Hollywood Blacklist
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The greatest Hollywood witch hunt of all time, the Hollywood Blacklist, captivated America and forever ended the careers of many promising writers, directors, producers, and actors.
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Hollywood on Trial [VHS] $19.98 “Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” is the by-now familiar phrase that echoes through David Helpern’s portrait of Congress’s Hollywood witch hunt, the dark period of American Cold War hysteria that opened the door for Joseph McCarthy’s “red-baiting” reign of terror. Hundreds of Hollywood artists had their civil rights suspended when they were called before Congress… |
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The Way We Were (Special Edition) $3.87 One of the finest screen romances ever teams Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand as two philosophically different types whose love affair stretches from their ’30s college days to marriage and the turmoil of ’50s Hollywood. Bradford Dillman, Viveca Lindfors co-star; fine Marvin Hamlisch score. 118 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround; Su… |
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The Front $7.81 In a rare “acting only” turn, Woody Allen plays a hack writer who serves as a “front” for blacklisted TV scripters during the McCarthy era of the mid-’50s. Martin Ritt’s acerbic comedic look at the “witch hunts,” taken from personal experiences, also stars Andrea Marcovicci and Zero Mostel. 95 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Ja… |
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Guilty by Suspicion $0.45 No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-DramaRating: PG13Release Date: 1-JUN-2004Media Type: DVD… |
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Need for Speed Collectors Series – Includes Underground 1, 2 and Most Wanted (PC DVD) $10.28 Product Description Need for Speed Collection Includes Underground, Underground 2 and Most Wanted! Need for Speed: Underground Enter the world of urban street racing and high performance tuner cars with the latest title in the hit Need for Speed series: Need for Speed Underground. Take on today’s most popular tuner cars from Mitsubishi Motors, Subaru, Toyota and many more, building the ultimate … |
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted Black Edition $19.99 Need for Speed: Most Wanted is underground racing action so real, you almost smell the burnt asphalt. The thrill of illicit street racing permeates the air – out-race rivals, evade cops and exploit hundreds of miles of open road as gamers make their way up the Blacklist. Build up your street cred and Rap Sheet with gripping, white knuckle, head-to-head races with the top drivers on the streets. Th… |
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Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies $25.93 Accused of creating a bogus Red Scare and smearing countless innocent victims in a five-year reign of terror, Senator Joseph McCarthy is universally remembered as a demagogue, a bully, and a liar. History has judged him such a loathsome figure that even today, a half century after his death, his name remains synonymous with witch hunts. But that conventional image is all wrong, as veteran journali… |
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Naming Names $11.11 With a New Afterword by the AuthorâAn astonishing work concerning personal honor and dishonor, shame and shamelessness. A book of stunning insights and suspense.â âStuds TerkelHalf a century later, the investigation of Hollywood radicals by the House Committee on Un-American Activities still haunts the public conscience. Naming Names, reissued here with a new afterword by the author… |
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Hollywood’s Blacklists: A Political and Cultural History $30.01 A Choice Outstanding Academic Title Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” That question was asked repeatedly during the anti-Communist investigations of the House Committee on un-American Activities (HUAC). When ten members of the film industry refused to answer, they were blacklisted and fired. Scores of actors, writers, and directors shared a similar fate, labeled C… |
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