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Author:

Sbardellati, John, 1973-

Title:

J. Edgar Hoover goes to the movies : the FBI and the origins of Hollywood's Cold War / John Sbardellati.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

viii, 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Motion pictures--History.--United States--History.
Cold War in motion pictures.
Communism and motion pictures--United States.
Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
United States.--Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-246) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Hollywood's Red scare -- A movie problem -- The FBI's search for communist propaganda during the Second World War -- Producing Hollywood's Cold War -- The coalescence of a counter-subversive network -- The 1947 HUAC trials -- Rollback -- Conclusion : three perspectives on the death of the social problem film.

ISBN:

080145008X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801450082 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)753351179

LCCN:

2011038590

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)