I also remember reading about Ronald Reagan's role in stopping a communist takeover of the Screen Actors Guild, after they'd already pulled off coups in some of the trade unions. As I recall Reagan, Bill Holden and other anti-communists had some hairy moments facing the commies down.
Of course, the left conveniently forgets that McCarthy and the government did absolutely nothing about the commies other than hold hearings, and prosecute a few spies. The "blacklist" was done by the studios because they rightly judged the public wouldn't want to watch commie propaganda movies, something modern Hollywood has forgotten. The strongest measure Congress passed against the communists was a registration law that never went into effect because it bounced around in the courts so long.
So much of our history has been written with spin, mostly leftist spin. It's sad how many Americans know so little about the truth.
The CNN series is what this series of threads is based on. What I like and am impressed by is the way our readers are catching the "spin" and or ommissions included. :-)
The "blacklist" was done by the studios because they rightly judged the public wouldn't want to watch commie propaganda movies, something modern Hollywood has forgotten.
Today, the studios and the actors/directors are the Commie propagandists.
I remember the CNN series on the Cold War, and the subtle spin they inserted.
Let me take a wild guess. It was all our fault.