Movies that have changed socio-political stances of movies to come

richlevy · 11-24-2003, 11:03 PM

Actually, the best socio-political movies were made in the 30's and 40's, before being a liberal in the movie business was a quick ticket to appear in front of a committee.

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)
Of Mice and Men (1939)

Aw heck, why not just list every movie based on a Steinbeck novel. There was also the "Dead End Kids", who played a gang of street kids to America's conscience before they took up slapstick as "The Bowery Boys". Their original movie was from a play by Lillian Hellman, who was a radical liberal.

I think the years after the Depression left a lot of people wondering what went wrong and how it could be fixed. Beside the pure entertainment were a lot of movies with a social conscience. I don't think any movie decade after WWII had these kinds of soul-searching movies about money, ambition, and social justice.

That might be the reason McCarthy was so afraid of them.

11-24-2003, 11:03 PM	#16
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Actually, the best socio-political movies were made in the 30's and 40's, before being a liberal in the movie business was a quick ticket to appear in front of a committee. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) Of Mice and Men (1939) Aw heck, why not just list every movie based on a Steinbeck novel. There was also the "Dead End Kids", who played a gang of street kids to America's conscience before they took up slapstick as "The Bowery Boys". Their original movie was from a play by Lillian Hellman, who was a radical liberal. I think the years after the Depression left a lot of people wondering what went wrong and how it could be fixed. Beside the pure entertainment were a lot of movies with a social conscience. I don't think any movie decade after WWII had these kinds of soul-searching movies about money, ambition, and social justice. That might be the reason McCarthy was so afraid of them. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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