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100 1 _aMcGilligan, Patrick,
_d1951-
_924072
245 1 0 _aTender comrades :
_ba backstory of the Hollywood blacklist /
_cPatrick McGilligan and Paul Buhle ; photographs by Alison Morley and William B. Winburn.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bSt. Martin's Press,
_c1997.
300 _axx, 776 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aIn 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
650 0 _aBlacklisting of entertainers
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aLista negra de artistas
_zEstados Unidos
_942148
650 0 _aBlacklisting of authors
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEntertainers
_zUnited States
_xInterviews.
650 0 _aAuthors
_zUnited States
_xInterviews.
650 4 _aArtistas
_zEstados Unidos
_vEntrevistas
_933082
650 4 _aAutores
_zEstados Unidos
_vEntrevistas
_93900
650 0 _aCommunism
_zUnited States.
700 1 _aBuhle, Paul Merlyn,
_d1944-
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