Classic Hollywood Stars Who Were Terribly Racist Off-Camera
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- Did you know that Henry Fonda refused to talk to James Stewart for several years after the latter ratted out several Hollywood communists to J. Edgar Hoover during the industry’s Second Red Scare and that an exhibit honoring John Wayne has been removed from the University of Southern California due to the actor’s flagrant racism? While most classic films trick audiences into thinking that Old Hollywood was squeaky clean under its surface, this certainly wasn’t the case! There were plenty of classic Hollywood stars that held some decidedly racist values.
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:24 - James Stewart
03:15 - William Frawley
05:09 - John Wayne
07:06 - Walter Brennan
08:00 - Outro
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Some of the most racist stars from Old Hollywood include James Stewart and John Wayne. James Stewart may have been a nice guy in the eyes of his coworkers and most of the audience, but the actor was accused of racism by an African-American actor working on the set of one of his films. It seems that James held some backward value from his small-town upbringing, and these caused the actor to become fairly xenophobic later on in life. Besides his racism, this xenophobia was also exemplified in the fact that James helped rat out Hollywood communists to J. Edgar Hoover.
While James Stewart’s legacy hasn’t been affected much by tales of the actor’s racism, John Wayne’s has. John Wayne gave an extremely racist interview to Playboy magazine in 1971, and this interview directly resulted in the actor’s name being removed from an exhibit at the University of Southern California. Join Facts Verse as we take a look at classic Hollywood stars that were terribly racist off-camera.
Classic Hollywood Stars Who Were Terribly Racist Off-Camera 
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I grew up during the civil rights movement Blacks didn't have access to the same education as,white students. I remember one black child saying how thrilled he was to have a new textbook..before that they were given old worn out text books. So I think John Wayne's comments meant whites should be in charge until Blacks had the opportunity to better themselves with a good education.
@@briang.7206 I grew up in black areas and went to school with plenty of blacks as a result. They ALL had the same education and supplies as whites. Quit with the BS
Woody Strode was a very good actor but he never got a lead role. He played Wayne's servant, and he played a racist role in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. No one made him do that. He got paid well for it. Hollywood as a whole was racist for many years. As for being anti-homosexual, That is not a bad thing because it is sickening. We should not treat anyone bad but a person never has to say it is okay.
Math is racist, so snow must be racist because it is white! This is Marxist logic. GO WOKE, GO BROKE!!!
I'm pretty sure no one in the world has ever thought old Hollywood as "squeaky-clean".
What are you trying to accomplish
@@mariamccarthy9533 this video is trying to show some sort of "jaw dropping unheard of facts" but everyone knows time was different back then, almost everyone was racist
@@THEVOIDZ Not true. Only ignorant people are racist. Thank God that he didn’t create everything ‘white. He brought beauty into the world by creating ‘COLOR’.
@@THEVOIDZ Agree things were very different back them BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS RACIST!!!!
@@slomo1716 Nobody said everyone was racist. I said ALMOST everybody was racist.
For rhe record, Desi Arnaz didn't have to "demand" that William Frawley play Fred. He had complete creative control and could cast anyone he wanted.
In Miami, Cubans are notorious for their hostility toward blacks. Interesting thing most Americans don't know.
Frawley was told if he ever showed up drunk, he would be fired.
William Frawley was known as a drunk & people were hesitant to hire him. So yes, Desi did have to demand that they hire Frawley. Desi even paid for his funeral.
Frawley drank but he was even more addicted to BASEBALL from the first day of spring training to the last game of the World Series. He actually had a clause in his contract that if the Yankees (his fave team) was in the World Series,, he would be written out of any shows filmed then so he could attend. He got to use it too.
anyone taking joy from Dr.King's death really sickens me
Agreed. I'm not violent at all but if he said that within earshot of me I probably would have punched him in the mouth.
Even though he was a heavy drinker, a woman beater, an adulterer, and graduated from the Highlander Folk School, a communist training school.
@@jamessilva7991 I would have.
@@user-hb4gx4qs8p”Woman beater” Any source for that or are you just talking out of your ass? As if that would outweigh the good that King accomplished anyway…
Im not surprised by any of it. Im never surprised to find out someone is racist.
Ditto ..... me also
I believe almost everyone has some racism in them. A white judging a black poorly because of his race is racism. a black saying all white are racist is him or herself a racist.
I WAS A LONDON TAXI DRIVER AND PICKED UP James Stewart one day from the Savoy hotel and took him to the connaught hotel and I am Jewish but he was a gentleman and asked me to join him for drinks in the hotel one of the nicest people I have ever met
Did he call everyone the n word?
How did he know you were Jewish were you wearing a yamaka?
@@Moose803 They call thier that Name..Problem?
@@Rayritten1 English please
That doesn't make any difference that he grew up not saying any black people I met a white girl that grew up in Iowa that never seen any black people she didn't turn out to be a racist and I'm starting to realize that the actors that played nice on television are really the mean motherfukers and the people that play mean I really the nice ones
Lew Wasserman was Jimmy Stewart's agent for decades. Stewart was raised in Pennsylvania not Indiana. Stewart objected to the "uncle remis"-ish costume that was assigned to Woody Strobe (verbatim from one of his interviews). Stewart did not rat out Hollywood Communists to Hoover.
James M. Stewart entered the Army as a Private and retired as a Brigadier General. He founded several companies (NetJets, for one) and worked for conservation and environmental causes.
You really need to do some homework before tarnishing someone's good name.
Jimmy Stewart was raised in a town called Indiana, PA
Actually, he was promoted to Major General.
Every picture I ever saw of Jimmy Stewart in uniform was with one star which is a Brigadier General. Truly amazing.
@@ronniefranks4351 he was promoted to the AF Reserves retirement list as a MG in 1985, a few years after he retired in 1968.
