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The story itself will be known to many of you. What I found interesting is
that this item appeared in Cineplex Magazine, published by Cineplex which
operates 162 theatres in Canada.
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https://mediafiles.cineplex.com/Attachments/NewItems/CineplexMagazine_DEC2018_72dpi_20181119150116_0.pdf
Page 62
Dreaming of a Red Christmas
This 1946 photo of Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed promoting It’s a Wonderful Life
is downright precious. But if it’s evoking sentimental feelings for a movie
that placed family, charity and the little guy above big business and
consumerism, you might want to ask yourself if you’re a Communist. In May of
1947, just a few months after It’s a Wonderful Life hit theatres, an FBI memo
was written asserting that the film was evidence of “Communist infiltration of
the motion picture industry.” Depicting Lionel Barrymore’s Mr. Potter, the head
of a big bank, as a “scrooge-type” made him the most hated man in the movie and
discredited bankers, the memo suggested. Apparently, the film also maligned the
upper class, “attempting to show the people who had money were mean and
despicable characters.” Keep in mind this was the era of HUAC, the House
Un-American Activities Committee, which was assembled to ferret out citizens —
often those in the entertainment industry — with Communist ties. If you dare
take the risk, It’s A Wonderful Life screens at Cineplex theatres December 16,
17, 19, 21 and 24.
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