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 #:
00015
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion picture industry -- United States, Communism -- California Los Angeles","Communism -- United States","Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Boston Public Library
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 20, 2022
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COMMUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY 3457 Mr. Odets. This would be an actor friend of mine named J. Edward Bromberg. Mr. Tavenner. Was lie a member of the Group Theater? Mr. Odets. Yes; he was. Mr. Kearney. Was he the actor who died a few months ago? Mr. Odets. Yes, sir; he is. Mr. Tavenner. Who actually recruited you into the party? Mr. Odets. My best memory would be that Mr. Bromberg did. Mr. Tayenner. When you were recruited into the party, were you assigned to a particular cell or group? Mr. Odets. Yes; it would be to be connected with those few people who Avere in the Group Theater. Mr. Tavender. Who were the other persons who were members of the same cell of the Communist Party to which you were assigned ( Mr. Odets. Well, they have been mentioned here as Lewis Leverett, a young actress named Phoebe Brand, and an actor about whom you refreshed my memory the last time I was here named Art Smith. Mr. Tavenner. That is Art Smith % Mr. Odets. And then from my reading of the New York Times a couple of other members were mentioned that I have no memory of, as I told you. Mr. Tavenner. Elia Kazan ? Was he a member of that group I Mr. Odets. Yes, Mr. Kazan. Mr. Tavenner. Did you meet with all of those persons as members of the Communist Party; that is, those you have named up to the present time ? Mr. Odets. Yes, sir. Mr. Tavenner. Tony Kraber? Mr. Odets. He, too. Mr. Tavenner. He is included in the group. Also, do you recall a person by the name of Sid Benson, also known as Ted Wellman? Mr. Odets. Yes, sir; I knew him. Mr. Tavenner. Was he an attendant at your Communist Party meetings in this Group Theater? Mr. Odets. He came in as an occasional visitor. Mr. Tavenner. Was he known to you as a functionary in the Com- munist Party? Mr. Odets. Well, I actually did not know what he did. I thought for a while he was a man who wrote newspaper articles. Then my impression became that he was some kind of party functionary. Mr. Tavenner. But he was not a member of the Group Theater as such ? Mr. Odets. No, sir; he was not an actor. Mr. Tavenner. Did this person, Wellman or Sid Benson, ever visit in your home? Mr. Odets. Yes, sir; he did. He was a friend of mine. Mr. Tavenner. Well, what was the occasion for his visiting in your home ? Were you at that time living in the city of New York \ Mr. Odets. Yes, sir; I was. Mr. Tavenner. Did he live in the city of New York at that time? Mr. Odets. Yes; he did. Mr. Tavenner. Do you know whether or not he was subsequently transferred to the State of Tennessee?