@article{866969,
      recid = {866969},
      title = {FBI file : Hollywood and J. Edgar Hoover : investigations  of actors and directors.},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      note = {Date range of documents: 1922-1961.},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/866969},
}