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

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 #:
00014
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 20, 2022
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2310 COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY Mr. Levy. I am a graduate with a master's degree of the University of Washington. (Representative Francis E. Walter left the hearing room at this point.) Mr. Tavenner. It is rather difficult to hear you. Mr. Levy. I am sorry. I will try to raise it. Mr. Tavenner. You stated you were a graduate of the University of Washington ? Mr. Levy. The University of Washington, and I have a master's degree. Sir. Tavenner. A master's degree ? Mr. Levy. Yes. Mr. Tavenner. What is your profession? Mr. Levy. Writer. Mr. Tavenner. You are a writer ? Mr. Levy. Yes, sir. Mr. Tavenner. Are you a writer of screen plays ? Mr. Levy. Yes, I am a writer of anything. Mr. Tavenner. Will you tell the committee briefly what your record of employment or achievement has been in the field of writing? Mr. Levy. Well, my first novel was published when I was 21, called Matrix, M-a-t-r-i-x. Mr. Tavenner. Matrix? Mr. Levy. Matrix. And I published four novels. My first play was Gold Eagle Guv. Mr. Tavenner. We are having difficulty hearing you. Mr. Levy. I am terribly sorry. My first play was Gold Eagle Guy. It was done in New York in 1931:. And I have done, I suppose, a dozen or 15 or 20 pictures, I don't know; Bandit of Sherwood Forest; Sun- day Dinner for a Soldier; Renegades; She's a Soldier, Too. Mr. Tavenner. What were the names of the last two ? Mr. Levy. The last two that I said. Let's see, did I say "Bandit of Sherwood Forest" ? Mr. Tavenner. Bandit of Sherwood Forest? Mr. Levy. Yes. Sunday Dinner for a Soldier. Mr. Tavenner. Sunday Dinner for a Soldier? Mr. Levy. Hitler's Hangman. Mr. Tavenner. Hitler's Hangman? Mr. Levy. She's a Soldier, Too. Mr. Tavenner. She's a Soldier, Too? Mr. Levy. That is right. Renegades. Mr. Tavenner. Renegades? Mr. Levy. Yes. It covers a Mr. Tavenner. That is sufficient. Mr. Levy, during the course of the hearings conducted by this com- mittee in Los Angeles in September of 1951, Mr. Martin Berkeley appeared as a witness, and identified you as having been at one time a member of the Communist Party. (Addressing news photographers:) May I ask that you get your pictures now? Mr. Levy. You can have a lot of them.