[greene66]

Even worse was that John Howard Lawson guy, who wrote films like “Success at Any Price” (1934), which were pretty blatantly anti-capitalist. That one was a real gagger, despite having a nice cast of old favorites.

On the other hand, at least there were a few distinctly anti-commie films like “Red Salute” with Barbara Stanwyck from 1935, and “Soak the Rich” (1936), which Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur made (following up “The Scoundrel” at Paramount). I still have a VHS copy of “Red Salute” around here somewhere, recorded from back in the early-to-mid-1980s, when the relatively new “USA Network” actually aired some old movies. Haven’t seen “Soak the Rich” in decades, but it was an interesting oddity.

[Stepan12]

There was an especially good anti red movie made right after the blacklist. I think it was with Dana Andrews and concerned that terrified Soviet clerk, Igor Gouzenick (sp).

[Stepan12]

This is the movie I was talking about: The Iron Curtain with Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney. As there is another movie with it, this movie runs 2:48.07.

[Captain Peter Blood]

I was just remembering a movie made in 1948 with Van Heflin and Barbara Stanwyck called “B.F.’s Daughter”. Heflin played an academic who hated Capitalism and was very Pro-Socialism who falls in love with the daughter of Capitalist.

Made right at the height of the Communist Influence in Hollywood. It was written by a guy named John Marquand and screenplay by someone named Luther Davis.

I tried too watch this piece of junk one night on TCM and gave up on it. Too Blatantly Communist.