@@bob44044 Indiana, PA has a branch of Penn State.
James Stewart was offered to serve in WW2 as an actor in propaganda movies. He denied this and volunteered to serve as a bomber officer flying over Germany. This was a very dangerous job.
Here, here!
So because he volunteered to be a bomber pilot, that means he can’t be a racist? 🤔
@@robertjacksonjr I didn't say that
@@robertjacksonjr Yawn, another leftist trying to mine for racism in the past to screech about. A better use of ones time might be reflecting on men, and women like him, and that served with him, who fought to preserve the right to engage in such paltry, attention getting histrionics in a public forum.
I believe that there was only one job more dangerous -- that of a sailor in the Merchant Marine in the Atlantic Ocean.
Frawley, for whatever intolerance he may have displayed (and, since he was remembered as a moody, irascible drunk, it might have been a great deal) had Desi Arnaz (a man he greatly admired) as a pallbearer. Most people aren't prejudiced against their friends (which might be a start).
Irascible.....l LIKE that word.
James Stewart grew up in Indiana, Pennsylvania and not a “Small town in Indiana” as stated in your video. Isn’t your site named Facts Verse? I wonder what else you have incorrect in your video if you can’t get that basic fact, which is pretty easy to find, accurate.
Beat me to it. I am a Hoosier and caught that error immediately. I wonder how many "facts" they have slipped by us that were just as wrong that we didn't catch. They should demonetize this site if they are this sloppy with the facts.
The entire thing is misguided opinions. Facts don't have anything to do with this BS site.
Not right to dishonor someone when you thought he grew up in the State of Indiana couldn’t even get that right he grew up in Indiana Pa.
That one fact was incorrect however, he was shot on with those actors being racist. There are other videos out there about this. Especially James Stewart and John Wayne. Jimmy use to use the n word all the time. They skipped old Walt Disney. He was one of the worst. 😡
CCP AI "web sites" are getting pretty good. Their propaganda and synthetic voices are almost believable.
If only the term racist & its punishment were ever applied equally all demographics.
The reasons the punishments can't be applied equally is because the offenses aren't applied equally
Oh do tell us of your Irish struggle!
@@howardsung108 Do your own research .
@@howardsung108 Like the didn't like not only the English, Welsh and Scottish many British are prejudiced amongst their own people.
@@danielstadden1149 Lol
The piece on James Stewart basically calls him a racist because one actor apparently thought he did something racist (no specifics on what) on the set of one movie. That’s pretty thin to put it mildly. He was very Conservative- and proudly so - and Henry Fonda was a lifelong friend despite being very Liberal and proudly so. They both said the secret was that they didn’t talk politics. So I think you need a lot more evidence to claim all this about James Stewart.
Conservative = racist.
I know right!? All because of 1 actor made an accusation, and We have no idea what it was.
His military career, and being a general officer in the US Air Force wasn’t even mentioned. If he was racist it would of been discovered.
They had a huge argument about the McCarthy hearings in the early 1950s and made that rule, I have read . . . .
Nah, I believe he was a racist just like your racist ass hero John Wayne. I hate I even thought they were decent people - SMH
Oh give me a break…I’m sure you don’t believe Black people and minorities if they say they experienced racism today as well. The video would be too long if he explained it. It’s a simple google search to find out what Stewart said on that set to the Black actor.
RUclips stories such as this one is full of inaccuracies just like the reaction videos when most of the people who are doing them don't have a clue
Just because it is stated on RUclips does not add to its validity. They are ommitting that most of the southern United States shared similar beliefs, even many nothern citizens were openly racist. But it was a sign of the times. my father was a bigot, but it was how he was raised. That being said I never heard him disrepsect or speak unkindly to anyone. I was raised differently as were my children and theirs. To speak so of people of the early 1900s is unfair, sensationalistic, and an attempt to garner attention. Shame on you.
That’s a good name
I approve
@Dan Pendergrass: You can judge people of a certain time period if they refused to change throughout their lifetime. All the actors that were in this report remained racist and/or xenophobic throughout their lives! So, you can miss me the whataboutisms to suppress racism! This country will never be potentially great until they truly address the issues and start practicing inclusion & love!
Amen
I cant be swayed.I grew up trying to talk like John Wayne, and got pretty good at sounding like Jimmy. Even if I believed what I just read, ( which I dont) These two were in tge top ten of my favs. But their beliefs dont trickle to me..I have many favorite actors from all flavors of being. , Woody, Mr. Crothers from the shining, Denzel, Will ,Jim Brown, Carl Weathers, Mr Poitier and many others.I couldnt be swayed simply by hearsay or idle gossip.÷
OK, Jerry Weaver. Please work on getting black people of all ages interested in practicing inclusion and love toward white people. For the record - many black people are extremely racist too! A lot of times that is never mentioned. AND, it is long past time for black people to stop pretending to be perpetual victims!!
BTW Jimmy Stewart was born in Pennsylvania not Indiana. The town was named Indiana.
Thank you for pointing this out! Be safe and have a great day ❤
Maybe Facts Verse is racist and should change their name to Prejudice Verse
There is à James Stewart airport in Indiana, PA. Same place as Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Ironic that “Facts Verse” is very sloppy on its facts! Many of its videos are riddled with inaccuracies.
@@Darvec It’s interesting to note that he acknowledges these people were born and grew up in a different time then proceeds to judge them by today’s standards.
Hollywood of yesteryear was tops ... way better than today's crap
Jimmy Stewart never did anything that was actually racist. It could’ve been considered racist I suppose, but he was probably one of the sweetest guys in Hollywood. Being friends with people mostly of your own race is not racist. If you would like to say something bad about someone, at least let it be true. There’s no reason for this.
