Editing Larry Parks (section)

==Blacklisting==
In 1948 Parks had criticized the [[House Un-American Activities Committee| House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208108995 |title=Larry Parks Hits Hard At Red-Baiters |newspaper=[[Tribune (Sydney newspaper)|Tribune]] |issue=401 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=March 17, 1948 |access-date=October 10, 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1951, Parks was summoned to appear before the HUAC under threat of being blacklisted in the movie industry, but he begged not to be forced to testify. He eventually did so in tears,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139514311 |title=Larry Parks Commended For Truth |newspaper=[[Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate]] |issue=23,236 |location=New South Wales|date=March 24, 1951 |access-date=October 10, 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> only to be blacklisted anyway. Parks eventually gave up the names of his former colleagues to the committee.<ref>Silverman, Stephen M. ''Dancing on the Ceiling: Stanley Donen and his Movies''. Alfred A. Knopf. 1996. p. 140.</ref>

Following his admission before the committee, [[Columbia Pictures]] released him from his contract, although it had four years to run, and Parks had been set to star in the film ''Small Wonder'' (which later became ''[[The First Time (1952 film)|The First Time]]'' starring [[Robert Cummings]]). At the time, Parks' fee was $75,000 a film.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81595939 |title=LARRY PARKS ON THE "OUTER" |newspaper=[[The Northern Miner (Queensland)|The Northern Miner]] |location=Queensland|date=March 26, 1951 |access-date=October 10, 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129917503 |title=LARRY PARKS QUITS STUDIO |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=56 |issue=8,657 |location=Adelaide |date=May 8, 1951 |access-date=October 10, 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> A romantic comedy he made for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]], ''[[Love Is Better Than Ever]]'', was shelved until 1953.

He made a TV film for ''[[The Ford Television Theatre]]'' in 1953<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100178330 |title=Larry Parks on job again 'Paid for my mistakes' |newspaper=[[The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)|Sunday Mail]] |location=Queensland, Australia |date=November 8, 1953 |access-date=October 10, 2017 |page=25 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and starred in the British film ''[[Tiger by the Tail (1955 film)|Tiger by the Tail]]'' (1955) in England.

He continued to squeeze out a living acting on the stage and doing occasional television programs.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFnfnKg6BcAC&q=larry+parks+career+after+jolson&pg=PA433 |title=Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America |via=Google Books |isbn=9780415938532|last1=Cullen|first1=Frank|last2=Hackman|first2=Florence|last3=McNeilly|first3=Donald|year=2007|publisher=Psychology Press }}</ref> His last appearance in a major role was in the [[John Huston]] film, ''[[Freud: The Secret Passion|Freud]]'' (1962).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6aaa5513 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713091707/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6aaa5513 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |title=Freud |publisher=Explore.bfi.org.uk |access-date=April 13, 2014}}</ref>

===Later career===
Parks eventually left the film industry and formed a successful construction business. Eventually, he and his wife Betty Garrett owned many apartment buildings scattered throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Rather than sell them upon completion, Parks decided to retain ownership and collect rents as a landlord, a decision that proved to be extremely profitable. During that period, the couple occasionally performed in [[Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas]] showrooms, [[summer stock]] productions, and touring companies of Broadway shows.<ref>{{cite book |title=Betty Garrett and Other Songs: A Life on Stage and Screen |last1=Garrett |first1=Betty |first2=Ron |last2=Rapoport |year=1998 |publisher=Madison Books |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=1-56833-098-7 |pages=125–152, 169–171}}</ref>