J. Edgar Hoover goes to the movies : the FBI and the origins of Hollywood's Cold War / John Sbardellati.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sbardellati, John, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Political aspects--United States--History.

Motion pictures.

Cold War in motion pictures.

Cold War (1945-1989) in motion pictures.

Communism and motion pictures--United States.

Communism and motion pictures.

Cold War--Social aspects--United States.

Cold War.

Social aspects.

Motion pictures--Political aspects.

History.

United States.

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Physical Description:

viii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Though the Red Scare began in earnest only after World War II, Sbardellati (history, U. of Waterloo, Canada), shows how the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began looking into possible communist propaganda in popular films during the 1920s, and increased its vigilance during the war. He discusses such aspects as a movie problem, producing Hollywood's Cold War, the coalescence of a counter-subversive network, the infamous 1947 trials of the House Unamerican Activities Committee, and rollback. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction: Hollywood's Red scare

A movie problem

The FBI's search for communist propaganda during the Second World War

Producing Hollywood's Cold War

The coalescence of a countersubversive network

The 1947 HUAC trials

Rollback

Conclusion: three perspectives on the death of the social problem film.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-246) and index.

ISBN:

9780801450082

080145008X

OCLC:

753351179