The Hollywood Blacklist Myth : Morris Carnovsky

Morris Carnovsky

Morris Carnovsky was a stage and film actor. He was one of the founders of the Communist front, the Group Theatre (1931-1940) Named as a communist, he left Hollywood in 1952. He left on his own accord. No matter what Wikipedia says, he wasn’t blacklisted largely because as a stage actor he didn’t really have a career in films. From 1937 through 1949, he had small parts in 15 films and one television program. He made four films in 1950. In April of 1951, he appeared before the HUAC and refused to say whether he is or ever has been a Communist, even after HUAC investigator confronted him with his party ID card, No. 43975.

1959

The World of Sholom Aleichem (TV Movie)

Play of the Week (TV Series)

1958

The Cold Wind and the Warm (Dec 08, 1958 - Mar 21, 1959)

1957

Nude With Violin (Nov 14, 1957 - Feb 08, 1958)

The Taming of the Shrew (Feb 20, 1957 - Mar 10, 1957)

Measure for Measure (Jan 22, 1957 - Feb 17, 1957)

1956

The Lovers (May 10, 1956 - May 12, 1956)

1955

Tiger at the Gates (Oct 03, 1955 - Apr 07, 1956)

1951

An Enemy of the People (Dec 28, 1950 - Jan 27, 1951)

1950

Cyrano de Bergerac (film)

The Second Woman(film)

Western Pacific Agent(film)

Gun Crazy(film)

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