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Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015)
Hollywood's Loss was Activism's Gain
After watching this wonderful documentary on the life of Golden Age film actress Marsha Hunt...I suspect that she would have left the Hollywood life and become an activist anyway. For those who don't know, Marsha Hunt was a very successful working film actress who by her 30's had worked in over 50 films and at almost every studio including the Tiffany of film studios, MGM. Unfortunately, the 1950's and its anti-communism sentiments took over the country and due to no fault of her own she was put on a blacklist. Go watch the film to get the whole fascinating story. One thing I must add that the film did not, was that I suspect that Marsha would have become an activist regardless of whether she was black listed or not. Marsha seems extremely intelligent and does not seem like someone who would have remained an actress anyway but I am sure she would like to have been the one to make that choice.
Three Came Home (1950)
Movie takes High Road regarding p.o.w. camps
This is an excellent movie for all ages. I saw this film when I was 5 and cried my eyes out and here I am more than 20+ years later and still crying my eyes out. I think it stands as a great companion movie to "Bridge Over the River Kwai". The movie takes the high road regarding P.O.W camps in that part of the world because as we all know, thousands of prisoners died in the camps under the Japanese and during the horrific death marches. This movie is more like someone who had been in a P.O.W. camp(which the author had been) and tells you only the stories they think you can take but glosses over the more horrific parts. That said the acting and direction is superb. This is my most memorable of all of the wonderful and under-rated Claudette Colbert movies. So all in all, great movie and in order to get balanced view "Letters to Iwo Jima" also great movie!