How do you know?
There were accounts from black actors that he was racist. I believe them. Just because he plays nice guys on screen doesn't mean he didn't have racist views.
@@terriw919 He doesn’t play nice guys, he plays psychopaths. If I recall correctly, Dean Martin once called him “the nicest guy on television” in a roast. I’ve never heard an account of him bei a racist.
@@terriw919 - There's No Accounts from black actors saying he was racist. None... Zip! The author Michael Mann tried to put words in the mouth of one actor, but Mann has pretty much been discredited as a source of reliable information. Sorry, but you dont know what you're talking about.
Racism
Doesnt exist to most racist white people
Lol
Always an excuse
Instead of giving commentary about what these actors supposedly said, why not quote them directly? Good journalism uses quotes, not generalities and speculations.
EXACTLY. Thank YOU.
Quotes I've heard from the John Wayne Playboy interview weren't nearly as bad as inplied by many. I've heard he also was prejujudiced about hispanics - forgetting who his wives were.
@@terrykeever3280 depends on what type of Hispanic it is a lot of Mexicans are spanish and indian. But do you think john wayne would have married a Afro blk woman or a blk woman!!!!!! Uh no!!!!!! David Bowie did marry a blk woman be he had an open mind not a man of his racist times like john wayne was!!!!!!!!
Yea, this video is so full of nonsense all the way down to them saying Jimmy Stewart was from Indiana, he wasn't from Indiana, he was from Pennsylvania, not far from where I live, he was born and raised in a small town called Indiana.
And that nonsense about Woody Strode was just that, nonsense, Woody never accused Jimmy Stewart of racism, I've read so many articles about the making of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Strode never did anything but sing praises for everyone involved in making the movie except for John Ford who bullied people around on the set especially Wayne who he seemed to take great delight in torturing.
This video is a bunch of lies made up for the sake of sensationalism and getting clicks for their monetary value.
@@dukecraig2402 this sounds much closer to what I know
John Wayne, he sure had a thing with Spanish/Latin wives. His first wife from Spanish decent. His second wife is Mexican and his third wife is Peruvian.
So true hmm odd thou for him but all nice .
But, but, but - *racism* and *xenophobia* !!! /sarc
@@gary6449 yeah, but his last longterm girlfriend was white, lol. Is that racism too?
@@thehair1474 wasn’t aware of that.
Mail order Latino Brides.
What an asinine concept, call people racist when they can't defend themselves. The word racist means nothing today, they all over use it.
And those who overuse it are themselves quite racist. They are total hypocrites.
need a safe space?
"Apologies necessary"? Well, why don't you proceed to where they are and demand one?
Buh-bye!
I still prefer the old Hollywood over the crap that goes on now. One cannot judge people of the past by today's so called "standards"
Thank you! I second that emotion. Although I get a TINY bit peeved [I'm too old to hold on to frustration from a million years ago] when Mantan Morland appears in a 1940s movie, I simply CAN'T STAND today's trash. From what I've noticed when I see a movie of today advertised, Hollywood feels compelled to keep pace with every Godd*mned new "identity" invented.
There are now 72 (or 76) so-called "different" gender identities [actually, there are only TWO. Chromosomes ain't woke], and I wouldn't be surprised if Hollywood creates a movie featuring ALL 72. I never view ANY of them.
In the evening, my wife and I have been trying to get through all the 4-star [IMBD-rated] 1940s. After that, we're gonna check out all the 3-star 1940s movies. Then we're going to watch the 1950s movies.
A certain ideology [seems like a RELIGION!!] is ruining the culture. One wonders if we'll ever recover.
You mean like the 1930s "Baby Burlesks" and the physical & sexual abuse of Shirley Temple and other children? The racism in those early movies made me cringe as a child! James Stewart was antisemitic? What a laugh! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
"Standards" ???
Why can't you?
Todays standards are low.
My father flew with Jimmy Steward during the 2nd world war.. He had nothing but good things to say about him❤️
I'm pretty sure racists rarely talk bad about each other.
It doesn't matter what these actors thought it was their business and they were Intiled of freedom of speech
@@helenphair4745 Freedom of speech is freedom of government interference. Anyone can say whatever they want but there are consequences. When John Wayne espoused his racist views in Playboy he was no longer making it his own business.
@@tracejohnson5519 that's life I say people should be able to say whatever they like right or wrong
@@helenphair4745 They can say whatever they want now, but, there are consequences. You can't expect people not to react when you or anyone else says something ignorant like John Wayne did in the Playboy interview. The principal of freedom of speech works both ways.
I once laughed at a racist joke someone told. I didn't know it was racist, but someone schooled me in no uncertain terms that it was, and that me laughing was hurtful. I apologized and learned something. Now if I become famous, 70 years from now someone will recall that I laughed at a joke and condemn me.
loved jimmy stewart
There are racist jokes that involve murder and some that actually showcase the intellect of the person in the joke, often at the expense of White people. Same way with homophobic jokes. There’s a difference between laughing at Matthew Shepherd and good naturedly pointing out true stereotypes.
People need to loosen up. The Latino community is the only one with a sense of humor!!!
You are a horrible and irredeemable piece of shit. We are all utterly appalled--and deeply disappointed. I cannot imagine what you could ever do to make up for what you've done. You could try a really humbling, abject apology, but generally that just makes it worse for you. You deserve whatever misfortune befalls you at this point.
Nobody now or in the future would condemn you for what you explained in your past - you state that you didn't realise that it was a racist joke and apologised etc.
Now if you did not respond as you did but continued to hold racist / prejudice views ; then that would be a different story would it not...
I guess you would, he probably wouldn't hate you either if you're White
I'm sorry, I just can't imagine Jimmy Stewart saying, "Mary, MARY, whaddaya want, Mary? You want the moon? I'll get a couple of chocolate faces to lasso it down for us, Mary!"
