|
Harold J. Salemson
Harold J. Salemson (September 30, 1910 - August 25, 1988) was a correspondent for newspapers, a film and book critic, as well as a publisher, editor, and translator. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was put on the Hollywood blacklist for alleged past involvement with the Communist Party and Communism. Salemson was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended the University of Montpellier and the Sorbonne, having moved to France with his parents in 1922. In the fall of 1927, he studied for one semester at the Experimental College of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He returned to France in 1928, where he worked as a newspaper correspondent and ran a small news syndicate. He was also a film critic for Henri Barbusse's weekly ''Monde''. In 1928 he published an article in '' Poetry: A Magazine of Verse''. He was the founder and editor of the bilingual literary quarterly ''Tambour'', which he published in Paris from 1928 until 1930. From 1932 until the U.S. entere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Blacklist
The Hollywood blacklist was an entertainment industry blacklist, broader than just Hollywood, put in effect in the mid-20th century in the United States during the early years of the Cold War. The blacklist involved the practice of denying employment to entertainment industry professionals believed to be or to have been Communists or sympathizers. Actors, screenwriters, directors, musicians, and other American entertainment professionals were barred from work by the studios. This was usually done on the basis of their membership in, alleged membership in, or sympathy with the Communist Party USA, or on the basis of their refusal to assist Congressional investigations into the party's activities. Even during the period of its strictest enforcement, from the late 1940s through to the late 1950s, the blacklist was rarely made explicit or easily verifiable, as it was the result of numerous individual decisions by the studios and was not the result of official legal action. Neverthel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |