Hollywood blacklist

director of the FBI during the Cold War, is not known for his effects on Hollywood. During the Cold War, both of these men dabbled in areas that they were not experts in. During the Cold War, Walt Disney started a more political angle to get more recognition for his work and more profit for his studio, to combat the financial struggles from his recent box office flops . In 1993 Marc Elliott wrote the book Walt Disney: Hollywood 's Dark Prince. He states that Disney used his movies in order to…

How are Salem witch trials and the Red Scare similar? The Salem witch trials began in 1692 and the Red Scare in the fifties. However, both of these events are alike because they both involved a witch hunt against people with unpopular views. Although the Salem witch trials and Red Scare are decades apart, the similarities through the causes and the trial proceedings. One way the trial in Salem is like the communist scare involves fear and corrupt authority figures as the causes. In Salem the…

(put on a list of those accused of supporting Communism). Usually those blacklisted would be fired from the jobs they held, could not get re-hired anywhere, and were abandoned by friends and family. No one wanted to be associated with those on the blacklist, in fear they too would be accused of being a Communist or Communist supporter. Although this list was not limited to the media industry, most of its names came out of this industry. The media industry, and mostly those in the movie business,…

The Second Red Scare The Second Red Scare was a time of hysteria in American history that impacted daily life in America and contributed to the tensions of the Cold War. Senator Joseph McCarthy took advantage of the fear of communism to defeat political rivals and personal enemies. Several famous actors, composers, and directors were blacklisted and their careers destroyed under suspicion of being communist. Loyalty oaths were implemented into the workplace, and people had to testify…

The Crucible > The Red Scare “...141 people imprisoned, 19 people executed, and two more died from other causes directly related to the investigations.” (Callis, “The Aftermath of The Salem Witch Trials in Colonial America”). The Communist Red-Scare (Began in September 1945 when the U.S. and Canada thought that the Soviet Union was going to infiltrate our government with the idea of obtaining information about the atomic bomb.) and The Crucible/Salem Witch Trials (A wave of…

This just in: Madison Brooks Murdered! Reporters all around flock to Hollywood to capturing this gut wrenching story. It seems as if A-list celebrity, Madison brooks, a girl that came to us with nothing, left this world with a bang, oh so it seems. With a blood drench dress, and a no alibi, Aster Amirpour is the number one (and only suspect). All Aster wanted was to become famous, to see herself and Madison as equals in their A-list world. But after publicly being seen on Madison’s (well now ex)…

The Red hunts conducted during the Second Red Scare beginning in the 1940’s and culminating in the early 1950’s took place in the United States. These hunts were enacted to find and expose Soviet sympathizers and Communist spies within the American population and more importantly, it’s government. These hunts culminated in hearings and trials aimed at exposing and removing those deemed “Un-American” by government law enforcement agencies, and federal investigators. Prior to the end of World…

the American way of life by promoting blacklisting, anti-Russian practices, and the desensitization of Americans. Blacklisting was a major propaganda tactic of the government used to counter the threat of communism. If a person was placed on the blacklist, they were ostracized by many in society and found it difficult to find work, buy a home, and enjoy the basic social liberties granted to American citizens. In the beginning, blacklisting was a way in which to weed out communists, but quickly…

The United States and the Soviet Union proved to be allies, during World War II. However, as time went on the two countries became increasingly suspicious of one another. Tension between the two countries was so horrible it almost resulted in a nuclear war, especially due to the Yalta Conference, where vague agreements were stated but no real resolve was established. Another important factor that played into the hatred of these two countries was McCarthyism, the passionate hatred of communist.…

McCarthyism was the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful or wrong information. In 1950, Republican Joseph McCarthy charged that communists had entered The U.S. State Department. On February 9, Senator Joseph McCarthy sent a telegram to President Truman two days after claiming the fact that he had found "205 card-carrying" members of the Communist party working in the U.S. State…