gregorygalloway:A member of “The Hollywood Ten,” Ring Lardner, Jr. refused to cooperate with the Hou
gregorygalloway:A member of “The Hollywood Ten,” Ring Lardner, Jr. refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigation into suspected Communists and “communist sympathizers” and was sentenced to federal prison for a 1-year sentence in 1948. After losing his appeal, Lardner reported to prison on 29 June 1950. He served 9 months.Blacklisted since 1947, Lardner had hoped that by the time he was released from prison he could find work in Hollywood again. He could not, at least not under his own name. He wrote for a number of TV series in the 1950s and early 1960s, all under pseudonyms.The first work under his own name was not until 1965, with his screenplay for The Cincinnati Kid. Lardner received the Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1971 for M*A*S*H (1970). -- source link