This industry promoted “dish nights” to counteract losses during the Great Depression. A 1945 strike by workers in this industry was violently suppressed on “Black Friday” and encouraged the passage of the Taft–Hartley Act. A 1948 Supreme Court case outlawed the vertical integration practice of “block booking” in this industry among the “Big Five” and “Little Three.” The Waldorf Statement condemned people in this industry who refused to take oaths, such as Dalton Trumbo. HUAC (“HYOO-ack”) subpoenaed ten people in this industry, whose largest union’s leader gave the “Time for Choosing” speech. The Office of War Information’s bureau in this industry produced the Why We Fight series. For 10 points, before politics Ronald Reagan worked in what industry based in Hollywood? ■END■
ANSWER: film industry [accept Hollywood until read; accept film studios; accept film acting or screenwriting or film production or film direction; accept Screen Actors’ Guild or SAG; accept movie theater industry; prompt on acting or writing or set decoration; prompt on theaters or theater industry; prompt on studios]
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