Well she was obviously a dedicated leftist political activist of her own accord. At least in the ‘50s you still had Conservatives in Hollywood who could be open about it. Try that today and you risk ever working again (or getting work to begin with). For whatever their complaints about McCarthy, they’ve spent 50+ years hence making sure those not of the leftist mindset are not to be let in the door (note Loy’s comment about not letting Republicans in). But they should be called exactly what they are... intolerant fascists (and their hypocrisy is epic).
The Big Lie is that Communists in Hollywood couldn’t get work. Except they did. And they were hired by people who knew who they were and they used pseudonyms to pull the wool over the American public who may have boycotted their works.
TODAY there exists a blacklist in Hollywood complete with lies, smears, and hysteria against Christians and Conservatives and there is a lot of “agreement” from those in charge of the media.
The Socialists got to write the history. Stalinsts are like that.