lame54
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Tue Dec-28-10 02:53 PM
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Frank Capra Was A Commie Pinko |
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12.27.10 - 6:52 PM A Common Trick Used by Communists by Abby Zimet
Chapter 7,842 in the never-ending saga of FBI idiocies uncovers a memo charging that Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life" represents an attempt to "discredit bankers" and "malign the upper class...as mean and despicable characters," the most insidious commie plot of all. And we pay for this.
To: The Director
D.M. Ladd
COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY
(RUNNING MEMORANDUM)
There is submitted herewith the running memorandum concerning Communist infiltration of the motion picture industry which has been brought up to date as of May 26, 1947....
With regard to the picture "It's a Wonderful Life", stated in substance that the film represented rather obvious attempts to discredit bankers by casting Lionel Barrymore as a "scrooge-type" so that he would be the most hated man in the picture. This, according to these sources, is a common trick used by Communists.
In addition, stated that, in his opinion, this picture deliberately maligned the upper class, attempting to show the people who had money were mean and despicable characters. related that if he made this picture portraying the banker, he would have shown this individual to have been following the rules as laid down by the State Bank Examiner in connection with making loans. Further, stated that the scene wouldn't have "suffered at all" in portraying the banker as a man who was protecting funds put in his care by private individuals and adhering to the rules governing the loan of that money rather than portraying the part as it was shown. In summary, stated that it was not necessary to make the banker such a mean character and "I would never have done it that way."...
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Tue Dec-28-10 02:57 PM
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1. Wizard of Oz does the same thing. Both great American classics. |
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Man behind the curtain is Wall St.
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Tue Dec-28-10 03:06 PM
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2. 'The “Wizard of Oz” as a Monetary Allegory,’ Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 98, 1990 |
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Tue Dec-28-10 03:09 PM
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http://www.commondreams.org/further/2010/12/27-3It can be found elsewhere, but this is where I read it.
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Tue Dec-28-10 03:10 PM
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4. Thanks - I meant to add that |
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Tue Dec-28-10 03:40 PM
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5. Jack asses on Chicago hate radio media call them "bleeding heart" movies. n/t |
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Tue Dec-28-10 03:41 PM
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6. If all you have is a hammer ... |
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... everything looks like a nail.
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Tue Dec-28-10 03:47 PM
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7. Frank Capra was a stanch anti communist Republican. |
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Tue Dec-28-10 03:57 PM
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8. ...who was one of the prime movers behind the Hollywood blacklist |
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:puke:
(And, by the way, I got that information from the composer of one of my films, who was a friend of Capra's grandson.)
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