Documents the untold story of the American directors, screenwriters, and actors who emigrated to Europe as a result of the Hollywood blacklist. During the 1950s and early 1960s, these Hollywood exiles directed, wrote, or starred in almost 100 European productions, their contributions ranging from cr...

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1. Verfasser:	Prime, Rebecca 1974- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New Brunswick [u.a.] Rutgers Univ. Press 2014
Schriftenreihe:	New directions in international studies
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1947-1964 Expatriate motion picture producers and directors / Europe / History / 20th century Motion picture actors and actresses / United States / History / 20th century Motion picture industry / Political aspects / Europe / History / 20th century Motion picture industry / Political aspects / California / Los Angeles / History / 20th century Blacklisting of entertainers / United States / History / 20th century Blacklisting of authors / United States / History / 20th century Cold War / Influence PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism Geschichte Politik Amerikaner Schwarze Liste Filmwirtschaft Europa USA
Zusammenfassung:	Documents the untold story of the American directors, screenwriters, and actors who emigrated to Europe as a result of the Hollywood blacklist. During the 1950s and early 1960s, these Hollywood exiles directed, wrote, or starred in almost 100 European productions, their contributions ranging from crime film masterpieces like Du rififi chez les hommes (dir. Jules Dassin, 1955) to international blockbusters such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (scr. Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, 1957) to acclaimed art films like The Servant (dir. Joseph Losey, 1963). At once a lively portrait of a lesser-known American "lost generation" and an examination of an important transitional moment in European cinema,the book presents a compelling argument for the significance of the blacklisted exiles to our understanding of postwar American and European cinema and Cold War cultural relations. The experiences of the blacklisted in Europe not only suggest the need to rethink our understanding of the Hollywood blacklist as a purely domestic phenomenon, but, by shedding new light on European cinema's changing relationship with Hollywood, illuminates the postwar shift from national to "transnational" cinema"
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	X, 258 S. Ill.
ISBN:	9780813562629 9780813562612