Mr. Potter & the Commies of Bedford Falls - Fox News Take on 'It's A Wonderful Life'

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9. 'When 'It's a Wonderful Life' Was Accused of Being Communist Propaganda'

(First posted at Bill​Moy​ers​.com in 2014) "When the movie first came out, it fell under suspicion from the FBI and the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)...Among the group who produced the analytical tools that were used by the FBI in its analysis of ​‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ was Ayn Rand.”

"Rand’s group told the FBI:"

“The purpose of the Communists in Hollywood is not the production of political movies openly advocating Communism. Their purpose is to corrupt non-political movies — by introducing small, casual bits of propaganda into innocent stories and to make people absorb the basic principles of Collectivism by indirection and implication. Few people would take Communism straight, but a constant stream of hints, lines, touches and suggestions battering the public from the screen will act like drops of water that split a rock if continued long enough. The rock that they are trying to split is Americanism.”

https://inthesetimes.com/article/its-a-wonderful-life-communist