I'm going to have to pass on Jimmy being a racist or a rat. Especially since this guy can't even get the place of Stewart's birth right.
You can’t judge people who lived in the 40’s and 50’s with today’s societal norms. It was a completely different world back then. The world changes with time. What was acceptable and normal is vastly different if viewed 60-70 years apart.
Even just a few years ago in living color and married with children can’t fly today even cartoons today is just too damn delicate they went overboard
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Absolutely but it gives society today a reason to vilify those actors we enjoyed and to destroy monuments and change names of airports etc.
Yes, norms change, but it is fair to take a closer look at the actors of the past and adjust your views of them. We do have people that have overly romanticized such actors as Stewart and Wayne and say ridiculous things like "why can't there be people today like them"? I will enjoy a John Wayne movie, but I've known for a while that he was a s**t human being, racist as all get out, and turning in colleagues during McCarthyism. It is like people that refuse to believe in any history that doesn't show America was "perfect".
Hate is hate no matter what year it is
You will notice that here is no historical factual information on the older actors but just what one person's idea is of someone being racist.
It's an undisputed fact that John Wayne had to be physically restrained as he was attempting to go on stage and hurt Sacheen Littlefeather when she stood in for Marlon Brando as he declined the Oscar win because of Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans. If you don't think racism was involved, then please explain to me why some random dude would be physically hostile to a stranger who was simply the messenger.
That seems to be all it takes these days.
Excellent point.
A hit piece like so many others; the yellowest of yellow journalism and that's probably too much compliment for these pompous fools peddling this garbage.
I agree. He says that Woody Strode accused James Stewart of being a racist but he never says exactly what Stewart did or said or gives any details at all. Without details it's just a worthless accusation.
tSamual Clemons aka Mark Twain was also many decades labeled a "racist" taking things out of context seems a bit unfair
*Nearly everyone was a bit of a racist before the civil rights movement of the 1960s.*
While I’m aware of the unfairness of racism. I remember growing up in the 50’s & 60’s, I remember America being much more Racist than today. These folks you’re speaking of were born in the early 1900’s. It’s kinda hard to pin a tag on them because you’re leaving out that they were possibly no more than a sign of the time. Not that it made Racism any less wrong.
I mean you don’t really think that people who still live in Salem, Massachusetts are looking to burn Women at Stakes Do You?
There were countless people who lived back then in those times who WEREN'T racist. Please don't defend their hateful views with it was "a sign of the time". The made a choice to be so and especially to remain so..
@@wendigo1919 Trust me- I’m not trying to defend Racism. I just lived in a time where I remember it being more prevalent. I’m not saying it was right! I’m merely pointing out that I was born in the early 50’s.I remember some things being more normal than they should have been. The people they’re talking about here were born near the turn of the century. You really do have to take that fact into account. Even the others who complained of these people were never really mentioned. So, without knowing the person personally, it’s hard to base a judgment.
I applaud the African American Community for the strides they’ve made and well deserve. They fought for this country. Their battle was nothing but uphill. I’m just not going to agree with something because I’m hearing it on Social Media- That’s All
@@wendigo1919 there's not a person on this planet now or in all of history who hasn't had some racist thoughts in their life, it's human nature
@@wendigo1919 please is not wanted needed or necessary it’s very very annoying like the Trump crime family
No one was ever burned at the stakes in Salem, Mass.
Another “Facts Verse” that is full of BS. They took Wayne’s comments completely out of context.
No they didn’t. He was a racist.
I remember L P Hartley's dictum, "The past is another country, they do things differently there."
I like that.
Facts Verse….. I’m dying laughing!
I wonder if, as a WW II bomber pilot, James Stewart was ever escorted/defended by the "Red Tails" (Tuskegee) fighter pilots....
Don't believe everything you hear on this site or the internet.
@@michealfriedman7084
For sure. Can you perhaps answer the question...
@@TesseRact7228
Do you know, because I don't.
Everything is heresy.
It's so easy to attack and make accusations when someone is dead...you can't defend yourself.
@@michealfriedman7084
I have no idea - that's why I posed the question.
@@TesseRact7228
You would have to do your own research.
Some of the accusations you attribute here border on slander! I would like to see a few examples of these racist comments and attitudes before you begin throwing people under the racist bus. You can’t just say these things without some examples!
He lies for views and comments. He does it all the time! He's told lies on tons of beloved celebrities just to piss you and I off for views. Report him and don't watch his channel.
A lot of references to “alleged racism and misogyny” targeted toward dead actors. Come on… anyone can say those types of things without much effort. It doesn’t take but a little effort to find the truth. Disappointing video for sure
This is total B.S. and I couldn’t disagree more. To take a 51 year old interview from Playboy and twist it around to compare it to the “WOKE” Hollywood we have now. Simply pathetic.
I'm sure John Wayne meant something else when he said he was a white supremacist in that interview. I'm sure he didn't mean what everyone thinks he meant, right?
Thank you. You get it.
This is people desperately seeking to be offended. Whoever runs this pathetic channel is a hardcore victocrat, smearing the memory of the defenseless dead, and bathing in their own victimhood and smug sanctimony.
I read that interview when it came out--the guy was just a plain talker, and gave his honest--and not at all unreasonable or malicious--opinion. Of course, that was back when everyone was actually ALLOWED to have their own opinions and employ whatever English words they pleased.
LOL it's funny how so many white people refuse to call racism what it is. John Wayne did not even want to give black actors a major role in the movie the Green Berets. I have read the Playboy interview many times. Guess what.....THATS DIRECT RACISM. As a black man who is a combat veteran with a Masters degree, I have seen racism directly even though in my 54 years, I have never even had a parking ticket. This country was BUILT off racism. The orange RACIST draft dodger trump gave all the bigots a massive green light. Many of you will forever deny how racist this country is, but it does not matter. IGNORANCE is beyond bliss.
