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Sen. Joseph MCCarthy
![Joseph McCarthy [1908-57]](images/JoeMportrait.jpg) speech soundbite {1 min 26 sec.} | short profile |
"Joseph McCarthy proved [that] the more ridiculous the charge,
the less possibility there is of defense."
— John Steinbeck [1902-68] (in "America & Americans" 1968)
U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy stirred up anti-Communist fears and rose to power
in collusion with the House Un-American Activities Committee during the 1950s,
but his hell-bent disregard for Constitutional rights led to censure by Congress, a failed career,
and a lonely death from alcoholism.
Links
Joseph McCarthy entry at Wikipedia
Joseph McCarthy catalog at Amazon.com
Joseph McCarthy listing at Internet Movie Database
Outagamie County Museum McCarthy exhibit
Appleton Wisconsin Library McCarthy exhibit
Webcorp sound & video archive
Army-McCarthy Hearings article at Museum of Broadcast Communications
Hollywood Blacklist Pages
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Books About Joe McCarthy
search books on keyword 'mccarthyism' at Amazon {over 300 listings}
"Witch Hunt In Hollywood: McCarthyism's War On Tinseltown" [2009] by Michael Freedland
"Hollywood On Trial: McCarthyism's War Against The Movies" [2008]
by Michael Freedland, with Barbra Paskin
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"No Sense of Decency: The Army-McCarthy Hearings - A Demagogue Falls and Television Takes Charge of American Politics" [2009] by Robert Shogan Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8¾x5½ hardcover [2/2009] for $18.15 |
 | "Blacklisted By History: The Real Story of Joseph McCarthy & His Fight Against America's Enemies" [2007] by M. Stanton Evans 'Journalist' Evans has written a deceptive & dishonest defense of his hero McCarthy, leaving out any basic fact that shows McCarthy as the lying demagogue that he was. Crown Forum 15x9 hardcover [11/2007] for $19.77 |
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"Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy" [2006] by Tom Wicker Harcourt 7½x5 pb [3/2006] for $14.30 |
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"The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism To Terrorism" [2005] by Haynes Johnson Harvest Books pb [10/2006] for $10.29 Harcourt 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2005] for $17.94 Highbridge ABR audio CD [10/2005] for $23.07 |
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"Reds: McCarthyism In Twentieth-Century America" [2003] by Ted Morgan Random House 8x5¼ pb [11/2004] for $11.53 Random House 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2003] for $23.10 |
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"Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism & American Culture" [2003] by Thomas Doherty Columbia Univ Press 8¾x5¾ pb [2/2005] for $23.00 Columbia Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2003] for $71.00 |
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"The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History With Documents" [1994] by Ellen Schrecker Bedford/St. Martin 8¼x5½ pb [11/2001] for $11.94 Palgrave Macmillan 8½x5¾ hardcover [1/2002] out of print/used |
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"Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining The Life & Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator" [1999] by Arthur Herman Free Press hardcover [12/99] out of print/used |
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"Congressional Theatre: Dramatizing McCarthyism On Stage, Film & Television" [1999] by Brenda Murphy Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [3/2002] for $37.99 Cambridge Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/99] for $85.00 |
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"I Married a Communist" [1998 novel] by Philip Roth Decades after the McCarthyism frenzy, Roth's alter ego character Nathan Zuckerman discovers the effects on own his life from the persecution of a high school teacher. Vintage 8x5¼ pb [10/99] for $10.78 Houghton Mifflin 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/98] for $16.38 |
 | "Many Are The Crimes: McCarthyism In America" [1998] by Ellen Schrecker Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [8/99] for $27.95 Little, Brown 9½x6½ hardcover [5/98] for $29.95 |
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"McCarthyism: The Great American Red Scare - A Documentary History" [1996] by Albert Fried Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [12/96] for $25.95 |
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"Nightmare In Red: The McCarthy Era In Perspective" [1990] by Richard M. Fried Oxford Univ Press 8x5½ pb [3/91] for $14.95 Oxford Univ Press hardcover [1/90] out of print/used |
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"A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy" [orig 1983, rev 2005] by David M. Oshinsky Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [9/2005] for $16.47 Free Press hardcover [5/83] out of print/used |
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"The Politics of Fear: Joseph R. McCarthy & The Senate" [1970] by Robert Griffith Univ MA Press 8½x5½ pb [12/87] for $24.95 Hayden pb [6/71] out of print/used Univ MA Press hardcover [6/87] out of print/used |
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"The Life and Times of Joe McCarthy: A Biography" [1982] by Thomas C. Reeves Madison Books 9x6 pb [11/97] for $21.94 Stein & Day hardcover [1/82] out of print/many used |
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"Thirty Years of Treason: Excerpts From Hearings Before The House Committee On Un-American Activities, 1938-1968" [orig 1971] Edited by Eric Bentley Thunder's Mouth Press 8¼x5½ pb [1/2002] for $24.95 Viking hardcover [11/71] out of print/used |
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"The Committee: The Extraordinary Career of The House Committee On Un-American Activities" [1968] by Walter Goodman FS&G hardcover [6/68] out of print/used |
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"Senator Joe McCarthy" [1959 classic] by Richard H. Rovere, Introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Univ CA Press 8x5½ pb [2/96] for $19.95 Borgo Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [12/91] out of print/used |
Videos & DVDs About Joe McCarthy
"Good Night, And, Good Luck"
[Warner Independent Oct 2005]
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TV newsman Edward R. Murrow airs a story about a man discharged from the Navy without a trial. Murrow is accused of being a 'Communist sympathizer', and the C.B.S. news team goes on the offensive. "See It Now" airs a series of shows detailing the lies and un-Constitutional tactics of Senator Joe McCarthy, leading to McCarthy's censure by the U.S. Senate.
