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Author Humphries, Reynold.

Title Hollywood's blacklists : a political and cultural history / Reynold Humphries.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.

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 Moore Stacks  PN1590.B5 H86 2010    Available  ---
Edition Pbk. ed.
Description viii, 184 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-173) and index.
Contents 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.
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.
Subject Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Motion picture industry.
California -- Los Angeles.
History.
Motion picture industry -- Political aspects -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Motion picture industry -- Political aspects.
Blacklisting of entertainers -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Blacklisting of entertainers.
Communism and motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Communism and motion pictures.
Anti-communist movements -- California -- Los Angeles.
Anti-communist movements.
USA -- Committee on Un-American Activities.
ISBN 0748624562 paperback
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