Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals

The Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals (MPAPAI, also MPA) was an American organization of high-profile, politically conservative members of the Hollywood film industry. It was formed in 1944 for the stated purpose of defending the film industry, and the country as a whole, against what its founders claimed was communist and fascist infiltration.[1][2]

The organization was described by its opponents as fascist-sympathizing, isolationist, antisemitic, red-baiting, anti-unionist, and supportive of Jim Crow laws.[3] The MPA denied these allegations, with Jewish writer and MPA member Morrie Ryskind writing in defence of his fellow members.[3]

  1. ^ Watts, Steven (2001). The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life. University of Missouri. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-8262-1379-2. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference renegades was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Sbardellati, John (May 15, 2012). J. Edgar Hoover Goes to the Movies: The FBI and the Origins of Hollywood's Cold War. Cornell University Press. pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-0-8014-6468-3.