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Author:

Ceplair, Larry.

Title:

The Marxist and the movies : a biography of Paul Jarrico / Larry Ceplair.

Publisher:

University Press of Kentucky,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xii, 327 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Jarrico, Paul.
Screenwriters--United States--Biography.
Motion picture industry--United States.
Blacklisting of entertainers--United States.
Communism and motion pictures--United States.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History.
United States.--Committee on Un-American Activities.--House.--Committee on Un-American Activities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-310) and index. Includes filmography: p. [243]-253.

Contents:

The early years, 1915-36 -- Screenwriting and communism, 1936-39 -- World War II, 1939-45 -- The Cold War in Hollywood, 1945-47 -- The interregnum, 1948-50 -- The blacklist expands, 1951-52 -- Salt of the earth, 1952-54 -- The black market and Khrushchev's speech, 1954-58 -- Europe, 1958-75 -- Political battles, 1958-75 -- Back in the USA, 1975-97.

Series:

Screen classics

ISBN:

0813124530 (acid-free paper)
9780813124537 (acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2007019777

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)