BIB_ID
317584
Accession number
MA 3659.80
Creator
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979.
Display Date
1952 Jan. 24.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck, 1964.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 27.8 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters, documents, memoranda, telegrams, clippings, printed matter and maps related to the film Viva Zapata!, which was produced by Twentieth Century-Fox in 1952.
Typed on Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation carbon paper.
Typed on Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation carbon paper.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. Steinbeck in 1964.
Summary
Defending the film Viva Zapata! and the character of Emiliano Zapata. Noting that "the idea of Zapata being a Communist is simply fantastic," remarking that he was assassinated "before there was such a thing as a functioning Communist Party anywhere int he world" and that he rode into battle flanked by Catholic priests. Remarking that none of the cast has ever been "branded as Red" by the Un-American Activities Council or by the FBI and noting that communists "will hate the film because it makes a strong plea for the principles of Democracy."
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