The Red Scare in America during the mid-20th century had almost influenced almost all aspects of life. Most interestingly, the Red Scare and the fear of infiltration of Communism also impacted the Hollywood industry. Many conservatives were concerned that this communist infiltration had gone well deep into the Hollywood, and were being maneuvered for propaganda. Based on the films produced during the time, Conservatives really had no justified reason or basis for their concern of an ‘infiltration’ of socialists and their ideals in the industry. During the Red Scare, many conservatives believed that the Hollywood industry was full people accused to be communist or sympathizers of communism. Through those communists, they thought, Soviet propaganda would be infused into Americans’ minds with mass media reaching many people. Conservatives’ concerns also stemmed from the …show more content…
They focused more on the military or war efforts setting. Much of it was pro-American, both socialist and fascist. Films like Confessions of a Nazi Spy and The Searching Wind were films mentioned by Humphries as films that were awfully blatant with its messages. These sort of films with their messages would feature a hero fighting patriotically against the spread of alien powers, namely fascism or socialism (57). According to Humphries, when the writing of these forms of films were made, it had to seem as if the consequences of not protecting America would be a worse aftermath than not doing so. “If there was much flag-waving in films made during the war, whether by future blacklistees or not, there is also much genuine radical thought and, crucially, the belief that certain values and forms of freedom had to be defended, even if that meant fighting “ (Humphries , 57). In other words, it was propaganda implying that removing Communism militarily would be the ‘American’ thing to do. Humphries cited as ‘Defense of