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The Hollywood Motion Picture Blacklist
Seventy-Five Years Later
The Hollywood Motion Picture Blacklist: Seventy-Five Years Later offers new insights on the origins of the blacklist, the characteristics of those blacklisted, and the probability of future proscriptions of the blacklist type. Author Larry Ceplair draws on previously published work while introducing new material to vigorously recount the events that took place between the US government, Hollywood unions, and motion picture studios. Ceplair thoroughly examines the role of Jewish identity in many anti-communist efforts—a concept that has never been fully examined by scholars—and analyzes the actions of subpoenaed witnesses who were forced to choose between cooperating with the House Committee or joining the blacklist. This fascinating book is an illuminating examination of a dark period in American history and the fragility of our rights to free speech and due process. The book includes a comprehensive annotated bibliography and filmography.
About the Author
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"Perhaps only the artists subpoenaed by the House Committee on un-American Activities can claim a deeper understanding of the Hollywood blacklist than the scholar and cultural critic Larry Ceplair, whose work on that scoundrel time has served as a touchstone for generations of historians of the American Cold War on entertainment. Impeccably researched, always illuminating, this invaluable collection of essays showcases his most recent research and ruminations on a period whose shadow has never really receded and whose lessons, alas, remain as timely as ever."—Thomas Doherty, professor of American studies at Brandeis University and author of Show Trial: Hollywood, HUAC, and the Birth of the Blacklist
"A renowned authority on the Hollywood Blacklist, Larry Ceplair brings decades of research, and a typically fresh and independent eye, to this new overview and analysis. The book offers vivid history and engaged but nuanced consideration of the moral and political issues involved; expert discussion of lives that were changed forever (including that of Dashiell Hammett); and insights on the phenomenon's continuing relevance given today's entertainment industry practice, and constitutional and cultural divides."—Brian Neve, author of The Many Lives of Cy Endfield: Film Noir, the Blacklist, and Zulu
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Other Titles by Larry Ceplair
Revolutionary Pairs
Dalton Trumbo
The Marxist and the Movies
Other Titles in PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism
The Woman Who Dared
Ida Lupino
Jean Gabin