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Author:

Barranger, Milly S.

Title:

Unfriendly witnesses : gender, theater, and film in the McCarthy era / Milly S. Barranger.

Publisher:

Southern Illinois University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xviii, 197 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Actresses--Political activity--United States.
Blacklisting of entertainers--United States--History--20th century.
Women dramatists, American--20th century--Political activity.
Blacklisting of authors--United States--History--20th century.
United States.--Committee on Un-American Activities.--House.--Committee on Un-American Activities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-185) and index.

Contents:

McCarthyism -- Billie Dawn goes to Washington: Judy Holliday -- Death by innuendo: Mady Christians -- Unfriendly witness: Anne Revere -- The defiant ones: Lilian Hellman and Dorothy Parker -- Guilt by association: Margaret Webster -- The blacklist is on fire: Kim Hunter.

Series:

Theater in the Americas

ISBN:

0809328763 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780809328765 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)173683793

LCCN:

2007040920

Locations:

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

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)