Hollywood's blacklists: a political and cultural history
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1. Verfasser: Humphries, Reynold (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2008
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-173) and index
The background -- - Drawing up the battle lines. Introduction -- - Hollywood and the union question -- - The war years, 1939-1945 -- - Hollywood strikes, the right strikes back -- - From the hot war to the Cold War. The hearings of 1947 -- - None shall escape: the hearings of 1951-1953 -- - The anti-communist crusade on the screen -- - Life (and death) on the blacklist -- - Conclusion
'Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?' That question was asked repeatedly during the anti-Communist investigations of the House Committee on un-American Activities (HUAC) in the early 1950s. When ten members of the film industry refused to answer, they were blacklisted and fired. Scores of actors, writers and directors shared a similar fate, labelled as Communists or sympathisers. This book explains why and how various investigations of Hollywood took place
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 184 p.)
ISBN:074863052X
9780748630523

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