Selznick was a Republican. On October 18, 1944, the Hollywood Committee, led by Selznick and Cecil B. DeMille held the Hollywood for Dewey Rally in the Los Angeles Coliseum in support of the Dewey-Bricker ticket, as well as Governor Earl Warren of California, who would be Dewey's running mate in 1948. The gathering drew 93,000, with Lionel Barrymore as the master of ceremonies, and short speeches by Hedda Hopper and Walt Disney. Celebrity attendees included Don Ameche, Edward Arnold, william Bendix, George Burns, Gracie Burns, Gary Cooper, Irene Dunne, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Fred MacMurray, Raymond Massey, Adolphe Menjou, Ray Milland, George Murphy, Walter Pidgeon, william Powell, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, and Barbara Stanwyck.