Hollywood Divided : The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist /

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"On October 22, 1950, the Screen Directors Guild (SDG) gathered for a meeting at the opulent Beverly Hills Hotel. Among the group's leaders were some of the most powerful men in Hollywood -- John Ford, Cecil B. DeMille, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Huston, Frank Capra, William Wyler, and Rou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brianton, Kevin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress. > House. > Committee on Un-American Activities.
Screen Directors Guild.
Screen Directors Guild > History.
Motion picture producers and directors > Political activity.
Communism and motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Communisme et cinema > États-Unis.
Producteurs et realisateurs de cinema > Activite politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Cinema > Industrie > Activite politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Communism and motion pictures > United States.
Motion picture producers and directors > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
Motion picture industry > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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.

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