The guy that put this video together is light on facts and long on conjecture and assumption
This “Woke” crap doesn’t mean anything to normal people. It’s part of white supremacy jargon. We can discuss if peoples shortcomings are forgivable or if a persons’ attitudes were typical for the times when they lived. But it isn’t debatable that they were racists. Ignoring that is just living in denial. Reminds me of people that are trying to rewrite the civil war and suddenly discover that it wasn’t about slavery. Have some integrity.
FACTS VERSE.....you know, I'm pretty sure that all these actors are spinning in their graves non stop realizing they offended you enough to talk about them after they are dead. Of course, people at FACTS VERSE have never done anything wrong to the extent that they report on themselves....oh no, heaven forbid.
I have a problem with accusations when none of people mentioned are alive to deny or confirm the facts.
rightly said
Makes it so easy to accuse people who are dead.
Walter Brennan was well-known to be a racist while he was alive. That fact that he’s dead does change that.
Yeah, Just shoot the dead horse why dont they?
Absolutely true.
I loved Jimmy Stewart since I saw him in "Harvey & The Glen Miller Story!" He volunteered to serve his country at 16. Served 27 years a 2 Star General and a Bomber Pilot. To do all of that and come out to be a top actor, married a woman with 2 kids and adopted them is honorable and reason to love him more! ❤️
(My grandmother loved him, and I do too! I never heard any bad things about him! I wish he was still here!) R.I.P. Jimmy Stewart! 🙏💐🕊💐🙏
I believe Stewart was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserves.
Stewart's racial bias and anti-semitism made me turn off on him - read about his anti-black issues during WWII - also he had a pretty bad temper - his wife (I read) said he was like Jekell and Hyde.
This is Bullsh*t I’ve read interviews with Woody Strode and he said he was getting close to Stewart when John Ford embarrassed Stewart by accusing him of racism, as a means of keeping the 2 actors from getting too friendly. He Did Not call James Stewart racist.
Those mentioned in this video were not available for comment....
They didn't exactly hide their opinions....
Do you feel better within yourself to be fanning the flames in 2022 when you know nothing of growing up in that era? Can you spell SHAME?
The truth hurts doesn't it
@@danielstadden1149 Nice try! Not truth...it's INNUENDO!! (😄👋🏾)
Those who tend to forget their history are bound to repeat it
Racist people no matter the color or creed are what is plaguing the world with all these problems
Yeah but those guys with the white hat they take the cake
Walter Brennan's personality was a bit shocking but believable.
Hey, Walter Brennan had something happen in his life that may account for his strange behavior. He was in WW! and was sprayed with some kind of purple gas and after that he was never the same. People said he was quiet, reserved and intelligent before the incident.
I was raised in a large city in England. 280-300,000 people. When i was growing up in the Seventies, you could walk around on a busy Saturday afternoon and not see a single person of any ethnicity different from your own. It was a roughish, but pleasent place to grow up. Scroll on to 2018 when i returned for the first time for 36 years....it had lost its vibe, shops , town centre....and as for the demographic change...jeeeez. The place looked so bad i very nearly cried. Memories tarnished. Won't be going back home anymore. I don't care what anyone says...it was better back when i was growing up.
The results of hardcore colonialism, loss of cultural norms and religious customs. It's not the black African or the Pakistani next door who changed the vibes of your city but the fact that your ancestors thought that colonialism was a good idea. You get the gold, you lose your self.
@@olgaath1511 Wrong. A very poorly argued and simplistic statement. Govt policy is almost totally to blame.
This might be one of the most distressing comments I've read on YT. You so proudly display your xenophobia. Truly shameful.
lmao 😃😂 you cried and don't want to come back, because everybody doesn't look the same living there anymore. Get over it.
I will continue to appreciate the work of these actors in spite of their personal opinions about other subject matters. Personally, I see other human beings as neighbours and I will always love my neighbour.
Nice to see a decent person's reply for a change. Fairness & Kindness haven't ceased to matter, despite being out of vogue the past few years. Compassion is Not something to be vilified nor mocked. (The people who demand empathy from others seem to have none of that quality to spare for those less fortunate, have you noticed? Yet they fail to see the Karma they've created for themselves). Thanks for reminding us that Not everyone is a hateful racist dipsh*t these days, even though it sometimes seems like it. 😉
You do you. People who are "kind" and care about the feelings of others don't need to support racists or their work. 🤷🏽♀️
I get it you are not Black, but you are a woman so don't think that these guys would think you equal to them.
@@dearrationals You're right. True Racists & Misogynists utterly lack both Fairness & Kindness. They are broken people, seething in their own feelings of impotence, seeking to subjugate others for that rush of "power" they crave, to fill a hole inside themselves which Nothing will ever truly fill. Today, as in the past, they're mental patients, very likely child abuse victims, who've not yet found treatment. And they won't, b/c our society Only cares about $$$ now.
Even the Richest, like a certain former "prez" who has long hero-worshipped Nazis, won't get the help they really need, b/c No One will hold rich folks accountable for their wrong doing.
