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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Adolphe Menjou papers
Creator:
Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963
Identifier/Call Number: 2463
Physical Description:
1.79 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1915-1967
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.
Language of Material:
English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Adolphe Menjou, August 12, 1963.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Adolphe Menjou papers, Collection no. 2463, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
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."
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at cin@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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Pamphlets
Scrapbooks
Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963 -- Archives