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Red Star Over Hollywood: The Film Colony s Long Romance with the Left
Ronald Radosh
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paperback. Hollywood's political history has been dominated by a steady stream of films and memoirs decrying the nightmare of the Red Scare. This book shows that the real drama of that era lay in the story of the movie stars, directors and especially screenwriters who joined the Communist Party or traveled in its orbit. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Until now, Hollywood's political history has been dominated by a steady stream of films and memoirs decrying the nightmare of the Red Scare. But Ronald and Allis Radosh show that the real drama of that era lay in the story of the movie stars, directors and especially screenwriters who joined the Communist Party or traveled in its orbit, and made the Party the focus of their political and social lives. The authors' most controversial discovery is that during the investigations of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, the Hollywood Reds themselves were beset by doubts and disagreements about their disloyalty ... Read more
Until now, Hollywood's political history has been dominated by a steady stream of films and memoirs decrying the nightmare of the Red Scare. But Ronald and Allis Radosh show that the real drama of that era lay in the story of the movie stars, directors and especially screenwriters who joined the Communist Party or traveled in its orbit, and made the Party the focus of their political and social lives. The authors' most controversial discovery is that during the investigations of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, the Hollywood Reds themselves were beset by doubts and disagreements about their disloyalty ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Encounter Books United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781594031465
SKU
V9781594031465
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