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| Title | Movie Still from "Confessions of a Nazi Spy", Warner Bros., 1939 |
| Description | This still from Warner Bros. 1939 picture "Confessions of a Nazi Spy" is from a scene in which Edward G. Robinson, playing FBI Agent Ed Renard, is deep in discussion with Francis Lederer, portraying a spy for the Nazis. This film is widely regarded as the first anti-Nazi motion picture produced in Hollywood; it was based on the writings of Leon G. Turrou, the FBI agent who infiltrated the activities of the Nazi underground in this country. 10 x 8 in. |
| Subject | Anti-Nazi movement in motion pictures
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| Keywords | Edward G. Robinson; Frances Lederer; Leon G. Turrou; anti-fascism; Nazi; espionage; FBI; |
| Location | Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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| Date | 1939 |
| Photographer/Author | Litvak, Anatole, 1902-1974.
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| Donors and Others | Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles
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| Media | Black-and-white photograph
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| Media Measurement | 25.5 x 20 cm |
| Identifier | CRC171 |
| Language | |
| Type | image
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| Format | image/jpeg
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| Repository Name | Delmar T. Oviatt Library. Urban Archives Center
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| Collection | Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles Collection
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| Repository Number | Box CRC (Photo) 03-05 |
| Exhibition information | Case 11, #11
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| Rights | http://digital-library.csun.edu/copyright.html |
| Project Name | In Our Own Backyard: Resisting Nazi Propaganda in Southern California, 1933-1945 |
| Date Digitized | 2007-10-29 |
| Date cataloged | 2007-10-29 |
| Publisher | Delmar T. Oviatt Library |
