Tender comrades : a backstory of the Hollywood blacklist / Patrick McGilligan and Paul Buhle ; photographs by Alison Morley and William B. Winburn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGilligan, Patrick.

Contributor:

Buhle, Paul, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blacklisting of entertainers--United States.

Blacklisting of entertainers.

Blacklisting of authors--United States.

Blacklisting of authors.

Entertainers--United States--Interviews.

Entertainers.

Authors--Interviews.

Authors.

Communism--United States.

Communism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (800 p.)

Edition:

1st University of Minnesota Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

" More than sixty years ago, McCarthyism silenced Hollywood. In the pages of Tender Comrades, those who were suppressed, whose lives and careers were ruined, finally have their say. A unique collection of profiles in cinematic courage, this extraordinary oral history brings to light the voices of thirty-six blacklist survivors (including two members of the Hollywood Ten), seminal directors of film noir and other genres, starring actresses and memorable supporting players, top screenwriters, and many less known to the public, who are rescued from obscurity by the stories they offer here that, beyond politics, open a rich window into moviemaking during the Golden Age of Hollywood. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Half Title Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Untitled""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""Introduction: Meet the People ""; ""Norma Barzman (and Ben Barzman) ""; ""Leonardo Bercovici ""; ""Walter Bernstein ""; ""John (Jack) Berry ""; ""Alvah Bessie ""; ""Allen Boretz ""; ""John Bright ""; ""Jean Rouverol Butler (and Hugo Butler) ""; ""Jeff Corey ""; ""Jules Dassin ""; ""Edward Euscu ""; ""Anne Froeuck ""; ""Bernard Gordon ""; ""Faith Hubley (and John Hubley) ""; ""Marsha Hunt ""; ""Paul Jarrico ""; ""Mickey Knox ""; ""Millard Lampell ""; ""Ring Lardner Jr. ""

""Robert Lees """"Alfred Lewis Levitt (and Helen Slote Levitt) ""; ""Karen Morley ""; ""Abraham Polonsky ""; ""Maurice Rapf ""; ""Betsy Blair Reisz ""; ""Martin Ritt ""; ""Marguerite Roberts (and John Sanford) ""; ""Joan Lacour Scott (and Adrian Scott) ""; ""Lionel Stander ""; ""Bess Taffel ""; ""Frank Tarloff ""; ""Bernard Vorhaus ""; ""John Weber ""; ""John Wexley ""; ""Julian Zimet (aka Julian Halevy) ""; ""Selected Bibliography ""; ""About the Contributors ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

"First published in 1997 by St. Martin's Press"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8262-3

OCLC:

846492814