Red Star Falling: The Trumbo Train Wreck

PJ Media ^ | November 26, 2015 | Ron Radosh

[OddLane]

When it was announced two years ago that Bryan Cranston would play Dalton Trumbo in a new movie about the late blacklisted Communist screenwriter, I wrote an article for National Review that asked a simple question: would the film be honest and portray Trumbo accurately, or would it perpetuate the myth of innocent and victimized Hollywood Reds?

Indeed, because of this piece, the producers and/or the publicity people of Bleecker Street Cinema claimed that I had “trashed the film” in advance and barred me from the screening, thus preventing me from writing about it for a national publication. One could say that Bleecker Street Cinema blacklisted me -- but we all know they are against blacklists...

[Rummyfan]

Pete Seeger, unrepentant communist.

[Rummyfan]

The old studio bosses were just smarter and knew their audience...

If you want to send a message, use Western Union. Louis Mayer...

Recently purchased a collection of Elia Kazan flicks, most of which I had never seen before (e.g. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Boomerang, Panic in the Streets), and many which I had (On the Waterfront). Included was a dedication from Scorsese. He loved Kazan and referenced that presentation to Kazan at the Awards. He and DeNiro presented Kazan with the Oscar. Many of the attendees sat on their hands, but many others stood and applauded.

[Guenevere]

I still cry while watching A Tree Grows In Brooklyn......
....well written, deeply meaningful

[LS]

The commies in the US in June 1941 were protesting against any involvement in the European war. They had signs that said “Stay Out of War” or words to that effect. On the day after the German invasion of Russia, they literally turned the signs around and painted “Join the War Now.”

[LS]

I will say that when he won the Oscar for “Reds” Warren Beatty gave a nice speech in which he celebrated the freedom we had in America to make a movie about communism.

[taildragger]

"What’s very interesting is Reagan and the SAG when he was president of that organization."

I have a dear Senior Citizen friend who's dad was an B rated actor that knew Reagan. As a kid he would ask his dad, why are they ( the newspapers ) saying so many things bad about Reagan. The father told his son, no Ronald Reagan is a good man. The SAG opened up basically a HMO for actors and his dad was treated like a king their. Also my friends dad said yes the Communist in Hollyweird were always trying to recruit him. Joe McCarthy wasn't crazy after all IMHO....

[ETL]

Pete Seeger, unrepentant communist.

Yet the Stalin supporter performed at Obama's 2009 presidential inauguration celebration alongside his worshiper Bruce Springsteen had invited him. Springsteen devoted an entire album to communist Seeger. Obama's on video singing along with "This Land Is Your Land".

[wardaddy]

I actually liked Reds

Broken naivete

I wouldn’t want Warren around my wife..she loves Splendor......Annette Benning sure got more plain looking fast

She was gorgeous as Virginia Graham

Splendor

[DPMD]

You may already know, but there’s a terrific documentary about him, “Milius” from 2013.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

then had it pulled off the bookshelves when Hitler invaded his real Motherland.

. . . and named names of people who had inquired about how to get a copy of his own book!! A real Limbo dancer . . .