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The final victim of the blacklist : John Howard Lawson, dean of the Hollywood Ten / Gerald Horne.

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Before he attained notoriety as Dean of the Hollywood Ten - the blacklisted screenwriters and directors persecuted because of their varying ties to the Communist Party - John Howard Lawson had become one of the most brilliant, successful, and intellectual screenwriters on the Hollywood scene in the...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Horne, Gerald
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Lawson, John Howard, > 1894-1977.
Dramatists, American > 20th century > Biography.
Screenwriters > United States > Biography.
Blacklisting of authors > United States.
Communism and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > History.
Communism.
Blacklisting of authors.
Communism and literature.
Dramatists, American.
Motion picture industry.
Screenwriters.
Theater.
California > Los Angeles.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
1900-1999
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Beginnings
  • Toward commitment
  • Hollywood
  • From Hollywood to Broadway
  • Commitment
  • Theory and practice
  • Struggle
  • Fighting
  • and writing
  • Writing
  • and fighting
  • Red scare rising
  • Inquisition
  • Jailed for ideas
  • "Blacklisted"
  • The fall of red Hollywood
  • Conclusion.

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