Caught in the crossfire: Adrian Scott and the politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood

ED FBI File, April 2, 1951

Scott, Address at meeting in honor of Fast and Scott, September 13, 1950

Scott, typescript of “Some of My Worst Friends”

Adrian Scott, “You Can’t Do That”

Trager and Raths, “Public Opinion and Crossfire”

Leaflet from 1930s Los Angeles, depicting Hollywood as a hotbed of Jews, Communists and moral degenerates Credit: Courtesy Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles Community Relations Committee Collection, Urban Archives Center, University Library, California State University-Northridge

Scott’s notes from conversations with Schary

Adrian Scott to Charlotte Weber, November 12, 1947 Credit: Courtesy Adrian Scott Papers, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming-Laramie

Scott, attorney Bartley Crum, and Dmytryk in Washington for the HUAC hearings, October 1947 Credit: Courtesy Adrian Scott Papers, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming-Laramie

Gene Kern, Office of War Information, to William Gordon, July 5, 1945 Credit: Courtesy Adrian Scott Papers, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming-Laramie

“Crossfire Takes New York by Storm!” Radio Flash

Scott statement to HUAC

Schary, “Letter from a Movie-Maker”

Scott, “Some of My Worst Friends”

David Platt, “CF Hits Target”

“Farewell My Lovely,” Showmen’s Trade Review, December 9, 1944 Credit: Courtesy Adrian Scott Papers, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming-Laramie

Cecilia Ager, “Movie Colony’s Free Speech Group Practices What It Preaches” PM Credit: Courtesy Adrian Scott Papers, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming-Laramie

English, “What Makes a Hollywood Communist?” Saturday Evening Post

Dmytryk FBI File, March 10, 1951

Scott and Dmytryk, telegram to Thomas