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What was the background behind the Red Scare?
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Soviet Union a strange bed fellow during the end of WWI, but tensions high. End of War relations back during cold war
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What is HUAC?
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The House Committee on Un-American Actives
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Who was the chair of HUAC?
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Chair: J. Parnell Thomas
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What happened during the hearings of spring 1947?
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1) Began with friendly witnesses: Mayer, Disney and Montgomery, who told the committee what they wanted to hear
2) Called directors, producers and writers "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" 3) 10 people refused to answer on moral principle, including Dmytry, Scott, Swason and Trumbo): Hollywood Ten |
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What Happened to the Hollywood Ten?
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Fired by the studios.
Initially supported by others as 1st amendment rights cause but support vanished as people started losing their jobs. |
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What was the Waldorf Declaration?
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MPPDAA (Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association) head Eric Johnston after meeting in Waldorf Astoria said they would not employ or reemploy any members of the Hollywood 10.
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What was Blacklisting and its effect?
can you give an example of blacklisting |
1) Don't hire this person because
2) Pseudonyms and fronts. Jean Muir was blacklisted for signing a letter of congratulations to the Moscow Theater on their 50th anniversary. Part of the "Red Channel" now |
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What type of films were produced in response to the blacklist?
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Anti-Communist films:
i) "My Son John", "I Was a Communist for the FBI", "The Red Menace", "I Married a Communist." All flops b) Anti-Blacklist films i) "The Day the Earth Stood Still, "High Noon"- written by Carl Foreman |
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Who were the American Business Consultants
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Consultant who investigated if an individual was red or not.
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What was the Red Channels?
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Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television. Named names of supposingly communist indivudals. Drove actor Philip Loeb to suicide.
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what did Aware Inc do ?
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aprogram to un communist yourself, usually naming names and such.
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