Hollywood na frontach zimnej wojny

The 1950s are remembered in the American history as a time of McCarthyism, witch hunting and black lists. Due to the politics and influence of big production studios and post-war changes in Washington, when the Republicans took over, the atmosphere of Cold War was used in internal strife. McCarthyism, and its arm in the form of Committee on Un-American Activities which affected Hollywood the most, carried out investigations among workers of the film industry in search of communists and people of inconvenient views. This resulted in an atmosphere of intimidation, incrimination of certain topics, work bans, and influenced the overall shape of 1950s American cinematography – causing a domination or deficit of certain problems and giving rise to whole new themes and film genres.