FBI file : Hollywood and J. Edgar Hoover : communists in the motion picture industry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.

Series:

Archives unbound

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.

Hoover, J. Edgar.

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

United States.

Communism and motion pictures--United States.

Communism and motion pictures.

Motion picture industry--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Motion picture industry.

Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century.

Anti-communist movements.

Motion picture industry--Political aspects.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

J. Edgar Hoover and radicalism in Hollywood. Part 1, Communist infiltration of the movie industry.

Place of Publication:

Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017.

Summary:

J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, held longstanding interest in the Hollywood film industry as well as deep distrust of anyone on the political left. In August 1942 he ordered the bureau's Los Angeles office to report on "Communist Infiltration of the Motion Picture Industry." Various FBI reports chronicled the working of major film studios such as MGM, Paramount, RKO, and Warner Brothers, and studio management and labor union power struggles. The FBI's investigation of Hollywood resulted in many thousands of pages and show a growing operation organized in the early 1940s that continued throughout the Cold War.

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on March 6, 2024).

Date range of documents: 1925-1961.

Reproduction of the originals from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Library.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.

OCLC:

1390453443

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.