Great conversation with Books Aren't Dead producers Robin Hershkowitz and Emily Edwards about researching and writing about the Broadcast 41. Honored to be the subject of their reboot and looking forward to listening to the next BAD podcast.
Sometimes, getting on the television blacklist came down to having supported an event in the past, often many years ago.
A play--Finks--by Madeline Lee Gilford's son, Joe Gilford, examines the necessity--and cost--of fighting forces of fascism and demagoguery.
He would know: his parents, Madeline Lee Gilford and Jack Gilford, bravely stood up to the blacklist despite intense FBI surveillance and retaliation.
There's a new off-Broadway play--Smart Blonde--about the incredible, funny, and brilliant Judy Holliday.
Holliday was in the comedy group the Revuers in Greenwich Village in the 1930s--Lillian Hellman was a fan! Gary Carey wrote a decent biography of Holliday--Judy Holliday: An Intimate Life Story (don't be totally put off by the title).
Had a wonderful conversation with All of Its' Alison Stewart about the Cold War, the blacklist, and the Broadcast 41. You can listen here.
A terrific article by the Smithsonian's Jackie Mansky on how the blacklist suppressed creativity and innovation during the early years of television.
If you're kicking it around Martha's Vineyard tonight, here's a tribute to the brilliant Garson Kanin, husband of the Broadcast 41's Ruth Gordon and an alum of Gertrude Berg's The Goldbergs (Berg was graylisted for her support of actor blacklisted actor and union leader
Join the MIT Press Bookstore in welcoming Carol A. Stabile to discuss her book, The Broadcast 41: Women and the Anti-Communist Blacklist
Broadcast 41 has been excerpted on Literary Hub. Check it out!
At the end of World War II, anti-communists—including powerful organizations like the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the American Legion, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Catholic Church, Chambers of Commerce around the country, and many other institutions and organizations—initiated an apocalyptic battle over their definition of Americanism.