Being named as a Communist caused John Garfield to have a heart attack.
Well, no, not really. Despite
long-term heart problems, Garfield was a
smoker and drink. When he died he was in the midst of a divorce. On the morning
of May 20, Garfield, against his doctor's strict orders, played several
strenuous sets of tennis with a friend, mentioning the fact that he had not
been to bed the night before. He met actress Iris Whitney for dinner and
afterward became suddenly ill complaining that he felt chilled. She took him to
her apartment, where he refused to let her call a doctor and instead went to
bed. The next morning, she found him dead.
Adelaide Klein
Adelaide Klein (July 8, 1900–March 18, 1983) was an actress who
performed on radio, television, films, and the stage. She was best known for
her dialects as a radio performer. Klein began her radio as a singer in the
late 1920s. However, demand for her talents with dialect and as a character
actress led her to acting full-time by 1933.
Klein performed in a variety of radio programs, including portraying Hilda, the maid in We, The Abbotts, Dragon Lady in Terry and the Pirates Agatha Meek in Meet Mr. Meek, and a Russian countess in The House on Q Street. She also was heard in Sometime Before Morning. Klein mastered use of 12 dialects in radio performances.
According to Wikipedia;
In the mid-1940s, Klein was
active in the American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA) and served as a
delegate for New York at national conferences in 1943 and 1944.. Klein was one
of 56 delegates for New York at national conferences in 1943 and 1944, where
she worked with others, including Donna Keath, Minerva Pious, Ann Shepherd,
Selena Royle, and Hester Sondergaard.
Klein was listed in the
blacklisting publication, Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in
Radio and Television in 1950. She
continued to perform in theatre, but television roles dried up as a consequence
of Klein being labelled a communist.”
Well, no. That’s not true at all.
Klein, a radio vice over actor since the
1920s, had a small career in TV and film,
a career never really too off at all. By 1952, when her career essentially
ended, she was 49 years old, ancient by Hollywood standards, and played mostly
bit part, going unaccredited in several of her prime time appearances.
1964 The Troublemaker (Film)
1963 Marathon '33 (Theater)
1958 Decoy (TV Series)
1958 Jane Eyre (Theater)
1955. Once Upon A Tailor (Theater)
1954 The Immoralist (Theater)
1952 Collector's Item Theater
1951 Two Girls Named Smith (TV
Series)
1951-1952 Lights Out (TV Series) She made three appearances
in three different episodes
1951 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre
(TV Series) She made three appearances in three different episodes.
1949-1951 The Clock (TV Series) She appeared
in two episodes
1951 The Enforcer (Film)
1951 Two Girls Named Smith (TV
Series)
1950 The Web (TV Series)
1950 Hands of Mystery (TV Series)
1950 The Philco Television
Playhouse (TV Series)
1950 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV
Series)
1949 Studio One (TV Series)
Uncredited in two episodes that she
appeared in.
1949 The Boris Karloff Mystery
Playhouse (TV Series)
1949 The Big Story (TV Series)
1949 Suspense (TV Series)
1949 C'-Man (TV Series)
1949
The Guiding Light (Radio)
1948 The Naked City (Film)
1946 Lights Out (Film)
1942 Uncle Harry (Theater)
1941 Brooklyn USA (Theater)
1936 Double Dummy. (Theater)
The lefts 40 year old practice of not forgiving
What’s happening in
American society is a transformation of one of the best aspects of America and the
American people, it is the death of forgiveness, it is almost the death of
second chances. We have seen this death of forgiveness if you pay attention at
all to what's going on in the world. There are people in this country, that if
you make one mistake, they will try to end you, ruin you destroy you, cancel
you, they will never forgive you and they will smear you with your own mistake
forever. Even minor mistakes which they will use against you until the end of
time. They will make sure that whenever your name is broached, your mistake is
broached as well. They will have you noted and marked tainted. You are corrupt,
there's a mark on your soul that cannot be rubbed out no matter what you do,
you must live with your sin branded on your forehead.
Consider broadcaster Megan Kelly's
clumsy remarks on blackface. Her Twitter feed from now on, forever and always,
will be filled with people who will call her a racist even after she apologized, devoted an
entire show to trying to understand the issue deeper and sincerely understand
the issue, But it didn't matter. This is the new scarlet letter in digital form.
) Or consider comic Kevin Hart. He is forever associated with a joke he made about his son
potentially being gay. He was disinvited from hosting the Oscars for that joke,
a joke he made years prior. What are the real consequences of this death and
forgiveness? First people don't speak up, don't speak their mind, they are too
guarded. It happened when I was at university. I can vouch for this speaking up
as someone who is slightly conservative. I knew that speaking up always brought
risks. What if I misspeak? What if I'm thinking out loud searching for answers
and I say something wrong? Congratulations I just ruined my life.
Jordon Peterson
Jack Gilford wasn't blacklisted
In 1956 he told the House un-American activities subcommittee that he was "blacklisted” in the entertainment field because his name once was listed in "Red Channels’’
He was not a communist but refused to say whether he had resigned from the party specifically to be able to sign an affidavit of non-membership in the party.
Gilford invoked the Fifth Amendment in reply to questions on whether he had ever been a member of the party however.
1959-1961
Play of the Week (TV
Series)
- Waiting for Godot
(1961)
- World of Sholom
Aleichem (1959) ... Bontsche Shveig / Angel
1959
The World of Sholom
Aleichem (TV Movie)
Look After Lulu (Mar
03, 1959 - Apr 04, 1959)
Play
1958
Drink to Me Only (Oct
08, 1958 - Dec 13, 1958)
Play
Romanoff and Juliet
(Oct 10, 1957 - Sep 13, 1958)
Play
1956
The Edge of Night (TV
Series)
The Diary of Anne Frank
(Oct 05, 1955 - Jun 22, 1957)
Play
1953
Main Street to Broadway
1951
All Star Revue (TV
Series)
The Billy Rose Show (TV
Series)
1950
Musical Comedy Time (TV
Series)
- Hit the Deck (1950)
Star Time (TV Series)
1949-1950 Actor's Studio (TV
Series)
- Screwball
- Here Comes Spring
Alive and Kicking (Jan
17, 1950 - Feb 25, 1950)
Musical Revue
The Live Wire (Aug 17,
1950 - Sep 09, 1950)
Play
Agent Unlce Walt
Walt Disney started reporting on the Hollywood crowd to the FBI 1941, and continued reporting to them until his death. How much Walt could have told them is debatable since all of Hollywood knew him to be a member of the Alt-right. The Bureau made him an honorary agent in the 1960s.
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