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Tender comrades : a backstory of the Hollywood blacklist by Patrick McGilligan and Paul Buhle; photographs by Alison Morley and William B. Winburn is a performing arts available to read on EtoBox.
What is Tender comrades : a backstory of the Hollywood blacklist about?
In October of 1947, The House Un-American Activities Committee launched hearings in Washington, D.C., to investigate Communist influence in the motion picture industry. Writers, actors, directors, and other industry figures were called before HUAC and commanded to "name names": to save themselves by betraying their colleagues. In what amounted to a signal instance of cultural repression, those who defied HUAC were shouted down - and marked down on lists that ruined their lives and careers. And t
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- Author
- Patrick McGilligan and Paul Buhle; photographs by Alison Morley and William B. Winburn
- Publisher
- New York: St. Martin's Press
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780312170462
- Category
- performing arts
- Subjects
- Economics, Literary Fiction, Performing Arts
- Rating
- 3.91 / 5 (28 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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