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Show trial Hollywood, HUAC, and the birth of the blacklist /

"In 1947, the Cold War came to Hollywood. Over 9 days in October 1947, the House Committee on Un-American Activities held a notorious round of hearings into alleged Communist subversion in Hollywood. The immediate blowback from the October hearings was profound and long-lived. On November 25, 1...

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Main Author: Doherty, Thomas Patrick,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Physical Description: xiv, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series: Film and culture.
Subjects:
United States. -- Congress. -- House. -- Committee on Un-American Activities.
Motion picture industry -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Communism and motion pictures -- United States.
Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States -- History.
Blacklisting of authors -- United States -- History.
Screenwriters -- Political activity -- United States.
Motion picture producers and directors -- Political activity -- United States.

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