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Hist 40 - Hollywood, McCarthyism & the Politics of Naming Names
This document discusses McCarthyism and Hollywood blacklisting during the 1950s Cold War era in the United States. It references how the nation was primed for "witch hunts" following World War II. It mentions key figures from the time period including Senator Joseph McCarthy, President Harry Truman, and film director Elia Kazan, who was controversial for naming names during the House Un-American Activities Committee investigations which led to many in the film industry being blacklisted. Films like "On the Waterfront" and "The Front" addressed the political climate and issues of the time.
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- 2. David Halberstam. TheFifties. Villard Books, 1993. “It was a mean time. The nation was ready for witch- hunts. We had come out of World War Two stronger and more powerful and more affluent than ever before, but the rest of the world, alien and unsettling, seemed to press closer now than many Americans wanted it to.” David Halberstam. The Fifties. Villard Books, 1993, p.9
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- 8. Joseph Raymond "Joe"McCarthy, Republican U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from 1947 - 1957
- 10. Harry S. Truman,the 33rd President of the United States (1945–53)
- 11. The Front, MartinRitt, 1976.
- 12. The Front, MartinRitt, 1976.
- 14. Elia Kazan, anAmerican director, producer, writer and actor, while one of the most influential, controversial for submitting names. On the Waterfront referred to his sense of patriotism for naming names.
- 15. On the Waterfront.Eli Kazan, 1954.