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There was a brief moment in time in the 1940s, when the USA was at one with Russia or as it was known then, the Soviet Union. During the Second World War, America entered into the war on the same side as the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany, and Hollywood was rallied to the cause
It was just one of those weird coincidences.
Last month, veteran stage and screen actor David Birney died at the age of 83. Birney was known for roles in TV shows like St. Elsewhere as well as a bunch of Broadway hits, including a late 1960s run of the Irish classic by JM Synge, Playboy of the Western World.