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Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
Recounts the 1947 government investigation into the motion picture industry by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
World War II is over, but tensions between the communist Soviet Union and the US are at an all-time high. In America, communist threats are seen everywhere and a committee is formed in the nation's capital to investigate those threats. Larry Dane Brimner follows the story of 19 men--all from the film industry--who are summoned...
Author
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Seventy-five years ago, the Hollywood blacklist ruined lives, stifled creativity, and sent waves of proscription and censorship throughout United States culture. When the Hollywood Ten refused to answer the questions of the House Committee on Un-American Activities about their membership in the Communist Party, they were sentenced to prison, the five who were under contract were fired by their studios, and all were blacklisted from reemployment until...
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