Hollywood's blacklist
Hollywood's blacklist was designed to prevent the employment of screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other entertainment professionals on suspicion of membership or support for the United States Communist Party .
The background was the red fear in the McCarthy era .
The first systematic list was issued on November 25, 1947, following the affair with the Hollywood Ten .
On June 22, 1950, the paper "Red Channels" was published, which named the names of 151 people.
In 2015 the feature film Trumbo was released , which dealt artistically with the processes.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hollywood's black list: Bryan Cranston as "Trumbo" in Focus online from March 5, 2016
literature
- Erik Barnouw: Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Second edition, 1990. ISBN 0-19-506483-6
- Lester Cole: Hollywood Red: the autobiography of Lester Cole. Ramparts Press, 1981
- Ellen Schrecker: The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History with Documents. New York: Palgrave. 2002. ISBN 0-312-29425-5