Desc: Hollywood on Trial: Directed by David Helpern. With Walter Bernstein, Alvah Bessie, Lester Cole, Howard Da Silva. The documentary analyzes a dark period in Hollywood's history due to the Red Scare of the 1940's and 1950's, when actors, writers and directors were persecuted and investigated by the House of Un-American Activities Committee after being considered suspects of committing Anti-American acts by preaching the Communism in their films and television shows.