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FBI file : Hollywood and J. Edgar Hoover : investigations of actors and directors.
- Format:
- Book
- 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 2, Investigations of actors, actresses, and directors.
- 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 activities of various motion picture personalities, including actors, directors, producers, and writers. The FBI's investigation of Hollywood revealed a growing operation organized in the early 1940s, and after the Second World War the investigation evolved into a sophisticated operation. Between 1944 and 1954 agents conducted extensive surveillance of suspected Communists, "left-wingers," and "fellow travelers," and assembled information used by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in an effort to purge Hollywood of Communist influence.
- Notes:
- Title from online title page (viewed on March 8, 2024).
- Date range of documents: 1922-1961.
- Reproduction of the originals from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Library.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Beverly Bennett Rutstein CW'50 Fund.
- OCLC:
- 1390453046
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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