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Blacklist

Any chance of a loss of career or reduction of work was enough for people to keep quite about their political affiliations. There were few movies made about the depression during the 1930's. The critically acclaimed "Grapes of Wrath" was made.
             after the depression in the 40's. The 1940's is when the criticism of the communist party really began to hit people. People were worried that if there was communists in Hollywood they could influence the public with communistic propaganda through movies. Communists were said to place subversive messages into Hollywood films and discriminating against unsympathetic colleagues. A further concern was that communists were in a position to place negative images of the United States in films that would have wide international distribution. What was totally ignored in the hysteria of communism were the realties of the Hollywood studio system in the 1930's and 40's. One of the strongest characteristics of the studio system was the absolute control of the studio moguls who ran their business as strictly entertainment. A quote taken from Sam Goldwyn was "If you wanted a message, try Western Union." When there was political edge in a movie the bosses were involved throughout the entire production and had the final cut. Evidence of leftist dialogue in Hollywood films was extremely slim. Film workers were instructed that their primary job was to keep soviet and leftism support out of films. They wanted no films that advocated social change or that criticized foreign policy. Especially put under the intimidation were screenwriter. When blacklisting began screenwriter were the primary targets under review by the committee. .
             When the subpoena's began by HUAC or (House on Un-American Activities Committee) the first instinct of Hollywood was to fight back. Actresses and actors such as Marsha Hunt and Humphrey Bogart made a show of attending the subpoena's and showing support for their blacklisted friends as an effort to show that they thought it was wrong and un-American.


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1. Blacklisting: The Human Ruin Generated By The McCarthy Hearings

When suspected the government would either put the so-called communist in jail or on a blacklist. Blacklists could hurt the victims financially and socially. Those who were on the blacklist were not given job opportunities and many of their friends and family shunned. ... The effect that blacklisting had on people mainly mostly financial. ... In order for someone to be removed from the blacklist they needed to pay a several hundred dollars to the author of the Red Channel, which was the person who initiated the blacklist. ...

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2. Guilty By Suspicion

The Hollywood studios fell right in line, blacklisting those people who would not "cooperate." ... The studio suggests he see a lawyer named Graff played by Sam Wanamaker, himself a blacklist victim. ... David makes a trip to New York, where old Broadway friends betray him when they discover he's blacklisted. ... By 1951 it was in Los Angeles, frightening the timorous film industry and blacklisting "uncooperative" witnesses. ... Hollywood blacklists along with other blacklists destroyed hundreds of people's lives. ...

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3. Witch Trial Hysteria

They were blacklisted - denied work in the film industry - and their careers were destroyed. ... Anyone who refused to take a pledge was blacklisted and it was impossible to find work. ... People were blacklisted for opposing blacklisting. ... Arthur Miller almost fell victim to the HUAC and blacklisting after the release of The Crucible. ... There where many opponents who were afraid to speak against blacklisting and the witch trials. ...

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4. McCARTHYISM

Some firms blacklisted (refused to hire) people accused of Communist associations. ... More than one blacklisted ended up waiting tables. The blacklist took a personal toll as well. ... When the blacklist lifted in the 1960s, its former victims were never able to fully resuscitate their careers. ... The investigations on a blacklist also applied to those who were to apply to a federal position. ...

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5. Salem Witchcraft

Arthur Miller's play " The Crucible" dealt with the witchcraft trials of 1692, which took place in Salem, Massachusetts. In Salem people were accused of witchcraft but also they were defenseless against false accusations. This play explored that people could give their fears and superstitions to ...

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6. Crucible

At this time, people were being blacklisted from society because they were said to be spies. Most of the people blacklisted were accused of being spies by people who were actually trying to conceal their own guilt. ...

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7. Comparison of The Front and The Crucible

But what happened to them was much worse, they were put on a blacklist and because noone wanted their companys to be hated for employing communists these people could not find work. "The Front" follows a bookie through the red scare where he helps some blacklisted friends (who are authors) get their works into TV stations and into movies. ... The only difference really was in the outcomes was that in Salem you were hung and in the Red Scare you were just simply blacklisted. ...

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8. Pop Culture

Many people were blacklisted, due to unfounded speculations that they might be in some way associated with the Communist Party. ... Studios began to produce anti-communist movies because it was clear in the 1950s that "anyone who is not FIGHTING Communism is HELPING Communism" Any person who was involved in the entertainment industry had to be extremely careful of their political views, for anyone who was considered a communist was "blacklisted". However, no studio executives ever "admitted {that} there was a blacklist. ... One result was the blacklisting of actors and other studio personnel....

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9. Sound Off (i'm the good guy)

Note: This will be posted in development discussion. I am not bully, I am not silent storm I do not have 2 computers... And I have officially been blacklisted... I guess it's wrong to fight conformity.... In the beginning, all I was doing was trying to make sunboy's actions seem a littl...

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