Re: I suck as a leftist

D.F. Manno (dfmanno@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>  Hank Gillette <hankgillette@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> It's not like the U.S. Government was consistent either. During
>> WWII, when we needed the help of the Russians to defeat Hitler,
>> Hollywood was encouraged to make pro-Soviet films like "Mission
>> to Moscow" (based on a book by Joseph E. Davies, Roosevelt's
>> ambassador to the Soviet Union). 
> 
> And when McCarthy and the HUAC jack***** began their reign of
> terror, that government encouragement didn't stop the committee
> from denouncing the film, and it didn't stop screenwriter Harry
> Koch from being blacklisted.
> 

Howard Koch.

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