Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist

800 Pages·2012·151.27 MB·English

by  Patrick McGilligan

“Eloquent and revelatory.”
—Studs Terkel
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PATRICK McGILLIGAN and PAUL BUHLE
Photographs by Alison Morley and William B. Winburn
University of Minnesota Press
Minneapolis
London
First published in 1997 by St. Martin’s Press
First University of Minnesota Press edition, 2012
Copyright 1997 by Patrick McGilligan and Paul Buhle
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
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without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Published by the University of Minnesota Press
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Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McGilligan, Patrick.
Tender comrades : a backstory of the Hollywood blacklist /
Patrick McGilligan and Paul Buhle ; photographs by Alison Morley and
William B. Winburn.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8166-8037-5 (pbk.)
1. Blacklisting of entertainers—United States. 2. Blacklisting of
authors—United States. 3. Entertainers—United States—Interviews.
4. Authors—United States—Interviews. 5. Communism—
United States. I. Buhle, Paul. II. Title.
PN1590.B5M35 2012
331.89'4—dc23
2012018264
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper
The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator
and employer.
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Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction: Meet the People
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN AND PAUL BUHLE
xiii
NORMA BARZMAN (AND BEN BARZMAN)
BY LARRY CEPLAIR
1
LEONARDO BERCOVICI
BY PAUL BUHLE
29
W AL TER BERNSTEIN
BY PAUL BUHLE
43
JOHN (JACK) BERRY
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN
55
AL V AH BESSIE
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN AND KEN MATE
90
ALLEN BORETZ
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN AND KEN MATE
112
JOHN BRIGHT
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN AND KEN MATE
128
JEAN ROUVEROL BUTLER (AND HUGO BUTLER)
BY PAUL BUHLE AND DA VE WAGNER
155
JEFF COREY
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN
177
JULES DASSIN
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN
199
EDWARD Euscu
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN AND DA VID ELISCU
225
ANNE FROEUCK
BY PAUL BUHLE AND DAVE WAGNER
250
BERNARD GORDON
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN
260
FAITH HUBLEY (AND JOHN HUBLEY)
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN
279
MARSHA HUNT
BY GLENN LOVELL
305
PAUL JARRICO
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN
325
MICKEY KNOX
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN
351
MILLARD LAMPELL
BY PAUL BUHLE
389
RING LARDNER JR.
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN
404
ROBERT LEES
BY PAUL BUHLE AND DAVE WAGNER
415
ALFRED LEWIS LEVITT (AND HELEN SLOTE LEVITT)
BY LARRY CEPLAIR
441
KAREN MORLEY
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN AND KEN MATE
470
ABRAHAM POLONSKY
BY PAUL BUHLE AND DA VE WAGNER
481
MAURICE RAPF
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN
495
BETSY BLAIR REISZ
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN
540
MARTIN RITT
BY PATRICK MCGILLIGAN
556
MARGUERITE ROBERTS (AND JOHN SANFORD)
BY TINA DANIELL
571