Category Archives: Hollywood Ten

Eyes on Cinema: The Michael Parkinson Show- John Wayne: On The Hollywood Blacklist, The American Way of Life & High Noon

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat I sort of see John Wayne as the original 20th Century Tea Party leader and defender of what he and people who thought like him of American values and their American … Continue reading

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PBS: American Masters- None Without Sin: The Story of Arthur Miller & Elia Kazan

Source:The New Democrat Elia Kazan was looked down upon ( and I’m being nice ) because he was former Communist and member of Communist Party USA, who testified in 1952 in front of the so-called House Un-American Activities Committee, for … Continue reading

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Foundation Interviews: Betty Garrett- Discusses The Hollywood Blacklist

Source: The New Democrat Betty Garrett saying in this interview that workers in Hollywood we’re interested in the Communist Party (Communist Party USA) and not just interested but politically active, because the Communist Party back then were talking about issues like … Continue reading

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Michael Vermeylen: Hollywood Communists- Hollywood on Trial

Source:The New Democrat My whole problem and issue with the so-called Communists in Hollywood investigation that Congress investigated in the 1940s first in the House and later in the Senate in the 1950s, is that it was hypocritical and violated … Continue reading

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Bob Daugherty: Mysteries & Scandals- The Blacklist & The Hollywood 10

Source:The Daily Review Looking back at it The Hollywood Blacklist and The Hollywood 10 and the so-called House Un-American Activities Committee which was as Un-American as anything they were investigating and perhaps the most Un-American committee we’ve ever seen in … Continue reading

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Slate: Karina Longworth- The Hollywood Ten Paid The Price For Refusing to Answer The $64 Question

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: Slate: Karina Longworth- The Hollywood Ten Paid The Price For Refusing to Answer The $64 Question I blog about political correctness and what I at least see as fascism on … Continue reading

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Newsmax: Newsmax Prime- J.T. Hayworth Interviewing Allan Ryskind About Dalton Trumbo

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: Newsmax: Newsmax Prime- J.T. Hayworth Interviewing Allan Ryskind About Dalton Trumbo I haven’t seen the Dalton Trumbo movie yet so I can’t really comment on it at least in a … Continue reading

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The Weekly Standard: Opinion: Fred Barnes: ‘Hollywood Myth-Making and Blacklisting’: Dalton Trumbo, a Victim of State-Fascism

Source: The Weekly Standard: Opinion: Fred Barnes: ‘Hollywood Myth-Making and Blacklisting’: Dalton Trumbo, a Victim of State-Fascism This blog covers political correctness and how that is a threat to free speech on a regular basis. Especially in the last couple … Continue reading

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The Hollywood Reporter: Victims of Hollywood’s Blacklist

Source: The Hollywood Reporter: Victims of Hollywood’s Blacklist I don’t think there’s anything more Un-American and Un-liberal democratic as punishing people simply because of what they believe and their politics. But that is what the U.S. House of Representatives decided to … Continue reading

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Matthew Hormann: The Hollywood Ten, 1950

Source: Matthew Hormann: The Hollywood Ten, 1950 I don’t want to sound overly partisan here, but this was one of the ugliest anti-American, anti-liberal democratic, illiberal periods in American history. Where Americans were judged by who they associated with and political … Continue reading

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