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



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Autore: Horne Gerald Visualizza persona
Titolo: The final victim of the blacklist [[electronic resource] ] : John Howard Lawson, dean of the Hollywood Ten / / Gerald Horne Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
Disciplina: 812/.52
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Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto non controllato: 1930s
1940s
1947
20th century
america
antisemitism
biographical
blacklist
california
cinema
communism
communist party
directors
edmund wilson
ernest hemingway
f scott fitzgerald
gene kelly
historical nonfiction
hollywood ten
hollywood
house unamerican activities committee
imprisonment
infamy
john dos passos
john howard lawson
joseph mccarthy
mccarthyism
political figures
politics
radical politics
red scare
screenwriters
united states
us history
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.
Titolo autorizzato: The final victim of the blacklist  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786612358579
0-520-93993-X
1-282-35857-X
1-60129-501-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784417503321
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