Radical innocence
Subtitle: a critical study of the Hollywood Ten
By: Bernard F. Dick.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Screenwriters -- United States -- Biography.; Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.; Motion picture plays -- History and criticism.; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles.; Blacklisting of authors -- United States.; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Biography.; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography.
Description: "On October 30, 1947, the House Committee on Un-American Activities concluded the first round of hearings on the alleged Communist infiltration of the motion picture industry. Hollywood was ordered to "clean its own house," and ten witnesses who had refused to answer questions about their membership in the Screen Writers Guild and the Communist party eventually received contempt citations. By 1950 the Hollywood Ten, as they quickly became known, were serving prison sentences ranging from six months to a year. Since that time the group, which included writers, directors, and a producer, have been either dismissed as industry hacks or eulogized as Cold War martyrs, but never have they been discussed in terms of their profession. Radical Innocence is the first study to focus on the work of the Ten: their short stories, plays, novels, criticism, poems, memoirs, and, of course, their films. Drawing on myriad sources, including archival materials, unpublished manuscripts, black-market scripts, screenplay drafts, letters, and personal interviews, Bernard F. Dick describes the Ten's survival tactics during the blacklisting and analyzes the contribution of these ten individuals not only to film but also to the arts."--Publisher website.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Includes index.