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11. Interview of William J. Fadiman

Topic:
Social Movements
Communist Party
Film and Television
Length:
1.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Story editor and producer.

13. Interview of W. W. Hodkinson

Topic:
Film and Television
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
President of Paramount Pictures and founder of the W. W. Hodkinson Corporation. Founder of the airplane manufacturing businesses Hodkinson Aviation Corporation and Central American Aviation Corporation/Companía Nacional de Aviación.

16. Interview of George Groves

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Director of sound at Warner Bros. Member of the Bell Laboratories research team that developed sound recording technology for film.

17. Interview of Jack B. Tenney

Topic:
Politics and Government
Social Movements
Film and Television
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
U.S. senator from 1943 to 1955 and 38th district California State Assembly member from 1936 to 1942. Head of the California Senate Factfinding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities ("Tenney Committee") and leader of anti-communist investigations.

18. Interview of Sheila O'Brien

Topic:
Film and Television
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Costume designer and seamstress for Paramount Pictures and MGM.

19. Interview of Nunnally Johnson

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
23 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Screenwriter, producer, and director.

20. Interview of David Lipton

Topic:
Film and Television
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Advertising and publicity director for Universal Studios.