LEADER 04408nam 2200757 a 450 001 996248238503316 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612358579 010 $a0-520-93993-X 010 $a1-282-35857-X 010 $a1-60129-501-4 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520939936 035 $a(CKB)1000000000354350 035 $a(EBL)271852 035 $a(OCoLC)476008714 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000154891 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11161467 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154891 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10085081 035 $a(PQKB)10444873 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055937 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC271852 035 $a(OCoLC)72692380 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30621 035 $a(DE-B1597)520135 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520939936 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL271852 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10146814 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235857 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000354350 100 $a20060301d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe final victim of the blacklist$b[electronic resource] $eJohn Howard Lawson, dean of the Hollywood Ten /$fGerald Horne 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (385 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-24372-2 311 $a0-520-24860-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-345) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPrologue --$tIntroduction --$t1. Beginnings --$t2. Toward Commitment --$t3. Hollywood --$t4. From Hollywood to Broadway --$t5. Commitment --$t6. Theory and Practice --$t7. Struggle --$t8. Fighting-and Writing --$t9. Writing-and Fighting --$t10. Red Scare Rising --$t11. Inquisition --$t12. Jailed for Ideas --$t13. "Blacklisted" --$t14. The Fall of Red Hollywood --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aBefore 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. 606 $aDramatists, American$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aScreenwriters$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aBlacklisting of authors$zUnited States 606 $aCommunism and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTheater$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMotion picture industry$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDramatists, American 615 0$aScreenwriters 615 0$aBlacklisting of authors 615 0$aCommunism and literature$xHistory 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 615 0$aMotion picture industry$xHistory. 676 $a812/.52 676 $aB 700 $aHorne$b Gerald$0850651 801 0$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248238503316 996 $aThe final victim of the blacklist$92380598 997 $aUNISA