We can hate the horrid actions & the attitudes that perpetuate harm, while still pitying the abused children they once were. None of us is born hating other humans. That garbage is taught. We need to unteach a whole lot of people, but we can't, b/c the rich but broken ones in power won't allow it. So, we must find some way to do better by Today's children, instead: no matter their color, religion, gender identity, family wealth, origin, etc. If we truly want to to build anything "great", we need to start at the beginning, in childhood (which requires us to actually care about poor kids as more than political tools to achieve Power). We need to fund Public Ed properly & Not use subpar schools as conveyor belts feeding for-profit prisons. Nothing "great" will ever be built w/ hate, nor inequality. What we'll get instead is repeated "Gilded Ages". Gilding is merely covering garbage w/ a shiny coating so it looks nicer. But it's still Trash. I often wonder how many Einsteins were left undiscovered b/c No One who could invest in them did so. How many times have we missed world-changing discoveries, the cure for cancer, methods to save a planet for our grandkids, etc.?
The racists & sexists of our world are "better" than No One. The ones I've met are actually terrible humans. They serve as a warning sign of what abuse of children eventually creates. Often, it's a monster in human form. Further proof? Over a million people didn't die of a "Hoax!". They died b/c too many uncaring people embraced the words of a cult leader who purposely stirs up chaos b/c he enjoys causing pain, and truly cares about No One. This era is Tragic. May it end w/o taking the decent portion of humanity with it.
@@ernestwalker2260 True. I pray that reincarnation is possible. In a fair universe, all racists & sexists would return in the form of their previous targets, and have to deal w/ a multitude of people exactly like their former incarnations. That may be the only way such broken souls would be able to continue evolving... through harsh experience. Oh well, one can still dream.
I can't throw stones. I think people s/be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. So I'm OBVIOUSLY a big racist.
@William Clark ~ Judging people by the content of their character is now considered racist.
That is a massive part of the content of their character... being RACIST. Unless you think being racist is no big deal.
@@wendigo1919 r.....WHOOSH
@@leewhitaker538 hundred upvotes
This is the United States, hell,show me someone who isn't racist? It's an uphill battle, as American as Mom's Apple Pie.🍎
and furthermore, John Wayne stepped on an ant once. What a horrible person. I'll never watch another movie of his....like heck i won't....
It is too bad that you besmirch individuals who have long been dead.
lol They're known racists. How is that besmirching them. They made their opinions known. Clearly you have no problem with racists and racist "follower of Christ". Great name. lol
@@wendigo1919 Wendigo get over yourself Grow up and get s life.
@@wendigo1919 you have jungle fever we get it lol
It’s always wrong to judge other people’s actions and morality based on where we are today. Our own morality is skewed, so how dare we judge someone, when we have no concept of what they grew up in or what was expected of them.
Morality? Morals have never changed in humankind.
I agree it seems cowardly to attack people who are dead.
@@rackyjaeckel1644 Yeah, I just don't understand why people continue to pyle on Adolph Hitler, he was just a product of his times.
@@danielstadden1149 Of course, someone had to bring up Hitler, the average guy that he was. All these Hollywood stars had the same effect on civilization no doubt.
I agree 100%.
Jimmy Stewart wasn't racist, John Ford was trying to instigate something that wasn't there on the set of the Man who Shot Liberty Valance, which caused discomfort. He used the same technique on John Wayne, goading him about never fighting in WWII.
Wrong: Jimmy Stuart did NOT grow up in the state of Indiana. He was born and raised in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
It is cowardly and a cheep shot to attack people who are dead and cannot fight back.
OK them we won't call out bigots supporters of slavery, those who commit genocide and attocities because that's a cheapshot since they are dead now rme
They'd probably fight back with racist comments.
Who are you to determine what was racist 70 years ago? That was the world they lived in, and even off camera they were expected to act in a certain way if they wanted to keep working. That's no different than the corporate culture which places demands on their employees to be a certain kind of person and support a certain kind of ideology in order to advance in the company. Hollywood is a corporation . Three generations ago, contract actors who wanted to be in Hollywood had to conform. You're almost as short-sighted as a racist is
Racism is a disposition acquired, we are born with an empty template excluding our genes. We are influenced by our parents and the environment born into. Who are you to determine what was racist 70 years ago? Interesting question, am I my brother's keeper, do unto others as you would have them do unto you, Luke 6:31. Ideology and conformity, history gives a lesson with Nazi Germany, when will people learn? There are 7 people who don't know along with you.
You can criticize today as well as old times. Just cause things are shitty today doesn't mean they weren't even shittier in the past.
At that time ,I based my ideas of GOOD, BAD---RIGHT , WRONG ,ETC on how other drivers OBSERVED or FAILED to obey the rules of the road .
I knew about Walter brennan and John Wayne. Didn't know about Frawley, but not surprised. Was very surprised about James Stewart. I'll never look at his movies the same again.
Like it or not old America was very racist,hell,it still is,but I’d like to think we are getting less racist,just not fast enough.
As a Black man, I'm not the least bit surprised.
And James Stewart was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania. I know this region all too well and what the people are like here.
Boo hoo🙄
Since ‘Facts Verse’ couldn’t get James Stewart’s birth place correct, I’m not believing anything else in this Woke hit piece on actors from decades ago who can’t defend themselves.
I wonder if the person or persons ever shine that high powered telescope at themselves.
What a badly informed hatchet job on Jimmy Stewart. In Stewart's time Hollywood was almost totally run by Jewish men. And Kirk Douglas, Walther Mathau and many more famous actors of the time said, many times in public, that these powerful Jewish men could not be trusted. But Douglas and Mathau were Jewish themselves so could not be accused of antisemitism. As for Woody Strode, he mentions in his autobiography that over the course of a few movies he made with Jimmy Stewart, he found the man to be a 'kind and gentle soul'. On the other hand, Strode thought that both John Ford and John Wayne were not overly fond of black men and were very loud in making their feelings known.
You can’t judge our culture with the culture 50,60 years ago! I have lived through both and the culture 60 years ago is a thousand times better than the absolute racist culture we are forced to live in now !
Just cause racism is still around doesn't make past racism right.
