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178 COMMUNISxM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY I have been doing some motion pictures on the side, and I teach agriculture and victory gardening. Mr. Tavenner. How are you now employed ? Mr. Geer. I am unemployed at the present moment. I would have been employed. This interferes with spring planting. Mr. Tavenner. What was your last employment? Mr. Geer. My last employment—I just finished a picture called the Tall Target or the Man on the Train, written about Lincoln's coming to Baltimore and the attempt of his assassination in 1861. Mr. Tavenner. For whom did you do that work ? Mr. Geer. M-G-M. Mr. Tavenner. When was that ? Mr. Geer. Just about during the month of March—February and March, I would say. Mr. Tavenner. Who employed you to engage in that work ? Mr. Geer. My agent got me the job. Mr. Tavenner. Who is your agent ? Mr. Geer. Paul Wilkins, 9006 Sunset Boulevard. Mr. Tavenner. With whom did you contract? Mr. Geer. Contracted with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Mr. Tavenner. Did you negotiate yourself with any of the officials ? Mr. Geer. We have agents in the business. They do all the nego- tiating. We are just entertainers, and they sell us and get 10 percent of us. Our ashes we will them. Mr. Tavenner. You did not participate in the negotiations for that transaction ? Mr. Geer. No ; not at all. Mr. Tavenner. What was your employment prior to that picture to which you referred ? Mr. Geer. A picture called Lights Out, at Universal Studio, which is about a blind war veteran. I played the father—the boy's adjust- ment to coming back to life after being blinded in the war. Mr. Tavenner. What studio was that? Mr. Geer. Universal Studio at Universal City, Calif. Mr. Tavenner. What was the date of that employment ? Mr. Geer. The date of that employment was—let's see, would be roughly, well, that would be about October, I guess. After that I did a picture at Columbia. Mr. Tavenner. October of what year? Mr. Geer. Of last year. After that I did a picture. I am mis- taken. I did a picture called Barefoot Mailman at Columbia Stu- dios along about Christmastime, I think. Mr. Tavenner. With whom did you contract in the performance of those two pieces of work ? Mr. Geer. Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures. Mr. Tavenner. Did you deal directly with them ? Mr. Geer. Not at all. Mr. Tavenner. Through your agent? Mr. Geer. Yes. Mr. Tavenner. Was it the same agent? Mr. Geer. The same agent. Mr. Tavenner. You did not personally take part in the negotia- tions with those studios ? Mr. Geer. Just to make an appearance and see whether they thought I was a fit subject for the particular role they had in mind.