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1 online resource (xii, 327 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Screen classics
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Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-310) and index. |
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Includes filmography: pages 243-253. |
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The early years, 1915-36 -- Screenwriting and communism, 1936-39 -- World War II, 1939-45 -- The Cold War in Hollywood, 1945-47 -- The interregnum, 1948-50 -- The blacklist expands, 1951-52 -- Salt of the earth, 1952-54 -- The black market and Khrushchev's speech, 1954-58 -- Europe, 1958-75 -- Political battles, 1958-75 -- Back in the USA, 1975-97. |
| Summary |
As part of its effort to rid the nation of Communist influence and infiltration, the House Un-American Activities Committee subpoenaed hundreds of actors, screenwriters, producers, and directors with suspected "Red" leanings in 1947. Some of these film industry veterans, including screenwriter Paul Jarrico (1915-1997), refused to testify on Capitol Hill and were denied subsequent employment. In The Marxist and the Movies, Larry Ceplair illuminates the life, career, and political activism of Jarrico, the recipient of an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for Tom, Dick, and Harry (1941) and the. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jarrico, Paul.
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Jarrico, Paul. |
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. |
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Screenwriters -- United States -- Biography.
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Screenwriters. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Motion picture industry -- United States.
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Motion picture industry. |
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Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States.
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Blacklisting of entertainers. |
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Communism and motion pictures -- United States.
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Communism and motion pictures. |
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Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ceplair, Larry. Marxist and the movies. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2007 9780813124537 0813124530 (DLC) 2007019777 (OCoLC)129953902 |
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9780813173009 (electronic book) |
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0813173000 (electronic book) |
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9780813137049 (electronic book) |
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0813137047 (electronic book) |
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0813124530 |
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9780813124537 |
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