Ocherednyuk O. Yu.

McCarthyism and Hollywood  in the Late 1940s — the First Half of the 1950s       P. 87  -96.

UDC 94(73).091.8

DOI 10.37724/RSU.2022.75.2.009

Abstract. The article analyzes the interconnection between McCarthyism as a unique event in the U.S. political history and Hollywood’s reaction to its manifestations in the late 1940s — the first half of the 1950s. The article analyzes the actions of the House Un-American Activities Committee (a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives) created to discredit a number of representatives of Hollywood. It also analyzes U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy’s actions in the 1950s.

 

Keywords: Joseph McCarthy, House Un-American Activities Committee, “Red Channels”, Waldorf Manifesto, Hollywood’s black list, Hollywood Ten, Dalton Trumbo, Lee Grant.

 

 

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