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1. Hollywood Blacklist

Topic:
Communist Party
Social Movements
Film and Television
Language:
English
Audio:

6. 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.

7. Interview of Edmund Hall North

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Screenwriter known for writing Patton and The Day the Earth Stood Still.

11. 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.

12. Interview of Helen Slote Levitt

Topic:
Social Movements
Communist Party
Film and Television
Length:
7.30 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the recollections of selected individuals in Los Angeles who were affected by the Hollywood blacklist during the Joseph R. McCarthy-J. Edgar Hoover era.
Biographical Note:
Screenwriter who was blacklisted in the post-World War II Hollywood blacklist.

13. Interview of Elizabeth Poe Kerby

Topic:
Social Movements
Film and Television
Communist Party
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the recollections of selected individuals in Los Angeles who were affected by the Hollywood blacklist during the Joseph R. McCarthy-J. Edgar Hoover era.
Biographical Note:
Journalist who wrote articles exposing the post-World War II Hollywood blacklist.

14. Interview of Donald Gordon

Topic:
Social Movements
Communist Party
Film and Television
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the recollections of selected individuals in Los Angeles who were affected by the Hollywood blacklist during the Joseph R. McCarthy-J. Edgar Hoover era.
Biographical Note:
Story editor who was blacklisted in the post-World War II Hollywood blacklist.

15. Interview of Jeff Corey

Topic:
Social Movements
Communist Party
Film and Television
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the recollections of selected individuals in Los Angeles who were affected by the Hollywood blacklist during the Joseph R. McCarthy-J. Edgar Hoover era.
Biographical Note:
Actor and acting teacher who was blacklisted in the post-World War II Hollywood blacklist.

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.

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 Michael Wilson

Topic:
Film and Television
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Screenwriter and member of the Communist Party. Blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) for communist affiliations.

20. Interview of Alfred Lewis Levitt

Topic:
Social Movements
Communist Party
Film and Television
Length:
10.65 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the recollections of selected individuals in Los Angeles who were affected by the Hollywood blacklist during the Joseph R. McCarthy-J. Edgar Hoover era.
Biographical Note:
Screenwriter who was blacklisted in the post-World War II Hollywood blacklist.