Name Silvia Richards Role Screenwriter | Children Rachel Morgan | |
Died 1999, United States of America Spouse A. I. Bezzerides (m. ?–1999) Movies Secret Beyond the Door, Rancho Notorious, Possessed Similar People Daniel Taradash, Ranald MacDougall, Curtis Bernhardt, A I Bezzerides, Jerry Wald | ||
Silvia Richards was a screenwriter who worked on a number of films in the 1940s and 1950s, including the film noir Ruby Gentry and the Western Rancho Notorious. She also wrote for television in the 1950s and early 1960s.
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Films
Richards wrote, co-wrote, or is credited for the original story on the following:
HUAC hearings
Her work was interrupted by the McCarthy Hearings. She was called in as a friendly witness for HUAC (the House on UnAmerican Activities Committee) but claimed that she went along with HUAC because she feared for the well being of her two young sons. Her action helped to cause a divorce from her husband, screenwriter Robert L. Richards, who would not testify for the Committee. Robert Richards was blacklisted and forced to write under various pseudonyms for the remainder of his career.
Later life
Following her divorce from Richards, Silvia married screenwriter A. I. (Buzz) Bezzerides, himself a victim of the McCarthy-era blacklist. She assisted him in developing his writing ideas but stopped writing on her own. She died in 1999, while Bezzerides lived until 2007.