...the five actors-Phil Brown, Rose Hobart, Marsha Hunt, Marc Lawrence, and Doris Nolan-form interesting case studies helped along through Slide's gentle prompting, utilising the blacklisting and graylisting as the bond holding each of the lives together...both vivid and invaluable...a valuable resource to students and enthusiasts alike...What is clear from Slide's patient and intelligent questioning is the vibrancy of the memories of five unequivocally different actors...

Historical Journal of Film, Radio, & Television

Although the subject's been covered before, here is the personal record on how the blacklist, a result of the inquiry of The House On UnAmerican Activities Committee, personally hurt the careers and psyche of these people.

Rapport

Captures the controversy and sentiments surrounding the period of political blacklisting through career interviews with five prominent actors and actresses - Phil Brown, Rose Hobart, Marsha Hunt, Marc Lawrence, and Doris Nolan. Their very different stories help to underline the impact of the blacklisting process.

Communication Booknotes Quarterly