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I have urged many people to see this movie !

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Ross

In Reply to: RE: "A Face in the Crowd" 1957, directed by Elia Kazan posted by vacuous on May 03, 2024 at 23:05:45

Great and prophetic movie. And very relevant 65yrs later. Seeing genial ole' Andy Griffith is this role was shocking, and that is just the tip of the iceberg in this movie.

Kazan was a controversial director. He allegedly incriminated hollywood associates when he testified before the HUAC inquisition. He was trying to avoid the blacklist, but ironically ended up on a sort of 'grey' list because many in holywood refused to work with him after.

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Kazen "allegedly incriminated hollywood associates" - pbarach 07:55:13 05/21/24 (0)
There is no "allegedly" here--he did this:

"In 1952, Kazan appeared before the House Committee on Un-American Activities and named eight of his old friends from the Group Theater who in the 1930s, along with him, had been members of the American Communist Party...

"Norma Barzman, Lee Grant, Jules Dassin, Walter Bernstein, all victims of the blacklist, among others, cannot forgive Kazan for what he did. As Barzman explains, 'His lifetime achievement was the destruction of lives.' "

This article from the LA Times lists the people that Kazan named:
https://documents.latimes.com/elia-kazan-names-eight-former-reds/
- https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/elia-kazan-about-el (Open in New Window)

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