Skelly, Hal
Skelton, Red
Skippy (dog), and n
slapstick comedy, itr.1, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3; I Love Lucy, 2.4; silent era, 1.2; see also comedy
Sleep, My Love, 2.1, 2.2
sleepwalking
Smarty, 2.1n
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman, 2.1n, 2.2
Smith, Alexis, 2.1, 2.2
Smith, C. Aubrey
Smith, Kent
Snodgress, Carrie
socialite, 2.1 and n, 2.2 and n
social-message films, itr.1, itr.2, 2.1, 3.1; of 1960s–70s, 3.2, 3.3; postwar, 2.2
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Something’s Gotta Give
Sondergaard, Gale
Song of the Thin Man, 2.1
Son of Frankenstein
Sopranos, The, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
So Proudly We Hail, 2.1n
Sorrowful Jones, 2.1, 2.2
Sothern, Ann, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3n, 2.4
sound marriage films, 2.1, 2.2n; emergence of, 2.3n
Southerner, The, 2.1, 2.2
spectacle, 1.1; silent era, 1.2
Spence, Hartzell, and n
Spence, William
sperm donors, 3.1, 3.2
Spite Marriage
Stahl, John M.
Stanwyck, Barbara, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5n, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8n, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13
star pairings, 2.1; aging of, 2.2; Astaire/Rogers, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and n, 2.8n, 2.9; Ball/Arnaz, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16; “buddy” films, 2.17n; chemistry, 2.18 and n, 2.19; Day/Hudson, 3.1, 3.2; de Havilland/Flynn, 2.20, 2.21; Garland/Rooney, 2.22; Garson/Pidgeon, 2.23 and n, 2.24, 2.25n; Hepburn/Tracy, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, 2.29 and n, 2.30 and n, 2.31, 2.32, 2.33, 2.34, 2.35, 2.36, 2.37, 3.3; as “love teams”, 2.38; low-budget, 2.39; Loy/Powell, col1.1, 2.40, 2.41, 2.42, 2.43; no-name stars, 2.44; perfect mate, 2.45, 2.46; Woodward/Newman, 2.47, 2.48, 2.49; see also specific films, and shows
star system, 2.1, 2.2n, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8; collapse of, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 3.1; leading men enlisted in World War II, 2.12, 2.13 and n, 2.14; no-name stars, 2.15; postwar, 2.16; star pairings, 2.17; wartime, 2.18, 2.19; see also specific actors and films; studio system
State of the Union, 2.1, 2.2
Stella Dallas, 2.1n
Stepford Wives, The, 3.1, 3.2
stereophonic sound
Sterling, Robert, n
Stevens, Mark
Stevenson, Betsey
Stewart, James, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2 and n, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2; in Made for Each Other, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8; in Vivacious Lady, 2.9, 2.10
Sting, The, 2.1n
Stolen Life A, 2.1, 2.2
Stone, Lewis, itr.1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1
Story of a Divorce, A, see Payment on Demand
Story of Dr. Wassell, The
Story of Louis Pasteur, the
Story of Us, The, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Strange Affair, 2.1n
Stranger, The
Strangers When We Meet, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1
Strange Woman, The, 2.1n, 2.2n
Streep, Meryl, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and n, 3.4, 3.5; in Heartburn, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8; in Kramer vs. Kramer, 3.9
Streisand, Barbra
Strudwick, Shepperd, n
studio system, itr.1, itr.2n, itr.3–xxvi, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1; B-level, 2.2n; box office, 2.3 and n, 2.4 and n, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10 and n, 2.11, 2.12, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4; censorship, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 2.19; collapse of, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22, 3.5; couple, 2.23; divorce films, 2.24; effect of television on, 2.25 and n, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, 3.6; HUAC hearings, 2.29n, 2.30; leading men enlisted in World War II, 2.31, 2.32 and n, 2.33; “lonely war wife” films, 2.34; low-budget films, 2.35, 2.36; of 1950s, 2.37, 2.38; “Oops!” films, 2.39, 2.40; postwar, 2.41; problems of couples in, 2.42; Production Code, 2.43, 2.44; programmers, 2.45; pure marriage films, 2.46, 2.47, 2.48, 2.49; “realistic” marriage films, 2.50; situations, 2.51; star pairings, 2.52; “three choices” format, 2.53; vignette, 2.54; wartime, 2.55; without-love marriage films, 2.56; “yoo-hoo” films, 2.57; see also specific actors, directors, eras, films, genres, and studios; star system
Sturges, Preston, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2
subtext, 2.1 and n, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
suburbs, 2.1, 3.1; of 1950s, 2.2, 2.3, 3.2; of 1960s, 2.4, 3.3, 3.4; nuclear couple, 3.5; of 2000s–2010s, 3.6
Sudden Fear, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
suicide, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5
