Blacklisting of entertainers. – Pacifica Radio Archives

A Crime To Fit The Punishment: an interview with the filmmakers

Mimi Rosenberg speaks with Barbara A. Moss and Stephen Mack on their new film, “A Crime to Fit the Punishment” (1982), a documentary about the making of the 1954 controversial labor film “Salt of the Earth” during the height of the Hollywood blacklist.

August 24, 2025

Yip Harburg Special

(50 Minutes) Yip Harburg Special A tribute to blacklisted lyricist Yip Harburg, who wrote lyrics to thei Wizard of Oz and classics such as Brother Can You Spare a Dime. Born into poverty on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Yip always included a strong social and political component to his work, fighting racism and…

August 24, 2025

Breaking the blacklist / executive producer Tarabu Betserai.

Program proudced from “Breaking the Blacklist : strategies for survival in the entertainment industry, 1947-1976,” a documentary on the Hollywood Blacklisting of authors, screenwriters, directors, and technicians suspected of having communist affiliations. The program was originally produced by Celeste Wesson and Sarah Fishko in 1976.|BREAKING THE BLACKLIST / executive producer Tarabu Betserai. – SERIES: Pacfica’s…

August 24, 2025

Screen actors stand up for Jane Fonda : a speech by Kathleen Nolan

On July 20, 1979, the California State Senate overwhelmingly rejected the appointment of Jane Fonda to the California Arts Council. The Screen Actors Guild’s Hollywood Branch was outraged and passed a resolution calling for the censure of the 28 members of the California Senate who blocked Fonda’s appointment. Before the vote, SAG’s first female president,…

August 24, 2025

Breaking the blacklist / produced by Celeste Wesson and Sara Fishko.

Documentary with actuality: Ring Lardner, Otto Preminger, Gail Sondergard, Yip Harburg, Jay Gorney, Dalton Trumbo, Kirk Douglas, John Rudolph, Ernest Kinoy, David Shaw, Walter Bernstein, Howard DaSilva, Joe Julian, Jesse Lasky, Millard Lampell, John Faulk, Bella Abzug, Martin Popper, Ron Radosh, Norman Markowitz, and Michael Harrington.

August 24, 2025

Blacklisting : will our past become our future? / moderated by Edith Tiger.

John Randolph, Millard Lampell and Thomas A. Bolan discuss blacklisting in the 50’s and politics today.

August 24, 2025

Vigilantism, HUAC, and the American tradition of dissent / John Henry Faulk ; introduced by Tony Ostrow.

Talk on Faulk’s experiences as an entertainer under investigation by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and the continuing threat of blacklisting.

August 24, 2025