18-683: For other uses, see Fagan (disambiguation) . Fagan or Phagan is also a Norman-Irish surname, derived from the Latin word 'paganus' meaning ‘rural’ or ‘rustic’. Variants of the name Fagan include Fegan and Fagen. It was brought to Ireland during the Anglo-Norman invasion in the twelfth century and is now considered very Irish. In some cases it is a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fágáin or Ó Faodhagáin, which are probably dialect forms of Ó hÓgáin (see Hogan , Hagan) and Ó hAodhagáin (see Hagan). Irish lenited f (spelled fh)
36-662: A similar offer was made in 1928 to him by Herbert Hoover , he turned it down. In 1929, the sound movie of his play The Great Power earned the dubious record of being the shortest run of any movie at the Capitol Theatre, New York. It was replaced with a silent comedy film after only one performance. He moved to Hollywood in 1930, where he served as a writer and director with Pathe Pictures , Inc., then owned by Joseph P. Kennedy , at 20th Century Fox , and other Hollywood film studios. In 1945, Fagan claimed he saw secret documents of
54-907: A software designer credited with inventing the Fagan inspection process for formal software inspections Michael Fagan (intruder) (born 1948), Buckingham Palace intruder Mike Fagan (born 1980), American bowler Myron Coureval Fagan (1887–1972), American playwright, editor, producer and cinematographer Oisin Fagan (born 1973), Irish boxer, former WBO Middleweight title holder Patsy Fagan (born 1951), Irish snooker player Roy Fagan (1905–1990), Australian politician and deputy premier of Tasmania Shaun Fagan (born 1984), Scottish association footballer See also [ edit ] Fagen , surname Fagin (surname) Mary Phagan, 13-year-old factory girl murdered in 1913, allegedly by Leo Frank [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
72-507: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Fagan (disambiguation) Fagan is a Norman-Irish surname. Fagan may also refer to: Myron Coureval Fagan Myron Coureval Fagan (October 31, 1887 – May 12, 1972) was an American writer, producer and director for film and theatre and a Red Scare figure in the late 1940s and 1950s. Fagan was an influential conspiracy theorist , promoting far-right and anti-Semitic views, and many of his ideas still proliferate in
90-703: Is soundless. Notable people with the surname include: Alex Fagan (1950–2010), former chief of the San Francisco Police Department Andrew Fagan (born 1962), New Zealand singer, writer and songwriter Ann Fagan Ginger (born 1925), lawyer, teacher, writer, and political activist Audrey Fagan (1962–2007), former Australian Capital Territory Chief Police Officer Brian Fagan (born 1936), archaeologist and anthropologist Carson Fagan (born 1982), Caymanian international football player Chris Fagan (born 1961), Australian football coach Cliff Fagan (1911–1995), president of
108-407: The surname Fagan . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fagan&oldid=1194007294 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
126-649: The American Civil War James H. Fagan (born 1947), American politician J. B. Fagan (1873–1933), Irish-born actor, theatre manager, producer and playwright in England Jim Fagan (1882–1948), Australian rules footballer Jeffrey Fagan (born 1946), professor at Columbia Law School Joe Fagan (1921–2001), manager of Liverpool F.C. Joseph Fagan (1941–2013), American psychologist Jermaine Fagan , Jamaican reggae artist Kevin Fagan (cartoonist) (born 1956), American cartoonist, creator of
144-849: The Basketball Hall of Fame Clint Fagan (born 1981), American baseball umpire Craig Fagan (1982), English footballer Cyril Fagan (1896–1970), Irish astrologer David Fagan (1961), New Zealand champion sheep shearer Ed Fagan (born 1952), American former lawyer Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959), better known as Billie Holiday, American jazz singer Garth Fagan (born 1940), Jamaican modern dance choreographer Gerald Fagan (born 1939), Canadian conductor Ina Fagan (1893–1985), birth name of American actress Ina Claire James Fagan (MP) (1800–1869), Irish Repeal Association politician and timber merchant James Fagan (musician) (born 1972), folk musician from Sydney, Australia James Fleming Fagan (1828–1893), Confederate major general in
