An Isolationist Blacklist?: Lillian Gish and the America First Committee Th e seventh chapter examines the Hollywood Blacklist, but not the blacklist that is widely known. I examine processes of internal exclusion in the fi lm and theatrical community. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, many fi gures in the entertainment fi eld pushed actively for American intervention against fascist Europe, and some of those who were affi liated with the “isolationist” movement were pressured with the loss of employment opportunities. Th e case of Lillian Gish is particularly striking because of her prominence
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