The inquisition in Hollywood
Subtitle: politics in the film community, 1930-60
By: Larry Ceplair and Steven Englund.
Contributors: Englund, Steven.
Edition: 1st Ill. pbk.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 544
Subjects: Motion picture industry -- United States; Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States
Description: "The Inquisition in Hollywood examines the suppression of radical political activity in the film industry from the days of the Great Depression through the tumultuous House Un-American Activities Committee era to the waning days of the infamous blacklist."

"Although this thirty-year period of American history is marked by widespread targeting of leftists in all areas of life, those in the film industry - predominately screenwriters - were considered to be in positions of great potential indoctrinating power, and found themselves under intense scrutiny as the cold war hysteria mounted. Ceplair and Englund trace the history of political struggle in Hollywood back to the formation of the Screen Writers Guild in 1933. Many of the blacklisted filmmakers were members of the Communist Party and all of the graylisted filmmakers had expressed their sympathy with progressive (mainly anti-fascist) causes."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [487]-514) and index.