The Archive · 1939

Hollywood Pictur And Politics

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ying U.S.A. In ead of Denouncing Dictators Today it seems to be to keep anything clear o and polities affecting including the film industry wood has its own domest possible of politic everything Holl: e political problems as quite a number of the stars as well as the technicians have formed themselves into something like a political party wh ich is distinctly to the Left. Thi operations are two-fold. One is to combine and work for better condit ions under the producing companies.

For thi reason vested interests ar to regard them as distinct! tly Their second function appears to be taking up a strong attitude against the Fascist gover ments in Europe. Their opinions have been expressed more than once when certain distinguished visitors have arrived at Hollywood and been accorded a cool reception.

This was so in the cases of Signor Mussolini's son and Fräulein Leni Riefenstahl. the famous German film director, who is persona grata with h the present head of the German state.

But the political prohi wood extends beyond the boundaries. It is giving of producing companies in Holly. domestic the heads sleepless nights, The question which mainly concerns them is the ent most entire loss of foreig specially in Germany and American film trade is so and so powerful that its of ire or aln markets Italy. The important airs have entered into the realm of diplomacy ud been the subject of ambi donal representations in Rome.

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