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Larry Parks, the 60-year-old actor who became famous playing the role of singer Al Jolson, has died at his home in Los Angeles of an apparent- heart attack.Parks was one of the main victims of the anti-communist purge of the 1950s in Hollywood, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.He abandoned his acting career almost entirely after telling a 1951 hearing of the Congress Un-American Activities Committee that he belonged to the Communist Party from 1941 to 1945. June 16, 1955.
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Larry Parks, the 60-year-old actor who became famous playing the role of singer Al Jolson, has died at his home in Los Angeles of an apparent- heart attack.Parks was one of the main victims of the anti-communist purge of the 1950s in Hollywood, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.He abandoned his acting career almost entirely after telling a 1951 hearing of the Congress Un-American Activities Committee that he belonged to the Communist Party from 1941 to 1945. June 16, 1955.
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24.4 x 19.6 cm | 9.6 x 7.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1955 • 20TH CENTURY • ACTOR (FEMALE) • ACTOR • ACTRESS • ARCHIVAL • ARCHIVE • ARCHIVES • ARTS CULTURE • BETTY GARRETT • BLACK AND WHITE • CELEBRITY • CINEMA • COMEDIAN • COMICAL • DANCER • EDITORIAL • FAMOUS • FILM INDUSTRY • FILM • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • LARRY PARKS • PAST • SAMUEL LAWRENCE KLAUSMAN PARKS • SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY • THREE PEOPLE • VINTAGE
