Edward G. Robinson: (Born Emanuel Goldenberg) In June of 1949, the
FBI presented a report for the HUAC that named Robinson as a suspected
Communist sympathizer. The Tenney Committee also had Robinson listed as a
Communist. Robinson denied that he was ever a communist but
when called before the HUAC on April 30, 1952, the actor couldn’t name names
fast enough. He gave the committee Albert Maltz, Dalton Trumbo, John Howard
Lawson, Frank Tuttle and Sidney Buchman)
It is written, continuously, that after being a named a Communist
that Robinson was “threatened” with Blacklisting, but those who supposedly
threatened him, if anyone did, are never
named.
Robinson wasn’t “Grey listed” after he was identified but denied
being a Communist. He worked steadily through the 1950s, a
tumultuous time in the film industry, which was fighting to keep one step ahead
of television. The studios were frantically selling young and sexy. Robinson
was 57 years old in 1950.he actually appeared in several hit films in that
decade as well.