WEBVTT - Teaser: The Compromises of Al Levitt

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<v Speaker 1>beginning of Al's life is similar to Helen's in many ways.

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<v Speaker 1>Like her, he grew up in New York, joined the

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<v Speaker 1>Young Communist League in college. After he and Helen got married,

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<v Speaker 1>they drove across the country to start a new life

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<v Speaker 1>in Hollywood. All dreamed of becoming a screenwriter, but his

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<v Speaker 1>timing was bad.

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<v Speaker 2>You're on the verge of being hired as a screenwriter

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<v Speaker 2>and you get drafted, right, what happens?

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<v Speaker 3>Then?

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<v Speaker 2>So was the only one in Los Angeles that sent

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<v Speaker 2>people out of Los Angeles for the physical, that put

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<v Speaker 2>me in a bus, sent me to Fresno with a

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<v Speaker 2>group of others from that draft board for my physical

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<v Speaker 2>and then back. I mean it was really insane. And

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<v Speaker 2>then when I went into the Army, I was stationed

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<v Speaker 2>at Culver City at what was familiarly known as Fort

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<v Speaker 2>Roach for year and a half. You know about Fort Roach,

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<v Speaker 2>I assume Herod Studios. It was the Howard Studios that

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<v Speaker 2>were taken over by the government for the First Motion

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<v Speaker 2>Picture Unit.

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<v Speaker 1>The First Motion Picture Unit was part of the Army

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<v Speaker 1>Air Forces during the Second World War. They made training

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<v Speaker 1>films and newsreels.

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<v Speaker 3>She was a B twenty nine the Superport, with twenty

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<v Speaker 3>two hundred horsepower in each of four engines, with a

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<v Speaker 3>fuel capacity equal to that of a railroad tank car,

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<v Speaker 3>a tail that climbed two stories into the air, a

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<v Speaker 3>body longer than a Corvette.

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<v Speaker 1>Avid listeners of revisionist history may not just recognize that voice,

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<v Speaker 1>but the very clip run of Reagan narrated many of

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<v Speaker 1>these films. Red loving al Levitt and Red Baiting run

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<v Speaker 1>of Reagan were actually co workers.

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<v Speaker 2>Every day for a year and a half, I would

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<v Speaker 2>see Nan, then called Reagan who arrived at the post.

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<v Speaker 2>He arrived there before I did, but he arrived from

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<v Speaker 2>a cavalry outfit wearing jod present a campaign hat, and

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<v Speaker 2>nobody could take him seriously. From then on he was laughingstock.

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