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		United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
		High noon (Motion picture).
		Western films -- History and criticism.
		Blacklisting of authors -- United States.
		Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States.
		Screenwriters -- United States -- Biography.
		Motion picture industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

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High noon : the Hollywood blacklist and the making of an American classic / Glenn Frankel.

by Frankel, Glenn.

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.

High noon (Motion picture).

Western films -- History and criticism.

Blacklisting of authors -- United States.

Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States.

Screenwriters -- United States -- Biography.

Motion picture industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

9781620409480 (hc.)

xvi, 379 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-359) and index.

The natural -- The elephant man -- The icon -- The boy wonder -- The committee -- The Viennese gentleman -- The falling star -- The committee returns -- The screenplay -- The informer -- Citizen Kane -- "Bombshells" -- The witness -- The exile -- The music men -- The process -- The movie -- Writer's block -- The return -- Epilogue.

"The revelatory story behind the classic movie High Noon and the toxic political climate in which it was created. It's one of the most revered movies of Hollywood's golden era. Starring screen legend Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly in her first significant film role, High Noon was shot on a lean budget over just thirty-two days but achieved instant box-office and critical success. It won four Academy Awards in 1953, including a best actor win for Cooper. And it became a cultural touchstone, often cited by politicians as a favorite film, celebrating moral fortitude. Yet what has been often overlooked is that High Noon was made during the height of the Hollywood blacklist, a time of political inquisition and personal betrayal. In the middle of the film shoot, screenwriter Carl Foreman was forced to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities about his former membership in the Communist Party. Refusing to name names, he was eventually blacklisted and fled the United States. His co-authored screenplay for another classic, The Bridge on the River Kwai, went uncredited in 1957. Examined in light of Foreman's testimony, High Noon's emphasis on courage and loyalty takes on deeper meaning and importance. Journalist Glenn Frankel tells the story of the making of a great American Western, exploring how Carl Foreman's concept of High Noon evolved from idea to first draft to final script, taking on allegorical weight. Both the classic film and its turbulent political times emerge newly illuminated."--Provided by publisher.

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