CONSERVATIVES IN HOLLYWOOD – AT 3:30 P.M. ET:  You would think, with all the noise, that virtually everyone in Hollywood is on the left, and often the far left.  But in fact there are conservatives in the film and TV industries.  There used to be more, and they were very public.  Names like John Wayne, Bob Hope and Ronald Reagan stand out.  Major executives like Louis B. Mayer were Republicans.  Indeed, Mayer had been head of the California Republican Party.

Today, because of the McCarthyistic methods of the left, conservatives in Hollywood are less public and more guarded.  One organization of industry conservatives won't even keep a formal membership list because it could be used to blacklist members.  From Fox: 

A former sitcom star said on "Fox & Friends" that in the midst of the anti-Trump hysteria among Hollywood liberals, many would be surprised to learn of the amount of anonymous conservative celebrities.

Zachery Ty Bryan, who starred in the hit 1990s sitcom "Home Improvement," said Saturday that liberal Hollywood celebrities had expected Hillary Clinton to succeed former President Barack Obama in the White House, and that President Trump's election caught them off guard.

"It’s been fun to watch," Bryan said.

Famed actor Robert De Niro went on a profanity-laced tirade about President Trump last weekend during the Tony Awards...

...Bryan said that although there is a perception that everyone in Hollywood is expected to be anti-Trump, conservative celebrities don't talk much about their stance.

"Surprisingly, there's a lot more conservatives in Hollywood than you would expect," he said. "They stay more anonymous."..

...Bryan added that the political divide in Hollywood reminds him of high school cliques.
"The party of tolerance and acceptance is only accepting if you agree with them," he said.

COMMENT:  It's unlikely we'll see much change in the public face of Hollywood in the immediate years ahead.  I'm hoping that generational change will produce some benefit.  The feature-film industry is largely a memory,  It cares little for the American audience, preferring the much larger international audience. The Hollywood studios

However, television has much of value because of the sheer number of channels available to us.   Fox News is an island of sanity.  People of any set of beliefs can find something.

But the Golden Age of Hollywood, with patriotism worn on the sleeve, is gone.

June 16, 2018