Teaser: The Compromises of Al Levitt
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The beginning of Al's life is similar to Helen's in many ways. Like her, he grew up in New York, joined the young Communist League in college. After he and Helen got married, they drove across the country to start a new life in Hollywood. Al dreamed of becoming a screenwriter, but his timing was bad. You're on the verge of being hired as a screenwriter and you get drafted. Right. What happens then? So my draft was the only one in Los Angeles.

that sent people out of Los Angeles for the physical. They put me in a bus, sent me to Fresno with a group of others from that draft board for my physical and then back. I mean, it was really insane. And then when I went into the Army, I was stationed at Culver City at what was familiarly known as Fort Roach for a year and a half.

You know about Fort Roach, I assume. Hal Roach Studios. It was the Hal Roach Studios that were taken over by the government for the first motion picture unit. The first motion picture unit was part of the Army Air Forces during the Second World War. They made training films and newsreels. She was the B-29, the Superfort, with 2,200 horsepower in each of four engines, with a fuel capacity equal to that of a railroad tank car.

A tale that climbed two stories into the air. A body longer than a Corvette. Avid listeners of Revisionist History may not just recognize that voice, but that very clip. Ronald Reagan narrated many of these films. Red loving Al Leavitt and red baiting Ronald Reagan were actually co-workers. Every day for a year and a half, I would see Ronald Reagan, then called Regan,

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