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Invasion USA

Essays on Anti-Communist Movies of the 1950s and 1960s

David J Hogan editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:26th Oct '17

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With the queasy U.S.-Soviet wartime alliance long dissolved into mutual suspicion, the House Un-American Activities Committee launched aggressive investigations of alleged communist activity in the Hollywood film industry in 1947--and again in 1951. Studio chiefs, terrified of scandal, scrambled to display their patriotism by producing anti-communist films, from melodramas to thrillers to animated cartoons.

Twenty-one lively new essays by film historians examine the aesthetics and politics of more than 40 remarkable films of the McCarthy era and the chauvinism that spawned them.

“Valuable...is an excellent examination of how movies made during this period reflected the Cold War attitudes of the country where they were made. It puts into perspective how historical events influenced the film industry—Filmfax.

ISBN: 9780786499045

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm

Weight: 458g

266 pages