Myron Coureval Fagan (October 31, 1887 – May 12, 1972) was an American writer, producer and director for film and theatre and a red scare figure in the late 1940s and 1950s. Fagan was an ardent anti-communist and influential conspiracy theorist.
Fagan arrived on Broadway in 1907, where he quickly became one of the younger playwrights in American theater. Over the years, he worked in the theater with Alla Nazimova, Douglas Fairbanks, and John Barrymore. He also directed plays for the producers such as Charles Frohman, David Belasco. Fagan also became the dramatic editor of the Associated Newspapers. Many of the actors, including Humphrey Bogart, Brian Donlevy and Robert Ryan, whom Fagan directed or who appeared in his plays or screen adaptions, later became stars in Hollywood.
In 1916, Fagan took a break from the theater to serve as director of public relations for Republican presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes. When a similar offer was made in 1928 to him by Herbert Hoover, he turned it down.
In 1929, the sound movie of his play The Great Power earned the dubious record of being the shortest run of any movie at the Capitol Theatre, New York. It was replaced with a silent comedy film after only one performance.[1]
In 1945, Fagan claimed he saw secret documents of the meetings in Yalta, shown to him by author John T. Flynn, that led him to write the plays Red Rainbow and Thieves Paradise. Written in 1945, Red Rainbow portrays Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and others in Yalta plotting to deliver the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Berlin to Stalin. Left-wing groups in the New York opposed the production of the play, and Fagan had difficulties getting financial backing to produce it. Fagan took the play to Hollywood where he encountered more protests against it than he had in New York.[2]
In the late 1940s, Fagan launched a one-man crusade against what he claimed was a "Red Conspiracy in Hollywood". Out of this crusade came the Cinema Educational Guild.[3]
In 1953, Red Rainbow was produced by Bruce Fagan and staged for 16 performances at the Royal Theatre [4] between September 14 and 26.[5]
Written two years later, Thieves Paradise portrays the same group plotting to create the United Nations as a Communist front for one world government.[6]
Despite opposition, Thieves Paradise opened at the Las Palmas Theatre in Hollywood on December 26, 1947. It starred Howard Johnson,[3] who was subject to a campaign of harassment so bitter and intense that it sent him to St. Vincent's Hospital with a nervous breakdown after six performances, and he never made another movie in Hollywood.[citation needed]Thieves Paradise was produced and staged at the El Patio theatre in Hollywood in April 1948. It opened on April 12,[3] and despite protest against it, was able to complete its run.
Pamphleteer
From this period onward, Fagan did not produce any more work for stage or screen; instead he wrote anti-communist pamphlets, such as "Hollywood Reds Are on the Run",[7] and bulletins for the remainder of his life.
The Eleventh Report of the Senate Fact-Finding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities of the California Legislature stated this of Fagan's anti-Communist lists,
But those who realized their mistake and left the front organizations in disgust and disillusionment are often still carried as subversives on the Fagan lists, and therein lies the danger from any unofficial organization that undertakes to publish lists of alleged subversive organizations and individuals. They do not have the facilities, nor the authority, nor the experience to handle these matters in an expert fashion and therefore they produce an enormous amount of harm by falsely accusing individuals who are not only loyal but who have profited greatly by their unfortunate experiences in having been lured into Communist-front groups.[3]
Recordings
Between 1967 and 1968, Fagan recorded a set of three spoken-word LP records titled The Illuminati and the Council on Foreign Relations. Produced by Anthony Hilder,[8] the records presented the Bavarian Illuminati, the Protocols of Zion, and internationalist politics as faces of a single grand "Luciferian" conspiracy directed by the Rothschild family.[9] In 1968, he recorded another three LP spoken voice recordings, also produced by Anthony Hilder, titled Red Stars Over Hollywood.[10]
Death
Myron C. Fagan died on May 12, 1972 in Los Angeles, California.
"Red Stars in Hollywood: Their Helpers, Fellow Travelers, and Co-Conspirators"
1948
Moscow over Hollywood (published by R.C. Cary, Los Angeles)
1949
"Moscow Marches on in Hollywood" (News-Bulletin/Cinema Educational Guild)
1950
"Reds in the Anti-Defamation League" (Cinema Educational Guild, News-Bulletin, May 1950)
1950
"Reds in 'Crusade for Freedom!'" (News-Bulletin)
1950
"Hollywood Reds Are on the Run!"
