ABSTRACT
A trivial incident of picture making, involving an amazing set of coincidences and misunderstandings, precipitated ana· tional political crisis and set the daily press from Park Row to Golden Gate agog with violent headlines and extra editions. A motion picture suddenly became the subject of a violent and outraged anxiety for President Roosevelt, a topic of secret mid· night emergency sessions of the Cabinet in Washington, and a desperate quest by the operatives of the Department of Justice.
