Because the Soviets and their comrades in NYC targeted Hollywood as easy pickin’s, and it was. Ball came out of NYC as did Bacall.
Lucille Ball was an official member of the Communist Party USA. She did say that she only joined to please her Grandfather.
I am not sure whether to believe her or not.
Yes, I knew Ball and Bacall grew up in NY. I know the communist starting place targets were Hollywood, the Catholic Church and Academia. And, stoking the lower working classes, unions, etc.
There must have been an ARMY of them, if 1500 pretty boys were slipped into Seminaries alone. Think of the numbers of targets just in universities.