Blacklisted! : Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment

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Blacklisted! : Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment

Title remainder

Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment

Statement of responsibility

Larry Dane Brimner

Creator

• trueBrimner, Larry Dane

Author

• trueBrimner, Larry Dane

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Blacklisting of entertainers
• Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• trueCivil rights
• trueCold War
• Communism
• trueCommunism
• trueCommunism -- Soviet Union
• Communism -- United States -- Juvenile literature
• Communism and motion pictures
• Communism and motion pictures -- United States -- Juvenile literature
• trueFilm industry and trade
• History
• trueHollywood Blacklist
• trueHollywood Ten
• Instructional and educational works
• Instructional and educational works
• Juvenile works
• trueMcCarthyism
• Motion picture industry
• Motion picture industry -- History
• Motion picture industry -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
• United States
• trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
• United States, Congress | House | Committee on Un-American Activities
• United States, Congress | House | Committee on Un-American Activities -- History -- 20th century
• United States, Congress | House | Committee on Un-American Activities -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
• Young adult non-fiction
• Blacklisting of authors
• Blacklisting of authors -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• Juvenile works
• Young adult non-fiction
• trueHistory
• Instructional and educational works

Language

eng

Summary

• Recounts the 1947 government investigation into the motion picture industry by the House Un-American Activities Committee
• 1947: "A Cold War is brewing between communist Soviet Union and the United States. Tensions between the two countries are at an all-time high. In America, people begin to see communist threats everywhere, and the U.S. government forms a committee to investigate those threats. Even Hollywood comes under the microscope. Acclaimed nonfiction writer Larry Dane Brimner follows, in vivid detail, the story of nineteen men from the film industry who are summoned to appear before the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities. All nineteen believe that the committee's investigations into their political views and personal associations are a violation of their First Amendment rights. When the first ten of these men refuse to give the committee the simple answers it wants, they are cited for contempt of Congress and are blacklisted. The story of the Hollywood Ten is one of courage and defiance--a story that shows just how important it is to fight for one's beliefs and rights."--Jacket
• In 1947, as the Cold War was brewing, people begin to see communist threats everywhere. Hollywood was accused of incorporating communist ideals in films. Brimner follows nineteen men from the film industry who are summoned to appear before the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities. All nineteen believed that the committee's investigations into their political views and personal associations are a violation of their First Amendment rights. When the first ten of these men refused to give the committee the simple answers it wanted, they were cited for contempt of Congress and were blacklisted-- denied employment because of their beliefs. -- adapted from jacket

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed

Cataloging source

NjBwBT

Dewey number

• 323
• 973.92

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

E743.5

LC item number

.B725 2018

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 7
• 12

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• filmographies

Target audience

juvenile