LEADER 03394nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910815484503321 005 20240405200939.0 010 $a0-7486-5115-2 010 $a1-281-94770-9 010 $a9786611947705 010 $a0-7486-3052-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748630523 035 $a(CKB)1000000000553677 035 $a(EBL)380398 035 $a(OCoLC)437240915 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001421209 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12611383 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001421209 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11408962 035 $a(PQKB)10100931 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000172594 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168309 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172594 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10162436 035 $a(PQKB)11476260 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055500 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1961834 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10257696 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL194770 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL380398 035 $a(DE-B1597)615331 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748630523 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1961834 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC380398 035 $a(OCoLC)1302165203 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000553677 100 $a20080926d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHollywood's blacklists $ea political and cultural history /$fReynold Humphries 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-2456-2 311 $a0-7486-2455-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [164]-173) and index. 327 $aCOVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Acknowledgements; The Background; PART I Drawing up the Battle Lines; Introduction; 1 Hollywood and the Union Question; 2 The War Years, 1939-1945; 3 Hollywood Strikes, the Right Strikes Back; PART II From the Hot War to the Cold; 4 The Hearings of 1947; 5 None Shall Escape: The Hearings of 1951-1953; 6 The Anti-Communist Crusade on the Screen; Conclusion; Archival Sources; Bibliography; Index 330 $aAre you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?' That question was to be repeated endlessly during the anti-Communist investigations carried out by the House Committee on un-American Activities (HUAC) in the early 1950's. The refusal of ten members of the film industry to answer the question in 1947 led to the decision by studio bosses to fire them and never to hire known Communists in the future. The Hearings led to scores of actors, writers and directors being named as Communists or sympathisers. All were blacklisted and fired. Hollywood's Blacklists is a history of the pol 606 $aMotion picture industry$zUnited States 606 $aBlacklisting of entertainers$zUnited States 606 $aBlacklisting of authors$zUnited States 606 $aCommunism$zUnited States 615 0$aMotion picture industry 615 0$aBlacklisting of entertainers 615 0$aBlacklisting of authors 615 0$aCommunism 676 $a808.823 700 $aHumphries$b Reynold$01617539 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815484503321 996 $aHollywood's blacklists$93948767 997 $aUNINA