Witch-hunt in Hollywood : McCarthyism's war on Tinseltown

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Label

Witch-hunt in Hollywood : McCarthyism's war on Tinseltown

Title remainder

McCarthyism's war on Tinseltown

Statement of responsibility

Michael Freedland with Barbara [i.e. Barbra] Paskin

Creator

• Freedland, Michael, 1934-

Contributor

• Paskin, Barbra

Subject

• Blacklisting of authors -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Communism and motion pictures -- United States
• Media Studies
• Motion picture industry -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
• Political persecution -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

This is the story of how the politicians took Tinseltown to task in the late 1940s and 1950s. As the Cold War began in earnest, the search for 'Reds under the bed', later led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, was felt most keenly in Hollywood where the investigations were carried out under the full glare of the flashlights

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

• 384.8'0979494
• 384.8
• 384.809794

Illustrations

• portraits
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction