Blacklisting

Blacklisting
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Hollywood on Trial
$49.95
A detailed look at the events leading up to the blacklisting of Hollywood writers and artists. In October 1947 nineteen Hollywood personalities were subpoenaed by the House Committee on Un-American Activities to testify about their knowledge or possible involvement in the American Communist Party. The first ten to be called refused to cooperate, claiming their first amendment rights, were cited for contempt of Congress and sent to prison. They became known as the "Hollywood Ten" and this is their story. Narrated by John Huston, with appearances by Zero Mostel, Otto Preminger, and Ronald Reagan as President of the Screen Actors Guild; the "Hollywood Ten": Ring Lardner, Jr., Edward Dmytryk, Adrian Scott, Dalton Trumbo, Lester Cole, Herbert Biberman, John Lawson, Alva Bessie, Samuel Ornitz, Albert Maltz. Their accusers, from the right wing were Robert Stripling, Richard Nixon, J. Parnell Thomas, Lela Rogers, mother of Ginger Rogers, Robert Taylor, Adolphe Menjou, Gary Cooper. Produced by James C. Gutman; Directed by David Helpern, Jr., Screenplay by Arnie Reisman; Cinematography by Barry Abrams.

Only Victims: A Study of Show Business Blacklisting
$17.95
After years of having heard about the blacklisting era, I was surprised that so much more was involved. This book should be required reading for all high school and college students. The depth of the book was overwhelming. I had always thought that period of history was restricted to the 1950's, but it began long before that. Robert Vaughn writes with such eloquence on the subject that you hold onto every written word. I read the entire book in one day. It is fascinating. There was so much I never knew about this dark time in history. The innocent who's lives were destroyed and the guilty who slipped thru the cracks. BRAVO!