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Johnny Guitar 1954 (CONTEXT (50's (Mccarthyism (Hollywood Ten (They…

- - - - Encouraged to have babies to boost workforce of capitalism
      - Gov Money went into housing and jobs
    - - Second Red Scare 1947-1956
    - - Originated by Joseph McCarthy
        
        He was a senator at the time
      - He began the HAUC, which stands for 'House Un-American Activities Committee
      - Definition
        
        Practice of denying employment to people pf creative arts due to being accused of being communist
      - Hollywood Ten
        
        They refused to testify and therefore got fired
        
        They were thought to be communists
  - - - Names were used to protect screenwriters who were thought to be communist
        
        Philip Yordon was a name used by many blacklisted screenwriters, allowing them to still work while not getting obtained by McCarthyism
        
        Philip Yordan was a real guy who was a screenwriter although he let others use his name
      - Real name of the writer was Ben Maddow
  - - - He believed he was playing the hero, however he was his role represented Joseph McCarthy
      - Played a trick on him by getting him to play the role of the head of the mob
    - - Told the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HAUC) about a few of his friends
        
        He had to do it unless he would have been black-listed and therefore wouldn't have been able to work
      - Therefore he kind of did this film as an apology
      - He had been involved with communism in the past and that's why he got taken in front of the HAUC
    - - Filming for Republic Pictures was a step down for her and she wasn't happy about it due to it being a small company
      - She normally worked for Warners, which was a bigger company
      - On set she was very demanding and made sure everyone knew she wasn't happy acting in the film
    - - Joan Crawford would start arguments with her due to her being younger
        
        She was possibly jealous