Research Catalog

Title

J. Edgar Hoover goes to the movies [electronic resource] : the FBI and the origins of Hollywood's Cold War / John Sbardellati.

Author

Sbardellati, John, 1973-

Publication

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.

Details

Description

1 online resource (viii, 256 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

J. Edgar Hoover goes to the movies (Online)

Alternative Title

J. Edgar Hoover goes to the movies (Online)

Subject

• United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Motion pictures > Political aspects > History. > United States
• Cold War in motion pictures
• Communism and motion pictures > United States
• Cold War > Social aspects > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-246) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction : Hollywood's Red scare -- A movie problem -- The FBI's search for communist propaganda during the Second World War -- Producing Hollywood's Cold War -- The coalescence of a counter-subversive network -- The 1947 HUAC trials -- Rollback -- Conclusion : three perspectives on the death of the social problem film.

LCCN

2011038590

OCLC

ssj0000646383

Author

Sbardellati, John, 1973-

Title

J. Edgar Hoover goes to the movies [electronic resource] : the FBI and the origins of Hollywood's Cold War / John Sbardellati.

Imprint

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-246) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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