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19. The link is in the "TOD" under the pic, ellenrr.. It's in a tweet but you have to scroll down.. so,

Wed Aug 13, 2014, 06:11 AM

Aug 2014

found it here, too.. And, some interesting news..

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"Meanwhile, with the end of Mad Men on the horizon, AMC is developing another new period drama to potentially fill the impending void. Ashland is a drama series set in the early 1950s in a titular small mining town in Kentucky. The story follows the Evans family who has just moved East from California and the mother Del must protect her three children and hide her family’s secrets after her screenwriter husband is blacklisted.

http://screenrant.com/ballistic-city-ashland-amc/

Looks like a better pic in the OP but I still like finding out this news about the pending show from AMC. Such a strange time in history to me.. "Blacklisted"

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Bogie and Bacall Risked their Careers in 1947 going to DC and Opposing HUAC with. [View all] Cha Aug 2014 OP

Yes they did, kudos to them and the other actors that formed the Committee for the First Amendment. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #1

It's so heartwarming to hear about people you've Cha Aug 2014 #2

Mahalo to you, Cha, I'm glad you didn't get damaged by the Hurricane (s). Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #4

Thank you UJ.. we dodged not one but two hurricanes and Cha Aug 2014 #12

Heartwarming and downright inspirational. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #15

Definitely, Enthusiast~ :) Cha Aug 2014 #21

Reagan crashed a Committee for the First Amendment meeting Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #23

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Senator McCarthy had nothing to do with the House Un-American Activities Committee. . . Journeyman Aug 2014 #5

Oh dear.. the Tweet got it wrong then and I didn't Cha Aug 2014 #7

As admirable as what they did was, the Committee backed down when challenged. . . Journeyman Aug 2014 #9

Well, damn! I finally edited it.. that took a while.. Cha Aug 2014 #11

Yes . . . but also no gratuitous Aug 2014 #31

k&r LeftishBrit Aug 2014 #6

Mahalo LeftishBrit~ Cha Aug 2014 #13

I love you, Cha. Great catch. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #8

G'nite, lmsp~ Cha Aug 2014 #14

they put on their comfortable shoes...that was not just a statement for PR benefit nt msongs Aug 2014 #10

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #16

thanks. great article and great picture. nt ellenrr Aug 2014 #17

Cha, do you have a link to the top picture, so I cd share it? thanks. ellenrr Aug 2014 #18

The link is in the "TOD" under the pic, ellenrr.. It's in a tweet but you have to scroll down.. so, Cha Aug 2014 #19

Interesting. I think the Blacklist will be new to many people. nt ellenrr Aug 2014 #24

Robert Vaughn (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) did his Ph.D. dissertation on the Blacklist. Buns_of_Fire Aug 2014 #33

Thank you so much for that, Buns_of_Fire! Will check it out when I have some TIme! Cha Aug 2014 #38

Nice thread malaise Aug 2014 #20

HUAC was aptly named Martin Eden Aug 2014 #22

Exactly Martin.. "Assholes of History".. in the Asshole Hall of Infamy as it were.. Cha Aug 2014 #27

Good for them...I didn't realize Cooper was scum like Reagan and Disney...knr joeybee12 Aug 2014 #25

If I knew I had forgotten.. I heard him speak in the Vid and it wasn't very pleasant :( Cha Aug 2014 #28

Thanks...that will keep me from watching it...nt joeybee12 Aug 2014 #29

R#44 & K n/t UTUSN Aug 2014 #26

Mahalo UTUSN!! Cha Aug 2014 #30

What gorgeous peeps we are (you, me, Betty, Bogie, & all the rest of us HERE!1) n/t UTUSN Aug 2014 #32

I'll toast to that! Cha Aug 2014 #35

k and r niyad Aug 2014 #34

Mahalo, niyad! Cha Aug 2014 #36

"Bogie and Bacall Risked their Careers in 1947 going to DC and Opposing HUAC with." sheshe2 Aug 2014 #37

Mahalo, she! Just a great iconic pic of the two of them and it looks like they're Cha Aug 2014 #39

I believe you are right! sheshe2 Aug 2014 #40

My sister, Cindy, in New York said today that Lauren Bacall always Cha Aug 2014 #41

That is so cool Cha! sheshe2 Aug 2014 #42

Mahalo, she.. Cha Aug 2014 #43

I just found this~ sheshe2 Aug 2014 #44

Oh wow! Brilliant, she.. some enterprising person put the pic of Truman and Bacall Cha Aug 2014 #45

Well your sister is brilliant! Brava~ sheshe2 Aug 2014 #47

It's magical, she.. but who Cha Aug 2014 #48

However, Bogie later recanted and said it was a foolish thing to do when Warner Bros. book_worm Aug 2014 #46