by Kevin Brianton (Author)
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 dismiss Mankiewicz as the guild's president after he opposed an anticommunist loyalty oath that could have expande
Author Biography
Kevin Brianton is a lecturer in strategic communication at La Trobe University.
Number of Pages: 174
Dimensions: 0.7 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN
Publication Date: November 15, 2016
