Here’s a copy of the 1938 ballot for electing members of the board of directors of the Screen Writers Guild (which was to later become the Writers Guild of America). It was being used as scrap paper — on the original copy, there’s a letter written on the back, asking someone for money for tickets to the Guild’s annual party. Who would you have voted for?

Here’s a copy of the 1938 ballot for electing members of the board of directors of the Screen Writers Guild (which was to later become the Writers Guild of America). It was being used as scrap paper — on the original copy, there’s a letter written on the back, asking someone for money for tickets to the Guild’s annual party.
Who would you have voted for?

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From our Archive: A copy of RED CHANNELS, a publication that listed actors, writers and other artists accused of having communist sympathies during the Red Scare of the 1950s. Burgess Meredith is in there, along with Leonard Bernstein and other greats.

From our Archive: A copy of RED CHANNELS, a publication that listed actors, writers and other artists accused of having communist sympathies during the Red Scare of the 1950s. Burgess Meredith is in there, along with Leonard Bernstein and other greats.

Posted 10 months ago
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