Lucille Ball

After World War II, the Cold War began to heat up as the world’s two biggest powers vied for control of third world countries. On the left, the Soviet Union employed communist principles, while the United States fought for democracy. Following Truman’s Executive Order 9835, the purging of communist principles seeped into industry in the United States. On October 20, 1947, the notorious Red Scare began to infiltrate the biggest propaganda source: Hollywood. As a congressional committee known as…