The Red-Baiting of a Golden Boy

Death on the Lot

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Tv & Film, History, Documentary, Film History

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Episode 3 | A new generation of actors questioned the status quo; a rattled establishment fought back; dire consequences ensued. We’re talking John Garfield, Hollywood’s first method actor. Learn more about the wonderful books, movies, and articles that made this season possible at dotlnotes.blog. Looking to get in touch with us with questions or feedback? Shoot us an email at [email protected]. Unlock all episodes of Death on the Lot, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free. Just click ‘Subscribe’ on the top of the Death on the Lot show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. A HyperObject Industries & Sony Music Entertainment production. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected]. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.0	John Garfield was used to performing for a full house.
0:52.0	A movie star by way of Broadway, he never felt at home quite
0:56.7	like he did in front of an audience. But on April 23rd, 1951, Garfield found himself in front of the most hostile crowd of his career.
1:07.0	The meeting will come to order.
1:10.0	The House Un-American Activities Committee.
1:13.0	The question before this committee,
1:15.0	and the scope of its present inquiry,
1:18.0	will be to determine the extent of communist infiltration
1:22.0	in the Hollywood motion picture industry.
1:25.0	Sure he thoughtlessly signed a few petitions back in the day
1:29.0	and his wife's political history was a bit more colorful than his own, but he was no Soviet sympathizer.
1:37.1	But he was a big star, and for the congressman running this fishing exercise and fighting for headlines that's what really
1:45.6	mattered. It is only to be expected that such elements would strive desperately to
1:51.4	gain entry to the motion picture industry. Now it was time to turn the
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