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More than sixty years ago, McCarthyism silenced Hollywood. In this book, those who were suppressed, whose lives and careers were ruined, finally have their say. A unique collection of profiles in cinematic courage, this oral history brings to light the voices of thirty-six blacklist survivors (including two members of the Hollywood Ten), seminal directors, starring actresses and supporting players, top screenwriters, and many less known to the public who are rescued from obscurity by the stories they offer here that, beyond politics, open a window into moviemaking during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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An acute portrait of that squalid time when the witch-hunt was on in Hollywood. -Norman Mailer This is not the usual book of remembrances-nostalgic, bittersweet, and all that. This is chapter-and-verse recall of our country's most shameful epoch. . . . It is eloquent and revelatory, but most of all, it is a cautionary tale. -Studs Terkel

An acute portrait of that squalid time when the witch-hunt was on in Hollywood. Norman Mailer

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Patrick McGilligan has written several acclaimed biographies, including Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (a finalist for the Edgar Award) as well as New York Times Notable Books about George Cukor and Fritz Lang. His five-volume Backstory series is the definitive oral history of American screenwriting. Paul Buhle, a retired senior lecturer at Brown University and the founder of the Oral History of the American Left archive at New York University, is the author or editor of more than forty books.

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