The following is cross-posted from H-Amstdy. I thought some folks over here
might be able to help him out. Since he's probably not a subscriber to Screen-L,
you should e-mail him your responses directly.
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From:    IN%"[log in to unmask]"   "American Studies discussion list"
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 15:45:33 -0500
 
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>Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 07:04 +0000
>From: [log in to unmask] (DB)
>Subject: Waldorf Conference/HUAC
 
The Chicago NPR affiliate last night broadcast "The Waldorf Conference", a
play originally recorded by Santa Monica station KCRW.  "The Waldorf
Conference" is a speculative dramatization of the meeting between Hollywood
studio heads that took place in 1948 (or 1949?) soon after the Hollywood
Ten refused to cooperate with HUAC.  In the radio drama the meeting results
in agreement among the studios to fire and blacklist those who did not
cooperate with HUAC.
 
How speculative is this?  Navasky in _Naming Names_ refers to the meeting
only in passing (he calls it the "Waldorf Peace Conference") but makes it
sound much less sinister.  Any recommendation on a good history of HUAC
and/or HUAC in Hollywood?
 
Dean Blobaum
University of Chicago Press
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