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Policing show business : J. Edgar Hoover, the Hollywood blacklist, and Cold War movies / Francis MacDonnell.
Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.U6 M2125 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacDonnell, Francis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture industry--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion picture industry.
- Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
- Hoover, J. Edgar.
- Blacklisting of entertainers--United States.
- Blacklisting of entertainers.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Political activity--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Communism and motion pictures--United States.
- Communism and motion pictures.
- Cold War in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 308 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2024]
- Summary:
- "In Policing Show Business, Francis MacDonnell explores the starring role played by J. Edgar Hoover in the development of the Hollywood blacklist in the 1940s and 1950s. As director of the FBI, Hoover poured resources into scrutinizing show business, a policy choice unjustified by any corresponding threat to public security. He detailed agents to write regular reports on actors, screenwriters, lyricists, singers, and studio executives. His frequent handwritten comments on papers inside the files of film industry personalities demonstrate a level of interest bordering on obsession"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: MacDonnell, Francis. Policing show business
- ISBN:
- 9780700637935
- 0700637931
- OCLC:
- 1430653072
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