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Book

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

Call Number

  • 791.4372 H6382F (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Bloomsbury, 2017.

Physical Description

xvi, 379 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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.

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.

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