The Kefauver committee's first effect on Hollywood was to keep moviegoers in thrall to cinema's archenemy, the TV set. But the moviemakers were soon hopping on the bandwagon. Twentieth Century-Fox rushed to the screen with a 52-minute newsreel of the committee's Manhattan and Washington sessions, starring Frank Costello, Virginia Hill, ex-Mayor William O'Dwyer. The special bait: a full view of Costello's. face, which he had refused to expose to the television cameras. By last week Hollywood producers were hastily registering their titles for a job lot of future movies on the theme of the moment. Among them: Senate Investigation, Senate Investigator,...
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