MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES

[CinemaInternational]

Thompson, I've never heard of The American Drunkard so unfortunately cannot speak to your experiences there.

If you happen to be a Rosalind Russell fan you might enjoy A MAJORITY OF ONE.

Thank you Bronx. You see, some people are kind. I try to be kind. I got a mean looking Pitt bull dog, but he is kind. I’ll get over it. Didn’t a lot of actors and directors get blacklisted? Maybe I just talk too much and everybody gets sick of it. I had what I thought was a good story going. Yes, I like Rosalind Russell.

Just for the record and to get it out of the way, this was the full blacklist in various stages (and some listed were later delisted very quickly like Judy Holliday, Jose Ferrer, Edward G. Robinson, and Burl Ives). Most seemed to be character actors or behind-the-scenes individuals. The numbers behind the names are from the Wikipedia page. Please ignore them. I'll try to bold the most well-known names.

Alvah Bessie, screenwriter
Herbert Biberman, screenwriter and director
Lester Cole, screenwriter
Edward Dmytryk, director
Ring Lardner Jr., screenwriter
John Howard Lawson, screenwriter
Albert Maltz, screenwriter
Samuel Ornitz, screenwriter
Adrian Scott, producer and screenwriter
Dalton Trumbo, screenwriter

Hanns Eisler, composer[89]
Bernard Gordon, screenwriter[90]
Joan LaCour Scott, screenwriter[91]
Irving Lerner, editor and director

Ben Barzman, screenwriter[93]
Paul Draper, actor and dancer*[94]
Sheridan Gibney, screenwriter[95]
Paul Green, playwright and screenwriter[96]
Lillian Hellman, playwright and screenwriter*[97]
Canada Lee, actor[98]
Paul Robeson, actor and singer[99]
Edwin Rolfe, screenwriter and poet[100]
William Sweets, radio personality*[101]
Richard Wright, writer

Larry Adler, actor and musician
Luther Adler, actor and director
Stella Adler, actress and teacher
Edith Atwater, actress
Howard Bay, scenic designer
Ralph Bell, actor
Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor
Walter Bernstein, screenwriter, mentioned in Venona intercepts of Soviet Agents
Marc Blitzstein, composer
Millen Brand, writer
Oscar Brand, folk singer
Joseph Edward Bromberg, actor
Himan Brown, producer and director
John Brown, actor
Abe Burrows, playwright and lyricist
Morris Carnovsky, actor
Cliff Carpenter, actor
Vera Caspary, writer
Edward Chodorov, screenwriter and producer
Jerome Chodorov, writer
Mady Christians, actress
Lee J. Cobb, actor
Marc Connelly, playwright
Aaron Copland, composer
Norman Corwin, writer
Howard Da Silva, actor
Roger De Koven, actor
Dean Dixon, conductor
Olin Downes, music critic
Alfred Drake, actor and singer
Paul Draper, actor and dancer
Howard Duff, actor
Clifford J. Durr, attorney
Richard Dyer-Bennet, folk singer
José Ferrer, actor
Louise Fitch (Lewis), actress
Martin Gabel, actor
Arthur Gaeth, radio commentator
William S. Gailmor, journalist and radio commentator
John Garfield, actor
Will Geer, actor
Jack Gilford, actor and comedian
Tom Glazer, folk singer
Ruth Gordon, actress and screenwriter
Lloyd Gough, actor
Morton Gould, pianist and composer
Shirley Graham, writer
Ben Grauer, radio and TV personality
Mitchell Grayson, radio producer and director
Horace Grenell, conductor and music producer
Uta Hagen, actress and teacher
Dashiell Hammett, writer
E. Y. "Yip" Harburg, lyricist
Robert P. Heller, television journalist
Jon Hering, intern
Nat Hiken, writer and producer
Rose Hobart, actress
Judy Holliday, actress and comedian
Roderick B. Holmgren, journalist
Lena Horne, singer and actress
Langston Hughes, writer
Marsha Hunt, actress
Leo Hurwitz, director
Charles Irving, actor
Burl Ives, folk singer and actor
Sam Jaffe, actor
Leon Janney, actor
Joe Julian, actor
Garson Kanin, writer and director
George Keane, actor
Donna Keath, radio actress
Pert Kelton, actress
Alexander Kendrick, journalist and author
Adelaide Klein, actress
Felix Knight, singer and actor
Howard Koch, screenwriter
Tony Kraber, actor
Millard Lampell, screenwriter
John La Touche, lyricist
Arthur Laurents, writer
Gypsy Rose Lee, actress and ecdysiast
Madeline Lee, actress[d]
Ray Lev, classical pianist
Philip Loeb, actor
Ella Logan, actress and singer
Alan Lomax, folklorist and musicologist
Avon Long, actor and singer
Joseph Losey, director
Peter Lyon, television writer
Aline MacMahon, actress
Paul Mann, director and teacher
Margo, actress and dancer
Myron McCormick, actor
Paul McGrath, radio actor
Burgess Meredith, actor
Arthur Miller, playwright
Henry Morgan, actor
Zero Mostel, actor and comedian
Jean Muir, actress
Meg Mundy, actress
Lyn Murray, composer and choral director
Ben Myers, attorney
Dorothy Parker, screenwriter
Arnold Perl, producer and writer
Minerva Pious, actress
Samson Raphaelson, screenwriter and playwright
Bernard Reis, accountant
Anne Revere, actress
Kenneth Roberts, writer
Earl Robinson, composer and lyricist
Edward G. Robinson, actor
William N. Robson, radio and TV writer
Harold Rome, composer and lyricist
Norman Rosten, writer
Selena Royle, actress
Coby Ruskin, TV director
Robert William St. John, journalist, broadcaster
Hazel Scott, jazz and classical musician
Pete Seeger, folk singer
Lisa Sergio, radio personality
Artie Shaw, jazz musician
Irwin Shaw, writer, playwright
Robert Lewis Shayon, former president of radio and TV directors' guild
Ann Shepherd, actress
William L. Shirer, journalist, broadcaster
Allan Sloane, radio and TV writer
Howard K. Smith, journalist, broadcaster
Gale Sondergaard, actress
Hester Sondergaard, actress
Lionel Stander, actor
Johannes Steele, journalist, radio commentator
Paul Stewart, actor
Elliott Sullivan, actor
William Sweets, radio personality
Helen Tamiris, choreographer
Betty Todd, director
Louis Untermeyer, poet
Hilda Vaughn, actress
J. Raymond Walsh, radio commentator
Sam Wanamaker, actor
Theodore Ward, playwright
Fredi Washington, actor
Margaret Webster, actress, director and producer
Orson Welles, actor, writer and director
Josh White, blues musician
Irene Wicker, singer and actress
Betty Winkler (Keane), actress
Martin Wolfson, actor
Lesley Woods, actor
Richard Yaffe, journalist, broadcaster

