Those Wonderful, Terrible Years

Those Wonderful, Terrible Years PDF Author: Rita Morley Harvey
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809320226
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Book Description
A biography of the "glamour boy" of the trade union movement in broadcasting. Heller and his actor colleagues Philip Loeb, Sam Jaffe, and Albert Dekker were instrumental in the formation and growth of the American Federation of Radio Artists and its later incarnation, the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists. They encountered resistance from Senator Joseph McCarthy and the radical right. Includes bandw photos. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR