Noel Coward wanted Hitler to bomb Hollywood

Mail on Sunday (UK) ^ | 25 October 2015 | Chris Hastings

[PotatoHeadMick]

He arguably did more than any other artist to raise morale during the dark days of the Second World War.

But Noel Coward secretly longed for Nazi bombers to attack Hollywood because he was furious at the failure of fellow British stars in Los Angeles to rally to the country’s aid during the Blitz.

In an angry letter to the novelist and dramatist Clemence Dane, which is among a cache of papers being sold at auction, the playwright and composer said longed for the ‘happy and beautiful’ bombing raid.

[PotatoHeadMick]

He was trying to evacuate British orphans to the US during the Blitz and was disgusted by the attitude of the people of Hollywood. It was telling perhaps that when he did eventually succeed in evacuating the children to the US he sent them to New York rather than Hollywood.

[Lucy Hamilton]

Gosh how bizarre.

[The Toll]

The entire world wants them bombed now in 2015.

[Lucy Hamilton]

I don’t think many people would cry if they were.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Nice to see you here again, Mick!

[Mad Dawgg]

"The entire world wants them bombed now in 2015."

I know I have ever since I sat through Dr. T and the Women...

I knew then that Hollywood was a lost cause.

[cherry]

apparently, per one conversation my brother had with a concentration camp survivor, a Jew, the Jews in Europe held American Jews highly responsible for what happened because they did nothing to help them....

which, when you look at the political behavior of American and Western Jews today, you can understand....a lot of them seem to have no religious beliefs and are purely secular....no loyalty to Israel..no loyalty to fellow Jews....

[sparklite2]

Milo Minderbinder could have arranged it,
and everyone would get a share!

[DesScorp]

We might have been better off if he succeeded.

[jsanders2001]

> The entire world wants them bombed now in 2015.

They have definitely added to our misery. I have a list of particular stars in the areaI wouldn’t mind losing their jobs as a result of it...

[tumblindice]

The Germans bombing Hollyweird would sure raise the morale of an Obama-weary nation.
Like Doolittle’s raid after the Nazis bombed Pearl Harbor.

[Churchillspirit]

Speak for yourself.

[onyx]

Thanks very much for what promises to be a most interesting read!

Reminder to me: READ in the morning!

[Moonman62]

He was venting in a private letter. The headline is dishonest.

[ETL]

"...at the time of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, the Communists suddenly transformed the 'Anti-Nazi League' into the "Hollywood Peace Forum," calling for American neutrality and using the slogan 'Let's Skip the Next War.'..."
--Ronald Radosh, from his book, Red Star Over Hollywood: The Film Colony's Long Romance With the Left

http://web.archive.org/web/20061018205639/http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4251
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Red Star over Hollywood
The Film Colony’s Long Romance with the Left
By Ronald and Allis Radosh

"Until now, Hollywood's political history has been dominated by a steady stream of films and memoirs decrying the nightmare of the Red Scare. But Ronald and Allis Radosh show that the real drama of that era lay in the story of the movie stars, directors and especially screenwriters who joined the Communist Party or traveled in its orbit, and made the Party the focus of their political and social lives. The authors' most controversial discovery is that during the investigations of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, the Hollywood Reds themselves were beset by doubts and disagreements about their disloyalty to America, and their own treatment by the Communist Party. Abandoned by their old CP allies, they faced the Blacklist alone."

http://www.amazon.com/Red-Star-Over-Hollywood-Colonys/dp/1893554961

[Fiji Hill]

The Hollywood Anti-Nazi League roped in a number of influential Hollywood actors, directors, producers, etc. But when Hitler and Stalin became allies in 1939, it immediately ceased being anti-Nazi and transformed itself into the American Peace Mobilization.

[Bullish]

Hyperbole is like that. Being a writer he probably didn’t mean it literally. I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one.

[RobbyS]

Read the Bible. Read the history of the Israelites after the breakup of the united Kingdom. Infidelity is a hallmark of the Chosen People.

[rrrod]

discover the Kardashians and you will have a little more respect for the Turks.....

[Berlin_Freeper]

Former King wanted England bombed