It didn't used to be that way. The Jewish moguls produced a lot of terrific Christian movies back in their day. It's shameful how Hollywood and the new studio heads have deteriorated into what they are now.
The insistent immorality of the studio film in the first two decades of the Studio system (adultery as commonplace, prostitute as heroine, gambler as hero, Christian minister as a manipulating lecherous hypocrite, open drug use, the bad guy as the good guy, nudity, homosexuality etc...)was so pervasive that a social backlash by the public, which was at the time overwhelmingly white/Christian, caused the creation of the Hays code in 1930.
This code was explicit in its reaction to the upside down morality that the studios were pushing into the theaters. It clearly cataloged that which was no longer acceptable. This list includes all that is referenced above and more.
The studios run by these men fought these changes tooth and nail but lost out to the prevailing public morality. Interestingly, it is after the studios were forced to imply rather than show sin that the first golden age arrived.
It is also interesting that the Communist movement in America had its birth and early growth within the same community that spawned the studio moguls, and at the same time. This intersection of origin led to the post WW2 communist influence in Hollywood that McCarthy attacked.
This is a statement of irrefutable history and easily verified by anyone here. Responses that try to twist it to some antisemitic tome are off base and will not be responded to or respected.
I've got to agree... For instance, Ben Hur and The Greatest Story Ever Told. While Ben Hur wasn't directly about Jesus, he did figure into the story and the ending.
Mark
I've got to agree... For instance, Ben Hur and The Greatest Story Ever Told. While Ben Hur wasn't directly about Jesus, he did figure into the story and the ending.
Mark