"Kazan introduced Marilyn to Miller. The three of them went through HUAC together. Kazan named names, even if he said HUAC already had the information," Solnik said. "Miller saw that as a betrayal.

Fortunately, in recent years HUAC has reared its ugly head only sporadically and has become a source of amusement for a good part of the nation. For the most part, HUAC has confined its recent ...