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Author:   Bernard Gordon
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780292719552

ISBN 10:   0292719558
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   01 October 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

A Note to the Reader Chapter 1: Before the Beginning Chapter 2: Innocence and Pain Chapter 3: Crash, Bang, No Boom Chapter 4: An Education and a Half Chapter 5: Starting a Career Chapter 6: New Beginnings Chapter 7: From Sea to Shining Sea Chapter 8: Paramount/Paradise Chapter 9: Career on Hold Chapter 10: Endings and Beginnings Chapter 11: Mexico Chapter 12: A Taste of Europe Chapter 13: A New Start and a Big Blow Chapter 14: Moving On Chapter 15: A Grand Tour Chapter 16: In and Out of the Soup Chapter 17: The Good Life Chapter 18: Tumult in Madrid Chapter 19: Beginning Again Chapter 20: Filed Away Postscript Appendix A: Selected Pages from the Gordon File Appendix B: Selected Pages from the Hollywood Canteen File

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"""Most Americans imagine, I think, that the government agencies charged with national security are at least well intentioned and reasonably competent, but this book will shatter their illusions on both counts. It might also cause them to think twice about some of the programs for collecting 'intelligence' and 'information' that have been proposed for the current 'war against terrorism.' Although The Gordon File tells a story that comes to an end around 1970, the lesson could hardly be more timely than it is today."" Fred Haines, a filmmaker whose credits include Ulysses and Steppenwolf"

Most Americans imagine, I think, that the government agencies charged with national security are at least well intentioned and reasonably competent, but this book will shatter their illusions on both counts. It might also cause them to think twice about some of the programs for collecting 'intelligence' and 'information' that have been proposed for the current 'war against terrorism.' Although The Gordon File tells a story that comes to an end around 1970, the lesson could hardly be more timely than it is today. Fred Haines, a filmmaker whose credits include Ulysses and Steppenwolf

Author Information

Bernard Gordon wrote or produced more than twenty motion pictures, including Battle of the Bulge, 55 Days at Peking, The Thin Red Line, Krakatoa East of Java, Day of the Triffids, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, and Horror Express. Still active in struggles for democratic values, he helped lead the fight against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award to Elia Kazan, who cooperated with the House Committee on Un-American Activities during the blacklist era. Bernard Gordon lives in Los Angeles.

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