After working as a playwright with the Works Progress Administration, acting on stage, and directing hundreds of plays, Ritt was a successful television director until 1952, at the peak of McCarthyism, when he was blacklisted and could no longer work in TV.
Ritt was a successful television director until 1952. This was at the peak of McCarthyism. Ritt was working as a playwright with the Works Progress Administration. Ritt was acting on stage. Ritt was directing hundreds of plays. He was blacklisted. He could no longer work in TV.