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 #:
000225
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 1631 Mr. Wood. The record will show that the full subcommittee is present. Whom will you call? Mr. Tavenner. Mrs. Lilith James. Mr. Wood. Mrs. James, come forward. Will you please hold up your right hand and be sworn? You do solemnly swear the evidence you give this subcommittee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth ? Mrs. James. I do. Mr. Wood. Be seated. Are you represented by counsel, Mrs. James ? Mrs. James. Yes, I am. Mr. Wood. For the record, will counsel identify himself again. Mr. Wirin. A. L. Wirin, Los Angeles. Mr. Wood. Proceed, counsel. TESTIMONY OF MRS. LILITH JAMES, ACCOMPANIED BY HER COUNSEL, A. L. WIRIN Mr. Tavenner. You are Mrs. Lilith James ? Mrs. James. Yes, I am. Mr. Tavenner. You are the wife of Mr. Dan James ? Mrs. James. Yes, I am. Mr. Wood. Mrs. James, I wonder if you would mind pulling your chair just a little closer to the table and maybe the amplifier will carry your voice a little better. Mrs. James. My name is Lilith James. Mr. Tavenner. Will you state that again? Mrs. James. Lilith, L-i-1-i-t-h. Mr. Tavenner. Will you spell it again ? Mrs. James. L-i-1-i-t-h. Mr. Tavenner. In what profession are you engaged, Mrs. James? Mrs. James. I am a writer-housewife. Mr. Tavenner. How long have you been engaged in the profession of writing? Mrs. James. My first writing was in connection with a musical, Bloomer Girl, which was produced in 1944. Mr. Tavenner. Where were you then living ? Mrs. James. In Hollywood. Mr. Tavenner. Mrs. James, did you hear the testimony this morning of Mr. Martin Berkeley ? Mrs. James. Yes, I did. Mr. Tavenner. Mr. Berkeley, as you may have heard, testified that you were at one time a member of the Communist Party. I would like to ask you if you have ever been a member of the Communist Party. Mrs. James. I am not a Communist, Mr. Tavenner, but I decline to answer the rest of the questions on the grounds of the fifth amend- ment. Mr. Tavenner. I haven't asked you but one part of the question that you think I have asked you. Mrs. James. All right. Mr. Tavenner. My question was whether you ever have been a mem- ber of the Communist Party. Mrs. James. I must decline—I will decline to answer under the fifth amendment.