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Description
Jerry Davis served as a front for writer Alfred Lewis Levitt during the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s, which adversely affected many people in Hollywood, and screenwriters in particular. These prepared remarks, made by Levitt upon Davis' death in 1991, contain remembrances of their time working together and describe the anxieties of this difficult period.
Type
text
Format
pdf
Extent
8 1/2 x 11 in. 1 File of 1
Identifier
calawgf_000016 WGF-MS-103-D5 ark:/13960/t2b95zx61
Language
English
Subject
Blacklisting of entertainers--California--Los Angeles--History Blacklisting of entertainers--United States
Provenance
Writers Guild Foundation California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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