Word: crackdowns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Good as it was, the ne,ws was nonetheless taken with some reservations about its. chances for real success. Premier Scelba's crackdown on the canny and deeply entrenched Italian Communists showed in itself a determination to meet, an issue which Italy's previous postwar Christian Democratic governments had notably avoided-with near-disastrous results. But to make the crackdown succeed, Scelba was going to need close support from his hairline majority. The question was: How determinedly will his coalition back...
...Cinema has not been forced to cancel any film showing because of industry pressure (or "crackdown" as you so dramatically phrase it). No film was scheduled for tonight, March 16, 1954, therefore it would have been impossible for us to cancel the film. When it was realized that hour exams are in full swing, that papers are due in many of the large courses, and that Stevenson is giving three lectures this week, we felt that the schedule was too full to warrant a motion picture. ... It is true that we did cancel "Kind Hearts and Coronets." However, we were...
...booked 'Tight Little Island' and was forced to cancel it because of industry pressure. I would have disregarded the crackdown and taken the chance of getting out off by the industry if the Kenmore hadn't recently shown the film--then at least there would have been big money in it, but without the money it was not worth the risk." Mr. Krauss also said that because Ivy had broken industry rules, two producers have ceased supplying films...
...already been forced to cancel two showings--one scheduled for tonight--because of the industry's crackdown...
According to students, the crackdown was the result of lax attendance, particularly in one required course, Business Policy, where cuts had been quite high. Some said the dismissals were the beginning of a "get tough" policy on the part of the School...