Adrian Scott

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Robert Adrian Scott (February 6, 1912 – December 25, 1973) was an American screenwriter and film producer known as one of the Hollywood Ten who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era of McCarthyism.

Born in Arlington, New Jersey, Adrian Scott was the producer of the film noirs Murder, My Sweet (1944), Cornered (1945), and Crossfire (1947), all of which were directed by Edward Dmytryk. Crossfire was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Scott was among the those accused of being members of the American Communist Party during the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) trials in October 1947. During Edward Dmytryk's 1951 testimony before HUAC, he claimed that Scott pressured him to put communist propaganda in his films.

Like many other blacklisted writers, while he was unable to work in Hollywood, Scott wrote pseudonymously for the British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood.[1] He was married to the actress, Anne Shirley who subsequently married another screenwiter, Charles Lederer.

See also the Adrian Scott Archive at http://digital.uwyo.edu/webarchive/scott/default.htm

Adrian is the brother of screenwriter Allan Scott, who is the father of actor Pippa Scott.

Adrian Scott died in 1973 in Sherman Oaks, California.

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  1. ^ Matthews, Tom Dewe. "The outlaws" (free registration required), The Guardian, 2006-10-07. Retrieved on 2006-10-11. 

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