TY  - GEN
T1  - The final victim of the blacklist : John Howard Lawson, dean of the Hollywood Ten
A1  - Horne, Gerald
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 2006
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm72692380
AB  - 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 1930s and 1940s, with several hits to his credit including "Blockade", "Sahara", and "Action in the North Atlantic". After his infamous, almost violent, 1947 hearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Lawson spent time in prison and his lucrative career was effectively over. Studded with anecdotes and based on previously untapped archives, this first biography of Lawson brings alive his era and features many of his prominent friends and associates, including John Dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Chaplin, Gene Kelly, Edmund Wilson, Ernest Hemingway, Humphrey Bogart, Dalton Trumbo, Ring Lardner, Jr., and many others. Lawson's life becomes a prism through which we gain a clearer perspective on the evolution and machinations of McCarthyism and anti-Semitism in the United States, on the influence of the left on Hollywood, and on a fascinating man whose radicalism served as a foil for launching the political careers of two Presidents: Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. In vivid, marvelously detailed prose, "Final Victim of the Blacklist" restores this major figure to his rightful place in history as it recounts one of the most captivating episodes in twentieth-century cinema and politics.
OP  - 360
CN  - PS3523.A954 Z69 2006eb
SN  - 9780520939936
SN  - 052093993X
SN  - 1429408219
SN  - 9781429408219
SN  - 1601295014
SN  - 9781601295019
SN  - 128235857X
SN  - 9781282358577
SN  - 0520243722
SN  - 0520248600
SN  - 9780520243729
SN  - 9780520248601
KW  - Lawson, John Howard, : 1894-1977.
KW  - Lawson, John Howard, : 1894-1977
KW  - Dramatists, American : 20th century : Biography.
KW  - Screenwriters : United States : Biography.
KW  - Blacklisting of authors : United States.
KW  - Communism and literature : United States : History : 20th century.
KW  - Theater : New York (State) : New York : History : 20th century.
KW  - Motion picture industry : California : Los Angeles : History.
KW  - Communism.
KW  - Communism
KW  - Dramaturges américains : 20e siècle : Biographies.
KW  - Scénaristes : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - Listes noires d'auteurs : États-Unis.
KW  - Communisme et littérature : États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Cinéma : Industrie : Californie : Los Angeles : Histoire.
KW  - Communisme.
KW  - communism.
KW  - DRAMA : American.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Literary.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : General.
KW  - Blacklisting of authors
KW  - Communism and literature
KW  - Dramatists, American
KW  - Motion picture industry
KW  - Screenwriters
KW  - Theater
KW  - California : Los Angeles
KW  - New York (State) : New York
KW  - United States
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - 1930s.
KW  - 1940s.
KW  - 1947.
KW  - 20th century.
KW  - america.
KW  - antisemitism.
KW  - biographical.
KW  - blacklist.
KW  - california.
KW  - cinema.
KW  - communist party.
KW  - directors.
KW  - edmund wilson.
KW  - ernest hemingway.
KW  - f scott fitzgerald.
KW  - gene kelly.
KW  - historical nonfiction.
KW  - hollywood ten.
KW  - hollywood.
KW  - house unamerican activities committee.
KW  - imprisonment.
KW  - infamy.
KW  - john dos passos.
KW  - john howard lawson.
KW  - joseph mccarthy.
KW  - mccarthyism.
KW  - political figures.
KW  - politics.
KW  - radical politics.
KW  - red scare.
KW  - screenwriters.
KW  - united states.
KW  - us history.
KW  - Biography
KW  - Biographies
KW  - History
KW  - Biographies.
ER  -