Blacklisted, Episode 1 by Tony Kahn | Audiobook

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Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial : https://esound.space/audible Title: Blacklisted, Episode 1 Author: Tony Kahn Narrator: Tony Kahn, Rob Leibman, Carol O'Connor Length: 41 mins Language: English Release date: 06-29-00 Publisher: Tony Kahn Productions Genres: History, American Summary: Episode One: The House Un-American Activities Committee opens its stormy hearings into Communist influence in Hollywood, in October, 1947. Ten leftist screenwriters denounce the investigation and are sentenced to jail for contempt. Gordon Kahn, a well-known enemy of HUAC, escapes a similar fate when the Committee suspends it hearings before calling him to testify. Blacklisted and under FBI surveillance, Kahn sells his Beverly Hills house and moves his family to Studio City. As fear of criticizing the Committee spreads through Hollywood, Kahn fights publicly for the freedom of "The Hollywood Ten." This program is part of a series of six half-hour dramas about one of the darkest periods for the First Amendment in American history: the Hollywood blacklist. Gordon Kahn's son, Tony Kahn, produced the series. It is available in its an entirety under the title Blacklisted. Contact: [email protected]

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