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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 41 No. 14. June 12 1978

Hollywood on Trial

Hollywood on Trial.

Maybe you saw The Front and didn't like the way the fictional demands of the story got in the way of a proper analysis of the issues confronting the United States when the House Unamerican Activities Committee was out for blood. Or maybe that didn't worry you but you would still like to know more about what happened?

Hollywood on Trial has been called "the most complete representation so far of the McCarthy years. John Huston narrates the story, which centres on events surrounding the Hollywood ten, a group of people who refused to cooperate in the red scare paranoia. Historical footage and contemporary interviews are mixed together with a cast which includes Gary Cooper, Wlat Disney. Zero Mostel, Ronald Reagen, Otto Preminger.......

Again, with Muldoon trying to make us see a "communist bogey" in every piece of opposition to his government the film should be of more than just historical interest.