Eddie Albert, actor[102]
Lew Amster, screenwriter[103]
Richard Attenborough, actor, director and producer[104]
Norma Barzman, screenwriter[105]
Sol Barzman, screenwriter[106]
Orson Bean, actor[107]
Albert Bein, screenwriter[103]
Harry Belafonte, actor and singer[108]
Barbara Bel Geddes, actress[109]
Ben Bengal, screenwriter[110]
Seymour Bennett, screenwriter[111]
Leonardo Bercovici, screenwriter[49]
Herschel Bernardi, actor[112]
John Berry, actor, screenwriter and director[113]
Henry Blankfort, screenwriter[114]
Laurie Blankfort, artist[114]
Roman Bohnen, actor[115]
Allen Boretz, screenwriter and songwriter[116]
Phoebe Brand, actress[117]
John Bright, screenwriter[118]
Phil Brown, actor[119]
Harold Buchman, screenwriter[120]
Sidney Buchman, screenwriter[121]
Luis Buñuel, director[122]
Val Burton, screenwriter[123]
Hugo Butler, screenwriter[124]
Alan Campbell, screenwriter[125]
Charlie Chaplin, actor, director and producer[126]
Maurice Clark, screenwriter[127]
Richard Collins, screenwriter[128]
Charles Collingwood, radio commentator[129]
Dorothy Comingore, actress[130]
Jeff Corey, actor[131]
George Corey, screenwriter[132]
Irwin Corey, actor and comedian[133]
Oliver Crawford, screenwriter[134]
John Cromwell, director[citation needed]
Charles Dagget, animator[135][e]
Danny Dare, choreographer[136][f]
Jules Dassin, director[137]
Ossie Davis, actor[138]
Ruby Dee, actress[139]
Dolores del Río, actress[140]
Karen DeWolf, screenwriter[141]
Howard Dimsdale, writer[50]
Ludwig Donath, actor[115]
Arnaud d'Usseau, screenwriter[142]
Phil Eastman, cartoon writer[143]
Leslie Edgley, screenwriter[144]
Edward Eliscu, screenwriter[145]
Faith Elliott, animator[146]
Cy Endfield, screenwriter and director[147]
Guy Endore, screenwriter[142]
Francis Edward Faragoh, screenwriter[148]
Frances Farmer, actress[149]
Howard Fast, writer[150]
John Henry Faulk, radio personality[151]
Jerry Fielding, composer[71]
Carl Foreman, producer and screenwriter[152]
Anne Froelick, screenwriter[50]
Lester Fuller, director[153]
Bert Gilden, screenwriter[154]
Lee Gold, screenwriter[155]
Harold Goldman, screenwriter[156]
Michael Gordon, director[157]
Jay Gorney, screenwriter[158]
Lee Grant, actress[159]
Morton Grant, screenwriter[160]
Anne Green, screenwriter[161]
Jack T. Gross, producer[162]
Margaret Gruen, screenwriter[163]
David Hilberman, animator[164]
Tamara Hovey, screenwriter[165]
John Hubley, animator[166]
Edward Huebsch, screenwriter[167]
Ian McLellan Hunter, screenwriter[168]
Kim Hunter, actress[169]
John Ireland, actor[59]
Daniel James, screenwriter[170]
Paul Jarrico, producer and screenwriter[171]
Gordon Kahn, screenwriter[50]
Victor Kilian, actor[172]
Sidney Kingsley, playwright[173]
Alexander Knox, actor[174]
Mickey Knox, actor[175]
