The material was culled from FBI raids and taken by Hoover for his own personal enjoyment. It was especially controversial because at the time pornography was illegal.In an interview with MailOnline, Porter said: Hoover was especially interested in collecting copies of blue movies made by movie stars before they became famous, Joan Crawford being among the most famous instances of this.Hoover was said to have obtained a pirated copy of The Masked Bandit: He Robs P****, a blue movie made by a very young Frank Sinatra (the films masked bandit) in 1934.
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