Publication Date: 2017-08-20
The story of how the 1952 classic film "High Noon" was made can't be told without mentioning the toxic political climate that surrounded it. It was an era where Congress was investigating Communist activities in Hollywood, and blacklisting people like the screenwriter of "High Noon," Carl Foreman. Foreman was blacklisted for his past association with the Communist Party and for not naming names after being called to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Glenn Frankel captures this turbulent time in American history and how a classic film came out of it in his book, High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic.
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