Editing Adrian Scott (section)

===Blacklisting===
Scott joined the [[Communist Party USA]] in 1944.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hopwood|first1=John C.|title=IMDB Mini Biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0778789/bio|website=IMDB|accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref> In October 1947, Scott was called to testify during the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]]  hearings on Hollywood, but as did nine others, refused to testify. RKO fired him on October 29, 1947, for refusing to answer questions.

For the first year of the blacklist, he returned to journalism, contributing to the London journal ''Cine-Technician''. He was sentenced to prison along with the other members of the [[Hollywood Ten]]. Edward Dmytryk, another of the Hollywood Ten, chose to become a 'friendly' witness and testified before the HUAC in 1951 that Scott pressured him to put communist propaganda in his films.

In 1955, Scott published an essay titled "Blacklist: The Liberal's Straightjacket and Its Effect on Content" in ''Hollywood Review''.

From 1954 to 1961, Scott made a living writing for television.<ref>Bernard F. Dick, Radical Innocence: A Critical Study of the Hollywood Ten (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1989): 133.</ref> These shows included ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' and ''[[The Adventures of Sir Lancelot]]''.<ref>{{cite news 
 |first = Tom Dewe
 |last = Matthews
 |title = The outlaws
 |url = http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1888594,00.html
 |format = free registration required
 |work = [[The Guardian]]
 |date = October 7, 2006
 |accessdate = October 11, 2006
}}</ref> He provided the story for ''[[Conspiracy of Hearts]]'' (1960) under a pseudonym.
He moved to England in 1961.

In 1963, [[MGM-British]] hired Scott as a production executive, effectively ending his blacklisting.