Sullavan, Margaret, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5; in Appointment for Love, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8; in The Moon’s Our Home, 2.9
Sullivan, Barry, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Summertime
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Sundowners, The
Sunrise, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1n
Sunset Boulevard
Superman, n
Suspect, The, 2.1n
Suspicion, 2.1, 2.2
Sutton, Grady, 2.1
Swanson, Gloria, itr.1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5n
Swedish films, 2.1; Scenes from a Marriage, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Sweethearts, 2.1n
Swing High, Swing Low, 2.1 and n, 2.2n
Swinton, Tilda, n
swish pans
Talmadge, Constance, 1.1n, 1.2
Talmadge, Natalie, n
Talmadge, Norma, 1.1n, 1.2, 2.1n
Tandy, Jessica
Tarzan series, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4n, 2.5n, 3.1n
Taylor, Elizabeth, 2.1 and n, 2.2, 2.3n, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1; in Father of the Bride, 3.2; in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 3.3
Taylor, Robert, 2.1, 2.2
Technicolor, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
technology, film, 1.1, 3.1n; of early 1950s, 2.1, 3.2
television, 2.1, 2.2n, 2.3n, 2.4, 2.5n, 2.6 and n, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2; advertising, 2.8, 2.9; Borgen, 3.3; confessions, 2.10n-2n; effect on film business, 2.11 and n, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 3.4; and film marriage, compared, 2.15 and n, 2.16 and n, 2.17; Friday Night Lights model, 3.5; modern era, 3.6; of 1950s, 2.18, 2.19n, 2.20; of 1960s, 3.7; of 1970s, 3.8; pregnancy, 2.21n, 2.22, 3.9, 3.10; stars, 2.23; of 2000s–2010s, 3.11n, 3.12, 3.13 and n, 3.14; see also specific actors and shows; television sitcoms
television sitcoms, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2 and n, 3.3; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, 2.3, 2.4 and n; connection to programmer marriage films, 2.5; The Dick Van Dyke Show, 2.6; The Donna Reed Show, 2.7 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 3.4; family, 2.12; Father Knows Best, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 3.5; Green Acres, 2.19; I Love Lucy, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22; Modern Family, 3.6; of 1950s–60s, 2.23; of 1970s–90s, 3.7; “realistic”, 2.24, 2.25; of 2000s–2010s, 3.8n, 3.9, 3.10; see also specific shows
Temple, Shirley, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Tender Comrade, 2.1, 2.2 and n, 2.3
Ten North Frederick, 2.1n
Tennyson, Alfred Lord
Test Pilot, 2.1n
Thalberg, Irving
That Forsyte Woman, 2.1, 2.2
That Funny Feeling
That Little Band of Gold
That’s Why I Left You
Thaxter, Phyllis, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5
Their First Mistake, 2.1
therapy, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
There’s Always a Woman, 2.1n
They Died with Their Boots On, 2.1, 2.2
They Live By Night, 3.1, 3.2
Thin Man, The, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2 and n, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
Thin Man, The (TV show)
Thin Man series, col1.1, 2.1, 2.2 and n, 2.3n, 2.4 and n, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8; imitations, 2.9n
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, 2.1, 3.1n
This Time for Keeps, 2.1n
Thomas, Danny, itr.1, 2.1
Thomas, Frankie
Thompson, Robert
Thomson, David, itr.1, 2.1
Thorndike, Sybil, 2.1
Three Blind Mice
“three choices” format
Three Coins in the Fountain
Three Daring Daughters
Three for the Show, 2.1n
Three Smart Girls
Thrill of It All, The, 2.1n, 3.1
Tierney, Gene, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and n, 2.5
time frames
Time of Their Lives, The
Tobacco Road
Tobin, Genevieve, and n
Todd, Ann, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Todd, Richard, 2.1
Todd, Thelma, n
To Have and Have Not, 2.1n, 2.2n, 2.3 and n, 2.4
Tolstoy, Leo, Anna Karenina
Tone, Franchot, n
Tonight and Every Night, 2.1, 2.2n
Too Many Girls
Too Many Husbands, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and n
topicality
Topper, 2.1n, 2.2
Tracy, Spencer, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and n, 2.4n, 2.5, 2.6; in Adam’s Rib, 2.7, 2.8 and n, 2.9 and n, 2.10; in Cass Timberlane, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13; in Father of the Bride, 3.1; in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, 3.2; Hepburn and, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and n, 2.18 and n, 2.19, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24, 2.25, 3.3; in The Power and the Glory, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, 2.29, 2.30; in The Sea of Grass, 2.31; in Without Love, 2.32, 2.33, 2.34, 2.35 and n, 2.36n; in Woman of the Year, 2.37, 2.38
