Interview With Lester Cole, One Of The Hollywood 10| Produced by Jim Aronson| April 6, 1982. - CONTENT: Interview with Lester Cole, author of the book, <i>Hollywood Red</i>. Discussion about the Hollywood blacklist. Cole who was a successful playwright, went to jail for contempt. Discussion about Cole's background, including his trip to California in 1932 to write for the movies, how the Writer's Guild was organized, his membership in the Communist Party, distribution of films by independent companies, WPA federal theater projects and writer's projects, why the Communist Party, why affiliation had to be concealed and the Smith Act. Cole describes the current struggle of the Writer's Guild, Ronald Reagan's role in his life, and what John Wayne did and said to get off the Blacklist.
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