The left side of the screen
Subtitle: Communist and left-wing ideology in Hollywood, 1929-2009
By: Bob Herzberg
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780786444564
Subjects: Communism and motion pictures; Screenwriters; United States; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion picture industry; Political activity; History
Description: "An examination of the careers of communist and liberal actors, screenwriters, playwrights, and directors in Hollywood from the late 1920s to the present, this book uses studio and PCA correspondence, FBI files, film and theater reviews, and other sources to reveal how these artists were concerned with and active in the cinema of social protest"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In the red (1929-1936); title: Old left hook (1937-1941); title: Bodyguard of lies (1942-1945); title: Revolution from above (1946-1951); title: Breaking eggs (1952-1958); title: Containment (1959-2009).