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Hollywood divided : the 1950 Screen Directors Guild meeting and the impact of the blacklist /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brianton, Kevin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2016]
Series:Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)
Subjects:
Screen Directors Guild > History.
United States. > Congress. > House. > Committee on Un-American Activities.
Motion picture industry > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
Motion picture producers and directors > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
Communism and motion pictures > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the myth of the Screen Directors Guild meeting
  • The House Un-American Activities Committee arrives in Hollywood
  • The origins of the Screen Directors Guild meeting
  • The Screen Directors Guild meeting
  • The aftermath
  • Mankiewicz and the making of the myth
  • Ford's heroic stand
  • Demille as anti-communist ogre
  • Conclusion.