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High noon : the Hollywood blacklist and the making of an American classic / Glenn Frankel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2017Description: xvi, 379 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781620409480
  • 1620409488
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Serena Williams.DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.H484 F73 2017
Other classification:
  • PER004030 | PER004150 | HIS036060 | POL010000
Contents:
The natural -- The elephant man -- The icon -- The boy wonder -- The committee -- The Viennese gentleman -- The falling star -- The committee returns -- The screenplay -- The informer -- Citizen Kane -- "Bombshells" -- The witness -- The exile -- The music men -- The process -- The movie -- Writer's block -- The return -- Epilogue.
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."-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Lang Memorial Library (Wilson) Nonfiction 700s 791.43 Frankel, Glenn Available 37490000150771
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-359) and index.

The natural -- The elephant man -- The icon -- The boy wonder -- The committee -- The Viennese gentleman -- The falling star -- The committee returns -- The screenplay -- The informer -- Citizen Kane -- "Bombshells" -- The witness -- The exile -- The music men -- The process -- The movie -- Writer's block -- The return -- Epilogue.

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

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