Hollywood Divided: The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist

"Brianton's well-documented study of a Hollywood controversy delves into one example of the post-WWII Red Scare" (Publishers Weekly).

On October 22, 1950, the Screen Directors Guild (SDG) gathered for a meeting at the opulent Beverly Hills Hotel. Among the group's leaders were some of the most powerful men in Hollywood-John Ford, Cecil B. DeMille, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Huston, Frank Capra, William Wyler, and Rouben Mamoulian-and the issue on the table was nothing less than a vote to di...