https://freerepublic.com/tag/dancallahan/ en-us Sun, 7 Jun 2026 14:03:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4382708/posts The filming of The Strange Love of Martha Ivers happened when the Paramount lot was ringed by a picket line, part of the 1945 strike by motion picture set decorators that led to the infamous Black Friday riot outside the main gate at Warner Bros. The strike is a movie history footnote today, and though it gets aired out whenever the industry endures another labour dispute, it's hard to imagine pickets full of writers or actors today in a melee with studio security and police with "tear gas bombs, fire hoses, brass knuckles, clubs, brickbats, and beer bottles" as Variety... SteynonLine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4382708/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2026 14:03:08 GMT