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Irving Pichel worked on both sides of the camera, acting in films like Dracula's Daughter (1936) while building a directing career that included the anti-Nazi drama The Pied Piper (1942), an Oscar Best Picture nominee, and the pioneering science-fiction film Destination Moon (1950), which won an Academy Award for its visual effects. In 1947 he was among the so-called 'Hollywood Nineteen' subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee; though never made to testify, he was blacklisted and spent his final years directing in Europe.