Committee for the First Amendment

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The Committee for the First Amendment was an action group formed in September 1947 by actors in support of the Hollywood Ten during the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee. It was founded by screenwriter Philip Dunne and film directors John Huston and William Wyler. Other members included Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Gene Kelly, John Garfield, Edward G. Robinson, Katharine Hepburn, Danny Kaye, and Frank Sinatra.

Bogart, Garfield, and Robinson later wrote articles stating that they were "duped" into supporting the Hollywood Ten. In the March 1948 issue of Photoplay, Bogart wrote an article claiming that he and other members of the Committee did not realize some of the Hollywood Ten were really communists.

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