Adolphe Menjou papers
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers of American actor Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963) chiefly related to his involvement in the anti-communist movement. Materials consist of magazines, pamphlets, and reprints dealing with the anti-communist movement (1948-1961) and two scrapbooks of clippings and related materials detailing the “Red Menace” in Hollywood and America (1947-1955) and Menjou’s involvement with anti-communism. Among the printed material are three issues of the "Hartnett Report" dealing with anti-communists and the television series "Brenner." While most of the collection relates to anti-communism, there are also three miscellaneous stills from the silent film Hearts in Exile (1915); a program and ship's passenger list related to Menjou's trip to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany; and an empty presentation box labeled: "Adolphe Menjou / Your six appearances on our Screen Guild Players radio program helped to make this possible."
Dates
- Creation: 1915 - 1967
Creator
- Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Extent
1.79 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains papers of American actor Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963) chiefly related to his involvement in the anti-communist movement. Materials include clippings, magazines, pamphlets, and reprints dealing with the anti-communist movement in Hollywood and America from the late 1940s to early 1960s.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Adolphe Menjou, August 12, 1963.
Subject
- Title
- Finding aid for the Adolphe Menjou papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Diann Benti
- Date
- 2022 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu