I would also highly recommend Thom Andersen and Noel Burch's documentary,
Red Hollywood, which offers a look back at the influence of communism and
left politics on Hollywood during the 1950s.  Unlike many treatments of
this subject, Burch and Andersen refuse to minimize or disavow the impact
of left ideology on films of this period.  Many critics of HUAC (including
former blacklistees) claimed that their persecution by the committee was
unwarranted partly because the influence of politics on their films and/or
scripts was negligible.  Red Hollywood excerpts and analyzes many of the
films listed by Peter Warren (as well as many others), focusing on those in
which Party members or sympathizers play key roles (as opposed to those
which merely reflect the political climate of the time).  The film is
accompanied by a book by the same title which, thus far, has been published
only in French.  I'm not sure what distribution of the film would be like
in Australia.

-Steve Anderson


>> Can anyone help me with titles/texts on Hollywood's rendition of the
>> fear of communism during the 50s? Thanks
>> Sue Roberts
>> Lecturer in Media Studies
>> Institute of Early Childhood
>> Macquarie University
>> North Ryde
>> Sydney NSW 2109
>> Australia
>> tel: 61 2 9850 9873
>> fax: 61 2 9850 9890
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