[Swordmaker]

A LOT of the science fiction movies of the 1950s were written from an anti-American, anti-nuclear war stance. . . by a Hollywood elite that wanted to scare everyone away with the dangers of nukes. Monsters created by nuclear testing, “Them” big Ants from the Arizona desert, the “Creature from 20,000 Fathoms,” “The 27th Day,” “The Night the World Exploded,” “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman,” “The Day the Sky Exploded,” and others had as themes the effects of American atomic testing.

Many people did not see the subtle underlying Anti-American themes in many movies of the period. . . even in Hollywood Westerns... but it was there.

[FredZarguna]

Yes, and that was my original point: as a child I thought The Day The Earth Stood Still was a fine sci-fi effort with a really cool robot. It wasn't until years later that I watched it with a better appreciation of how Hollywood--even then--was serving up insidious Soviet agitprop.

One of the few people who recognized the slant, and worked tirelessly against it once he got his head right was, unsurprisingly, Ronald Reagan.

A fine book written by the son of a Hollywood screenwriter who was not a communist is Hollywood Traitors: Blacklisted Screenwriters - Agents of Stalin, Allies of Hitler. Like the Roosevelt Administration, Hollywood was thoroughly infiltrated in the 1930's and overrun in the 40's. It was still able to misinform a great deal of American thought, despite some awakening to it during the "red scare," an effort that continues to this day without restraint.