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atten an nse Menta _— ee ets enh A ea eae cme nL aM a So wy ee “tater eles rach alts ARE. caideonae a ‘ 6 1 ? 4 t mE an ~~. sgl Burean of Investivi andl | Ptates Department of i ) & ' *,. we Wovember 23, 1944 yah / ‘ 4 y ,. . . SA ~ = rw we? ‘ —_.~ ae : ‘\ Director, FBI Sng, See CORAL] PP - E } ‘ ? WS ; 4 Gee rP ( o | Re: COMMUNIST/ INFILTRATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE § = . si a INTERNAL SECURITY - C “= Pear Sirs i. ae 2 . Reference is made to Bureau teletype dated Hovenver 5, 1944, $-. £5 directing that @ report be su tted in letter fora detailing the extent | ° te of Communist qnfiltration into {RKO Radio Pictures. . , Fe! 2 To indicate the reletive importance of RKO in the motion picture ee -4ndustry, it may be stated that it ranks gixth in size and importance in the | re potion picture studios in Hollywood. Since January 1, 1942, RKO has produced om imately ninety full length feature pictures. In addition, or released approx oducea and released many short subjects which will not be treated in —_—- this report is into the following +i*} For convenience, peing divided : Executive Organisation of RKO II. Producers at RKO by Ill. Directors et RKO _ : on. OF m ¢ Ty. Writers at RKO, yas OP er = -¥. actors and Actresses at RKO MAY 341974 - ures Produced or Released by RKO . en VI. Motion pict pictures Which are Know to Contain Fs VII. RKO Feature ia a Coumunist Propaganda - 5 Fy - VIII. Miscellaneous ; ; G (1) RKO Contracts with Soyusintorgkino (Soviet Movie Trust) for Sales of Filns , (2) Miscellaneous Complaints to the Los Angeles Buresurdffice by . as &B. wxecurly: ORGANIZATION OF REO silos ” 5 EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATI : 7 RXO Radio Pictures bas an executive office in New Goo, which and internation od, where the i r the financing and managing dios are located iu Hollywo and a motion picture exchange all producers aré mare * e: of the busines*#.". ° , ow 64s reapousible fo / 7 zy) f£eatures of the business. aot active production of the pictures takes place, s:* . ds also located in Los Angeles, where all pictures of 4 oe i" yeted. This report deale only with the pre luction end INTE B Igad rag Rk Xe : a ae ve « ; in = : © ty F 4 A a: