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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1483 Mr. Gordon. Yes, sir. Mr. Tavenner. Where and when were you born, Mr. Gordon % Mr. Gordon. Baltimore, Md., September 6, 1909. Mr. Tavenner. Where do you live ? Mr. Gordon. At the moment at the Portal Motel on Cahuenga Boulevard. Mr. Tavenner. What is you occupation ? Mr. Gordon. I am a screen director, and I formerly was a stage director. Mr. Tavenner. Will you state briefly for the committee what your educational background has been. Mr. Gordon. The public elementary and high schools of Baltimore, Md., the Johns Hopkins University, Yale University. Mr. Tavenner. Will you speak just a little bit louder, please. I understood you but with some difficulty. What has been your employment record, in brief ? Mr. Gordon. I arrived in New York in 1932. From 1932 to 1940 I was variously employed as an actor, assistant stage manager, stage manager, assistant director, and director. In 1940 I came to Holly- wood, where I worked as a dialog director, then later as a director. In an interim period, from 1943 to 1946, in theater again, and from 1946 until April of this year I was here as a director. Mr. Tavenner. What are some of the principal pictures which you have directed ? Mr. Wood. The witness objects to being photographed Mr. Gordon. I don't object, Mr. Chairman, but I think it is very distracting if they stand there for quite some time. Mr. Wood. Just a little bit closer to the microphone and elevate your voice a little bit more. I will have to ask the photographers to refrain from distracting the witness. Mr. Wirin. He has no objection. He wants them to get through, but he wants to go on and testify. Mr. Gordon. Would you repeat the question, Mr. Tavenner? Mr. Tavenner. The question was, What are the principal pictures that you have directed? Mr. Gordon. In chronological order, they were: Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood, Underground Agent, One Dangerous Night, The Crime Doctor. The Webb. Another Part of the Forest, An Act of Murder, The Lady Gambles, Woman in Hiding, Cyrano de Bergerac, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, and The Secret of Convict Lake. Mr. Wood. I am afraid we are having a little difficulty hearing you. Can you speak just a little louder? Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Gordon, are you acquainted with Mr. Frank Tuttle? Mr. Gordon. Mr. Frank Tuttle Mr. Tavenner. That is the Mr. Frank Tuttle who is the director, a moving-picture director. I believe there are several persons by that name. Mr. Gordon. I believe the man you referred to appeared before this committee, and in the context of his appearance I will claim the privi- lege of fifth amendment and decline to answer questions of my alleged acquaintance with Mr. Tuttle on the ground that to do so might tend to incriminate me.