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

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Label

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

Title remainder

Hollywood, HUAC, and the birth of the blacklist

Statement of responsibility

Thomas Doherty

Creator

• Doherty, Thomas Patrick

Author

• Doherty, Thomas Patrick

Subject

• Motion picture producers and directors -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Political activity | History -- 20th century
• United States, Congress | House | Committee on Un-American Activities
• Motion picture industry -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

"In 1947, the Cold War came to Hollywood. Over nine tumultuous days in October, the House Un-American Activities Committee held a notorious round of hearings into alleged Communist subversion in the movie industry. The blowback was profound: the major studios pledged to never again employ a known Communist or unrepentant fellow traveler. The declaration marked the onset of the blacklist era, a time when political allegiances, real or suspected, determined employment opportunities in the entertainment industry. Hundreds of artists were shown the door--or had it shut in their faces. In Show Trial, Thomas Doherty takes us behind the scenes at the first full-on media-political spectacle of the postwar era, a courtroom drama starring glamorous actors, colorful moguls, on-the-make congressmen, high-priced lawyers, single-minded investigators, and recalcitrant screenwriters, all recorded by newsreel cameras and broadcast over radio. Doherty explores the deep background to the hearings and details the theatrical elements of a proceeding that bridged the realms of entertainment and politics. He tells the story of the Hollywood Ten and the other witnesses, friendly and unfriendly, who testified; tracks the flight path of the Committee for the First Amendment, the delegation from Hollywood that descended on Washington to protest the hearings; and chronicles the implementation of the postwar blacklist. Show Trial is a rich, character-driven inquiry into how the HUAC hearings ignited the anti-Communist crackdown in Hollywood, providing a gripping new cultural history of one of the most influential events of the postwar era"--Publisher's description

Member of

• Film and culture

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

791.430973

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits

Index

index present

LC call number

PN1993.5.U6

LC item number

D53 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Film and culture

Target audience

adult