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Limelight : boycotting re communist tendencies / Joseph A. C. Girone, Phila. County Commander, The American Legion ; C. E. Church, Commander, Walter Akeley Post 29 ; Robert L. Moles ; Abram C. Joseph - ECCI00312445

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The letters witness the boycotting campaign against Limeligth's distribution; the dossier describes Chaplin's allegedly filo-communist activities.

Signed typescript (negative photocopy, photocopy, typescript transcription)
Philadelphia ; Washington ; Baltimore
Philadelphia ; Washington ; New York City
Handwritten title on file folder. Author inferred from signatures on first three letters and from typed signature on fourth. - On first letter, addressed to United Artist as of February 11 1953, partially readable ms. note presumably addresses letter to the attention of Milton Cohen; the second letter, as of February 18 1953, is addressed to Edwin A. Halberg, owner of the Elwha Theatre; the third to Edwin Suchoski, owner of the Ferdale Theatre; the fourth is a copy of the letter sent to Milton E. Cohen by United Artists presumably by M. Kelly, from ms note in letterhead.
1 file (4 letters) ; 31 cm. + 1 dossier (8 p.).
Headquarters, Philadelphia County Council, The American Legion, 1606 Summer Street, Philadelphia, 3 ; Walter Akeley Post No. 29, Department of Washington, Port Angeles, Washington ; Kulshan Post No. 154, Ferndale, Washington ; Abram C. Joseph, Attorney At Law, 517-529 Title Building, St. Paul & Lexington Sts., Baltimore, Md.
ECCI00312445, CH026