Sun 24 Dec 2006
Good old BoingBoing reminds us of how the FBI did a serious investigation of Frank Capra’s Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful Life,” which it considered a subversive film. Blogger Will Chen writes,
I love It’s a Wonderful Life because it teaches us that family, friendship, and virtue are the true definitions of wealth.In 1947, however, the FBI considered this anti-consumerist message as subversive Communist propaganda (read original FBI memo).
According to Professor John Noakes of Franklin and Marshall College, the FBI thought Life smeared American values such as wealth and free enterprise while glorifying anti-American values such as the triumph of the common man.
