Hollywood on Trial
McCarthyism's War Against the Movies
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Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivehollywoodontrial0000free
- ISBN-101861059477
- ISBN-139781861059475
- LibraryThing8299052
- Goodreads3630179
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- Library of Congress Control Number2007408787
- OCLC Control Number82672408
- OCLC Control Number173137103
- Better World Books9781861059475
- Open LibraryOL12056489M
Classifications
- LCCPN1993.5.U65 F73 2007
- LCCPN1993.5.U65
- DDC384.80979494
Description
"This book reveals the true story behind one of cinema's darkest episodes: how actors, directors and moguls were subpoenaed to name names and answer the '$64,000 question': 'are now you or have you ever been a member of the Communist party?' The book charts the generation of actors who found their livelihood ruined by being 'blacklisted' and the writers forced to hire 'fronts' to continue to work; how Arthur Miller was offered the chance to have his hearing dropped in return for a photo-opportunity with Marilyn Monroe; and how Kirk Douglas's naming of Dalton Trumbo as the writer of Spartacus signalled the end of this extraordinary era." "Painstakingly researched and drawing on numerous new interviews, Hollywood on Trial is the definitive account of how political paranoia shaped cinema for a decade."--Jacket.
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