Establishing the Hollywood Blacklist

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Abbreviations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction. 1
6. Escape from Altoona 8
7. 1. The Making of a Celebrity Gossip 17
8. A Columnist Is Born 18
9. Gilding Hollywood’s “Golden Age” 27
10. Publicity and Right-Wing Politics 33
11. 2. Readers, Respondents, and Fans 45
12. Crafting Columns, Creating Community 47
13. Reading Hopper, Writing Hedda 54
14. Hollywood Gossip as Public Sphere 61
15. 3. Hopper’s Wars 67
16. Prewar Isolationist to Cold Warrior 68
17. Civil Liberties in Times of War 77
18. Chasing Charlie Chaplin 82
19. 4. Cold War Americanism, Hopper Style 91
20. Selling Americanism 93
21. Fighting the “Un-Americans” 103
22. 5. Blacklisting Hollywood “Reds” 113
23. Establishing the Hollywood Blacklist 114
24. Hedda’s Black (and Gray) List 126
25. Enforcement Efforts 134
26. 6. Representing Race in the Face of Civil Rights 139
27. An Oscar for Uncle Remus 141
28. In Defense of Mammy 149
29. Presenting Poitier 160
30. 7. “Family Togetherness” in Fifties Hollywood 165
31. Hopper’s “Home Life and Good Citizenship” 168
32. The Sinatra Situation 175
33. The Liz-Debbie-Eddie Incident 180
34. 8. Taking on “Hollywood Babylon” 191
35. A Career’s End 193
36. Reporting on a Fading Hollywood System 200
37. From Old to New Right 210
38. Conclusion 219
39. Notes 225
40. Index 273
41. About the Author 281