Witch-Hunt in Hollywood


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How political paranoia shaped cinema for a decade: “One of the most readable and damning accounts of that period.” —The Guardian This is the story of how the politicians took Tinseltown to task in the late 1940s and 1950s. As the Cold War with the Soviet Union began in earnest, the search for “Reds under the bed,” later led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, was felt most keenly in Hollywood, where the investigations were carried out under the full glare of the spotlights. Painstakingly researched and drawing on numerous exclusive interviews, this book charts the generation of actors who found their livelihood ruined by being blacklisted and the writers forced to hire “fronts” to continue to work; it reveals how Arthur Miller was offered the chance to have his hearing dropped in return for a photo opportunity with Marilyn Monroe; and how Kirk Douglas’s naming of Dalton Trumbo as the writer of Spartacus signaled the end of this extraordinary era. Witch Hunt in Hollywood is the definitive account of how political paranoia shaped cinema for a decade.




Hollywood Witch Hunter


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From the moment Iris first learned the truth about witches she knew she was born to fight them. Now, at sixteen, she's got witch hunting down to a science. As the lone girl on the Witch Hunters Special Ops Team, Iris has to work twice as hard to prove her worth. But when an A-list actress is murdered on her watch, that task becomes a hell of a lot harder. But murdered celebrities are just the start...a mysterious new hunter has arrived on the scene, and he's as cute as he is deadly. But there's more to Arlo than meets the eye, and there's more at stake than Iris's reputation. Evil is rising in the hills of Hollywood, and it's up to Iris and Arlo to end this battle. Iris is ready to protect the human race at all costs, even if it destroys her. Because that's what witch hunters do. ----- Praise for HOLLYWOOD WITCH HUNTER "Valerie Tejeda's Hollywood Witch Hunter shines as bright as the Hollywood sign, with heart stopping intrigue and action and glamour, Tejeda weaves a witchy web worthy of Buffy comparisons, while building a new generation of fiercely compelling heroines and villains." - Danielle Paige, New York Times bestselling author of Dorothy Must Die "Fast-paced and fun (and featuring a heroine who needs to be my new bestie), Hollywood Witch Hunter is everything I look for in a book! Where do I sign up to battle witches in Tinseltown?" - Rachel Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author of the Hex Hall series "Part Hollywood satire, part fast-paced action, Hollywood Witch Hunter infuses real-world glitz and glamour with conniving witches, swoony romance and some 007-worthy tech." - Cara Lynn Shultz, author of the Spellbound series "Fast-reading, saucy, and delightfully fun." - School Library Journal "The Mortal Instruments meets 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' set in the cutthroat world of Hollywood - all featuring a kick-ass Hispanic leading lady. That's enough to get my fingers over the 'pre-order.''' - MTV.com "Valerie Tejeda makes a splash with her debut novel." - USA Today "Valerie Tejeda's debut novel doesn't hit shelves until July 2015, but the creative premise already has diehard young adult fans on the edge of their seat." - Latina.com "Any fan of Buffy or The Vampire Diaries could easily become obsessed." - Teen Vogue




Hollywood Party


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This engrossing tale of intrigue, passion, betrayal, and violence uncovers the true face of communism in Southern California, and names writers and actresses who were seduced by the party's philosophy.




Witch Hunts


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For three centuries, as the Black Death rampaged through Europe and the Reformation tore the Church apart, tens of thousands were arrested as witches and subjected to torture and execution, including being burned alive. This graphic novel examines the background; the witch hunters' methods; who profited; the brave few who protested; and how the Enlightenment gradually replaced fear and superstition with reason and science. Famed witch hunters Heinrich Kramer, architect of the infamous Malleus Maleficarum, and Matthew Hopkins, England's notorious "Witchfinder General," are covered as are the Salem Witch Trials and the last executions in Europe.




The Crucible


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Night for Day


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A feverish vision of McCarthy-era Hollywood...




America's New Era of Witch Hunting


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Witch Hunt


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A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in US history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down “communists” in the US, citizens grew terrified of being accused, so they turned on each other - pointing fingers at neighbors, friends, and even family. Told through a unique and inviting screenplay-format, brought to life with dozens of illustrations by Tim Foley, and comprised almost entirely of quotes derived from primary sources, Witch Hunt recounts the political craze that gripped America during the Red Scare when McCarthyism forced people to go to extraordinary lengths to keep themselves and their families safe from persecution against their own government.




Witch-Hunt


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The Inquisition in Hollywood


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"The Inquisition in Hollywood examines the suppression of radical political activity in the film industry from the days of the Great Depression through the tumultuous House Un-American Activities Committee era to the waning days of the infamous blacklist." "Although this thirty-year period of American history is marked by widespread targeting of leftists in all areas of life, those in the film industry - predominately screenwriters - were considered to be in positions of great potential indoctrinating power, and found themselves under intense scrutiny as the cold war hysteria mounted. Ceplair and Englund trace the history of political struggle in Hollywood back to the formation of the Screen Writers Guild in 1933. Many of the blacklisted filmmakers were members of the Communist Party and all of the graylisted filmmakers had expressed their sympathy with progressive (mainly anti-fascist) causes."--BOOK JACKET.