A bunch of readers, sympathetic and otherwise, have chastised me for exaggerating in my column today. They say it’s unfair to say that Hollywood every made outright pro-Communist movies. I don’t understand this criticism. A fair criticism would be that most of the really famous pro-Communist films were made during World War II and therefore they shouldn’t be judged as films in favor of an enemy but in favor of a friend. I don’t think that criticism works that well, but it’s better than denying that such films were ever made. A few examples off the top of my head: Mission to Moscow, North Star, Red Star, Song of Russia. More recently, one could certainly argue that everything remotely political made by Oliver Stone was either pro-communist and/or anti-American in one respect or another. Most, though certainly not all, Vietnam movies start from the premise that America was wrong, both morally and strategically for being there. I could go on, but I think this should do for now.