Michael Freedland
Author
Language
English
Description
This is the story of how the politicians took Tinseltown to task in the late 1940s and 1950s. As the Cold War with the Soviet Union began in earnest, the search for 'Reds under the bed', later led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy, was felt most keenly in Hollywood where the investigations were carried out under the full glare of the flashlights.
Painstakingly researched and drawing on numerous exclusive interviews, the book charts the generation of actors...