[Wanpeirui]

I've always found it odd that the Hollywood screenwriters who refused to admit that they were Party members, and who refused to name names are held up as heroes. Here is a true hero.

[Signalman]

I’m stunned that this would be in the LA Times.

[ozzymandus]

Good article until he started praising the little weasel John Dean, now a frequent anti-American guest on MSNBC.

And Hollywood’s still full of commies.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Here is a true hero.

As was film director Elia Kazan, who was booed by the Hollywood lefties at the 1999 Academy Awards.

"On the Waterfront" is still a powerful film 55 years later, because it's the personal story of both the writer (Schulberg) and the director (Kazan).

[Sans-Culotte]

Elia Kazan was equally heroic. Kazan directed (and Schulberg co-wrote) the film masterpiece On the Waterfront which glorifies taking the stand and naming names.