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Communism in Hollywood
The Moral Paradoxes of Testimony, Silence, and Betrayal
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2009
Summary
Much has been written about the history of Communism in America, including the Party's appeal to many in the Hollywood community of the 1930s and 40s. While several books have offered standard accounts of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings and the blacklist in the entertainment industry, Alan Casty provides a fresh and provocative perspective. In Communism in Hollywood: The Moral Paradoxes of Testimony, Silence, and Betrayal, Casty challenges the absolute dualisms of the period: cowardly informers and heroic martyrs. Drawing on newly available material, Casty illustrates the control by the international Communist movement and the role of the Hollywood Communists themselves in fomenting the intense hostilities of the period. Casty juxtaposes the actions and statements of those who testified and 'named names' before HUAC with Communists who refused to testify and remained silent about the atrocities of the Soviet Union. By providing a scrupulous account of the full scope of the Communist Party in Hollywood, this book presents a more accurate picture of the moral quandaries faced during this dark period in American history.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-6948-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-6949-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
369
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Chapter 1: Emblems of Righteous Ideology: The "Trials" of Albert Maltz and Robert Rossen No access
Chapter 2: The Moral Equation Redefined: Testimony and Silence, Decency and Betrayal No access
Chapter 3: The Birth of the Hollywood Party: The Establishment of Comintern Control No access
Chapter 4: The Hollywood Party in Peace and War: Idealism, Discipline, and Reality No access
Chapter 5: A Climate of Hostilities and Betrayals: Writers Wars, Street Battles, and Broken Alliances No access
Chapter 6: Robert Rossen: A Life in the Party and in the Movies No access
Chapter 7: The Consequences of Ideology: The Emblematic Battle of Body and Soul No access
Chapter 8: The First Hearings, 1947: The Strategies, the Combat, and the Consequences No access
Chapter 9: Testimony and Silence: Just a Democratic Political Association and the Secret World of Communism No access
Chapter 10: The Lie Deep within the Silence: The CPUSA and Obedience to the Destructive Policies of the Soviet Union No access
Chapter 11: Testimony and Silence: Jews, Free Speech, and the Degrees of Betrayal No access
Chapter 12: The Time of Turmoil, 1947 to 1951: Hollywood Besieged, Crusades Continue—Wallace, Peace, and Korea No access
Chapter 13: The Time of Trials: The Smith Act, the Rosenbergs, and Alger Hiss No access
Chapter 14: Robert Rossen: Testing of a Moral Life in Hollywood and in Films No access
Chapter 15: The Time of Turmoil, 1951 and After: The Hearings Resume, the Real Blacklist Begins No access
Chapter 16: What Is Behaving Decently? Those Who Testified and Named Names No access
Chapter 17: What Is Behaving Decently? Those Who Did Not Testify, Attacked, and Remained Silent No access
Chapter 18: Hearings and Filmmaking: The Denial of Value and the Record on Film No access
Chapter 19: Testifying and Filmmaking: Attacks on Individuals and the Record on Film No access
Chapter 20: The Moral Crusade in Its Broader Context: The Myth of Total McCarthyism No access
