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Ayn Rand and Song of Russia - Communism and Anti-Communism in 1940s Hollywood (Paperback)
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Ayn Rand and Song of Russia - Communism and Anti-Communism in 1940s Hollywood (Paperback)
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In October 1947, more than twenty years after leaving Russia, Ayn
Rand testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee
(HUAC), which was investigating communist infiltration of the
motion picture industry. The focus of that testimony was Song of
Russia, a 1944 pro-Soviet film that Rand decried for its
unrealistic, absurdly flattering portrait of life in the communist
country. Ayn Rand scholar Robert Mayhew focuses on this
controversial period of American and Hollywood history by examining
both the film and the furor surrounding Rand's HUAC testimony. His
analysis provides the first detailed history of any of the
pro-Soviet films to come out of 1940s Hollywood. Mayhew begins by
offering a brief synopsis of the MGM film, followed by an account
of its production, as well as its reception. Most significantly,
Mayhew analyzes Rand's appearance before HUAC and discusses the
response to her much-maligned testimony. By carefully scrutinizing
this one episode in the history of communism and anti-communism in
1940s Hollywood, Mayhew presents a more accurate picture of those
times and the issues surrounding them. His study allows for a
re-evaluation of the role of communism in Hollywood, the nature of
the HUAC, and even the Hollywood Ten. This book should be of
interest to anyone interested in the life and thought of Ayn Rand,
as well as to anyone interested in the history of Hollywood
communism and of American film.
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