{"product_id":"the-final-victim-of-the-blacklist-john-howard-lawson-dean-of-the-hollywood-ten-9780520248601","title":"The Final Victim of the Blacklist: John Howard Lawson, Dean of the Hollywood Ten","description":"Before he attained notoriety as Dean of the Hollywood Ten-the blacklisted screenwriters and directors persecuted because of their varying ties to the Communist Party-John Howard Lawson had become one of the most brilliant, successful, and intellectual screenwriters on the Hollywood scene in the 1930s and 1940s, with several hits to his credit including \u003ci\u003eBlockade, Sahara, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAction in the North Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e After his infamous, almost violent, 1947 hearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Lawson spent time in prison and his lucrative career was effectively over. Studded with anecdotes and based on previously untapped archives, this first biography of Lawson brings alive his era and features many of his prominent friends and associates, including John Dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Chaplin, Gene Kelly, Edmund Wilson, Ernest Hemingway, Humphrey Bogart, Dalton Trumbo, Ring Lardner, Jr., and many others. Lawson's life becomes a prism through which we gain a clearer perspective on the evolution and machinations of McCarthyism and anti-Semitism in the United States, on the influence of the left on Hollywood, and on a fascinating man whose radicalism served as a foil for launching the political careers of two Presidents: Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. In vivid, marvelously detailed prose, \u003ci\u003eFinal Victim of the Blacklist \u003c\/i\u003erestores this major figure to his rightful place in history as it recounts one of the most captivating episodes in twentieth century cinema and politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-159810\"\u003eGerald Horne\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.04w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520248601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520248600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO005000\"\u003eEntertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Horne, \u003c\/b\u003e Moores Professor of History at the University of Houston, is author of \u003ci\u003eBlack and Brown: African-Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920, Class Struggle in Hollywood, 1930-1950: Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds, and Trade Unionists, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRace Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham DuBois.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44296971092205,"sku":"9780520248601","price":58.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_48780cee-f1bf-4db9-afb0-7d474b089976.jpg?v=1697217133","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-final-victim-of-the-blacklist-john-howard-lawson-dean-of-the-hollywood-ten-9780520248601","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}