The Old Right opposed both FDR’s New Deal and US entry into World War II. A Story of America First explains the consequences of holding such Old Right positions in Hollywood:
Politicians were not the only ones to lose careers as a result of taking a stand for America First. Lillian Gish was Hollywood’s most prominent America Firster (Edward Everett Horton was another, though he was much less active). Gish’s visibility on the National Committee contributed to her invisibility on the nation’s movie screens — though none dared call it blacklisting.
Richard A. Moore of the AFC dictated this confidential memo on August 28, 1941:
General Wood was in the office today and related a converstaion he had just had with Miss Lillian Gish here in Chicago. Miss Gish stated that since her active association with the America First Committee, she has been “black-listed” by movie studios in Hollywood and by the legitimate theater.
She has been seeking employment in Hollywood during theh past several weeks, and her agent has finally notified her tht he can now obtain a movie contract which will bring her $65,000. This contract, however, has been offered upon the condition that she first resign from the America First Committee and cease all her activities on behalf of the Committee; and upon the further condition that in resigning, she refrain from stating this reason for her resignation.
Miss Gish has not had employment for a long time. She is supporting her Mother and is helping to support her sister.
The movie, curiously enough, was probably John Farrow’s forgotten wartime propaganda effort The Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942).
So, it’s not blacklisting if you’re not a Communist.