Author: | Walter Bernstein | ISBN: | 9780804150484 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | July 31, 2013 |
Imprint: | Knopf | Language: | English |
Author: | Walter Bernstein |
ISBN: | 9780804150484 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Publication: | July 31, 2013 |
Imprint: | Knopf |
Language: | English |
In an immensely alive and pointed memoir by a writer who was himself blacklisted during what Lillian Hellman so aptly called "scoundrel time, " Bernstein recounts his passage from idealist to scapegoat. Chronicling his writing careers in Hollywood and then television, Bernstein tells of the blacklisting for communism which brought ostracism, FBI surveillance, and a search for "fronts" to take credit for his work. of photos.
In an immensely alive and pointed memoir by a writer who was himself blacklisted during what Lillian Hellman so aptly called "scoundrel time, " Bernstein recounts his passage from idealist to scapegoat. Chronicling his writing careers in Hollywood and then television, Bernstein tells of the blacklisting for communism which brought ostracism, FBI surveillance, and a search for "fronts" to take credit for his work. of photos.