This document discusses McCarthyism and Hollywood blacklisting during the 1950s Cold War era in the United States. It references how the nation was primed for "witch hunts" following World War II. It mentions key figures from the time period including Senator Joseph McCarthy, President Harry Truman, and film director Elia Kazan, who was controversial for naming names during the House Un-American Activities Committee investigations which led to many in the film industry being blacklisted. Films like "On the Waterfront" and "The Front" addressed the political climate and issues of the time.

1. Professor Chee –
Hollywood & McCarthyism
& the Politics of Naming
Names
With a little bit from the 50s

2. David Halberstam. The Fifties. Villard Books, 1993.
“It was a mean time. The nation was ready for witch-
hunts. We had come out of World War Two stronger and
more powerful and more affluent than ever before, but the
rest of the world, alien and unsettling, seemed to press
closer now than many Americans wanted it to.”
David Halberstam. The Fifties. Villard Books, 1993, p.9

3. Cold War Divisions in Europe

8. Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy,
Republican U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
from 1947 - 1957

10. Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the
United States (1945–53)

11. The Front, Martin Ritt, 1976.

12. The Front, Martin Ritt, 1976.

14. Elia Kazan, an American director,
producer, writer and actor, while
one of the most influential,
controversial for submitting
names. On the Waterfront referred
to his sense of patriotism for
naming names.

15. On the Waterfront. Eli Kazan, 1954.