A professor at Hood University and the author of “Hollywood Exiles in Europe: The Blacklist and Cold War Film Culture.”
Rebecca Prime is the Libman Professor of the Humanities at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, USA. She is a film historian who specializes in transnational film history and aesthetics. Her previous publications include Hollywood Exiles in Europe: the Blacklist and Cold War Film Culture.
Exiled from Hollywood Tonight, the UCLA Film and Television Archive kicks-off a screening series called “ Hollywood Exiles in Europe ” with the 1950 film “Christ in Concrete.” Director Edward Dmytryk made “Christ in Concrete” in England because he couldn’t make it in Hollywood. He’d refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. It’s just one of almost 100 European films directed by, written by, and starring blacklisted Americans in exile. photo: Edward Dmytryk testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee photo: "Christ in Concrete," made in London by blacklisted director Edward Dmytryk, written by blacklisted screenwriter Ben Barzman and starring blacklisted actor Sam Wanamaker.
Securing Public Spaces, Super Wealthy Asians Vehicles are increasingly being used as weapons, as seen in the London Bridge attack over the weekend and in New York’s Times Square last month. The Compton-based company Calpipe is designing security bollards to help make public spaces safer. And novelist Kevin Kwan satirizes the “crazy rich” Asian jet set and their luxurious tastes in his latest book, “Rich People Problems.”
Hua Hsu: A Floating Chinaman Author Hua Hsu stops by to discuss his book A Floating Chinaman, recounting the life of 1930's actor/writer H.T. Tsiang and his struggles entering the American literary world.
In 'Speechless,' Scott Silveri combines comedy, family & disability Scott Silveri has written and produced sitcoms for more than 20 years. In all that time, he never encountered a TV family that looked anything like the one he grew up in -- with a mom, a dad...and a brother with cerebral palsy. He changed that with his show Speechless on ABC. Silveri tells us about looking to his own past for stories, and why he was determined to make a family comedy and not just a "disability show."
Previewing James Comey's blockbuster testimony Former FBI director James Comey testifies Thursday in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, but his opening statement has been released. In it, he says he felt pressured by Donald Trump to declare loyalty to him and publicly clear him of any wrongdoing in the Russia investigation.