SLIP OF PAPER INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AMERICAN WRITER AND FILM INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, ONE OF THE BLACKLISTED HOLLYWOOD TEN.
by Lawson, John Howard. (1894-1977). American author, one of the Hollywood Ten, the first group of film industry professionals to be blacklisted in the 1950s McCarthy era
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John Howard Lawson [1894-1977] was an American writer who for several years was head of the Hollywood division of the Communist Party USA. He was also the organization's cultural manager and answered directly to V. J. Jerome, the party's New York-based cultural chief. He was the first president of the Writers Guild of America, West after the Screen Writers Guild split into two regional organizations. During the McCarthy era in the 1950s, Lawson was one of the Hollywood Ten, the first group of American film industry professionals to be blacklisted.
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- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
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- Title
- SLIP OF PAPER INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AMERICAN WRITER AND FILM INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, ONE OF THE BLACKLISTED HOLLYWOOD TEN.
- Author
- Lawson, John Howard. (1894-1977). American author, one of the Hollywood Ten, the first group of film industry professionals to be blacklisted in the 1950s McCarthy era
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
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- 1
- Publisher
- Circa [1940s].
- Date Published
- [1940s].
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- 0.00 lbs
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- FILM; MOVIES; CINEMA; HOLLYWOOD; SLIP OF PAPER INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AMERICAN WRITER AND FILM INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, ONE OF THE BLACKLISTED HOLLYWOOD TEN; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; HEAD OF THE HOLLYWOOD DIVISION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF
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