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Jan 7, 2021 · Boris Morros—the Soviet agent–turned–U.S. informant—had a consistently casual relationship with facts. Jonathan Gill, the author of a new Morros biography, Hollywood Double Agent, does as well. Des...
Boris Morros was a major figure in the 1930s and 1940s. The head of music at Paramount, nominated for Academy Awards, he then went on to produce his own films with Laurel and Hardy, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, and others.
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Boris Morros went on to produce a few more films, most notably the all-star anthology Tales of Manhattan (1942). However, his greatest notoriety came upon publication of the book Ten Years a Counterspy detailing his exploits as a double Russian agent.
Hollywood Double Agent: The True Tale of Boris Morros, Film Producer Turned Cold War Spy : Jonathan Gill: Amazon.com.au: Books
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Boris Morros (Boris Mikhailovich Morroz; January 1, 1891 - January 8, 1963) was an American Communist Party member, Soviet agent, and FBI double agent. He also worked at Paramount Pictures, where he produced films as well as supervising their music department.
Boris Morros (Boris Mikhailovich Morroz; January 1, 1891 - January 8, 1963) was an American Communist Party member, Soviet agent, and FBI double agent. He also worked at Paramount Pictures, where he produced films as well as supervising their music department.
This true story of Golden Age Hollywood and Cold War espionage is a "captivating, fast-paced narrative [that] reads like a thriller" ( Library Journal ). Boris Morros was a major figure in the 1930s and '40s. The head of music at Paramount, nominated for Academy Awards, he then went on to produce his own films with Laurel and Hardy, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, and others. But as J. Edgar Hoover would discover, these successes were a cover for one of the most incredible espionage tales in the ...
