Hollywood Exile, or How I Learned to Love the Backlist (Texas Film and Media Studies Ser.) by Gordon, Bernard - 2000

University of Texas Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2000 Univ of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 2000. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First paperback printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; tip bump and rubbing to wrap faces. No DJ. Pictorial wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 303 pp. the story of a Hollywood writer who was blacklisted in the 1950s Red Scare. This is his remarkable story of how he not only survived but lived a high life in Europe as a much-in-demand writer who finally gained recognition for his craft 50 years later by writer's guilds and the Academy. A clean and very presentable copy.

University of Texas Press, 2000. Paperback. Used: Good.

United States: University of Texas Press, 2000. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

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New. The Hollywood blacklist, which began in the late 1940s and ran well into the 1960s, ended or curtailed the careers of hundreds of people accused of having ties to the Communist Party. Bernard Gordon was one of them. In this highly readable memoir, he tells a engrossing insider's story of what it was like to be blacklisted and how he and others continued to work uncredited behind the scenes, writing and producing many box office hits of the era. Gordon describes how the blacklist cut short his screenwriting career in Hollywood and forced him to work in Europe. Ironically, though, his is a success story that includes the films El Cid, 55 Days at Peking, The Thin Red Line, Krakatoa East of Java, Day of the Triffids, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Horror Express, and many others. He recounts the making of many movies for which he was the writer and/or producer, with wonderful anecdotes about stars such as Charlton Heston, David Niven, Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner, and James Mason; directors… Read More

University of Texas Press, 2001. Paperback. New. 336 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. A memoir of the author's encounters with political hysteria and repression of dissent and how he re-built his career.

University of Texas Press, 2001-03-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

University of Texas Press. Paperback. New. 9x6x0. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing