Kenneth Anger recalls blacklisted Jack Cole dancers

10 August 2010

Kenneth Anger recalls blacklisted Jack Cole dancers

Category: Dance, Film | Tags: henri langlois, hollywood blacklist, hollywood history, jack cole, kenneth anger

Experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger recalls the impact a group of blacklisted Jack Cole dancers had on his life.

2 August 2010

Julius Garfinkle’s integrity

Category: Film | Tags: academy of motion picture arts & sciences, body and soul, film noir, hollywood blacklist, hollywood history, james wong howe, jewish culture, john garfield, julie garfield, randy haberkamp

Actress Julie Garfield remembers her father John Garfield in a curtain talk following the screening of “Body and Soul” (1947, dir. Robert Rossen, d.p., James Wong Howe, screenplay Abraham Polansky.

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25 July 2010

Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner, still kings of comedy

Category: Film | Tags: carl reiner, hollywood blacklist, jewish culture, mel brooks, your show of shows

“We didn’t know if they were after Communists, Jews, or just short people.” So said Mel Brooks about the black list in an inimitable in-person appearance with longtime colleague Carl Reiner at the Egyptian Theater Friday night.

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