HOLLYWOOD FIGHTS BACK
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Myrna Loy
metalman091 — 13 years ago(April 02, 2013 12:12 AM)
Hollywood stars take to the airwaves.
October 10, 1947
http://ia600702.us.archive.org/16/items/1947RadioNews/1947-10-26-ABC-H ollywood-Fights-Back.mp3
December 2, 1947
http://ia700702.us.archive.org/16/items/1947RadioNews/1947-11-02-ABC-H ollywood-Fights-Back.mp3
HOLLYWOOD FIGHTS BACK was a star studded fight against against HUAC in 1947. These stars really did risk rumor, innuendo and ruin to protest against these power man people in Washington. There were no real heroes, there were no real villains. There were concerned Americans on both sides. Each in their own way manipulated by their cause. The few villains in the piece were J. Parnell Thomas, Martin Dies Jr in Hollywood, as well as others who played their part like J. Edgar Hoover, and Joseph McCarthy, who had no interest in Hollywood. These men were opportunists who exploited a real fear for publicity.
Here, you'll hear such stars as Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Cornel Wilde, Dana Andrews, Gregory Peck, Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Myrna Lo5b4y, Lucille Ball, Groucho Marx, Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly, and Judy Garland speak out against HUAC and the likes of J. Parnell Thomas. All in the name of Freedom.