1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457619603321

Autore

Horne Gerald

Titolo

The final victim of the blacklist [[electronic resource] ] : John Howard Lawson, dean of the Hollywood Ten / / Gerald Horne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006

ISBN

9786612358579

0-520-93993-X

1-282-35857-X

1-60129-501-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Disciplina

812/.52

B

Soggetti

Dramatists, American - 20th century

Screenwriters - United States

Blacklisting of authors - United States

Communism and literature - United States - History - 20th century

Theater - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century

Motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-345) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Toward Commitment -- 3. Hollywood -- 4. From Hollywood to Broadway -- 5. Commitment -- 6. Theory and Practice -- 7. Struggle -- 8. Fighting-and Writing -- 9. Writing-and Fighting -- 10. Red Scare Rising -- 11. Inquisition -- 12. Jailed for Ideas -- 13. "Blacklisted" -- 14. The Fall of Red Hollywood -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Before he attained notoriety as Dean of the Hollywood Ten-the blacklisted screenwriters and directors persecuted because of their varying ties to the Communist Party-John Howard Lawson had become one of the most brilliant, successful, and intellectual screenwriters on the Hollywood scene in the 1930's and 1940's, with several hits to his credit including Blockade, Sahara, and Action in the North Atlantic.



After his infamous, almost violent, 1947 hearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Lawson spent time in prison and his lucrative career was effectively over. Studded with anecdotes and based on previously untapped archives, this first biography of Lawson brings alive his era and features many of his prominent friends and associates, including John Dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Chaplin, Gene Kelly, Edmund Wilson, Ernest Hemingway, Humphrey Bogart, Dalton Trumbo, Ring Lardner, Jr., and many others. Lawson's life becomes a prism through which we gain a clearer perspective on the evolution and machinations of McCarthyism and anti-Semitism in the United States, on the influence of the left on Hollywood, and on a fascinating man whose radicalism served as a foil for launching the political careers of two Presidents: Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. In vivid, marvelously detailed prose, Final Victim of the Blacklist restores this major figure to his rightful place in history as it recounts one of the most captivating episodes in twentieth century cinema and politics.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISOBSOBE00027479

Autore

Lamma, Ernesto

Titolo

Di un frammento di codice del secolo XV di una canzone pseudo-dantesca / Ernesto Lamma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Città di Castello, : Lapi tipografo-editore, 1903

Descrizione fisica

81 p. ; 18 cm

Collana

Collezione di opuscoli danteschi inediti o rari ; 76

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394870703316

Autore

Knaggs Thomas <1660 or 1-1724.>

Titolo

A sermon preached before the right Honourable Lord-Mayor and Court of Aldermen, at Bow-Church, on Sunday, November the fifth, 1693. By Thomas Knaggs, M.A. lecturer in Newcastle, aud [sic] chaplain to the right Honourable Ford Lord Grey [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for Ric. Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCXCIII. [1693]

Descrizione fisica

[4], 26 p

Soggetti

Sermons, English - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



4.

Record Nr.

UNISA996395224503316

Titolo

A true and faithful relation from the People of God (called) Quakers, in Colchester [[electronic resource] ] : Of the dealings of God with them, since they were called to the knowledge of the truth, and of the oppositions they have received from men as they passed from death to life.  With a brief account of the late cruel and unparalleld sufferings sustained by them, and inflicted upon them by the souldiers whose barbarous, and cruel and inhumane dealings towards them, are herein related.  With a few words added for the King and his counsell to read and consider of

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London], : Printed for W.M., [1664]

Descrizione fisica

16 p

Soggetti

Society of Friends

Quakers - Persecutions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Caption title.

Place and date of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.).

Printer of publication taken from colophon.

Imperfect: print show-through, with some loss of text.

Reproduction of original in: Haverford College. Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0063