We should always remember that during the McCarthy hearings and the Communist witch hunts, Hollywood studios willingly complied. They fired creatives, blacklisted them, greylisted them, and destroyed their livelihoods, sometimes on the back of nothing but vague rumors (or hanging around with the "wrong" people or having the "wrong" names). Creatives also capitulated: Elia Kazan and Sterling Hayden famously named names, and spent the rest of their careers asking for forgiveness. (Note also that the attack on Hollywood Communists, or anyone suspected of being one or of holding "radical" opinions, came after a number of unionizing efforts and successes. Sound familiar?)
Hollywood capitulated to censorship. The Hayes Code was not a legally binding document; it was not law. The studios happily self-censored so they could continue to sell their product to the masses.
What the Trump Administration is doing, and the way that especially the powers-that-be in Hollywood and in other creative industries are reacting, has happened before. And in five or ten years' time, they will try to pretend it never happened.
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WHY MUST GREAT GATSBY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO READ #fuckenglishclass
Though many modern readers find The Great Gatsby difficult to read, it's the earliest works of F. Scott Fitzgerald that are truly impossible to read because they are 'lost' literature.
Fitzgerald's disputes with his editors were notorious in their day, and his first nine novels were not only unpublished, but destroyed by his own agent and editing team. Politics, capital, and accusations of unamericanism were rampant and we only have a partial list of his intended stories and their basic contents.
His early censored works include Altar of the Cum God; Zombie Sluts From Uranus; Zombie Sluts 2: Space Jam; and the entire Seven Tongues Of Asslord Rimmington trilogy. All these novels were banned for their graphic depictions of functional socialism.
Arthur Miller appeared before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) on 21 June 1956.
Miller had been called before the committee to answer questions about his political affiliations, but had been promised by HUAC Chairman Francis Walter that he would not be asked to "name names." He was asked numerous times and Miller refused ("I want you to understand that I am not protecting the Communists or the Communist Party. I am trying to and I will protect my sense of myself. I could not use the name of another person and bring trouble on him.").
Miller was also questioned on whether his 1953 play The Crucible (which many saw as an allegory to the 1950s "witch hunts") was produced by anyone who had affiliations with the Communist Party. Miller replied, “I take no more responsibility for who plays my plays than General Motors can take for who rides in their Chevrolets.”
Miller was found guilty of contempt, fined and sentenced to prison and denied a passport (his passport had been denied previously, when he wanted to attend the premiere of The Crucible in London, and when he wanted to travel to Brussels for his honeymoon with Marilyn Monroe after their wedding on 29 June 1956). Miller's conviction was overturned in 1958.
Minutes of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, June 13, 1956
Record Group 233: Records of the U.S. House of RepresentativesSeries: Committee PapersFile Unit: Minutes of Full Committee and Subcommittee Meetings of the Internal Security Committee During the 80th through 93rd Congresses
COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES
June 13, 1956
The Committee on Un-American Activities met in executive session on Wednesday, June 13, 1956, in Room 225, Old House Office Building, The following members were present:
Francis E. Walter, Chairman
Morgan M. Moulder
Clyde Doyle
James B. Frazier, Jr.
Edwin E. Willis
Bernard W. Kearney
Gordon H. Scherer
Also present were Richard Arens, Director; Frank S. Tavenner, Jr., Counsel; Juliette P. Joray, Clerk; Donald T. Appell, Investigator; and Richard S. Weil, Research Analyst.
The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:20 A. M.
Mr. Walter reported to the Committee that he was Chairman of a subcommittee appointed by him composed of himself, Messrs. Clyde Doyle, Bernard W. Kearney and Gordon Scherer, to conduct a hearing on June 12, 1956; that the subcommittee had unanimously agreed that the facts relating to the refusal of PAUL ROBESON to answer pertinent questions before the said subcommittee and the facts relating to the willful and deliberate misconduct on the part of PAUL ROBESON, amounting to refusal or default in the giving of testimony and obstruction of the committee in a hearing conducted in the Caucus Room, House Office Building, Washington, D. C., on June 12, 1956, be referred and submitted to the Committee on Un-American Activities as a whole, with a recommendation that the witness be cited for contempt of the House of Representatives in the manner and form provided by law.
