WASHINGTON, : Owen Lattimore (L) passes Senator Joseph McCarthy after ex-Communist Louis F. Budenzho called him a member of a Communist spy cell in testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, 20 April 1950. An anti-Communist witchhunt instigated by John Parnell Thomas and Joseph McCarthy, known as McCarthyism, would generate denunciations in the movie industry, causing many to flee America for exil in Europe and ruined many careers. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP via Getty Images)