Comments on broadcastellan: Shutting Private Eyes; or, the Day Spade Kicked th...

Yes, a fascinating story. I am assuming a hardboi...

2007-04-29T16:50:00.000+01:00

Yes, a fascinating story. I am assuming a hardboiled voice here; hence, "queer racket." That broadcasters were complicit in promoting the anti-Communist agenda was last suggested by me a few days ago, in my report from Statue Park (to which I link in the above).

It wasn't that radio was just a queer racket, it w...

2007-04-29T15:25:00.000+01:00

It wasn't that radio was just a queer racket, it was a time of strong fear. These were people who had come through a depression in which they had to scrape to live. In the late forties, they saw some of their own lose jobs, commit suicide, etc. due to the HUAC hearings. Then in the fifties with McCarthy's drumbeat growing stronger, all of these fears were once more rearing up in front of them. It

That's a very interesting story. I've only recent...

2007-04-29T05:18:00.000+01:00

That's a very interesting story. I've only recently learned about Hammett and his blacklisting. It's a funny story considering all that's implied in the version of The Maltese Falcon with Bogart, Lorre, Astonr and Greenstreet.