Show Trial: Hollywood, Huac, and the Birth of the Blacklist by Thomas Doherty

Show Trial: Hollywood, Huac, and the Birth of the Blacklist

Film and Culture Series

Thomas Doherty

424 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative tense slow-paced
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In 1947, the Cold War came to Hollywood. Over nine tumultuous days in October, the House Un-American Activities Committee held a notorious round of hearings into alleged Communist subversion in the movie industry. The blowback was profound: the ma...

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