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Hollywood Divided
Kevin Brianton
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Description for Hollywood Divided
Hardback. A penetrating and multi-layered study of the infamous Screen Director's Guild meeting of 1950 and the birth of the Hollywood blacklist Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 174 pages, 13 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
On October 22, 1950, the Screen Directors Guild (SDG) gathered for a meeting at the opulent Beverly Hills Hotel. Among the group's leaders were some of the most powerful men in Hollywood -- John Ford, Cecil B. DeMille, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Huston, Frank Capra, William Wyler, and Rouben Mamoulian -- and the issue on the table was nothing less than a vote to dismiss Mankiewicz as the guild's president after he opposed an anticommunist loyalty oath that could have expanded the blacklist. The dramatic events of that evening have become mythic, and the legend has overshadowed the more complex ... Read more
On October 22, 1950, the Screen Directors Guild (SDG) gathered for a meeting at the opulent Beverly Hills Hotel. Among the group's leaders were some of the most powerful men in Hollywood -- John Ford, Cecil B. DeMille, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Huston, Frank Capra, William Wyler, and Rouben Mamoulian -- and the issue on the table was nothing less than a vote to dismiss Mankiewicz as the guild's president after he opposed an anticommunist loyalty oath that could have expanded the blacklist. The dramatic events of that evening have become mythic, and the legend has overshadowed the more complex ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Series
Screen Classics
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813168920
SKU
V9780813168920
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About Kevin Brianton
Kevin Brianton is a lecturer in strategic communication at La Trobe University, USA.
Reviews for Hollywood Divided
This is an authoritative reassessment of the meetings held by the Screen Directors Guild in 1950 to consider the adoption of a loyalty oath. Brianton traces the implications for the film industry and the reputations of key filmmakers, including Cecil DeMille and John Ford. He also offers sharp and illuminating reflections on the making of Hollywood history and myth."" ... Read more