Ms. Brief (Durchschlag) mit eigenh. U. („Fritz“).
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Long and comprehensive letter to the film critic Lotte H. Eisner (1896–1983), who has sent him parts of her biography „Fritz Lang“ (London, 1976) before. Lang corrects her description of his movie „The Blue Gardenia“ (1953) and describes the background of the movie: After finishing “Clash by night” (1952) he got no more offers. Later he learned that he was suspected to be member of the communist party and therefore on a “black list”: “[…] There were lists in Hollywood, written by more or less unknown and most probably untalented people, who desired to eliminate the more talented ones and put themselves in their position. The lists included writers, actors, directors, producers, etc. […], who were said to be part of the communist party, which was fully legal in America at this time. Of course also liberals were on the list. Such lists involved for example Walter Wanger […], Thomas Mann (!!!), Bogart […] and myself. The public opinion against communism and its dangers grew […] /AND / SUDDENLY MR. F. L. LOST ALL HIS JOBS […]. After 13 months of doing-nothing and with an empty bank account, ALEX GOTTLIEB gave me the break to make a movie: THE BLUE GARDENIA! Dezember 1952. […] I was very pleased being able to produce movies again. AND to earn money […] – Traces of sewing.