Hollywood's blacklist

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Call, circa 1950–56

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

  1. 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