity began to dissipate and some artists were capable of getting back into the theater
All “labeled Communists” felt the way Lawson did about the HUAC. The interrogated, silent Communist-Sympathizers included celebrities such as: actress - Lucille Ball, novelist - Dashiell Hammett, dramatist - Lillian Hellman, singer - Paul Robeson, and the list continues. Each individual was classified as a Communist because of questions that they may have not felt comfortable answering, or may have disagreed on a fact with the investigator. Consequences for the “sympathizers” included imprisonment, eradication of passports, forced out of work, or poor show business. As a result of many actors, actresses, and artists losing their jobs, the film industry declined. A couple years later in the 1950’s, the intensity began to dissipate and some artists were capable of getting back into the theater