Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry : hearing before the Committee on Un-American activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, first session (1951)

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Record Details:

Title:
Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry : hearing before the Committee on Un-American activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, first session
Date:
1951
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O.
Volume:
Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry : hearing before the Committee on Un-American activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, first session
Leaf #:
000119
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion picture industry -- United States, Communism -- California Los Angeles","Communism -- United States","Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Boston Public Library
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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COMMUNISM IN MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 1525 Mr. Townsend. Mr. Barznian was a screen writer. Do you mean a physical description \ Mr. Tavenner. No. his occupation. Mr. Townsend. His occupation was that of a screen writer. I don't know his credits. Mr. Tavenner. Very well. Mr. Townsend. The only other person I recall is a person who has been out of the party, as far as I know, for some time. Her name is Bess Taffel. She was 1 in a branch with me, I think, in 1945; attend- ed quite irregularly and then disappeared completely. I was advised she had left the party at that time. I haven't seen her since, so I don't know. I am sure she is still out. Mr. Tavenner. What was her occupation? Mr. Townsend. Screen writer. Mr. Tavenner. Did you know a person by the name of Alfred Louis Levitt? Mr. Townsend. Not within the party branch, no. Mr. Tavenner. Did you know a person by the name of Leo Bigelman? Mr. Townsend. Yes. At one time during my membership he con- ducted a class in Marxism, I believe it was, at which my wife and I attended. This ran for about 1 night a week for 6 weeks, I believe. This must have been in 19—I am guessing—44. Mr. Tavenner. "Were you a member of the Communist Party at that time? Mr. Townsend. Yes, I was. Mr. Tavenner. Was this a Communist Party meeting which Dr. Bigelman was conducting? Mr. Townsend. I take it for granted it was. It was classes in Marxism. Whether the people attending them were all Communists or not, I don't know. I would take it for granted that the instructor would be Communist. Mr. Tavenner. Were you acquainted with a person by the name of Dan James? Mr. Townsend. Not within—I know Dan James. Mr. Tavenner. Did you, of your own knowledge, know that he was a member of the Communist Party? Mr. Townsend. I had heard that he had left the Communist Party. I don't know whether you would consider that knowledge of mem- bership. Mr. Tavenner. Well, did you hear that from him or from some outside source \ Mr. Townsend. I heard it from him. Mr. Tavenner. From him? Mr. Townsend. Yes. Mr. Tavenner. Well, I think that is direct testimonv. Now, what were the circumstances under which you heard that? Mr. Townsend. Simply that I told him I had been out since 1948 and that he told me he also had left the party. Mr. Tavenner. Were you acquainted with a person by the name of Marguerite Roberts ? Mr. Townsend. I know her. I was never in a party branch with Marguerite Roberts.