Hollywood on Trial
Subtitle: McCarthyism's War Against the Movies
Publisher: Anova Books; Robson Books
Published: April 28, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781861059475
Subjects: Cinema industry; Political oppression & persecution; c 1945 to c 1960; Performing Arts; Technology & Industrial Arts; Cinema/Film: Book; USA; Telecommunications; Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; Art & Politics; Film & Video - History & Criticism; 20th century; Blacklisting of entertainers; California; Communism and motion pictures; History; Los Angeles; Motion picture industry; United States
Description: "This book reveals the true story behind one of cinema's darkest episodes: how actors, directors and moguls were subpoenaed to name names and answer the '$64,000 question': 'are now you or have you ever been a member of the Communist party?' The book charts the generation of actors who found their livelihood ruined by being 'blacklisted' and the writers forced to hire 'fronts' to continue to work; how Arthur Miller was offered the chance to have his hearing dropped in return for a photo-opportunity with Marilyn Monroe; and how Kirk Douglas's naming of Dalton Trumbo as the writer of Spartacus signalled the end of this extraordinary era." "Painstakingly researched and drawing on numerous new interviews, Hollywood on Trial is the definitive account of how political paranoia shaped cinema for a decade."--Jacket.