@ 123612100
Exactly 💯
@@123612100 so reverse racism is ok ! That’s what we have today!
@@melvinhunt6976 there's no such thing as reverse racism. Racism is just racism.
@@123612100 lve been there l know what it is! It would be gone if we could get rid of the democrats, who just steal our money and keep people mad !
Tim Blane, if an apology is necessary from anyone...it's YOU! Nothing like a poorly informed millennial trying to pass judgement on individuals you know nothing about.
The Hayes code made racism entrenched in Hollywood
Anyone who could be "right hand" to Hoover is ALL BAD!
The way the woke trend is going, I would not be surprised if some want to recall all the Oscars these legendary actors earned throughout their careers...
OMG!! Please, please do not give them any ideas
@@jcbulldog533 Damn! You beat me to it!
When you're a hammer everything looks like a nail, so Facts Verse, I call BS, grow up little boy.
Lack of education & family values= a person who's unable to see how idiotic, pathetic and ridiculous is to be racist.
John Wayne and Woody Strode frequently fished together on Wayne’s boat.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing this info! What other types of video would you like to see?
This is simply a sham-hit piece. All second hand gossip, Sad I wasted my time watching it.
Truth hurts💯💯💯
Can't handle the truth?
Not many “facts”. Mostly secondhand innuendo. Being conservative doesn’t make you racist.
Being a rat makes you a scumbag though.
I thought the same thing
except when you have quite a far right person like John Wayne outright saying he believes in white supremacy....yeah it's hard to not get the impression that he was indeed racist.
@@naitthegr8131 I only watched Jimmy Stewart, seemed lame.
@@naitthegr8131 My comment still stands. Wayne was one out of how many? Look at Joe Biden and Hillary heaping praise on Senator R. Byrd, a high-ranking KKK member. Do you condemn all democrats as racist? Don't forget democrat legacy in slavery and Jim Crow.
It would be hard for them to apologize now unless you call them on a Ouija Board.
Why would they apologise?
" the left make accusations, the right cite examples ". The Roostah. If you're going to call someone a racist an example would help!
Let’s see one on heterophobics.
As almost everyone has said, it's ridiculous to judge people from 80 and even 90 years ago by today's social norms and knowledge. It turns out, the claims about James Stewart aren't even true. John Wayne's remarks in that interview, on the other hand, were woefully ignorant, even by the standards of 1971. There were overwhelmingly large numbers of highly educated black people. But most of this is akin to people who say that Mark Twain, born in Mississippi in 1835, was a racist. In 2022, sure, In his time, he was almost as anti-racist as he could get. People just don't understand that these are social ideas and they change over time. Let's hope that, a hundred years in the future, the best attitudes of our time are not considered woefully ignorant and racist by future generations that also do not understand the nature of history and social change.
Inaccurate is your interpretation of John Wayne's quote. John Wayne said is that their are far to few blacks in acting and the movie industry's schools so the level of talent and numbers are just a fraction of that to the whites, and untill that changes the whiles will continue to dominate because of the ratio of blacks to whites attending film and acting Colleges.
Umm, Samuel L Clemens, aka Mark Twain, was born in Florida, Missouri, and raised in Hannibal, Missouri. Perhaps you should do more research.
You'd put it brilliantly, thanks:-)
@@cherylrichards8951 where he came from is redundant
Many people hope that by 100 years in the future, blax will have finally learned how to assimilate into white society. It would be to their benefit to do so.
Jimmy Stewart was from Indiana, Pennsylvania, not a small town in Indiana. William Frawley was not drunk a lot during the filming of I Love Lucy. It was in his contract to stay sober or get fired.
Yes it was in his contract to be sober and on time for work.
It's hard for me to separate my love of Maureen O'Hara and her love for John Wayne's views.
O'Hara was also a racist.
James Stewart grew up in Indiana, PA, not in the state of Indiana
This video is the latest in the continuing attempt to erase and cast the past as evil and "racist"
Easy to look back and be critical of norms that don't exist anymore
Like a adult criticizing and blaming their parents for anything "negative" from their childhood
You are not from a minority group so you wouldn't understand. 🇬🇧 based
@@maureenjackson2041
So typical for you to assume and say that
How do you live everyday being in a state of victim hood?
For the record, I'm an immigrant representing 2 "minority" groups
I speak 3 languages and have experienced and witnessed my parents experience racism and biased
@@kazitude1 JUST go make me a SAMMICH!!!!
These are well-documented incidents of racism and bigotry by some members of Hollywood. And, tbh, I have heard of all these ppl before I watched the video.
Yes, Walter Brennan DID celebrate when MLK was assassinated. He did that. To excuse his racism as “being part of the times” is a flimsy attempt to excuse his repulsive behavior.
@@robertjacksonjr BULL SHIT And UN VERIFIED , still NO PROOF.....in other words..FAKE NEWS 😂😂😂
Another "Hollywood Babylon"!
Surprised Charlton Heston not on here. He was actually quoted upon being asked why he thinks there’s so much gun violence that we have so much diversity in this country. The NRA champion was referring to Blacks.
I guess you can just say anything you want about anybody these days even with no proof. I would like to find the guy who wrote this story
Who shocked? 😐
Jimmy Stewart grew up in Pennsylvania. Indiana was the town
As a youth I enjoyed the stars of that time, as a child I wondered when a star's visit I was not allowed to get close enough for an autograph. after turning 15 I learned why.1951 was the year.
It’s unfair to judge people’s opinions or actions from 60 or 70 years ago especially when it may not be factual. They are not here to answer for themselves.
All of them, to think as a black woman I like their movies
They were able to answer for a lot of it during their lifetimes. I had herd a lot of these accusations 40 or 50 years ago when most of these people were still alive. These stories are well known and backed up by first hand witnesses who spoke about it on the record publicly at the time. A lot of the accounts were suppressed by studio friendly news papers or, studio paid publicist.
