cinema through the decades
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HUAC vs. HollywoodTRANSCRIPT
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Cinema Through
the Decades Final Project
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How did the House Un-American Activities Committee
(HUAC) and
the “Red Scares” of the 1940s & 1950s
affect Hollywood?
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What context?
Why Hollywood?
What ethical struggles?
What remaining effects?
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What was the historical context for the anti-
Communist agenda?
What set the stage?
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1930s
The Great Depression
Communism in Labor Unions
Competing Economic Ideologies
Xenophobia
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Congressman Martin Dies (TX), Chair
Temporary Special Committee on Un-American Activities
1938-1944
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WWII
Cinema as Propaganda Tool
The 5th Column
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1940s
What was worth fighting for?
Unquestioned Patriotism
Film Venue as Meeting PlaceFilm as Social Equalizer
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Smith Act 1940
“knowingly or willfully advocate, abet, advise or teach the duty, necessity,
desirability or propriety of overthrowing the Government of the United States or of any State by force or violence, or for anyone to organize any association which teaches, advises or encourages such an overthrow, or for anyone to
become a member of or to affiliate with any such association.”
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The Cold Warmid-1940s -- onward
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President Harry S. TrumanExecutive Order 9835
March 21, 1947
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HUAC
House Un-American Activities Committee
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J. Edgar Hoover testifies at HUAC, March 26, 1947.
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Freshman congressman, Richard Nixon and J. Parnell Thomas, HUAC, 1948
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Why was Hollywood vulnerable?
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Celebrity
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Economics of Entertainment
• 1930s Labor Disputes
• Blockade of US Films during WWII
• 1945-46 Hollywood Labor Strikes
• Post-war downward trend of filmgoing
• Rise of Television
• 1948 Consent Decree (anti-trust case)
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What were the ethical issues?
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“Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the
Communist Party?”
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Informer Principle
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Refusal = Guilt
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Friendly vs.
Non-Friendlywitnesses
5th Amendment
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The Hollywood Ten(link to video 2 of 2)
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U.S. Supreme Court refused to review appeals of
The Hollywood Ten
Contempt of Congress$1000 fine
1 year prison term
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What else was lost?
• Immediate jobs• Respect of community• Family position• Long-term employment opportunities• Freedom of Expression• Freedom to Peaceably Assemble• Peace of Mind• Creativity in Film
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The Waldorf Meeting
Birth of the Blacklist
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Was anti-Semitism an underlying part of the attack on
Hollywood?
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Beyond Hollywood
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1948-50 Alger Hiss Trial
(Rep. Nixon wanted Film to be clear about evils of Communism)
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Loyalty Oaths
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Scoundrel Time
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McCarren Internal Security Act, 1950
McCarren-Walter Act, 1952
Communist Control Act, 1954
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Shaking the Liberal Left
Dissent = Subversion
Everyone is suspect.
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Are there parallels to HUAC and McCarthyism
in 2009?
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