162-648: The Council on Foreign Relations . Produced by Anthony Hilder , the records presented the Bavarian Illuminati , the Protocols of Zion , and internationalist politics as faces of a single grand " Luciferian " conspiracy directed by the Rothschild family . In 1968, he recorded another three LP spoken voice recordings, also produced by Anthony Hilder, titled Red Stars Over Hollywood . This recording has been transcribed and
180-604: The Senate Fact-Finding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities of the California Legislature stated this of Fagan's anti-Communist lists, But those who realized their mistake and left the front organizations in disgust and disillusionment are often still carried as subversives on the Fagan lists, and therein lies the danger from any unofficial organization that undertakes to publish lists of alleged subversive organizations and individuals. They do not have
198-425: The facilities, nor the authority, nor the experience to handle these matters in an expert fashion and therefore they produce an enormous amount of harm by falsely accusing individuals who are not only loyal but who have profited greatly by their unfortunate experiences in having been lured into Communist-front groups. Between 1967 and 1968, Fagan recorded a set of three spoken-word LP records titled The Illuminati and
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#1732852481674216-700: The meetings in Yalta , shown to him by author John T. Flynn , that led him to write the plays Red Rainbow and Thieves Paradise . Written in 1945, Red Rainbow portrays Franklin Roosevelt , Joseph Stalin and others in Yalta plotting to deliver the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Berlin to Stalin. Left-wing groups in the New York opposed the production of the play, and Fagan had difficulties getting financial backing to produce it. Fagan took
234-632: The play to Hollywood where he encountered more protests against it than he had in New York. In the late 1940s, Fagan launched a one-man crusade against what he claimed was a "Red Conspiracy in Hollywood". Out of this crusade came the Cinema Educational Guild. In 1953, Red Rainbow was produced by Bruce Fagan and staged for 16 performances at the Royal Theatre between September 14 and 26. Written two years later, Thieves Paradise portrays
252-534: The producers such as Charles Frohman , David Belasco . Fagan also became the dramatic editor of the Associated Newspapers . Many of the actors, including Humphrey Bogart , Brian Donlevy and Robert Ryan , whom Fagan directed or who appeared in his plays or screen adaptions, later became stars in Hollywood. In 1916, Fagan took a break from the theater to serve as director of public relations for Republican presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes . When
270-580: The same group plotting to create the United Nations as a Communist front for one world government . Despite opposition, Thieves Paradise opened at the Las Palmas Theatre in Hollywood on December 26, 1947. It starred Howard Johnson, who was subject to a campaign of harassment so bitter and intense that it sent him to St. Vincent's Hospital with a nervous breakdown after six performances, and he never made another movie in Hollywood. Thieves Paradise
288-529: The syndicated comic strip Drabble Kevin Fagan (doctor) (1909–1992), Australian doctor and World War II hero Kevin Fagan (American football) (born 1963), former defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers Laurie Fagan , Australian rugby league footballer Louise Fagan , Canadian director and producer Mark M. Fagan (1869–1955), former mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey Mary Fagan (born 1939), former Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire Michael Fagan,
306-451: The writings of other prominent conspiracy theory personalities such as Ben Stewart, producer of Esoteric Agenda (2007), and Alex Jones of InfoWars . Fagan arrived on Broadway in 1907, where he quickly became one of the younger playwrights in American theater. Over the years, he worked in the theater with Alla Nazimova , Douglas Fairbanks , and John Barrymore . He also directed plays for
324-545: Was produced and staged at the El Patio theatre in Hollywood in April 1948. It opened on April 12, and despite protest against it, was able to complete its run. From this period onward, Fagan did not produce any more work for stage or screen; instead he wrote anti-communist pamphlets, such as "Hollywood Reds Are on the Run", and bulletins for the remainder of his life. The Eleventh Report of
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