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Caught in the crossfire: Adrian Scott and the politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
Jennifer E. Langdon-
Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright and Permissions
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List of Illustrations and Documents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: Discovering Crossfire: Texts and Contexts
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Chapter 1 Reel Reds, Real Americans: Politics and Culture in the Studio System
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[Intro]
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Adrian Scott: Starting Out in the Thirties
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Friends and Enemies: Working in the Studio System
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Red Hollywood: Politics and Culture of the Popular Front
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Adrian Scott in Hollywood
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Chapter 2 Raising the Cry of Alarm: Popular Nationalism, World War Two, and the New Political Filmmaking
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[Intro]
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Popular Nationalism between the Wars
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Antifascist Filmmaking in Hollywood
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Hollywood Goes to War
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Mr. RKO: Edward Dmytryk and the New Political Filmmaking
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Mr. Lucky: Adrian Scott and the New Political Filmmaking
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The Conservative Backlash: Hoover versus Hollywood
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Chapter 3 Progressive Producer in the Studio System: Film Noir and the Production of Murder, My Sweet
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[Intro]
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Pulp Fiction and Hollywood Realism
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Hard-Boiled, from Page to Screen
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Edward Dmytryk and Noir Style
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Negotiating the Production Code
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Audience and Critical Response
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Radical Visions for Postwar America
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Chapter 4 They Must Not Escape: Cornered and the Specter of Postwar Fascism
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[Intro]
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The Production of Cornered
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The Public Reception of Cornered
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The Radical Response to Cornered
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Chapter 5 You Can’t Do That: From The Brick Foxhole to Crossfire
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[Intro]
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The Brick Foxhole: Popular Nationalism and the Specter of Native Fascism
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The Brick Foxhole in Hollywood
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Pitching The Brick Foxhole
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The Role of Dore Schary
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Adapting The Brick Foxhole
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Telling Stories, Telling Lies: Ruptured Narrative in Crossfire
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Chapter 6 It Can Happen Here: Noir Style and the Politics of Antifascism in Crossfire
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[Intro]
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Performativity and Intertextuality
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Screenplay Revisions and the Final Shoot
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The Industry Buzz
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Chapter 7 Is it Good for the Jews? The Jewish Response to Crossfire
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[Intro]
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Strategizing Jewish Defense
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The Debate over Crossfire
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The Battle of the Experts
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The Commentary Debate
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Chapter 8 Hate is Like a Loaded Gun: Shaping the Public Response to Crossfire
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[Intro]
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Will It Play in Peoria?
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The RKO Publicity Campaign
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The Critical Response
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Chapter 9 Americanism on Trial: HUAC, the Hollywood Ten, and the Politics of Anti-Communism
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[Intro]
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The Conservative Offensive
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Progressive Hollywood Fights Back
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Hollywood versus HUAC: Round One
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The Road to the Blacklist
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“What the Public Thinks”
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Chapter 10 The Triumph of Anti-Communist Americanism: The Blacklist and Beyond
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[Intro]
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From the Blacklist to Prison
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Dore Schary and the Crisis of Hollywood Liberalism
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The Defection of Edward Dmytryk
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Adrian Scott: Living on the Blacklist
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Conclusion: Freedom of the Screen? The Politics of Postwar Cultural Production
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Notes
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 Reel Reds, Real Americans: Politics and Culture in the Studio System
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Chapter 2 Raising the Cry of Alarm: Popular Nationalism, World War Two, and the New Political Filmmaking
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Chapter 3 Progressive Producer in the Studio System: Film Noir and the Production of Murder, My Sweet
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Chapter 4 They Must Not Escape: Cornered and the Specter of Postwar Fascism
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Chapter 5 You Can’t Do That: From The Brick Foxhole to Crossfire
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Chapter 6 It Can Happen Here: Noir Style and the Politics of Antifascism in Crossfire
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Chapter 7 Is it Good for the Jews? The Jewish Response to Crossfire
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Chapter 8 Hate is Like a Loaded Gun: Shaping the Public Response to Crossfire
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Chapter 9 Americanism on Trial: HUAC, the Hollywood Ten, and the Politics of Anti-Communism
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Chapter 10 The Triumph of Anti-Communist Americanism: The Blacklist and Beyond
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Conclusion: Freedom of the Screen? The Politics of Postwar Cultural Production
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Abbreviations
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Works Cited
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Published Sources
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Non-published sources
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On Primary Sources
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About the Author
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Published: 2010
Publisher: Columbia University Press
- 9780231512282 (ebook)
- 9780231142502 (hardcover)