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What Movie had the most effect on the HUAC hearings AND was affected most by the HUAC hearings?
this would mean, Which movie (made before the HUAC hearings) caused the HUAC members to call members of the cast before the committee and later have them blacklisted?
Extra Credit for the Subject matter in the movie and the individuals involved
House Unamerican Activities Committee
(this Means McCarthyism)
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The Movie is.......(The envelope please)
Gentleman's Agreement--1947 (Oscar for best picture)
The reason it had an effect on HUAC was that many of the members of the committee were Anti-Semitic. (prior to this movie, even the words Jew and other slang(derogatory words) were not used in film.) It was one of the first movies to have commentary on social issues.
It was also the most affected in that Elie Weisel, Ann Revere and Several others were blacklisted, after being called(as a direct result of this movie)
One might also claim that John Garfield died because of this Movie(and the HUAC Hearings).He portrayed a Jew in the movie, was called before the committee, and then called again(this didn't happen very often). He died of heart problems just before his second hearing.
Source(s): Studies of HUAC and Fox Movie Chanel(commentary) - 5 years ago
While I would suggest doing the homework yourself instead of coming on a public forum such as yahooanswers, the HUAC was the House of Un-American Activities Committee. They were a result (or perhaps even the perpetrators of) the Red Scare of the 1950s and held hearings to investigate many people (including celebrities) to determine whether or not they were communists.