1950
"Documentation of the Red Stars in Hollywood"
1950
"Reds in the Anti-Defamation League"
1951
"What Is This Thing Called Anti-Semitism?" (News-Bulletin / Cinema Educational Guild)
1951
"Saga of Operation Survival" (News-Bulletin / Cinema Educational Guild)
1953
"Hollywood Backs U.N. Conspiracy"
1954
"Red Treason on Broadway" (Cinema Educational Guild)
1954
"How You Can Abolish United Nations" (No. 34) (Cinema Educational Guild)
1956
"United Nations 'on Trial' in Washington, D.C." (News-Bulletin)
1962
"Must We Have a Cuban Pearl Harbor?" (News-bulletin / Cinema Educational Guild)
1964
"How Hollywood Is Brainwashing the People" (News-bulletin / Cinema Educational Guild)
1964
"Civil Rights, Most Sinister Tool of the Great Conspiracy" (News-Bulletin)
1965
"How Greatest White Nations Were Mongrelized, Then Negroized: That Is the Fate Planned for the American People" (News-Bulletin)
1966
"The UN Already Secret Government of U.S.!: Our Recall Project Can Smash It!" (News-Bulletin)
1966
"The Complete Truth about the 'United Nations' conspiracy!" (News-Bulletin)
1967
"You Must Decide Fate of Our Nation!!!: The Negro (CFR) Plot Is Our Greatest Menace!" (News-Bulletin)
1969
"Proofs of the great conspiracy and how to smash it!!!" (News-bulletin / Cinema Educational Guild)
References
^Mordaumt Hall (1929). "THE SCREEN; Silence Wins". New York Times Review.
^"Red Rainbow Opens Tonight" (preview article), by Sam Zolotow, New York Times, September 14, 1953, p. L24, col 1 (timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/09/14/83854295.html, subscription required)
^ abcdAppendix to the Journal of the Senate, Legislature of the State of California 1961 in Regular Session, (Vol. 2) (1961)
"Eleventh Report of the Senate Fact-Finding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities," "Cinema Education Guild," pps. 197–201
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Myron Coureval Fagan news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Myron Coureval Fagan October 31 1887 May 12 1972 was an American writer producer and director for film and theatre and a red scare figure in the late 1940s and 1950s Fagan was an ardent anti communist and influential conspiracy theorist Myron Coureval FaganBornOctober 31 1887United StatesDiedMay 12 1972 1972 05 12 aged 84 United StatesOccupation s Writer producer director Contents 1 Career 2 Anti communism 2 1 Pamphleteer 2 2 Recordings 3 Death 4 Credits 4 1 Plays 4 2 Motion pictures 4 3 Books and articles 5 References 6 External linksCareer EditFagan arrived on Broadway in 1907 where he quickly became one of the younger playwrights in American theater Over the years he worked in the theater with Alla Nazimova Douglas Fairbanks and John Barrymore He also directed plays for the producers such as Charles Frohman David Belasco Fagan also became the dramatic editor of the Associated Newspapers Many of the actors including Humphrey Bogart Brian Donlevy and Robert Ryan whom Fagan directed or who appeared in his plays or screen adaptions later became stars in Hollywood In 1916 Fagan took a break from the theater to serve as director of public relations for Republican presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes When a similar offer was made in 1928 to him by Herbert Hoover he turned it down In 1929 the sound movie of his play The Great Power earned the dubious record of being the shortest run of any movie at the Capitol Theatre New York It was replaced with a silent comedy film after only one performance 1 He moved to Hollywood in 1930 where he served as a writer and director with Pathe Pictures Inc then owned by Joseph P Kennedy at 20th Century Fox and other Hollywood film studios Anti communism EditIn 1945 Fagan claimed he saw secret documents of the meetings in Yalta shown to him by author John T Flynn that led him to write the plays Red Rainbow and Thieves Paradise Written in 1945 Red Rainbow portrays Franklin Roosevelt Joseph Stalin and others in Yalta plotting to deliver the Balkans Eastern Europe and Berlin to Stalin Left wing groups in the New York opposed the production of the play and Fagan had difficulties getting financial backing to produce it Fagan took the play to Hollywood where he encountered more protests against it than he had in New York 2 In the late 1940s Fagan launched a one man crusade against what he claimed was a Red Conspiracy in Hollywood Out of this crusade came the Cinema Educational Guild 3 In 1953 Red Rainbow was produced by Bruce Fagan and staged for 16 performances at the Royal Theatre 4 between September 14 and 26 5 Written two years later Thieves Paradise portrays the same group plotting to create the United Nations as a Communist front for one world government 6 Despite opposition Thieves Paradise opened at the Las Palmas Theatre in Hollywood on December 26 1947 It starred Howard Johnson 3 who was subject to a campaign of harassment so bitter and intense that it sent him to St Vincent s Hospital with a nervous breakdown after six performances and he never made another movie in Hollywood citation needed Thieves Paradise was produced and staged at the El Patio theatre in Hollywood in April 1948 It opened on April 12 3 and despite protest against it was able to complete its run Pamphleteer Edit From this period onward Fagan did not produce any more work for stage or screen instead he wrote