Reds in Hollywood?
The Hollywood Producer Who Became a Cold War Double Agent
Guest: Jonathan Gill, Professor, American History and Culture, University of Amsterdam, and author, "Hollywood Double Agent: The True Tale of Boris Morros, Film Producer Turned Cold War Spy"
Hollywood film producer Boris Morros was a useful tool for Soviet intelligence operations—that is until he turned himself in to the FBI and became a double agent. At least that's what we think happened. His ex-wife said his memoir was full of lies, and his true history has been difficult to unravel.
Charlie Chaplin's Fall From Grace
Guest: Richard Carr, Senior Lecturer, History and Politics, Anglia Ruskin University, UK, and author, "Charlie Chaplin: A Political Biography from Victorian Britain to Modern America"
When Americans found out that Charlie Chaplin was a Communist sympathizer, his Hollywood career was pretty much over, and then the FBI chased him clean out of the country.