Hollywood exiles in Europe : the blacklist and Cold War film culture

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Hollywood exiles in Europe : the blacklist and Cold War film culture

Title remainder

the blacklist and Cold War film culture

Statement of responsibility

Rebecca Prime

Creator

• Prime, Rebecca, 1974-

Subject

• PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
• Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Blacklisting of authors -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Cold War -- Influence
• Motion picture industry -- Political aspects -- California | Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
• Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Expatriate motion picture producers and directors -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
• Motion picture industry -- Political aspects -- Europe -- History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

"Documents the untold story of the American directors, screenwriters, and actors who emigrated to Europe as a result of the Hollywood blacklist. During the 1950s and early 1960s, these Hollywood exiles directed, wrote, or starred in almost 100 European productions, their contributions ranging from crime film masterpieces like Du rififi chez les hommes (dir. Jules Dassin, 1955) to international blockbusters such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (scr. Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, 1957) to acclaimed art films like The Servant (dir. Joseph Losey, 1963). At once a lively portrait of a lesser-known American "lost generation" and an examination of an important transitional moment in European cinema, the book presents a compelling argument for the significance of the blacklisted exiles to our understanding of postwar American and European cinema and Cold War cultural relations. The experiences of the blacklisted in Europe not only suggest the need to rethink our understanding of the Hollywood blacklist as a purely domestic phenomenon, but, by shedding new light on European cinema's changing relationship with Hollywood, illuminates the postwar shift from national to "transnational" cinema"--

Member of

• New directions in international studies

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Provided by publisher

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DLC

Dewey number

302.2/34309409045

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PN1993.5.E8

LC item number

P65 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

New directions in international studies