@@a.c.king-dk5yl1ep2m I get what you are saying A.C. I don't dispute that there may be some truth to it. What I don't agree with is revisionist history will sometimes state accusations and rumors as fact.
@@randykirby2866 On that we agree. History is always subject to somebodies prospective or opinion.
I hope this isn't supposed to keep me or anyone else from watching John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, "I Love Lucy" or any movies that had Walter Brennan in them.
'Because that's all that me and everyone else watch
James Stewart was a fine gentleman
WWII Bomber pilot
A lot of accusations, no proof or evidence. All heresay.
If they were racists or not, no apology should be expected as what was the norm in one era was totally acceptable then. Now, to call Caucasian women Becky's and Kim isn't considered racist today because it's alright to have reverse discrimination.
I think that you are mistaken about the home of James Stewart. It was not a small town in Indiana, but was indeed a small town named Indiana, Pennsylvania. Check it out.
Mr. Skidmore you are correct. Carelessly researched.
If James Stewart turned in commies, that’s more reason to love the man. Also, really not a lot of supporting evidence of his “racism” and “xenophobia” than the say-so of Woody Strode? Pretty weak tea, if you ask me.
The Truth just hurts !
@@SuperAnimelover100 How’s about I call you a “racist” or “Xenophobe” on one person’s say-so? Nah, I didn’t think you’d think that was fair either.
It's easy to slander a dead man. He's not there to defend himself. I've seen so many of these slanders against the dead and it's really appalling. It's just a mean spirited way to ruin a reputation post-mortem.
"turned in commies" and who was he to judge if they were 'commies' or not??
Turning in people who think differently sounds more Soviet than American 🇺🇲
@@stephenchappell7512 When the “thinking” amounts to Government seizure and control of the means of production and redistribution of wealth as this nebulous group of thieves sees fit, I could give a rat’s ass about what “sounds” Soviet. So, it’s OK for advocates of Communism to push for this immoral and illegal “philosophy” but somehow “Un-American” to call them on it? OK, Komrade…..
A young background actor once showed me caricatures of Hollywood stars. He could identify all but one--a cowboy. He said, "As far as I'm concerned, he's just a cowboy." I told him ask anyone over 40 on this set to name an American cowboy. I guarantee you they will all say, "John Wayne."
@tonyyoung3985
What does your comment have to do with this video?
@@lechat8533 It's been a while, so I may have difficulty remembering. Likely the fact that young Europeans may not recognize John Wayne, but he is an icon. And though one can't excuse his racist remarks, I do understand that he is a product of his time and upbringing.
@@tonyyoung3985
All the people that I know, younger and older ones, are well aware of who John Wayne was, even though Western Movies aren`t a preferred genre in this day and age.
John Wayne was just a man, not God, and we human beings are not flawless, quite the opposite. For people who don`t take into account what generation and country John Wayne belonged to, it has always been easy to judge and condemn people for their opinions and beliefs. I`m not surprised that John disliked certain minorities. He was born 116 years ago, in an environment and time that were very different from those of today.
He played very traditional and conservative characters, which, by today`s standards, are quite sexist and controversial. But when we watch his movies we put everything into perspective.
As soon as we imagine him in his 20th-century outfit, we toss our "filters" aside and begin to judge his beliefs and behavior by today`s standards, which is absurd.
Without controversy, the icon John Wayne wouldn`t exist.
It`s easier for me to imagine a cigarette-smoking John Wayne disliking Jews and black people than him changing diapers, washing the dishes, dusting, hoovering, and accepting women as his equals.
It never surprises me to find out that Hollywood actors are not what their public image pretended they were. None of these surprises me.
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This is why 60 yrs ago a book came out called Hollywood Babylon. The stories in that book made your the hair on your arms curl.
why would anyone as the narrator suggest express any remorse whatsoever about historical slavery who wasn't even born or remotely associated with the act.....that is SO FUCKING INSANE
Did you listen to his follow up comment to slavery? That they need more education for him to have thought it to be wrong? Or I guess you missed that part. Nope, I guess he wasn't racist at all. Love how you're defending his comment.
@@wendigo1919 Thats a pathetic attempt.....keep trying
Mr Smith Goes To Washington (1939) was made before WWII.
Still hard to believe Vivian Vance and William Frawley hated each other off camera and worked so well in front !! As far as as John Wayne, Clint Eastwood is my favorite Cowboy !! 👍
This is James Stewart's account of what happened on the set of The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance; and by the way, he was from the town of Indiana, PA, where I am told there is an airport named after him, not from a small town in the State of Indiana.
Yes there is an airport named after him and a statue in his honor. My wife and I happened to be there when he passed away and they had the statue draped in black ribbon. My maternal grandparents are from Indiana, PA and they told me a long time ago that Jimmy Stewart's father owned a hardware store in town. It's a nice small college town, home to Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Judging people who lived 70 years ago by today's standard is wrong, unfair & stupid.
I'm blk and I feel the same way you do....thats just how it was back then
Yes I agree 30 years from now they will be saying how insane we are
@@kurtnulf3362 yes, the fashions of the 70s is certainly going to be a mark against that generation. The Disco Era doesn't look good in retrospect.
@@kurtnulf3362 I agree. Thirty or more years from now, people are going read about rioting, burning, and looting in the name of social justice, Confederaphobia running rampant, failing to protect our borders in order to be compassionate, and so on. The only thing those future generations will asked is: How in Hell did we let all this hysteria get so out of control?
The standards were set by Jesus 2,000 years ago
I’ve got a feeling that they randomly picked random people from classical Hollywood and assumed they were racist because it was the 50s and 60s