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eet bs it bo * ‘@ ¥ hae , : fate .. >" CRG. ec oh A : wp nbke oe f “A oka . - os * DIRECTOR, FBI pats: July 17, 1952 ce a 5a, SPRINGFIELD (65-0) ° ; aol SUBJECT: IZ _DREIGROSCHENOPER OTION PICTURE FILM era Confidential Informant ssmacrd on July 10, 1952, furnished the following informat concerning a motion picture production, the property of Warner Brothers Studios, entitled DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER, which film was borrowed from Warner Brothers by B staff menber of the University of Tllinois in April, 1948, and shown at the University April 6, 1948. T formant advised that on June i of Warner Bro & pictures, who was searching ‘information leading to the recovery of a lost film of DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER. Thies film was borrowed from the Warner Brothers Studio ‘ Py the Speech Department, University of Illinois, in April, 1948, and exhibited publicly in the auditorium at the University. Th Speech Department. a. | iia transaction Was During the winter of 1352, Warner Brothers Studio dis- covered that the fi in their posseesion and made inguir f whether she had returned it. estates that she returned this fila on Apr » 29485, via railway exprese to a Eiitor, Director of Censorship, Warner Srothers, * New York City. Intensive tracing of records in New Yoré City failed to locate the film according to therefore, he visited Urb in an attempt to trace the fila. . RECORDED > 138 ple «ore ie e “af The informant advised that the fils of DIE DRE IGROSCHENOPER is an exceedingly rare and valuable property. Ite negative and this one positive copy are owned by Warner Brothers . and in spite of inumerable requests for it they "never® loan it out. according to‘ the positive copy bears certain characteristicg ch make its loss a matter + of more than usual iapo¥tanse. © =~ a8 adaptation of anil Fale efile is report Cefitary ‘play ridiouli a6 state tre Oh beer “x #925 by 5 ~ @ Native German who nae 8 n kybwn for unistic of the world and was Pree a oo" PT] +t “ 7 ty very ate -