Alvah Cecil Bessie letters 1932-1939.

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Alvah Cecil Bessie letters 1932-1939.

This collection consists of letters written by screenwriter and author Alvah Bessie (1904-1985) to a friend in the Navy, Glynn Petrie. The letters regard personal matters, health and weather updates, book reviews, publishers, and publications.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7138908

William L. Clements Library

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Petrie, Glynn.

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Carnovsky, Morris

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Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of Morris Carnovsky : oral history, [196-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608344 American actors and members of the Group Theatre. From the description of An oral history interview with Morris Carnovsky and Phoebe Brand Carnovsky / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by John Mucci, Pine Brook Lodge, Connecticut, 1987 September 14 : recording and transcript. (Paul, ...

Bessie, Alvah Cecil, 1904-1985

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Alvah Bessie (1904-1985) was an author and screenwriter who fought with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain, and was later blacklisted as one of the "Hollywood Ten" cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions at the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings on the influence of the Communist Party in the motion-picture industry. From the description of Papers, 1937-1991 (bulk 1936-1939, 1967-1985). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476413154 ...

Petrie, Eva Kyes, 1866-1953

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