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Inhalt: 'Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?' That question was asked repeatedly during the anti-Communist investigations of the House Committee on un-American Activities (HUAC) in the early 1950s. When ten members of the film industry refused to answer, they were blacklisted and fired. Scores of actors, writers and directors shared a similar fate, labelled as Communists or sympathisers. This book explains why and how various investigations of Hollywood took place.

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Sprache: Englisch

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ISBN: 0748624554 , 074863052X , 1281947709 , 9780748624553 , 9780748630523 , 9781281947703

Inhalt: 'Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?' That question was asked repeatedly during the anti-Communist investigations of the House Committee on un-American Activities (HUAC) in the early 1950s. When ten members of the film industry refused to answer, they were blacklisted and fired. Scores of actors, writers and directors shared a similar fate, labelled as Communists or sympathisers. This book explains why and how various investigations of Hollywood took place

Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-173) and index , The background -- Drawing up the battle lines. Introduction -- Hollywood and the union question -- The war years, 1939-1945 -- Hollywood strikes, the right strikes back -- From the hot war to the Cold War. The hearings of 1947 -- None shall escape: the hearings of 1951-1953 -- The anti-communist crusade on the screen -- Life (and death) on the blacklist -- Conclusion.

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780748624553

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0748624554

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Humphries, Reynold Hollywood's blacklists Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008

Sprache: Englisch

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Umfang: viii, 184 p.

Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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ISBN: 9780748630523

Inhalt: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748624553');'Are 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 1950s. 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 political and cultural factors relevant to understanding the why and the how of the various investigations of the alleged Communist infiltration of Hollywood. What was HUAC? What propaganda role did films play during World War II and the Cold War? What values were at stake in the confrontation between Left and Right that saw the former so resoundingly defeated and expelled from Hollywood? Answers to these and other questions are offered via analyses of the motives of the various players and of the tactics deployed by HUAC to reward collaboration and punish dissent.Key themes include:Trade unionism in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940sAnti-Semitism and Nazism, Hollywood anti-Nazi propaganda films and the patriotic war effortThe Cold War and concomitant hostility to all dissidenceThe consequences for Hollywood: the collapse of the liberal-Communist consensus; naming names; exile for many and the use of 'fronts' by blacklisted writers."

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgements -- , The Background -- , 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 -- , II. From the Hot War to the Cold War -- , 4. The Hearings of 1947 -- , 5. None Shall Escape: The Hearings of 1951–1953 -- , 6. The Anti-Communist Crusade on the Screen -- , 7. Life (and Death) on the Blacklist -- , Conclusion -- , Archival Sources -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1515/9780748630523

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URL: Co-access DOI click Walter de Gruyter

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748630523