Originally published in 1989. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Samuel Ornitz: Mazel tov! to the world -- Lester Cole: Hollywood red -- John Howard Lawson: Hollywood commissar -- Herbert Biberman: The salt that lost its savor -- Albert Maltz: Asking of writers -- Alvah Bessie: The eternal brigadier -- Adrian Scott: A decent man -- Edward Dmytryk: To work, perchance to dream -- Ring Lardner, Jr.: Radical wit -- Dalton Trumbo: The bull that broke the blacklist.
Summary:
"On October 30, 1947, the House Committee on Un-American Activities concluded the first round of hearings on the alleged Communist infiltration of the motion picture industry. Hollywood was ordered to "clean its own house," and ten witnesses who had refused to answer questions about their membership in the Screen Writers Guild and the Communist party eventually received contempt citations. By 1950 the Hollywood Ten, as they quickly became known, were serving prison sentences ranging from six months to a year. Since that time the group, which included writers, directors, and a producer, have been either dismissed as industry hacks or eulogized as Cold War martyrs, but never have they been discussed in terms of their profession. Radical Innocence is the first study to focus on the work of the Ten: their short stories, plays, novels, criticism, poems, memoirs, and, of course, their films. Drawing on myriad sources, including archival materials, unpublished manuscripts, black-market scripts, screenplay drafts, letters, and personal interviews, Bernard F. Dick describes the Ten's survival tactics during the blacklisting and analyzes the contribution of these ten individuals not only to film but also to the arts."--Publisher website
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