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Alvah Cecil Bessie (June 4, 1904 – July 21, 1985) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the movie studios for being one of the Hollywood Ten who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Dec 16, 2009 · The 10 individuals who defied HUAC were Alvah Bessie (c. 1904-85), Herbert Biberman (1900-71), Lester Cole (c. 1904-85), Edward Dmytryk (1908-99), Ring Lardner Jr. (1915-2000), John Howard...
Jul 24, 1985 · Alvah Bessie, a writer whose politics took him to Spain to fight in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War and years later to Washington, where he refused to tell the House...
Jul 24, 1985 · Alvah Bessie, an author and screenwriter and one of the ''Hollywood 10'' held in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions during hearings in 1947 into alleged Communist influence in...
Nov 16, 2015 · Three years later, the HUAC committee handed him the shortest sentence of the Hollywood Ten — six months in the minimum-security Texarkana, Texas, prison that housed fellow defendant Alvah...
Alvah Bessie was born on 4 June 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Objective, Burma! (1945), Northern Pursuit (1943) and The Very Thought of You (1944). He was married to Sylviane L. Martin. He died on 21 July 1985 in Terra Linda, California, USA.
Alvah Bessie. American writer. Learn about this topic in these articles: Hollywood Ten. In Hollywood Ten. The 10 were Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner, Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo. Entertainment & Pop Culture Movies. Hollywood Ten. American history.
