#OTD #TDIH #January23, 1976: #DOTD: #RIP #PaulRobeson. #Singers #Actors #Activists #SpanishCivilWar #CivilRights #SocialInjustice #Hollywood #HollywoodBlacklist #McCarthyism #MusicSKy
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#OTD #TDIH #January23, 1976: #DOTD: #RIP #PaulRobeson. #Singers #Actors #Activists #SpanishCivilWar #CivilRights #SocialInjustice #Hollywood #HollywoodBlacklist #McCarthyism #MusicSKy
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#OTD #TDIH #January23, 1976: #DOTD: #RIP #PaulRobeson. #Singers #Actors #Activists #SpanishCivilWar #CivilRights #SocialInjustice #Hollywood #HollywoodBlacklist #McCarthyism #MusicSKy
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#OTD #TDIH #December12, 1901 #BOTD: #HBD #HowardKoch! #Playwrights #Screenwriters #WarOfTheWorlds #MercuryTheater #Radio #OldTimeRadio #OTR #Casablanca #MissionToMoscow #Hollywood #HollywoodBlacklist #HollywoodBlacklist

In 1947 on #ThisDayInHistory, the #HollywoodTen were cited for contempt of Congress by #HUAC and then blacklisted in the entertainment industry. The #HollywoodBlacklist grew in the following years, keeping known #leftists from writing, directing, or acting in Hollywood pictures.

IT'S UNBOXING DAY FOR AMANDA COCKRELL'S ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER? A NOVEL OF THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST -- and we are all very excited for this book to meet the world! #unboxingday #newnovels #hollywoodblacklist #historicalnovels #hollywoodclassics #moviestars

“The #HollywoodBlacklist was a literal death for some, like the Black actor Canada Lee who played the noble doomed ex-champ in ‘Body & Soul’ [1947]…By May 1952, #CanadaLee was alone & penniless. He died of a heart attack at age 45." From "Red Hollywood" -> @kanopy.com: www.kanopy.com/en/product/r...

The opening paragraphs are important now but read on, there’s more in #DaybreakNotesAndBeans

#Monet #OrangeCats (not trump) #HollywoodBlacklist #Horses #ChristianBale #FosterCare #VanGoghInAnIkeaBag #MomentOfBeauty #McCarthyism

Julie Garfield: “I was only six and a half when he died, but my father [John Garfield] was always my hero” The lady pictured here is Julie Garfield. She was born in 1946 in Los Angeles; her father was the legendary screen actor John Garfield (1913-1952; real name, Jacob Julius Garfinkle), one of Hollywo…

Julie Garfield: “I was only six and a half when he died, but my father [John Garfield] was always my hero”

TAGS: #JulieGarfield #JohnGarfield #Actor #Actress #Interview #FilmInterview #FilmTalk #MovieTalk #HollywoodBlacklist #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

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Norma Barzman, now 102, victim Hollywood blacklist: “Marilyn Monroe came to warn us” When I was preparing for my 2008 visit to Hollywood, trying to contact actors and directors for interviews about their careers in film, I hoped to get in touch with veteran screenwriter Norma Barzm…

Norma Barzman, now 102, victim of the Hollywood blacklist: “Marilyn Monroe came to warn us”

TAGS: #NormaBarzman #FilmTalk #MovieTalk #Interview #FilmInterview #Screenwriter #HollywoodBlacklist #WitchHunt #MarilynMonroe #BenBarzman #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: filmtalk.org/2022/08/23/n...

Edward Dmytryk: “Directing is an art. It’s like you can paint or you can’t paint” Edward Dmytryk was a renowned film director of several screen classics, including “Murder, My Sweet” (1944), “Crossfire” (1947), “The Caine Mutiny” (1954), “Raintree County” (1957), and “The Young …

Edward Dmytryk: “Directing is an art. It's like you can paint or you can’t”

TAGS: #EdwardDmytryk #Interview #FilmInterview #FilmDirector #FilmMaker #FilmTalk #MovieTalk #MontgomeryClift #HollywoodBlacklist #MarlonBrando #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: filmtalk.org/2020/07/17/e...

Betty Garrett: “We decided to put the Hollywood blacklist behind us and get on with our lives” On April 7, 2004, American philanthropist and media mogul Ted Turner, founder of CNN and TCM, among others, received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Several actors from Hollywood’s golden a…

Betty Garrett: “We decided to put the Hollywood blacklist behind us and get on with our lives”

TAGS: #BettyGarrett #Interview #FilmInterview #Actress #FilmActress #MovieActress #HollywoodBlacklist #LarryParks #MetroGoldwynMayer #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: filmtalk.org/2018/03/05/b...