Lester Koenig, film/record producer[176]
Charles Korvin, actor[177]
Hy Kraft, screenwriter[178]
Constance Lee, screenwriter[179]
Will Lee, actor and comic
Robert Lees, screenwriter[168]
Carl Lerner, editor and director[180]
Irving Lerner, director[181]
Sam Levene, actor[182]
Lewis Leverett, actor[183]
Alfred Lewis Levitt, screenwriter[184]
Helen Slote Levitt, screenwriter[184]
Mitch Lindemann, screenwriter[162]
Norman Lloyd, actor[185]
Ben Maddow, screenwriter[186]
Arnold Manoff, screenwriter[187]
William Marshall, actor[188]
John McGrew, animator[189]
Ruth McKenney, writer[190]
Bill Melendez, animator[191]
John "Skins" Miller, actor[192]
Paula Miller (actress), actress[183]
Josef Mischel, screenwriter[193]
Karen Morley, actress[194]
Henry Myers, screenwriter[195]
Mortimer Offner, screenwriter[145]
Alfred Palca, writer and producer[196]
Larry Parks, actor[197]
Leo Penn, actor[198]
George Pepper (film producer)[199]
Jeanette Pepper, economist [200]
Irving Pichel, director[201]
Louis Pollock, screenwriter[56]
Abraham Polonsky, screenwriter and director[160]
William Pomerance, animation executive[164]
Vladimir Pozner, screenwriter[202]
Stanley Prager, director[165]
John Randolph, actor[203]
Maurice Rapf, screenwriter[204]
Rosaura Revueltas, actress[205]
Robert L. Richards, screenwriter[170]
Frederic I. Rinaldo, screenwriter[206]
Martin Ritt, actor and director[207]
W. L. River, screenwriter[141]
Marguerite Roberts, screenwriter[208]
David Robison, screenwriter[209]
Naomi Robison, actress[209]
Louise Rousseau, screenwriter[122]
Jean Rouverol (Butler), actress and writer[210]
Shimen Ruskin, actor[144]
Madeleine Ruthven, screenwriter[211]
Waldo Salt, screenwriter[212]
John Sanford, screenwriter[213]
Bill Scott, voice actor and producer[135]
Martha Scott, actress[56]
Robert Shayne, actor
Joshua Shelley, actor[198]
Madeleine Sherwood, actress[214]
Reuben Ship, screenwriter[215]
Viola Brothers Shore, screenwriter[202]
Hilda Simms, actress
George Sklar, playwright[122]
Art Smith, actor[183]
Louis Solomon, screenwriter and producer[216]
Ray Spencer, screenwriter[162]
Janet Stevenson, writer[115]
Philip Stevenson, writer[115]
Donald Ogden Stewart, screenwriter[217]
Arthur Strawn, screenwriter[218]
Bess Taffel, screenwriter[165]
Julius Tannenbaum, producer[120]
Frank Tarloff, screenwriter[219]
Shepard Traube, director and screenwriter[123]
Dorothy Tree, actress[220]
Paul Trivers, screenwriter[221]
George Tyne, actor[198]
Michael Uris, writer[222]
Peter Viertel, screenwriter[223]
Bernard Vorhaus, director[224]
John Weber, producer[225]
Richard Weil, screenwriter[167]
Hannah Weinstein, producer[226]
John Wexley, screenwriter[227]
Michael Wilson, screenwriter[228]
Nedrick Young, actor and screenwriter[229]
Julian Zimet, screenwriter

