Blockade

Hollywood is known for its authors traditionally having their politics set firmly on the Left. Many of them have never shied from expressing their leftist beliefs in their works, even in times when doing so was quite risky or counterproductive. Results of such efforts weren’t always good, even from a mere propaganda standpoint, as in the case of *Blockade*, a 1938 film directed by William Dieterle, known as one of t…