149: White Allies and the Blacklist: Maurice Rapf (Six Degrees of Song of the South, Episode 4)

149: White Allies and the Blacklist: Maurice Rapf (Six Degrees of Song of the South, Episode 4)

Concerned that his movie about a former slave devoting his life to a white child’s emotional needs might be perceived as racist, Walt Disney hired known Communist Maurice Rapf to rewrite Song of the South. Rapf, the son of an MGM exec, was radicalized as a college student, and shortly after Song of the South was released, he was blacklisted. Today we’ll discuss Rapf’s life and career, and talk about how white leftists in Hollywood tried to subvert the industry’s racial status quo -- and how their mission to “make movies less bad” led to their own persecution. This episode is sponsored by Parcast - Mythology (www.parcast.com/MYTHOLOGY). To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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111: Jean and Jane Become Public Enemies (Jean & Jane Part 6)

111: Jean and Jane Become Public Enemies (Jean & Jane Part 6)

On the heels of making her biggest Hollywood movies in years, Jean Seberg becomes involved with two black radicals, one a cousin of Malcolm X who spouted violent, anti-white rhetoric, the other a lead...

1 Elo 20171h 6min

110: Jane vs "Barbarella" (Jean & Jane Part 5)

110: Jane vs "Barbarella" (Jean & Jane Part 5)

Having coaxed Jane into participating in an open marriage, Vadim began casting her in films as a male fantasy of female sexual liberation. This phase of her career would peak with Barbarella, a sci-fi...

25 Heinä 201754min

109: Jean vs "Lilith" (Jean & Jane Part 4)

109: Jean vs "Lilith" (Jean & Jane Part 4)

Having left her husband to be the mistress of writer/diplomat Romain Gary, Jean secretly gave birth to a son, and then made the movie that she thought would prove herself as an actress once and for al...

18 Heinä 201753min

108: Jean and Jane in Paris (Jean & Jane Part 3)

108: Jean and Jane in Paris (Jean & Jane Part 3)

With her Hollywood career already something of a disappointment, Jean Seberg took a chance on a French film critic turned first-time director who wanted her to play an amoral American in an experiment...

11 Heinä 201753min

107: Jean and Otto Preminger/Jane in New York (Jean & Jane Part 2)

107: Jean and Otto Preminger/Jane in New York (Jean & Jane Part 2)

Jean Seberg made her first two films, Saint Joan and Bonjour Tristesse, for director Otto Preminger, a tyrannical svengali character whose methods would traumatize Jean for the rest of her life and ca...

4 Heinä 201758min

106: Hollywood Royalty/Middle-American Martyr (Jean & Jane Part 1)

106: Hollywood Royalty/Middle-American Martyr (Jean & Jane Part 1)

Introducing our new series, “Jean and Jane,” exploring the parallel lives of Jane Fonda and Jean Seberg, two white American actresses who found great success (and husbands) in France before boldly and...

27 Kesä 201745min

105: Dorothy Stratten (Dead Blondes Part 13)

105: Dorothy Stratten (Dead Blondes Part 13)

Our Dead Blondes season concludes with the story of Dorothy Stratten. Coaxed into nude modeling by Paul Snider, her sleazy boyfriend-turned-husband, 18 year-old Stratten was seized on by Playboy as th...

25 Huhti 201748min

104: Barbara Loden (Dead Blondes Part 12)

104: Barbara Loden (Dead Blondes Part 12)

Barbara Loden won a Tony Award for playing a character based on Marilyn Monroe in Arthur Miller’s After the Fall. Like Marilyn, Barbara was a beauty with no pedigree who fled a hopeless upbringing in ...

18 Huhti 201747min

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