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During 1930, the Film Industry was seen as a tremendous source of communist activity. This was because of the Great Depression. The Great Depression had led many actors in the Film Industry to Communism. During this time, investigations were made into the film industry relating to communism. These did not fully erupt until the 1930s-1940s.
Being one of the most popular forms of entertainment during World War II, movies set foundations that would continue to be cherished for many years following the war. Hollywood movie studios, obviously sympathetic to the Allied cause, soon adapted standard plots and serials to feature our enemies at the time, Nazis and the Japanese, as villains and as types of people who did not have human like characteristics. Times have changed since then resulting in the more free usage and depictions of those people in movies now. In the early '40s, as war was starting to gain importance in Europe, the goal of Hollywood studios was still to entertain. Many productions were films that were uplifting in order to have the American public happier in a time
State repression in both Spain and Portugal throughout the Francisco Franco and Antonio Salazar regimes compare with each other in more ways than not. It may be due to the fact that their geographical location is so close together, or that Franco and Salazar both ruled around the same timeline in history, but nonetheless, each country faced similar difficulties in dealing with their leaders. In Spain, Franco had seen backlash from the guerrillas that were left over from the Spanish Civil War, which occurred in 1936 and ended in 1939. Portugal had many of its citizens unhappy with the way Salazar was policing their country. While the two countries had both successful and difficult periods of time during the Franco and Salazar regimes,
Controversy Of My Research Topic Charlie Chaplin: The Great Dictator’s Controversy Among the most distinguishable people in the film industry, Charlie Chaplin stands above most. Fewer people can boast of having as successful a career and as much influence than him. Born and raised in London to a poor family, Chaplin used his background to portray the plight of the disadvantaged in society. His use of the “tramp” as his popular character was in consistent with his message.
