To: what's up
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.
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04/19/2005 3:39:52 PM PDT by
Fedora
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:
- Humphrey Bogart
- Lauren Bacall
- June Havoc
- Evelyn Keyes
- Marsha Hunt
- Paul Henreid
- Danny Kaye
- Jane Wyatt
- Ira Gershwin
- Larry Adler
- Sterling Hayden
- Wife of Sterling Hayden
- John Huston
- Richard Conte
- Gene Kelly
- Geraldine Brooks
- Sheppart Strudwick
- David Hopkins
- Robert Ardrey
- Sheridan Gibney
- Ernest Pascal
- Arthur Kober
- Bob Presnell, Jr.
- Joe Sistron
- Anne Frank
- Henry Rogers
- Jules Buck
- Philip Dunne
- Ted Raden
- Mel Frank
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.
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