Actors on Red Alert by Anthony Slide
The anti-Communist hysteria that began in the 1930s was further empowered in 1938 when the House of Representatives established the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities. Soon thereafter, the creation of the blacklist in the late 1940s brought the Hollywood film and television community into the fold. Provocatively capturing the controversy and sentiments surrounding this period of political imbalance, Actors on Red Alert explores the repercussions of the blacklist through career interviews with five prominent actors and actresses.-
Wife of the Life of the Party
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David Lynch
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Hollywood be Thy Name
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Huston, We Have a Problem
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Order in the Universe
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Company of Heroes
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Scorsese Up Close
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Leni Riefenstahl and Olympia
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Hugo Friedhofer
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Wolf Man's Maker
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Between the Bullets
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Peckinpah's Women
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Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of His Life
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Some Cutting Remarks
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With or Without a Song
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Budd Schulberg
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William Beaudine
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Showdown at High Noon
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The Divine Comic
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Henry Hathaway
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Body and Soul
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William Desmond Taylor
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Saved from Oblivion
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Paul Landres
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The Word Made Flesh
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Picture Perfect
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My Only Great Passion
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No Film in My Camera
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Before, In and After Hollywood
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An Actor and a Rare One
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Stars of the Silents
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Making Music with Charlie Chaplin
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A Steady Digression to a Fixed Point
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The Creative Producer
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Stanley Donen
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Reinventing Reality-The Art and Life of Rouben Mamoulian
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Straight from the Horse's Mouth
..the five actors—Phil Brown, Rose Hobart, Marsha Hunt, Marc Lawrence, and Doris Nolan—form interesting case studies helped along through Slide's gentle prompting, utilising the blacklisting and graylisting as the bond holding each of the lives together...both vivid and invaluable...a valuable resource to students and enthusiasts alike...What is clear from Slide's patient and intelligent questioning is the vibrancy of the memories of five unequivocally different actors... * Historical Journal of Film, Radio, & Television *
Although the subject's been covered before, here is the personal record on how the blacklist, a result of the inquiry of The House On UnAmerican Activities Committee, personally hurt the careers and psyche of these people. * Rapport *
Captures the controversy and sentiments surrounding the period of political blacklisting through career interviews with five prominent actors and actresses - Phil Brown, Rose Hobart, Marsha Hunt, Marc Lawrence, and Doris Nolan. Their very different stories help to underline the impact of the blacklisting process. * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *
Although the subject's been covered before, here is the personal record on how the blacklist, a result of the inquiry of The House On UnAmerican Activities Committee, personally hurt the careers and psyche of these people. * Rapport *
Captures the controversy and sentiments surrounding the period of political blacklisting through career interviews with five prominent actors and actresses - Phil Brown, Rose Hobart, Marsha Hunt, Marc Lawrence, and Doris Nolan. Their very different stories help to underline the impact of the blacklisting process. * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *
Anthony Slide has published many books and articles on the performing arts. He is a highly respected scholar of film history, and has authored such books as The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry (1998), On Actors and Acting (1998), and Ravished Armenia and the Story of Aurora Mardiganian (1997).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780810836495 |
| ISBN 10 | 0810836491 |
| Title | Actors on Red Alert |
| Author | Anthony Slide |
| Series | The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
| Year published | 1999-08-25 |
| Number of pages | 198 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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