Title Work

Title No: 715

Title: Interview with Melvin Belli

Medium: Audio; Moving Image

Original Medium: Film; Video

Date: 5 Feb  1992 (Created)

Interview with Melvin Belli conducted for The Great Depression. Discussion centers on the 1935 California gubernatorial campaign between Frank Merriam and Upton Sinclair and the period during which Mr. Belli was employed by the US government to pose as a tramp.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 20 min 43 sec 

Genres: Interview

Subjects: Governors--California--Election; End Poverty in California (EPIC); California--Politics and government; Tramps

Name As Subjects: Belli, Melvin M.; Sinclair, Upton; Merriam, Frank Finley

Subject : Melvin Belli
Used in Episode Number : 314