Co-written & directed by & co-starring George Clooney; starring David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr., Frank Langella. with Joseph McCarthy via archive footage; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Script, Best Actor {DS, of course), Best Cinematograpy & Best Art Direction {no wins}
Warner widescreen b&w DVD [3/2006] for $14.96 full credits from IMDb; official moviesite |
in pre-production; found nothing so far on IMDb or Google
"Cradle Will Rock" [Touchstone Dec 1999]
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The Great Depression, labor politics, the McCarthy madness and their effect on a group of actors & writers working to rehearse a leftist musical drama.
Written & directed by Tim Robbins; starring Hank Azaria, Rubén Blades, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Cary Elwes, Philip Baker Hall, Bill Murray, Vanessa Redgrave, Susan Sarandon, John Turturro, Emily Watson & Bob Balaban
Buena Vista color DVD [4/2003] for $13.49 Touchstone color VHS [10/2002] for $9.99 RCA soundtrack CD [12/99] for $17.98 full credits from IMDb credits of the play within the movie at Internet Broadway Database |
"The Crucible" [Fox Nov 1996]
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A powerful parable of the Congressional witchhunts that were led by Sen. Joe McCarthy in 1950s America.
Directed by Nicholas Hytner; script by Arthur Miller [1915-2005] from his 1953 play; starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen & Bruce Davison; Oscar nominations for Best Actress [JA] & Best Script; nominated for Best Script BAFTA, Scofield won BAFTA for Best Actor
Fox widescreen DVD [6/2004] for $11.98 Fox widescreen VHS [9/2001] for $9.48 Fox color VHS [4/2002] for $9.48 R.C.A. soundtrack CD [11/96] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb 11"x17" black poster {at left} from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" white poster {above} from Amazon for $9.99 playscript: Penguin 8x5 pb [3/2003] for $8.80
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"Citizen Cohn" tv movie
[Viacom/H.B.O. Aug 1992]
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A harsh look at the life of McCarthy henchman Cohn, in flashbacks as he lies dying of AIDS.
Directed by Frank Pierson; telescript by David Franzoni, based on the book by Nicholas von Hoffman; starring James Woods {as Roy Cohn}, Joe Don Baker {as Sen. McCarthy}, Ed Flanders, Joseph Bologna, Pat Hingle, Frederic Forrest, Lee Grant, David Marshall Grant & Fritz Weaver; nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding TV Movie, Outstanding Director (Miniseries), Outstanding Script (Miniseries), Outstanding Lead Actor [JW], Outstanding Supporting Actress [LG], seven others, won 3 minor Emmy Awards; won a Peabody Award
H.B.O. color DVD [7/2001] for $12.99 H.B.O. color VHS [9/97] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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"Citizen Cohn: The Life & Times of Roy Cohn" [1988] by Nicholas von Hoffman Bantam mass pb [11/88] out of print/used Doubleday hardcover [3/88] out of print/many used |
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"Edward R. Murrow: The McCarthy Years" [1991] from C.B.S. News archives New Video Group b&w DVD [5/2005] for $21.99 Murrow's credits at IMDb Edward R. Murrow Page at Magic Lantern |
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"An American Ism: Joe McCarthy" [1978] Directed by Glenn Silber VHS available online at First Run / Icarus no listing at IMDb |
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"McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter" [1975] Directed by Emile de Antonio [1920-89] M.P.I. b&w VHS [5/2001] out of stock/rare full credits at IMDb |
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"Point of Order!" [1964]
Co-produced & directed by Emile de Antonio [1920-89]; compiled from footage of the televised Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954; starring Roy M. Cohn, Joseph McCarthy & Joseph N. Welch; listed at National Film Registry in 1993 New Yorker Video b&w DVD [11/2005] for $26.99 New Yorker Video b&w VHS [2/99] for $18.95 full credits at IMDb |
"Committee On Un-American Activities" documentary film [independent 1962]
Produced by Robert Carl Cohen: no listing at IMDb;
DVD available at Radical Films
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