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Author Ceplair, Larry.

Title The Marxist and the movies : a biography of Paul Jarrico / Larry Ceplair.

Publication Info. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 327 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
Series Screen classics
Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-310) and index.
Includes filmography: pages 243-253.
Contents The early years, 1915-36 -- Screenwriting and communism, 1936-39 -- World War II, 1939-45 -- The Cold War in Hollywood, 1945-47 -- The interregnum, 1948-50 -- The blacklist expands, 1951-52 -- Salt of the earth, 1952-54 -- The black market and Khrushchev's speech, 1954-58 -- Europe, 1958-75 -- Political battles, 1958-75 -- Back in the USA, 1975-97.
Summary As part of its effort to rid the nation of Communist influence and infiltration, the House Un-American Activities Committee subpoenaed hundreds of actors, screenwriters, producers, and directors with suspected "Red" leanings in 1947. Some of these film industry veterans, including screenwriter Paul Jarrico (1915-1997), refused to testify on Capitol Hill and were denied subsequent employment. In The Marxist and the Movies, Larry Ceplair illuminates the life, career, and political activism of Jarrico, the recipient of an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for Tom, Dick, and Harry (1941) and the.
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Subject Jarrico, Paul.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
Jarrico, Paul. (OCoLC)fst00134724
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. (OCoLC)fst00544557
Screenwriters -- United States -- Biography.
Motion picture industry -- United States.
Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States.
Communism and motion pictures -- United States.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History.
Literature.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Screenwriting.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production.
Blacklisting of entertainers. (OCoLC)fst00833874
Communism and motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst00870516
Motion picture industry. (OCoLC)fst01027150
Screenwriters. (OCoLC)fst01109351
California -- Los Angeles -- Hollywood. (OCoLC)fst01312041
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Ceplair, Larry. Marxist and the movies. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2007 9780813124537 0813124530 (DLC) 2007019777 (OCoLC)129953902
ISBN 9780813173009 (electronic bk.)
0813173000 (electronic bk.)
9780813137049 (electronic bk.)
0813137047 (electronic bk.)
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