Only Victims - A Study of Show Business Blacklisting (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)

In a dramatic change of role, the noted television and film star has written a vivid and incisive account of the House Committee on Un-American Activities' probe of the entertainment industry from 1938 to 1958. Formed to investigate alleged subversives, by the late fifties the committee had succeeded in ruining the careers and sometimes the lives of many of Hollywood and Broadway's top writers and performers. Quoting generously from transcripts of its hearings, Vaughn shows how the committee's primary purpose was punitive rather than legislative, and concludes that its most serious damage to American theatre and film is not easily documented: the loss of all the words never written or spoken because of the impact - and the fear - of the committee's misdeeds.

General

Imprint:	Limelight Editions
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Limelight
Release date:	June 1996
First published:	June 1996
Authors:	Robert Vaughn
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	368
Edition:	2 Revised Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-87910-081-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Industrial arbitration & negotiation
LSN:	0-87910-081-8
Barcode:	9780879100810

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