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Hollywood Blacklist
Fitch was an actress in the 50's that took on roles such as Blood of Dracula and I Was a Teenage Werewolf. During this time period, McCarthyism and the Red Scare were circulating. With the fear of Communism during the Cold War, Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed that he had a list of confirmed communists in the United States. This list affected politicians, blue collar workers, and actors/actresses such as Fitch herself. "The Red Channels" in which was a pamphlet written that gave a list of people in show business who had potential communist ties. This pamphlet created the Hollywood Blacklist that Fitch was placed on Hundreds of others in show business were Blacklisted and were not able to get jobs, having to testify in front of the HUAC

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