Confidential File: Horror Comics
Seduction Of The Innocent
- Crime
- TV Movie
- Documentary
Overview
In 1954 the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency conducted an investigation into how the comic book industry was supposedly contributing to the moral decay of a nation's youth. The investigations were spurred on by a number of articles that blamed comics for the rise in juvenile delinquency in post-war America. Chief among the critics was Doctor Frederic Wertham, whose book, "Seduction of The Innocent" has been blamed for nearly single-handedly crippling the entire comics industry. "Confidential File" was aired in 1955, after the senate hearings and the formation of the Comics Code, but it serves as a perfect example of how the media reacted to the comic book industry, and sought a scape goat by blaming the comic book publications for society's own lack of responsibility in raising its children.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 9, 1955
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- KTTV Los Angeles
- Director
- Irvin Kershner
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt2260554