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Screen Cartoonist Guild strike against Walt Disney Studio, 1941
This source is a black and white photograph showing members of the ‘Screen Cartoonists Guild’ protesting outside of the RKO palace theatre that is showing Disney’s ‘The Reluctant Dragon’. The marchers include both men and women holding up signs. Due…
Hotel Hollywood
This source is a postcard of The Hollywood Hotel in California in colour with the caption ‘Hotel Hollywood at Hollywood, ca’. The postcard shows the front of the hotel and the road alongside it. The Hotel was opened in 1902 by one of Hollywood’s…
Interview of Eugene Simpson
This source is the oral testimony of Eugene Simpson. The source discusses his life and experiences in the motion picture industry as an African-American and the Civil Rights movement in Hollywood. The source lasts 2:03 hours and was published in…
Radio Address of the President to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Hollywood, California
This source is a radio address transcript which has been produced in printed form, from Franklin D. Roosevelt about the role of Hollywood during the War to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. The source is from 1941, when America had…
Hollywood sign
Description This object is the ‘Hollywood’ sign. Built in 1923, it stands at 30 feet wide and approximately 43 feet high and is made from metal sheets. The sign originally read ‘Hollywoodland’. The diary of Hollywood’s founder H.J. Whitley states…
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
The source is a black and white photo of the exterior of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre (now Manns Chinese Theatre) with the caption “Famous Hollywood landmark, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre today is flashing a brand new face lift - its second since the…
Los Angeles, December 17 1905, page 8, Image 32
This source is a newspaper article entitled ‘Grider and Hamilton’s Hollywood’ advertising the new housing development in Hollywood opening Monday the 25th of December. The source provides the prices of these houses being from $400-$800 and encourages…
‘Charlie Chan’s Secret’
This source is a film produced in 1936 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. It tells the story of a Hawaiian detective of Chinese-American descent. The film is one of a series and this particular film sees the character solving the murder of a…
Letter to the honourable Parnell Thomas from Norris Poulson, conveying information from Jack Moffitt regarding Communism in Hollywood.
The source is an 11 page typed letter with a ‘Congress of the United States house of representatives Washington D.C.’ header. It is written on the 22nd of May 1947 from Norris Poulson to Thomas Parnell and names those believed to be communists…