The Hollywood Blacklist Myth : Irwin Corey was never blacklisted.

Irwin Corey was never blacklisted.

Irwin Corey was never blacklisted. Cory was primarily a stand-up comic who worked the club circuit. He was a loud supporter of Communist/Socialist left-wing politics. He was a dedicated supported of Cuban children and the American Communist Part.

He said that when not performing, he panhandled for change from motorists exiting the Queens–Midtown Tunnel. Every few months, he told the interviewer, he donated the money to a group that purchased medical supplies for Cuban children.

He said of the drivers who supplied the cash, “I don’t tell them where the money’s going, and I’m sure they don’t care.”

Cory liked to play the victim and complained that he blacklisted, in fact he never returned to Late Night with David Letterman after his first appearance in 1982, which he claimed was a result of the blacklist still being in effect.

He lived in an 1840 carriage house on East 36th Street estimated to cost in or about $4,000,000.00

He was drafted during World War II, but was discharged after six months, after he claimed he convinced an Army psychiatrist that he was a homosexual. he thought that was funny.

1959

The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series, two appearances )

The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series)

One Night Stand (TV Series, two appearences)

1958

Omnibus (TV Series, two appearances)

The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series, two appearances)

1957

The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV Series)

1956

The Edge of Night (TV Series)

The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series)

The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV Series)

1954

Your Chevrolet Showroom (TV Series, appearances)

1953

Mrs. McThing (Feb 20, 1952 - Jan 10, 1953)

Broadway Play

1952

Mrs. McThing (Feb 20, 1952 - Jan 10, 1953)

Broadway Play

1951

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

General Electric Guest House (TV Series)

Cavalcade of Bands (TV Series)

Flahooley (May 14, 1951 - Jun 16, 1951)

Broadway play

1950

Cavalcade of Stars (TV Series, 2 appearances)

Happy as Larry (Jan 06, 1950 - Jan 07, 1950)

Broadway play

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