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High noon the Hollywood blacklist and the making of an American classic

"The story behind the classic movie High Noon shares insights into the toxic political climate in which it was created, recounting how, during the film shoot, screenwriter Carl Foreman was interrogated and blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. By the New York Times best-...

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Main Author: Frankel, Glenn (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury, 2017.
Series: Amicus High Interest. Pro Sports Biographies
Subjects:
High noon (Motion picture)
Blacklisting of authors > United States.
Blacklisting of entertainers > United States.
Summary: "The story behind the classic movie High Noon shares insights into the toxic political climate in which it was created, recounting how, during the film shoot, screenwriter Carl Foreman was interrogated and blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Searchers."--
Physical Description: xvi, 379 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-359) and index.
ISBN: 9781620409480
1620409488
9781681512297
1681512297
Author Notes: Glenn Frankel worked for many years for the Washington Post , winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1989, and taught journalism at Stanford University and the University of Texas at Austin, where he directed the School of Journalism. He has won the National Jewish Book Award andwas a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His most recent book, The Searchers , was a national bestseller and named one of Library Journal 's top ten books of 2013. He lives in Arlington, Virginia. www.glennfrankel.com .

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