The Hollywood Motion Picture Blacklist: Seventy-Five Years Later

by Larry Ceplair

Book Overview

Seventy-five years ago, the Hollywood blacklist ruined lives, stifled creativity, and sent waves of proscription and censorship throughout United States culture. When the Hollywood Ten refused to answer the questions of the House Committee on Un-American Activities about their membership in the Communist Party, they were sentenced to prison, the five who were under contract were fired by their studios, and all were blacklisted from reemployment until...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813195888
• ISBN13: 9780813195889
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"