#380 Dorothy Parker's Last Party
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Dorothy Parker - A History of Hollywood
In 19 37, a film that allan campbell and dorothy parker had worked on finally hit the big screen. The couple travelled to spain during the years of the spanish civil war. Inspired by ernest hemmingway to get in volved with anti fasciust movements there. Her activism was escalating just as her screen writing career was getting hot. Eventually, she became a pariah in hollywood. Although never actually called up by joseph mc carthy's house on american activities committee, she was effectively blacklisted from ever working in hollywood again. As her social activism turned to the civil rights movement, she could make a difference in
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