Editing Will Geer (section)

===Blacklist===
Geer was a Communist Party member since the 1930s and made “repeated appearances at fundraisers for the American Communist Party” over the years.<ref name="IPM 2006-02-07">{{Cite web |last=Ksander |first=YAËL |date=February 7, 2006 |title=Will Geer |url=https://indianapublicmedia.org/momentofindianahistory/will-geer/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |publisher=Indiana Public Media}}</ref> Because of this, Geer was blacklisted in the early 1950s for refusing to testify before the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]].<ref>{{cite web |title=H. Rept. 82-2516 - Annual report of the Committee on Un-American Activities for the year 1952. December 28, 1952. (Original release date.) January 3, 1953. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-11578_00_00-227-2516-0000 |website=GovInfo.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=June 29, 2023 |page=45 |date=December 28, 1952 |quote=Appeared Apr. 11, 1951, and refused to affirm or deny membership in Communist Party.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=H. Rept. 82-378 - Report on the Communist "peace" offensive. A campaign to disarm and defeat the United States. April 25, 1951. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-11501_00_00-002-0378-0000 |website=GovInfo.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=June 29, 2023 |pages=105, 108, 109 |date=April 25, 1951}}</ref> As a result, he appeared in very few films over the next decade. Among those was ''[[Salt of the Earth (1954 film)|Salt of the Earth]]'' (1954). He starred in it; it was produced, directed, and written by blacklisted Hollywood personnel. It told the story of a miners' strike in [[New Mexico]] from a pro-union standpoint. The film was denounced as "subversive", consequently it faced difficulties during production and in distribution.