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Red Star Over Hollywood
Radosh, Ronald; Radosh, Allis
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Description for Red Star Over Hollywood
Hardback. Hollywood's political history has been dominated by a steady stream of films and memoirs decrying the nightmare of the Red Scare. This title shows that the real drama of that era lay in the story of the movie stars, directors and screenwriters who joined the Communist Party and made the Party the focus of their political and social lives. Num Pages: 309 pages. BIC Classification: JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
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
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
Number of Pages
309
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781893554962
SKU
V9781893554962
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About Radosh, Ronald; Radosh, Allis
Ronald Radosh lives in Brookeville, Maryland, with his wife and co-author, Allis Radosh.
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