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September 13, 2017  |  By Kevin Brianton  |  In film history

Ninotchka (1939)

Against the background of the Stalinist show trials and the Nazi-Soviet pact, there were strong anti-communist and anti-Russian sympathies in the United States. A small cycle of films with anti-communist themes began with the most famous and popular of these films being Ninotchka, which was made in 1939. Communist emissary Ninotchka was given some vicious […]

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September 13, 2017  |  By Kevin Brianton  |  In Book Review

Hollywood Divided: A review by Raquel Stecher

Hollywood Divided by Kevin Brianton Hollywood Divided The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist by Kevin Brianton University Press of Kentucky October 2016 Hardcover ISBN: 9780813168920 174 pages Amazon – Barnes and Noble – Powell’s On October 22, 1950, more than 500 directors met at the Beverly Hills Hotel for […]

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Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Directed by Billy Wilder
Shown from left: Cecil B. DeMille, Gloria Swanson, Billy Wilder
September 2, 2017  |  By Kevin Brianton  |  In film history

DeMille vs. Mankiewicz, October 22, 1950 – Frederick on Film

Am interesting discussion of the Screen Directors Meeting on 22 October 1950 in Frederick on Film.   https://fredrikonfilm.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/demille-vs-mankiewicz-october-22-1950.html

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September 2, 2017  |  By Kevin Brianton  |  In film history

Hollywood Divided on Film Buffs Forecast

I was a guest on Film Buffs Forecast’s Episode 2 for an 80-minute in-depth interview (which will be broadcast over the next 4 episodes). I talk about the events behind and leading up to the momentous October 1950 of the Screen Directors’ Guild at a time when the Red Scare was warming up . The […]

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August 24, 2017  |  By Kevin Brianton  |  In Awards

Hollywood Divided – finalist in 2016 Richard Wall Memorial Award

Hollywood Divided was a finalist in the 2016 Richard Wall Memorial Award created by the Theatre Library Association The 2016 Richard Wall Memorial Award for an exemplary work in the field of recorded performance will be awarded to William Paul for When Movies Were Theater: Architecture, Exhibition, and the Evolution of American Film, published by […]

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December 6, 2016  |  By Kevin Brianton  |  In Awards, Book Review

Best Film Books Of 2016 – Huffington Post

A House Divided With Newt Gingrich’s call for a new House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), there may be no relevant book than Hollywood Divided: The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist (University Press of Kentucky) by Kevin Brianton. This new title centers on a now legendary meeting held by the […]

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