Hollywood Exiles in Europe: The Blacklist and Cold War Film Culture

by Rebecca Prime

Book Overview

Rebecca Prime documents the untold story of the American directors, screenwriters, and actors who exiled themselves to Europe as a result of the Hollywood blacklist. During the 1950s and 1960s, these Hollywood émigrés directed, wrote, or starred in almost one hundred European productions, their contributions ranging from crime film masterpieces like Du rififi chez les hommes (1955, Jules Dassin, director) to international blockbusters like The Bridge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813562619
• ISBN13: 9780813562612
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary