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I hadn't heard that, either, but I'm also interested in more information on that. Bogart did make his trip about the same time Reagan was testifying--the subpoenas Bogart flew out to protest were issued in September 1947, Reagan testified that October.


219 posted on 04/19/2005 3:39:52 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Fedora; what's up; wtc911
According to the Los Angeles Times, Oct 27, 1947, there was no Ronald Reagan with the group:

Screen Stars Fly to Protest Inquiry on Reds

To protest the House Un-American Committee's inquiry into Hollywood Communism, 30 film players and motion-picture industry figures yesterday took off for Washington, D.C., from Los Angeles Airport in a chartered T.W.A. Constellation.

On arrival at the capital they held a press conference at which they accused the Congressional committee of "un-American tactics".

Included on the list were . . .

Extracted from the remainder of the article:
  1. Humphrey Bogart
  2. Lauren Bacall
  3. June Havoc
  4. Evelyn Keyes
  5. Marsha Hunt
  6. Paul Henreid
  7. Danny Kaye
  8. Jane Wyatt
  9. Ira Gershwin
  10. Larry Adler
  11. Sterling Hayden
  12. Wife of Sterling Hayden
  13. John Huston
  14. Richard Conte
  15. Gene Kelly
  16. Geraldine Brooks
  17. Sheppart Strudwick
  18. David Hopkins
  19. Robert Ardrey
  20. Sheridan Gibney
  21. Ernest Pascal
  22. Arthur Kober
  23. Bob Presnell, Jr.
  24. Joe Sistron
  25. Anne Frank
  26. Henry Rogers
  27. Jules Buck
  28. Philip Dunne
  29. Ted Raden
  30. Mel Frank

227 posted on 04/19/2005 6:09:16 PM PDT by calcowgirl
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To: Fedora
According to old Los Angeles Times articles, Reagan testified on October 23, 1947.
The Bogart group left Los Angeles for Washington, D.C. on October 26.
230 posted on 04/19/2005 6:45:17 PM PDT by calcowgirl
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