This Day in Film History:
April 10
1952:
On the Waterfront director Elia Kazan testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committe, admitting that he was a Communist. He also names eight other actors and directors. Kazan is shunned by Hollywood, having to move to Europe to finish his film career. Eventually, though, Kazan is awarded an honorary Oscar in 1999.
1968:
The Academy Awards are held, two days after originally scheduled. Many participants, including Rod Steiger and Sidney Poiter, the stars of the eventual Best Picture winner In the Heat of the Night, pushed for the postponement, due to the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr., who was buried on the 9th.
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