Blacklisted: The Film Lover's Guide to the Hollywood Blacklist [Paperback]

Dave Wagner (Author), Paul Buhle (Author)

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Publication Date: November 17, 2003

Buhle and Wagner have put together the definitive guide to the films, directors, stars, writers, designers, producers and anyone else who was blacklisted by Joseph McCarthy during the notorious Hollywood blacklist era. In over 2000 entries, film lovers get every piece of information they could ever want. Covering such films as Roman Holiday and Bridge on the River Kwai and linking them up with the men and women involved, Blacklisted becomes the ultimate film lover's guide to Hollywood's darkest days.

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During the McCarthy years, some actors and directors spoke out against the country's oppressive political climate-and were blacklisted for it. In this collection of short, descriptive entries, Buhle and Wagner (Radical Hollywood) pay homage to the people and films that drew audiences's attention to the problems of anti-Semitism, racism and other social ills. The entries in this guide range from the Abbot and Costello films to the Zulu film series. Strangely, however, the authors rarely explain the political relevance of each film's subject. For example, Of Mice and Men's listing contains only one sentence that mentions that blacklisted Aaron Copeland wrote the film's score, and many entries don't say why a film or filmmaker was blacklisted. Still, Buhle and Wagner provide standout commentary of some pictures, such as Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement (1947). Although the book has a glossary, it could have benefited from separate alphabetical indexes of the thousand or so films and their makers' names.
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"...a guide to all films associated with blacklisted individuals..."-Anthony J. Adam, Library Journal

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1 edition (November 17, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140396145X
• ISBN-13: 978-1403961457
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,626,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Over 2000 entries, January 12, 2004

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Blacklisted: The Film Lover's Guide To The Hollywood Blacklist is the collaboratively effort of Paul Buhle and Dave Wagner and an alphabetically arranged encyclopedia of entries concerning the films, directors, stars, writers, producers, designers, and others who suffered being blacklisted because of the House Un-American Activities Committee during their infamous Hollywood blacklist era. Over 2000 entries point the reader in the direction of grand works that were covered in shadow during a dangerous time in American history, including films such as "Roman Holiday" and "Bridge on the River Kwai". Blacklisted is a welcome and greatly appreciated contribution to Cinematic Studies reference collections.