Lee Grant: “The 1970s produced many brilliant film directors, and I was fortunate enough to work with them” “Twenty-four was I when I was blacklisted, thirty-six when it ended. My ingenue years were gone, and my leading years almost over. Facing forty, I was beginning again.” It’s one of the memorable qu…

Lee Grant: “The 1970s produced many brilliant film directors, and I was fortunate enough to work with them”

TAGS: #LeeGrant #Interview #FilmInterview #Actress #FilmActress #Oscar #AcademyAward #HollywoodBlacklist #Shampoo #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

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We're back to blacklisting! This hasn't happened since the infamous McCarthy red scare era of the 1950s. This time, the targets of blacklists are Jews. It is discrimination. The Hollywood blacklisting oozes hatred and antisemitism.
#Antisemitism
#HollywoodBlacklist

Marsha Hunt: “MGM let me play absolutely everything, the studio gave me such joy” As a 17-year-old teenager, Marsha Hunt played her first leading role in her debut film, “The Virginia Judge” (1935), at Paramount, with Walter C. Kelly in the title role. By the time she was 20, sh…

Marsha Hunt: “MGM let me play absolutely everything, the studio gave me so much joy”

TAGS: #MarshaHunt #Interview #Actress #FilmActress #FilmStar #MovieActress #MovieStar #MetroGoldwynMayer #LouisBMayer #HollywoodBlacklist #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: filmtalk.org/2015/08/27/m...

Ronald Reagan, FBI informant #T10, reported suspected communist activity in #Hollywood during the Cold War. His intel shaped anti-communist efforts and fueled the #HollywoodBlacklist. Later a #President, Reagan's past reflects Cold War fears. #FBI #ColdWar #ReaganLegacy

#OTD #TDIH #June6, 2015 #DOTD: #RIP #RonnieGilbert.
#Singers #Songwriters #Contraltos #Activists #TheWeavers #HARP #FolkMusic #AmericanFolkMusic #Jews #Lesbians #RedChannels #HollywoodBlacklist #MotherJones #ComingOfAge #WomenInBlack #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #May13, 1927 #HBD #FredHellerman! #Singers #Songwriters #Guitarists #FolkMusic #AmericanFolkMusic #Jews #Immigrants #TheWeavers #AlicesRestaurant #RedChannels #HollywoodBlacklist #FolkSky #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #May9, 1986: #DOTD: #RIP #HerschelBernardi.
#Actors #VoiceActors #CharlieTheTuna #JollyGreenGiant #TootsiePops #HollywoodBlacklist #YiddishTheatre #PeterGunn #ArnieTVSeries #ZorbaMusical #FiddlerOnTheRoof #Broadway #Movies #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #May9, 1986: #DOTD: #RIP #HerschelBernardi.
#Actors #VoiceActors #CharlieTheTuna #JollyGreenGiant #TootsiePops #HollywoodBlacklist #YiddishTheatre #PeterGunn #ArnieTVSeries #ZorbaMusical #FiddlerOnTheRoof #Broadway #Movies
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#OTD #TDIH #May9, 1986: #DOTD: #RIP #HerschelBernardi.
#Actors #VoiceActors #CharlieTheTuna #JollyGreenGiant #TootsiePops #HollywoodBlacklist #YiddishTheatre #PeterGunn #ArnieTVSeries #ZorbaMusical #FiddlerOnTheRoof #Broadway #Movies
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@indierights.bsky.social "Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity" now playing on Indie Rights Movies for Free
Marsha Hunt survived the Blacklist & went on to be one of Hollywood's first actor-vists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ6T...
#indierights #marshahunt #Hollywoodblacklist #Activist #HollywoodGoldenAge

Image of Manka Bros. Studios founder Khan Manka sitting in his first (and last) Hollywood Underground Communist Meeting - January 25, 1933

This Date In Manka Bros. History - January 25, 1933:

Studio founder Khan Manka attends his first (and last) Hollywood Underground Communist Meeting.

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#hollywoodstudios #hollywoodhistory #hollywood #communism #HollywoodBlacklist #blacklist #burbank #1930s #satire #parody #comedy #joke

#OTD #TDIH #January23, 1976: #DOTD: #RIP #PaulRobeson. #Singers #Actors #Activists #SpanishCivilWar #CivilRights #SocialInjustice #Hollywood #HollywoodBlacklist #McCarthyism
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#OTD #TDIH #December12, 1901 #BOTD: #HBD #HowardKoch! #Playwrights #Screenwriters #WarOfTheWorlds #MercuryTheater #Radio #OldTimeRadio #OTR #Casablanca #MissionToMoscow #Hollywood #HollywoodBlacklist #HollywoodBlacklist
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Interesting interview between Robert Robinson and Dalton Trumbo.

#HollywoodBlacklist #ColdWar

Didn't we learn the lessons of #History with the #HollywoodBlacklist???