Hollywood Red Scare

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anti-communist campaign historical event political phenomenon

The Hollywood Red Scare was a period in mid-20th-century America when fear of communist influence led to widespread investigations, blacklisting, and censorship in the U.S. film industry.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Hollywood blacklist	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-communist campaign ⓘ historical event ⓘ political phenomenon ⓘ
hasCause	Cold War tensions ⓘ domestic anti-communism in the United States ⓘ fear of communist influence ⓘ
hasConsequence	avoidance of left-wing themes in films ⓘ blacklisting of actors ⓘ blacklisting of directors ⓘ blacklisting of producers ⓘ blacklisting of writers ⓘ careers destroyed ⓘ censorship in film content ⓘ chilling effect on political expression in Hollywood ⓘ exile of some filmmakers ⓘ production of explicitly anti-communist films ⓘ self-censorship by studios ⓘ strengthening of conservative influence in Hollywood ⓘ
hasCulturalContext	Cold War in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ post–World War II American politics ⓘ
hasEndTime	early 1960s ⓘ late 1950s ⓘ
hasIndustry	entertainment industry ⓘ film industry ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Hollywood Ten contempt of Congress case NERFINISHED ⓘ House Un-American Activities Committee hearings on Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ blacklisting of entertainment professionals ⓘ creation of industry blacklists ⓘ studio loyalty oaths ⓘ
hasLegacy	inspiration for films about blacklisting and McCarthyism ⓘ ongoing debates about censorship and free speech in Hollywood ⓘ subject of numerous books and documentaries ⓘ symbol of political repression in American culture ⓘ
hasLegalAspect	contempt of Congress charges ⓘ imprisonment of some blacklisted individuals ⓘ
hasLocation	Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStartTime	1947 ⓘ late 1940s ⓘ
involvesOrganization	Federal Bureau of Investigation NERFINISHED ⓘ House Un-American Activities Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals NERFINISHED ⓘ Screen Actors Guild NERFINISHED ⓘ major Hollywood studios ⓘ
involvesPerson	Adrian Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Albert Maltz NERFINISHED ⓘ Alvah Bessie NERFINISHED ⓘ Dalton Trumbo NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Dmytryk NERFINISHED ⓘ Elia Kazan NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Biberman NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollywood Ten NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Parnell Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ John Howard Lawson NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ Lester Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ Ring Lardner Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald Reagan NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Ornitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Walt Disney NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf	McCarthy era NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Red Scare NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abraham Polonsky → wasBlacklistedDuring → Hollywood Red Scare ⓘ

A Life → mainSubject → Hollywood Red Scare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hollywood blacklist

J. Parnell Thomas → involved in → Hollywood Red Scare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hollywood blacklist

Marc Lawrence → politicalEventAssociatedWith → Hollywood Red Scare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hollywood blacklist