Class Struggle in Hollywood, 1930–1950: Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds, & Trade UnionistsUniversity of Texas Press, 6 nov. 2013 - 335 pages “A taut narrative in elegant prose . . . Horne has unearthed a vitally important and mostly forgotten aspect of Hollywood and labor history.” —Publishers Weekly As World War II wound down in 1945 and the cold war heated up, the skilled trades that made up the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU) began a tumultuous strike at the major Hollywood studios. This turmoil escalated further when the studios retaliated by locking out CSU in 1946. This labor unrest unleashed a fury of Red-baiting that allowed studio moguls to crush the union and seize control of the production process, with far-reaching consequences. This engrossing book probes the motives and actions of all the players to reveal the full story of the CSU strike and the resulting lockout of 1946. Gerald Horne draws extensively on primary materials and oral histories to document how limited a “threat” the Communist party actually posed in Hollywood, even as studio moguls successfully used the Red scare to undermine union clout, prevent film stars from supporting labor, and prove the moguls’ own patriotism. Horne also discloses that, unnoticed amid the turmoil, organized crime entrenched itself in management and labor, gaining considerable control over both the “product” and the profits of Hollywood. This research demonstrates that the CSU strike and lockout were a pivotal moment in Hollywood history, with consequences for everything from production values, to the kinds of stories told in films, to permanent shifts in the centers of power. |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Class Struggle in Hollywood, 1930-1950: Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds, and ... Gerald Horne Affichage d'extraits - 2001 |
Class Struggle in Hollywood, 1930-1950: Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds, and ... Gerald Horne Aucun aperçu disponible - 2001 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
2nd Session 80th Congress African Americans Angeles anti-Semitism anticommunist August blacklist carpenters Cinema circa Committee Communist Communist Party CSU leaders CSU members CSU's Daily Worker December Deman Collection DeMille directors dissertation Earl Warren Entertainment Industry February Federated Press Papers film industry Folder gangsters Herb Sorrell House of Representatives IATSE Ibid Jack Warner January Jewish Jews John Howard Lawson July June Jurisdictional Disputes Library for Social lockout March Masses Mickey Cohen militant mobsters moguls Mooney Papers movie National Republic Papers Negro November Number October Oral History organized crime painters People's Daily World Ph.D picket lines police political producers radical Record Group 46 Red Squad Reel Report Roger McDonald Roger McDonald Papers Roselli Screen Actors Guild screenwriter Selznick Selznick Collection September 1946 stars studio labor Teamsters theaters Tom Mooney Trumbo U.S. House union United University Press Walter Wanger Wanger Warner Bros William York