Hide in Plain Sight: The Hollywood Blacklistees in Film and Television, 1950-2002 [Paperback]

Hide in Plain Sightoffers a powerful examination of the effects of Hollywood's blacklist era, taking up the question of how blacklistees fared after they were driven out of the mainstream. A good number entered careers in television, with many finding work in children's and family programs, writing for shows likeRocky and Bullwinkle, Lassie,andFlipper. Many also wrote adult sitcoms such asHogan's Heroes,The Donna Reed Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, M*A*S*H, Maude,andAll in the Family. Ultimately, many returned to Hollywood in the sixties and seventies to work creatively on films that contained a dose of the radical politics found in communism, films that influenced the creative outburst of that decade. The list of impressive films from the survivors of HUAC includesBridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia,andMidnight Cowboy. Hide in Plain Sightcompletes Paul Buhle and Dave Wagner's trilogy, which includesTender Comrades(1998) andRadical Hollywood(2002). Together these books provide a thorough and disturbing portrait of the McCarthy era's impact on an important aspect of American culture and society.

Paul Buhlefounded the Oral History of the American Left archive at NYU.Dave Wagnerhas co-authored a number of books with Paul Buhle, including the recentRadical Hollywood.

...an illuminating and timely reminder of a dark chapter in Hollywood history. Stephen Rees, Library Journal

...the authors shed important new light on this infamous period in our country's cultural heritage. Carol Haggas, Booklist

This encyclopedic, riveting study of the Hollywood blacklist's impact follows the careers of targeted individuals to explore the blacklist's effects... Publishers Weekly

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