Red Scare

The Plot Thickens

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Tv & Film, Film History

4.8 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

At the height of Lucy’s popularity, the government kicks off a political investigation that threatens to ruin her career. Why had Lucy registered as a communist 20 years earlier? On the verge of her being blacklisted, Desi goes on the offensive to save his wife and their livelihood. But his infidelities soon become tabloid fodder, and their love affair begins to crumble in full view of the public.

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0:00.0	On Labor Day weekend in 1953, Lucy was home at the Desi Lou Ranch in Chatsworth.
0:15.2	The kids were with her.
0:16.6	She was sitting in a rocking chair knitting, which she liked to do to calm her nerves.
0:23.9	Lucy turned on the radio for the Walter Winchell show.
0:27.4	It's time, America. Time for Walter Winchell.
0:31.7	Presented to you by Groen.
0:34.0	Walter Winchell was a radio and TV announcer.
0:36.6	His shows were roundups of celebrity news, gossip, and in Uenda.
0:41.0	Walter Winchell of the New York City.
0:42.1	He was often reckless, and he was powerful.
0:45.4	Mr. Mr. Mr. Norton South America and all six of Z. Let's go to rest.
0:48.4	Twenty million people listened to him every Sunday, including Lucy and Desi.
0:53.0	The New York Police have a hot need out of murder of a Bronx monster.
0:56.1	The Winchell said something that weekend that sent the couple into a tailspin.
0:59.8	Los Angeles, California.
1:01.5	While the House Committee on Un-American Activities was holding secret...
1:04.5	He announced that the star of the country's most popular TV show had been questioned
1:09.3	by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
1:15.7	In the 1950s, that was a really big deal.
1:20.5	The committee was on a witch hunt.
1:22.5	They were looking for communists.
1:24.8	And they had their sights set on Lucy, the most famous woman in America.
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