Hearings regarding the communist infiltration of the motion picture industry. Hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first session. Public law 601 (section 121, subsection Q (1947)

COMMUNISM IN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY 23 August 14, 1943 This Is the Army. By Irving Berlin. September 4, 1943 Watch on the Rhine. By Lillian Hellnian. October 23, 1943 Princess O'Rourke. By Norman Krasna. January 1, 1944 Destination Tokyo. By Steve Fisher. May 6, 1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain. By Alan LeMay and Harold M. Sherman. December 30, 1944__. Hollywood Canteen. By Delmer Daves. February 17, 1945 < >l)jective Burma. By Alvah Bessie. April 7, 1945 God Is My Co-Pilot. By Col. Robert Lee Scott, Jr. September 1, 1945 Pride of the Marines. By Roser Butterfield. March 30, 194(5 Saratoga Trunk. By Edna Ferber. August 17, 1946 Two Guys From Milwaukee. By Charles Hoffman and I. A. L. Diamone. [Motion Picture News, March 23, 1918] My Four Years in Germany (My Four Years in Germany, Inc. — 10 reels) Reviewed by Peter Milne Ambassador James W. Gerard's widely read book, My Four Years in Germany, relating his experiences as representative of the United States Government in the center of Prussianism, makes a stirring patriotic propaganda as rendered into film form by Charles A. Logue, who prepared a scenario, and by William Nigh, who directed. Last Sunday night at the Knickerbocker Theater when the film received its premiere presentation, there was hardly a minutfi when the house did not ring with applause that turned into cheers. All the wily diplomacy with which the heads of the German Nation sought to deceive the United States through its representative, all the atrocities witnessed by Mr. Gerard, such as the mistreatment of the English prisoners, the deportation of helpless Belgian women, perpetrated without regard for any sense of international law— -these and a large assortment of views of Allied troops on the march make capital seeing for tlie man who goes into the theater ready to have his emotions stirred against the common enemy. While there is no personal story interwoven with the facts, these in themselves are fully dramatic enough to make the 10 reels pass tirelessly. There is no stone left unturned to arouse the audience to a sense that the German manner of conducting war is synonymous with barbarism. One witnesses the heartrending sight of helpless prisoners shot down before German tiring squads because "there will be less mouths to feed," of English and Russian soldiers placed in the same pens together so that the former contract diseases common among the latter, and feeding of the prisoners as dogs. All of which Mr. Gerard was an eyewitness — and more — is utilized to spread the propaganda. The sense of humor of the director is oftimes obvious. It was, indeed, a praiseworthy sense when it came to the production. One long line of actual horrors and of German intrigue would be rather fatiguing without some relief. This is introduced in the way of an element of burlesque (m the German Emperor, the Crown Prince, and the other war lords of Germany. These touches registered every time during the initial showing; and they are the kind that will be appreciated by any audience. The scenes of real troops with which the fihn is crowded are well woven into the matter picturized from Mr. Gerard's book, and usually to more rousing effect than if tliey liad merely been shown by themselves. When the Kaiser laughs at his enemies it makes one feel pretty fine when these same enemies are shown prep;a-ing for battle with a vengeance. Halbert Brown, a man who might be mistak"/i for Mr. Gerard by his best friend, impersonates him in the picture. He mnkes an impressive and dignified figure of tiie American diplomat. Mr. Gerard himself cannot complain — at least he didn't in his speech last Sunday night. Louis Dean presented a good make-up as tiie Kaiser and had he been imbued with some sense of the autocratic majesty of the part, his characterization might have been perfect. Fred Hern and I'ercy Standing, respectively, playing Minister Von Jagow and Secretary Zimmerman succeeded in l)ringiiig out the cunning German diplomacy in realistic .style. Earl Schenck as the Crown Prince, George Riddell as von