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Show trial : Hollywood, HUAC, and the birth of the blacklist / Thomas Doherty.
LIBRA PN1993.5.U6 D53 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doherty, Thomas Patrick, author.
- Series:
- Film and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
- United States.
- Motion picture industry--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion picture industry.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- History.
- Motion picture industry--Political aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 406 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Part I: Backstories. How the popular front became unpopular
- Hollywood's war record
- The preservation of American ideals
- The magic of a Hollywood dateline
- Smearing Hollywood with the brush of communism. Part II: On location in Washington. Showtime
- Lovefest
- Friendlies, cooperative and uncooperative
- Hollywood's finest
- Doldrums
- Crashing Page 1
- Contempt
- $64 questions and no answers
- Jewish questions
- The curtain drops. Part III: Backfire.
- The Waldorf and other declarations
- Blacklists and casualty lists
- Not only victims.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references (page 355) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231187785
- 9780231187787
- OCLC:
- 1013737468
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