| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-173) and index. |
| Contents |
Background -- Drawing up the battle lines. Introduction -- Hollywood and the union question -- 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 -- Anti-communist crusade on the screen -- Life (and death) on the blacklist -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
'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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion picture industry -- United States.
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Motion picture industry. |
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United States. |
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Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States.
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Blacklisting of entertainers. |
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Blacklisting of authors -- United States.
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Blacklisting of authors. |
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Communism -- United States.
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Communism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Humphries, Reynold. Hollywood's blacklists. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008 0748624554 (OCoLC)258346344 |
| ISBN |
9780748630523 (electronic book) |
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074863052X (electronic book) |
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1281947709 |
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9781281947703 |
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9780748624553 (print) |
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0748624554 (print) |
| Standard No. |
9786611947705 |
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