Ann Coulter pointed out in her column this week that Mrs. Berlin was the only famous person to support Jesse Helms for re-election when all the Hollywood celebs were supporting his opponent.
We were lucky to have had great patriots like Mr Capra and Mr Berlin! I didn’t know that about Mrs. Berlin - thanks for the info!
There are some jewels out there these days that you wouldn’t consider to be fairly conservative. Alice Cooper (Vincent F Furnier) is reputed to be a fairly conservative man, which is at odds a bit with his public persona.
So there you go - Irving Berlin to Alice Cooper! :-)