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elehhhhna

(32,076 posts) Sat Sep 13, 2014, 12:54 AM Sep 2014

FBI Investigated "It's a Wonderful Life" for Portraying Bankers as "Evil" [View all]

'It's a Wonderful Life' is a Christmas classic - adored by families and praised by critics as one of the best American movies ever made.

But in 1946, when the movie came out, the FBI labeled it as subversive - a vessel for communist propaganda.

During the Red Scare after World War II, FBI informants claimed the film's portrayal of wealthy banker Mr Potter as a greedy villain was a sure sign of communist influence.

Recently-published FBI documents also reveal that investigators had their eye on 'It's a Wonderful Life' and screenwriters Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, a husband and wife duo who were accused of associating with known communists.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2528752/Was-Its-Wonderful-Life-really-communist-propaganda-FBI-investigated-classic-Christmas-film.html#ixzz3DAVGxJB2

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FBI Investigated "It's a Wonderful Life" for Portraying Bankers as "Evil" [View all] elehhhhna Sep 2014 OP

I love that movie shenmue Sep 2014 #1

Same as it ever was....there really is nothing new under the sun....you know? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #2

Sadly BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #3

And people expect a single Presidential Candidate winning is going to change the situation VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #5

To be fair BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #11

And we all live in Pottersville now WestCoastLib Sep 2014 #4

Here is another interesting piece of trivia regarding "It's a Wonderful Life" Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #6

Thanks, Uncle Joe! Duppers Sep 2014 #10

Thanks, Uncle Joe! Never seen that fillum. Octafish Sep 2014 #15

Steinbeck's 'Grapes of Wrath", one of my favorites, was also quite controversial. Purveyor Sep 2014 #7

Grateful Dead song "Jack Straw" is based on Grapes of Wrath grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #16

The truth hurts. graegoyle Sep 2014 #8

Precisely Sherman A1 Sep 2014 #12

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets. John D. Rockefeller jtuck004 Sep 2014 #9

If this scene from the movie is Un-American, then so am I: Martin Eden Sep 2014 #13

Everyone knows Banksters are good people. Octafish Sep 2014 #14

Whe the FSM was passing out paranoia hifiguy Sep 2014 #17

J. Edgar Hoover was a fucking piece of work, wasn't he? bullwinkle428 Sep 2014 #18

unless I missed something, they are treating this as new information. have known this for years. niyad Sep 2014 #19