Hollywood party

In tomorrow’s Washington Post Book World John Meroney reviews the memoirs of a former Communist screenwriter that inadvertently confirm Ronald Reagan’s account of the party’s operation in Hollywood: “Lives of the party.” Meroney’s May 9 Los Angeles Times column on the release of the McCarthy hearing transcripts is an excellent companion piece to the book review: “Despite McCarthy, red peril really was.”

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