Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (559 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312200315 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 800 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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35 photos.. In this critically acclaimed milestone in Hollywood history, more than 30 blacklist survivors tell their deeply affecting stories
Evidence for the attempted subversion of America's movies, however, remains elusive.) Some of those shut out of the industry weren't even actual Communists, but ran into them as part of broader leftist activities. "To change the world we were involved in other kinds of things, like the labor struggle in Hollywood." Screenwriter Paul Jarrico concurs: "The Communist Party was not a revolutionary organization, not in the period when I was in it. "But I could go to Wall Street and invest the savings of widows and orphans with impunity." At turns mirthful and tragic, Tender Comrades presents an unfiltered perspective on the cold war that should be studied by anyone interested in the effects of a government persecuting its own people. It was
Five Stars Fascinating history of a dark period.. Fabulous Oral History Reckless Reader This is as great a collection of oral histories as I have ever readand I have read too many mediocre ones.Paul Buhle in particular has some kind of knack for bringing out the most interesting aspects of incredibly intense and interesting people, who have a lot to hide, but haven't.No better way to understand this dark nasty piece of modern history.. Douglas Doepke said Image shattering. I grew up midwestern 1950's, in a hotbed of Mc Carthyism. Needless to mention, my ingrained image of who and what was a communist was somewhat different from the thoroughly humanized portraits that emerge in the pages of the book. Not that the interviews with individual victims of the blacklist result in glamorized or enviable cameos. They don't. Instead, we get a glimpse of what life was like for people of strong conviction who def