10 Fascinating Facts About the Hollywood BLACKLIST

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Check out our New Biography Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics Following the end of World War II, the fear of nuclear war with the Soviet Union caused many organizations to buckle down on what they considered to be American values. In Hollywood, it was no different. In 1944, the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals (or “MPA” for short) was created. Any screenwriter, director, or actor who was even suspected of being involved with the Communist party was blacklisted from the industry. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Help us translate our videos: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_queue?msg=10&tab=0 - Learn more why you might want to help: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6052538 Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TopTenz/ Business inquiries to [email protected] Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 Reasons President George W Bush is Totally Underrated https://youtu.be/65nH4utuEHo?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnKy_Pe6Iqm2LgwF52sXiPM5 Top 10 Hilariously Dumb Things Said by Presidential Candidates https://youtu.be/C0Z3Mw-1A9w?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnKy_Pe6Iqm2LgwF52sXiPM5 Text version: http://www.toptenz.net/10-fascinating-facts-hollywood-blacklist.php Coming up: 10. Fair Wage Protests 9. The Wrath of Hedda Hopper 8. The Hollywood Ten 7. The Company Man 6. Killing Feminism 5. John Wayne Supported The Witch Hunt 4. Walt Disney and the MPA 3. Ronald Reagan Took a Stand 2. The Committee for the First Amendment 1. Breaking the Blacklist Source/Further reading: https://books.google.com/books?id=TX-7AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA241&ots=VTyWnNHsYU&dq=Fair%20Wage%20Protests%20hollywood%20communists&pg=PA241#v=onepage&q&f=false http://time.com/4744831/hollywood-writers-strike-what-know/ https://youtu.be/GeomYMvnMNc http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3452100/Gossip-Queen-struck-terror-Hollywood-Played-Helen-Mirren-Hilda-Swinton-two-new-films-Hedda-Hopper-bury-careers-one-swipe-pen.html https://youtu.be/taancRcLQ8o http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-ten-men-who-refused-839762/item/alvah-bessie-1904-1985-839779 https://youtu.be/6FuQ_D2ycHU https://youtu.be/VEsEqoAQYrg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e8QkVMM7j8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEsEqoAQYrg https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/02/high-noons-secret-backstory https://books.google.com/books?id=NgARIndAbjAC&lpg=PA240&dq=Motion%20Picture%20Alliance%20for%20the%20Preservation%20of%20American%20Ideals&pg=PA240#v=onepage&q&f=false https://youtu.be/ensqVTnGkNw http://www.bnd.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/answer-man/article65410577.html http://www.oldmagazinearticles.com/1948-Humphrey_Bogart_on_Hollywood_Blacklist_editorial_pdf https://youtu.be/n0dZ_2ICpJE https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/dalton-trumbos-screenwriting-credit-restored-to-roman-holiday/ https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7402/27319035321_d533a916d1_b.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Waiting_for_relief_checks_during_Great_depression.jpg http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef01310f88397e970c-pi https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Hedda-Hopper-1929.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Merle_Oberon-publicity.JPG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeomYMvnMNc https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Hedda_Hopper_Stars_of_the_Photoplay.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Chairman_Dies_of_House_Committee_investigating_Un-American_activities.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taancRcLQ8o https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Lester_Cole.jpg