Appearance Before HUAC
Sol Kaplan had scored more than 30 Hollywood films between 1940 and 1953. He was subpoenaed by HUAC after John Garfield mentioned during his testimony that Kaplan was a friend of his. Kaplan had never been publicly identified as a Communist; Garfield denied being a Communist; yet Kaplan was fired from Twentieth Century Fox, where he had been under contract for a year. Kaplan protested that many top studio executives were friends of Garfield, including the man firing him, and he was reinstated on a week-to-week "probation" basis. His testimony took place on April 8, 1953. During it, he challenged the committee to produce his accusers, and invoked the Bill of Rights in refusing to cooperate. On Kaplan's return to work after his testimony, he was told he might be able to keep his job if he would appear privately before Congressman Clyde Doyle. Kaplan refused, and was fired the same day.
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