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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Doherty, Thomas Patrick.     Subjects     United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.     Motion picture industry -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Motion picture producers and directors -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Motion picture actors and actresses -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Doherty, Thomas Patrick.       by title:      Show trial : Hollywo...       by call number:      791.430973 D655s     Search the Web     Doherty, Thomas Patrick.     United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.     Motion picture industry -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Motion picture producers and directors -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Motion picture actors and actresses -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Show trial : Hollywood, HUAC, and the birth of the blacklist / Thomas Doherty. by Doherty, Thomas Patrick. Columbia University Press, 2018. Call #: 791.430973 D655s Subjects United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.   Motion picture industry -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Motion picture producers and directors -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Motion picture actors and actresses -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Series Film and culture. ISBN:  9780231187787 (hc.) Description:  xiv, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographic references (pages 355-389) and index. Contents:  Part I, Backstories. How the popular front became unpopular ; Hollywood's war record ; The preservation of American ideals ; The magic of a Hollywood dateline ; Smearing Hollywood with the brush of communism -- Part II, On location in Washington. Showtime ; Lovefest ; Friendlies, cooperative and uncooperative ; Hollywood's finest ; Doldrums ; Crashing Page 1 ; Contempt ; $64 questions and no answers ; Jewish questions ; The curtain drops -- Part III, Backfire. The Waldorf and other declarations ; Blacklists and casualty lists ; Not only victims. Summary:  "In 1947, the Cold War came to Hollywood. Over nine tumultuous days in October, the House Un-American Activities Committee held a notorious round of hearings into alleged Communist subversion in the movie industry. The blowback was profound: the major studios pledged to never again employ a known Communist or unrepentant fellow traveler. The declaration marked the onset of the blacklist era, a time when political allegiances, real or suspected, determined employment opportunities in the entertainment industry. Hundreds of artists were shown the door--or had it shut in their faces. In Show Trial, Thomas Doherty takes us behind the scenes at the first full-on media-political spectacle of the postwar era, a courtroom drama starring glamorous actors, colorful moguls, on-the-make congressmen, high-priced lawyers, single-minded investigators, and recalcitrant screenwriters, all recorded by newsreel cameras and broadcast over radio. Doherty explores the deep background to the hearings and details the theatrical elements of a proceeding that bridged the realms of entertainment and politics. He tells the story of the Hollywood Ten and the other witnesses, friendly and unfriendly, who testified; tracks the flight path of the Committee for the First Amendment, the delegation from Hollywood that descended on Washington to protest the hearings; and chronicles the implementation of the postwar blacklist. Show Trial is a rich, character-driven inquiry into how the HUAC hearings ignited the anti-Communist crackdown in Hollywood, providing a gripping new cultural history of one of the most influential events of the postwar era"--Publisher's description. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 791.430973 D655s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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