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JFK helps to debilitate Hollywood's "Blacklist"...
JFK helps to debilitate Hollywood's "Blacklist"...
Item # 720290
February 05, 1961
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 5, 1961 Page 39 has an "under-the-radar" report telling of JFK's attendance of the movie "Spartacus" at a local Washington, D.C. theater: "KENNEDY ATTENDS MOVIE IN CAPITAL", with subhead: "Slips Out of White House to See "Spartacus" With Sub-Cabinet Official". While appearing somewhat innocuous, his public action was perhaps the final blow to the McCarthyism Hollywood blacklist, and a resounding shout-out to freedom of speech. More can be read about this event on the History's Newsstand blog ("Popcorn, Principle, and the Presidency: JFK's Quiet Stand for Artistic Courage...".
Among other interesting reports is the front page 6-column, 3-line heading: "17-INCH SNOW PARALYZES CITY: MAYOR DECLARES EMERGENCY; STORM TIES UP NORTHEAST" and "Kennedy Children Fly to Washington And Join Parents" - both which have corresponding photos. Other news, advertising, and sports is found throughout.
Included are the first seven sections of this Sunday Edition. There is even toning, evidence at the spine margin of having been disbound from a library volume, overall nice.
Category: The 20th Century
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