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Communism in Hollywood : the moral paradoxes of testimony, silence, and betrayal
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- Creator
- Alan Casty
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2009
- Physical Details
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- vi, 369 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0810869497, 0810869489, 9780810869486, 9780810869493
- OCLC
- ocn318970559, ocn845246293
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Pt. I. Before the Congressional hearings: the shaping of a culture of ideology, art, and conflict. Emblems of righteous ideology : the "trials" of Albert Maltz and Robert Rossen -- The moral equation redefined : testimony and silence, decency and betrayal -- The birth of the Hollywood party : the establishment of comintern control -- The Hollywood party in peace and war : idealisam, discipline, and reality -- A climate of hostilities and betrayals : writers wars, street battles, and broken alliances -- Robert Rossen : a life in the party and in the movies -- The consequences of ideology : the emblematic battle of Body and soul -- Pt. II. The hearings begin: party discipline and the realities of the Soviet world. The first hearings, 1947 : the strategies, the combat, and the consequences -- Testimony and silence : just a democratic political association and the secret world of communism -- The lie deep within the silence : the CPUSA and obedience to the destructive policies of the Soviet Union -- Testimony and silence : Jews, free speech, and the degrees of betrayal -- Pt. III. The time of the blacklist-and the times since. The time of turmoil, 1947 to 1951 : Hollywood besieged, crusades continue--Wallace, peace, and Korea -- The time of trials : the Smith Act, the Rosenbergs, and Alger Hiss -- Robert Rossen : testing of a moral life in Hollywood and in films -- The time of turmoil, 1951 and after : the hearings resume, the real blacklist begins -- What is behaving decently? Those who testified and named names -- What is behaving decently? Those who did not testify, attacked, and remained silent -- Hearings and filmmaking : the denial of value and the record on film -- Testifying and filmmaking : attacks on individuals and the record on film -- The moral crusade in its broader context : the myth of total McCarthyism
- Before the Congressional hearings: the shaping of a culture of ideology, art, and conflict -- The hearings begin: party discipline and the realities of the Soviet world -- The time of the blacklist-and the times since
Subjects
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
- Motion picture industry -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Communism and motion pictures -- United States.
- Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States -- History.
- Blacklisting of authors -- United States -- History.
- Screenwriters -- Political activity -- United States.
- Motion picture producers and directors -- Political activity -- United States.
- Communism -- United States -- History.