doi:10.7916/d8-fhv5-dg10Oral history interview with Kenneth MacKenna, 1958MacKenna, Kenneth, 1899-1962oral historiesmixed materialScreenwritersMotion picturesMotion pictures--CensorshipMotion picture authorshipMacKenna, Kenneth, 1899-1962Metro-Goldwyn-MayerStory and scenario editor at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1937; changing status and functions of Hollywood writers; effect of Screen Writers Guild, large agencies, tax laws, flat-deal salaries, Motion Picture Production Code and the Legion of Decency; transforming novels into screenplays: "Ben Hur"; "Some Came Running"; "From Here to Eternity"; "Tea and Sympathy"; "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"