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I Said Yes to Everything — Lee Grant talks boundaries, fairness, and the roots of chutzpah.

July 29, 2015 By Leave a Comment

I Said Yes to Everything — Lee Grant talks boundaries, fairness, and the roots of chutzpah.

Lee Grant has one of the world’s great laughs, rich, throaty, and full of the elan that only someone who has lived such a storied life can give it.  She was nominated for an Oscar™ for her very first screen appearance in 1951’s DETECTIVE STORY. She went on to win that award in 1975 for… Read More »

Tagged With: Arnie Manhoff, Bernie Sanders, Blacklist, Brooke Adams, Dalton Trumbo, Dinah Manhoff, Elektra, family hour, Fay, Freedom of Expression Award, House UnAmerican Activities Committee, HUAC, Joe MCarthy, Joe Welch, John Garfield, Johnny Carson, Joseph Papp, Lee Grant, Lila Kedrova, Melvyn Douglas, NBC, Peyton Place, Pussy Riot. Vladimir Putin, Ring Lardner, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, SFJFF, TELL ME A RIDDLE, THE FRONT, Tillie Olsen, Vaclav Havel, Velvet Revolution, Zero Mostel

GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

In a lesser film about Edward R. Murrow and the way he used television to bring down Joseph McCarthy, there would have been the obligatory unburdening scene with his wife. He would articulate the risks involved in what he was undertaking personally, professionally, and financially, have an emotional breakdown of some sort, and Mrs. Murrow… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, CBS, David Strathairn, Edward R. Murrow, Eisenhower, Free Speech, George Clooney, Golden Age of Television, Grant Heslov, history, House UnAmerican Activities Committee, HUAC, Joseph McCarthy, media, military-industrial complex, narrative, television, television news, witch hunts

David Strathairn Wishes Us GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

David Strathairn Wishes Us GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

The press tour that David Strathairn did for GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK was the first of his career. Considering how many first-rate performances Strathairn has given over the years, this came as something of a surprise to me. From starring roles in such John Sayles’ classics as LIMBO and PASSION FISH to solid supporting work… Read More »

Tagged With: Anne Coulter, based on a true story, CBS, David Strathairn, Edward R. Murrow, Eisenhower, Free Speech, George Clooney, Golden Age of Television, Grant Heslov, history, House UnAmerican Activities Committee, HUAC, Joseph McCarthy, media, military-industrial complex, narrative, television, television news, witch hunts

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