TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGilligan,Patrick
AU  - Buhle,Paul Merlyn
TI  - Tender comrades: a backstory of the Hollywood blacklist 
SN  - 0312170467
AV  - PN 1590 M478t 1997
U1  - 331.89/4 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - St. Martin's Press
KW  - Blacklisting of entertainers
KW  - United States
KW  - Lista negra de artistas
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Blacklisting of authors
KW  - Entertainers
KW  - Interviews
KW  - Authors
KW  - Artistas
KW  - Entrevistas
KW  - Autores
KW  - Communism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In October of 1947, The House Un-American Activities Committee launched hearings in Washington, D.C., to investigate Communist influence in the motion picture industry. Writers, actors, directors, and other industry figures were called before HUAC and commanded to "name names": to save themselves by betraying their colleagues. In what amounted to a signal instance of cultural repression, those who defied HUAC were shouted down - and marked down on lists that ruined their lives and careers. And they have never been given their full chance to speak ... until now. In the pages of Tender Comrades, thirty-six blacklist survivors tell their life stories. Together their voices form a unique collection of Hollywood profiles in courage. For years before 1947, a close-knit left-wing and liberal community had thrived in Hollywood, taking stands on controversial issues and causes while making some of the finest films of the 1930s and 1940s. Hardly a circle bent on revolt, these individuals were, rather, committed to integrating their humanism into their lives and work. When they were blacklisted and driven from the industry - some into false identities, some out of the country altogether - the world of film suffered an immeasurable loss
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