High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic

High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic
ISBN-10
1620409488
ISBN-13
9781620409480
Series
High Noon
Category
History
Pages
379
Language
English
Published
2017-02-21
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Author
Glenn Frankel

Description

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. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Searchers. --Publisher

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