The Hollywood Blacklist Myth : Doubtfully blacklisted: Marth Scott

Doubtfully blacklisted: Marth Scott

Martha Scott was confused with the singer Hazel Scott and according to popular legend “her career suffered greatly because of it” ….but, according to her work record, that doesn’t appear to be the case

1959

Ben-Hur

The United States Steel Hour (TV Series)

Markham (TV Series)

Playhouse 90 (TV Series)

The Arthur Murray Party (TV Series)

1958

Matinee Theatre (TV Series)

The 12th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)

1957

Eighteen And Anxious

Sayonara

1950-1957 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series)

"Cloud 7" on Broadway.

Modern Romances (TV Series)

1956

The Ten Commandments

1956-1957 Goodyear Playhouse (TV Series)

1956 Kraft Theatre (TV Series)

1955

The Desperate Hours

Modern Romances (TV Series)

TV Reader's Digest (TV Series)

Hollywood Preview (TV Series)

The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series)

1954

Center Stage (TV Series)

"The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker" on Broadway

1953

Suspense (TV Series)

Medallion Theatre (TV Series)

Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (TV Series)

The Revlon Mirror Theater (TV Series)

"The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker" on Broadway

"The Male Animal" on Broadway

1952

Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series)

Betty Crocker Star Matinee (TV Series)

"The Male Animal" on Broadway

"The Number" on Broadway.

1951

When I Grow Up

Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (TV Series)

The Clock (TV Series)

Lights Out (TV Series)

When I Grow Up

Lux Video Theatre (TV Series)

"The Number" on Broadway.

The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)

We, the People (TV Series)

Showtime, U.S.A. (TV Series)

Your Show of Shows (TV Series)

1950

Nash Airflyte Theatre (TV Series)

Penthouse Party (TV Series)

The problems we have with the Hollywood left

The problem we have with the Hollywood left is it's the notion that accepting differences is no longer good enough, you have to be complicit in them. The problem we have with the Hollywood left it's the notion that any differing opinion is a threat to your very way of existence but never the opposite. The problem we have with the Hollywood left is the blatant hypocrisy of claiming to care about democracy well on abashedly striving to take control of every step of the political process. The problem we have with the Hollywood left is the notion that any idea or opinion outside of your own ideology is morally repugnant and therefore needs to be silenced. The problem we have with the Hollywood left is the notion that your goals must be achieved using everyone resources regardless on whether they agree. The problem we have with the Hollywood left is their supporting of rights situationally when convenient and the outright rejection of those rights when it's in it's the inconvenient for you. The problem we have with the Hollywood left isthat somehow you know what's best for me enough to allow the government to make that choice for me The problem we have with the Hollywood left it's their failure to see the irony in labeling anyone different than yourself as an extremist or a fundamentalist. Originally written by Jason Blood. Edited for this page.

Just because someone’s name appeared in Red Channels, that doesn’t mean they were blacklisted. It just means there name appeared in Red Channels.

Just because a person said they were blacklisted doesn’t mean they were. Many people in Hollywood have lied about being blacklisted over the years.

If a person was actually blacklisted…and not many were actually blacklisted….it was the studios and TV sponsors who blacklisted them. Not the United States federal government.

If a person claims the blacklist ruined their career, they should be able to prove they had a career before the blacklist.

For the most part, front organizations assumed the character of either a mass or membership organization or a paper organization. Both solicited and used names of prominent persons. Literally hundreds of groups and organizations have either been infiltrated or organized primarily to accomplish the purposes of promoting the interests of the Soviet Union in the United States, the promotion of Soviet war and peace aims, the exploitation of Negroes in the United States, work among foreign-language groups, and to secure a favorable viewpoint toward the Communists in domestic, political, social, and economic issues. The first requisite for front organizations is an idealistic sounding title. Hundreds of such organizations have come into being and have gone out of existence when their true purposes have become known or exposed while others with high-sounding names are continually springing up. J. Edgar Hoover on the subject of Communist front organizations. March 26, 1947