Witch-hunt in Hollywood : McCarthyism's war on Tinseltown
Freedland, Michael, 1934-2009
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Place reservation for Witch-hunt in Hollywood : McCarthyism's war on TinseltownThis 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.
Main title:
Witch-hunt in Hollywood : McCarthyism's war on Tinseltown / Michael Freedland with Barbara [i.e. Barbra] Paskin.
Imprint:
London : JR, 2009.
Collation:
ix, 278 p., [8] p. of plates : ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
ISBN:
9781906779092 (pbk)
Dewey class:
384.809794
Local class:
384.80979494
Language:
English
Subject:
Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th centuryCommunism and motion pictures -- United StatesBlacklisting of authors -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryBlacklisting of entertainers -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryAnti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryPolitical persecution -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryMedia Studies
BRN:
1673368
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