Blacklist pains remain

Actress Marsha Hunt still finds it painful to talk about the time 60 years ago this month when her acting career came to an abrupt halt. Lisa Friedman in the Daily News.

She had recently returned from a euphoric trip to Washington, D.C., to protest, along with Judy Garland, Humphrey Bogart, Danny Kaye and others, the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings into alleged Communist influences in Hollywood.

And though the trip had ended on a sour note - the group returned deflated after two days of watching their fellow actors and actresses treated as criminals - Hunt said she was still shocked when three offers to star in her own TV show were suddenly rescinded.