[KayFrancis]

I don't see Betty Garrett and Betsy Blair on the list. Both were blacklisted.

[Masha]

I have been permanently banned because I am a troll!

Lil' ol' me? (eyelash flutter, eyelash flutter)



The odd thing is that I received this screen when I attempted to log in earlier. I sent a message to Admin concerning it. I then checked my profile but could not because I was not logged in. I tried logging in. It worked. I was able to post and like.

I received this screen again when I attempted to log in few minutes ago. A second try at logging in was successful.

[CinemaInternational]

I have been permanently banned because I am a troll!

Lil' ol' me? (eyelash flutter, eyelash flutter)



The odd thing is that I received this screen when I attempted to log in earlier. I sent a message to Admin concerning it. I then checked my profile but could not because I was not logged in. I tried logging in. It worked. I was able to post and like.

I received this screen again when I attempted to log in few minutes ago. A second try at logging in was successful.

I received the same message, and I don't know why. It popped up more than once for me.

[Fedya]

To be fair, both of you are trolls.

/jk

[LiamCasey]

I have been permanently banned because I am a troll!

Lil' ol' me? (eyelash flutter, eyelash flutter)



The odd thing is that I received this screen when I attempted to log in earlier. I sent a message to Admin concerning it. I then checked my profile but could not because I was not logged in. I tried logging in. It worked. I was able to post and like.

I received this screen again when I attempted to log in few minutes ago. A second try at logging in was successful.

I received the same message, and I don't know why. It popped up more than once for me.

I just encountered the same while selecting some recent topics. And then got automatically logged out. And now all is right again after logging back in.

[Masha]

To be fair, both of you are trolls.

/jk

The question of the moment is: who told the Admins?

[TikiSoo]

I suspect this interruption was a result of our Grand Pubah cleaning up the thread from the Troll’s wake.

[HoldenIsHere]

I suspect this interruption was a result of our Grand Pubah cleaning up the thread from the Troll’s wake.

This made me laugh (cackle) so loud that I I think my bird thought I had lost my mind.

I would have loved for some of the creeps from the old TCM message board to have logged in and received a message like this

[CinemaInternational]

I suspect this interruption was a result of our Grand Pubah cleaning up the thread from the Troll’s wake.

This made me laugh (cackle) so loud that I I think my bird thought I had lost my mind.

I would have loved for some of the creeps from the old TCM message board to have logged in and received a message like this

Until yesterday, it had been a long time since I thought of the phase "internet troll", probably the first time since the era of the old IMDb boards where to lament the high level of them, I put different lyrics complaining about it to the theme of Tina Turner's We Don't Need Another Hero

[CinemaInternational]

Although, come to think about it, after one of those one post complainers we used to see at the TCM boards made their mark, I responded "Welcome to the TCM Whine Club"!

[HoldenIsHere]

Okay, It's obvious that Nicole Kidman has had "work done" on her face, but I swear watching this trailer from the upcoming A FAMILY AFFAIR it looks like Zac Efron has also had some cosmetic surgery. He's only on his mid-30s!

[CinemaInternational]

Okay, It's obvious that Nicole Kidman has had "work done" on her face, but I swear watching this trailer from the upcoming A FAMILY AFFAIR it looks like Zac Efron has also had some cosmetic surgery. He's only on his mid-30s!

I have read an article or two where women in their early to mid 20s are already heading to plastic surgeons because they don't want to have any physical inperfection, even if it is as tiny a matter as a crease in the forehead. It seems crazy to me.

[kingrat]

I'll agree with Holden. I think Zac has had work done. If he keeps pumping so much iron, he may need breast reduction, too. Man, that trailer seemed long and I didn't even make it all the way through.

[txfilmfan]

According to this article, he broke his jaw in an accident.

https://stylecaster.com/entertainment/c ... fron-face/

I think from some angles, he now looks like Ty Burrell from Modern Family