The report of the facts relating to the refusal of PAUL ROBESON to answer pertinent questions, and the facts relating to his willful and deliberate misconduct, was submitted to the Committee, upon which a motion was made by Mr. Scherer and seconded by Mr. Frazier, that the subcommittee's report of the facts be, and the same is hereby approved and adopted, and that the Committee on Un-American Activities report and refer the refusal of PAUL ROBESON to answer pertinent questions before the said subcommittee, and his willful and deliberate misconduct before said subcommittee, together with all the facts in connection therewith, to the House of Representatives, with the recommendation that the witness be cited for contempt of the House of Representatives for his refusal to answer pertinent questions and for his said willful and deliberate misconduct, to the end that he may be proceeded against in the manner and form provided by law. The motion was unanimously carried. Mr. Walter reported to the Committee that he was Chairman of a subcommittee appointed by him, composed of himself, Messrs. Clyde Doyle, Bernard W. Kearney and Gordon Scherer, to conduct a hearing on June 12, 1956; that the subcommittee had unanimously agreed that the facts relating to the refusal of CLARK FOREMAN to produce certain documents before the said subcommittee, pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum requiring their production, and the refusal of CLARK FOREMAN to deliver the said documents to the said subcommittee in a hearing conducted in the Caucus Room, House Office Building, Washington, D. C., on June 12, 1956, be referred and submitted to the Committee on Un-American Activities as a whole, with a recommendation that the witness be cited for contempt of the House of Representatives in the manner and form provided by law.
The report of the facts relating to the refusal of CLARK FOREMAN to produce certain documents before the said subcommittee, pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum requiring their production and the refusal of CLARK FOREMAN to deliver the said documents to the said subcommittee, was submitted to the Committee, upon which a motion was made by Mr. Kearney, and seconded by Mr. Frazier, that the subcommittee's report of the facts be, and the same is hereby approved and adopted, and that the Committee on Un-American Activities report and refer the refusal of CLARK FOREMAN to produce certain documents before the said subcommittee pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum requiring their production and the refusal of CLARK FOREMAN to deliver the said documents to the said subcommittee, together with all the facts in connection therewith, to the House of Representatives, with the recommendation that the witness be cited for contempt of the House of Representatives for his refusal to produce certain documents before the said subcommittee pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum requiring their production and the refusal of said witness to deliver the said documents to the said subcommittee, to the end that he may be proceeded against in the manner and form provided by law. The motion was unanimously carried.
Mr. Walter reported to the Committee that he was Chairman of a subcommittee appointed by him composed of himself, Messrs. Clyde Doyle, Bernard W. Kearney and Gordon Scherer, to conduct a hearing on June 12, 1956; that the subcommittee had unanimously agreed that the facts relating to the refusal of OTTO NATHAN to answer pertinent questions before the said subcommittee and to produce certain documents before the said subcommittee, pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum requiring their production in a hearing conducted in the Caucus Room, House Office Building, Washington, D. C., on June 12, 1956, be referred and submitted to the Committee on Un-American Activities as a whole, with a recommendation that the witness be cited for contempt of the House of Representatives in the manner and form provided by law.
It was unanimously agreed that action on this report relating to OTTO NATHAN, be deferred, and that counsel study the record.
A motion was made by Mr. Scherer, seconded by Mr. Frazier, and unanimously carried, that a transcript of the testimony of Louis Boudin be referred to the Department of Justice for consideration of prosecutive action for perjury, arising from his qualified denial of Communist Party membership.
A discussion followed concerning the proposed hearings of the Fund for the Republic. Mr. Doyle wanted to make it absolutely clear that he thought the Committee should hear the proponents of the Fund as well as the opponents.
The question of the appearance before the Committee of Dr. J. B. Matthews was discussed, but no decision was reached.
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On November 17, 1947, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) implemented an anti-Communist loyalty oath for its officers fueled by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). #OnThisDay Pictured: Guild officers in 1947: VP 2nd George Murphy, 1st VP Gene Kelly, President Ronald Reagan, 2nd VP William Holden,
Ronald Reagan, an FBI informant, testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee against other his fellow actors. 1947
He wasn't JUST the worst president ever (maybe 2nd worst after trump?)...he was also a horrible human being that ruined people's lives when he was still an actor.
Credit to @lucks-eterna for this discovery. Definitely suggesting Cooper got scrutinized by the House Un-American Activities Committee, and explaining that guy calling him a "pinko" under his breath.
