Hearing On Communism In Hollywood
J. Parnell Thomas gavels HUAC Committee to order; Richard Nixon sitting next to him. Reporters taking notes. Row of five newsreel cameras & soundmen. Cu Thomas. SOF: “I want to emphasize at the outset of these hearings...must not be interpreted as an attack on the industry itself...loyal Americans.”
11:24:20 LS from rear of room. Eric Johnston in CU, SOF: “We are accused of having Communists & Communist sympathisers in our employ. Undoubtedly there are such persons in Hollywood as you’ll find elsewhere in America...we want them exposed...we are responsible for what goes on the screen...we will never permit them to succeed.”
Anti-Communism; Cold War; House Committee on UnAmerican Activities; Motion Picture Producers Association;
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Hearing On Communism In Hollywood J. Parnell Thomas gavels HUAC Committee to order; Richard Nixon sitting next to him. Reporters taking notes. Row of five newsreel cameras & soundmen. Cu Thomas. SOF: “I want to emphasize at the outset of these hearings...must not be interpreted as an attack on the industry itself...loyal Americans.” 11:24:20 LS from rear of room. Eric Johnston in CU, SOF: “We are accused of having Communists & Communist sympathisers in our employ. Undoubtedly there are such persons in Hollywood as you’ll find elsewhere in America...we want them exposed...we are responsible for what goes on the screen...we will never permit them to succeed.” Anti-Communism; Cold War; House Committee on UnAmerican Activities; Motion Picture Producers Association;