anti communist pamphlets such as Hollywood Reds Are on the Run 7 and bulletins for the remainder of his life The Eleventh Report of the Senate Fact Finding Subcommittee on Un American Activities of the California Legislature stated this of Fagan s anti Communist lists But those who realized their mistake and left the front organizations in disgust and disillusionment are often still carried as subversives on the Fagan lists and therein lies the danger from any unofficial organization that undertakes to publish lists of alleged subversive organizations and individuals They do not have the facilities nor the authority nor the experience to handle these matters in an expert fashion and therefore they produce an enormous amount of harm by falsely accusing individuals who are not only loyal but who have profited greatly by their unfortunate experiences in having been lured into Communist front groups 3 Recordings Edit Between 1967 and 1968 Fagan recorded a set of three spoken word LP records titled The Illuminati and the Council on Foreign Relations Produced by Anthony Hilder 8 the records presented the Bavarian Illuminati the Protocols of Zion and internationalist politics as faces of a single grand Luciferian conspiracy directed by the Rothschild family 9 In 1968 he recorded another three LP spoken voice recordings also produced by Anthony Hilder titled Red Stars Over Hollywood 10 Death EditMyron C Fagan died on May 12 1972 in Los Angeles California Credits EditPlays Edit 1923 Thumbs Down1924 Two Strangers from Nowhere1925 Mismates1926 The Little Spitfire1927 Jimmie s Women1928 A Great Power1929 Indiscretion1930 Nancy s Private Affair1930 Peter Flies High1953 A Red RainbowSource Internet Broadway Database 11 Motion pictures Edit 1926 Mismates writer 1929 The Great Power writer editor and cinematographer 1931 Smart Woman writer adapted from his play Nancy s Private Affair 1931 A Holy Terror writer Source Internet Movie Database 12 Books and articles Edit 1932 Nancy s Private Affair a comedy in three acts1932 Peter Flies High a comedy in three acts1934 The Little Spitfire a comedy drama in three acts1948 Red Stars in Hollywood Their Helpers Fellow Travelers and Co Conspirators 1948 Moscow over Hollywood published by R C Cary Los Angeles 1949 Moscow Marches on in Hollywood News Bulletin Cinema Educational Guild 1950 Reds in the Anti Defamation League Cinema Educational Guild News Bulletin May 1950 1950 Reds in Crusade for Freedom News Bulletin 1950 Hollywood Reds Are on the Run 1950 Documentation of the Red Stars in Hollywood 1950 Reds in the Anti Defamation League 1951 What Is This Thing Called Anti Semitism News Bulletin Cinema Educational Guild 1951 Saga of Operation Survival News Bulletin Cinema Educational Guild 1953 Hollywood Backs U N Conspiracy 1954 Red Treason on Broadway Cinema Educational Guild 1954 How You Can Abolish United Nations No 34 Cinema Educational Guild 1956 United Nations on Trial in Washington D C News Bulletin 1962 Must We Have a Cuban Pearl Harbor News bulletin Cinema Educational Guild 1964 How Hollywood Is Brainwashing the People News bulletin Cinema Educational Guild 1964 Civil Rights Most Sinister Tool of the Great Conspiracy News Bulletin 1965 How Greatest White Nations Were Mongrelized Then Negroized That Is the Fate Planned for the American People News Bulletin 1966 The UN Already Secret Government of U S Our Recall Project Can Smash It News Bulletin 1966 The Complete Truth about the United Nations conspiracy News Bulletin 1967 You Must Decide Fate of Our Nation The Negro CFR Plot Is Our Greatest Menace News Bulletin 1969 Proofs of the great conspiracy and how to smash it News bulletin Cinema Educational Guild References Edit Mordaumt Hall 1929 THE SCREEN Silence Wins New York Times Review Red Rainbow Opens Tonight preview article by Sam Zolotow New York Times September 14 1953 p L24 col 1 timesmachine wbr nytimes wbr com wbr timesmachine wbr 1953 wbr 09 wbr 14 wbr 83854295 wbr html subscription required a b c d Appendix to the Journal of the Senate Legislature of the State of California 1961 in Regular Session Vol 2 1961 Eleventh Report of the Senate Fact Finding Subcommittee on Un American Activities Cinema Education Guild pps 197 201 Alternate link California Digital Library Alternate link Internet Archive Royale Theatre A Red Rainbow Internet Broadway Database Retrieved August 13 2006 Illuminati The New World Order amp Paranoid Conspiracy Theorists PCTs Skeptics Society Retrieved August 13 2006 Archive lib msu edu Discogs Myron Fagan Illuminati C F R The Council on Foreign Relations Volume 1 3 Ellis Bill 2000 Raising the Devil Satanism new religions and the media University Press of Kentucky p 133 Discogs Myron Fagan Red Stars Over Hollywood Volume 1 3 Internet Broadway Database Myron C Fagan League of American Theatres and Producers Retrieved August 13 2006 Myron C Fagan IMDb Retrieved August 13 2006 External links EditMyron Coureval Fagan at the Internet Broadway Database Myron Coureval Fagan at IMDbMyron Fagan s FBI files obtained under the FOIA and hosted at the Internet Archive part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7 part 8 part 9 part 10 part 11 part 12 part 13 part 14 part 15 part 16 part 17 part 18 part 19 part 20 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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