tragedy, itr.1, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2; divorce films, 2.3; silent era, 1.3, 1.4; see also specific films and shows
Trapeze
Travers, Bill, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Travers, Henry, 2.1n, 2.2
True Lies
Truffaut, François
Turner, Kathleen, 3.1, 3.2; in The War of the Roses, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
Turner, Lana, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4n, 2.5; in Cass Timberlane, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8; in Marriage Is a Private Affair, 2.9, 2.10, 3.1n
Turner Classic Movies, n
27 Dresses
Twice in a Lifetime, 3.1, 3.2
twins, and n
Two for the Road, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and n
Two Mrs. Carrolls, The, 2.1, 2.2n
two-reelers, 1.1, 2.1
Ullmann, Liv, 2.1, 2.2
Undercover Blues
Undercurrent
Under Eighteen, 2.1 and n
unemployment, n
Unfaithful, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Unfaithful, The
Unfaithfully Yours, 2.1 and n
Unholy Love, 2.1, 2.2
Universal Pictures
Universal Studios
Unmarried Woman, An, 3.1, 3.2
Up in Mabel’s Room
upper-class marriage, in silent era
Vacation from Marriage, 2.1 and n, 2.2
Valentino, Rudolph
Vallee, Rudy
Valley of Decision, The
Valley of the Sun
Vance, Vivian, 2.1, 2.2
Van Dyke, Dick, 2.1; in Divorce American Style, 3.1
Vanishing Virginian, itr.1n
Variety, itr.1, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2
Vassar, Queenie, 2.1
Vaughn, Vince
Very Thought of You, The, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2
Vidor, King, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
Vieira, Mark A., Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince
vignette
Vinson, Helen, 2.1, 2.2
violence, in nuclear marriage films
VIPS, The, 2.1n
Virtue, 2.1 and n
Vivacious Lady, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Voyage in Italy, 3.1
WACs, 2.1n, 2.2
Waiting to Exhale
Walbrook, Anton, n
Walker, Robert, 2.1, 2.2
Walk in the Clouds, A
Walsh, Dylan
Walter, Jessica
War and Peace
Ward, Fannie, 1.1, 1.2
war films, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1n; absence of husband, 2.7; allotment wives, 2.8; box office, 2.9 and n, 2.10; class differences and, 2.11, 2.12 and n, 2.13; following a husband to army camp, 2.14, 2.15; husband returns home, 2.16; infidelity, 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20; In the Meantime, Darling, 2.21, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26; lack of leading men due to enlistment, 2.27, 2.28 and n, 2.29; “lonely wife” films, 2.30; Marriage Is a Private Affair, 2.31, 2.32; marry-in-haste films, 2.33, 2.34; musicals, 2.35, 2.36 and n; Over 21, 2.37, 2.38 and n, 2.39 and n, 2.40, 2.41; postwar era, 2.42; Since You Went Away, 2.43, 2.44, 2.45; sisterhood, 2.46 and n, 2.47, 2.48 and n; situations and problems, 2.49; Tender Comrade, 2.50, 2.51 and n, 2.52; The Very Thought of You, 2.53, 2.54; “without-love” marriage, 2.55n; World War II, 2.56; see also specific actors and films
Warner Bros., 2.1, 2.2n, 2.3n
War of the Roses, The, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Watch on the Rhine
Watson, Lucile, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Watts, Naomi, 2.1, 2.2 and n, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5
Wayne, David, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Wayne, John, 2.1, 2.2
Way Out West
Way We Were, The, 2.1, 3.1
Webb, Clifton, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4n
Wedding, A
Wedding Bills, 2.1n
Wedding Crashers
weddings, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3; dress, 3.4n-9n; marry-in-haste films, 2.2
Wedding Singer, The
Wednesday’s Child
Week-End with Father, 2.1n
Weil, Elizabeth
Weisman, Carl, Serious Doubts: Why People Marry When They Know It Won’t Last
Weissmuller, Johnny, 2.1, 2.2
Welles, Orson
Wells, H. G.
We’re Not Married, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
“we’re not married” films, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1n
Westerner, The
westerns, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, itr.4, 2.1, 2.2n, 2.3, 2.4
Westinghouse Company, n
We Who Are Young
Whale, James, n
What a Way to Go!, 2.1n
What Happens in Vegas, 3.1n
What’s Love Got to Do with It
When a Man Loves a Woman
When My Baby Smiles at Me, 2.1n, 2.2
White, Jacqueline
White Cliffs of Dover, The
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
“who’s-in-control?” films
Why Change Your Wife?, 1.1, 1.2
wide screen, 2.1, 3.1
Widmark, Richard
wife, see couple; gender roles; specific actors, films, and genres; women
Wife’s Life, A
Wife’s Romance, A
Wife vs. Secretary
Wilde, Cornel, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1
Wilder, Billy
Wild Orchids, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Williams, Michelle, 3.1, 3.2
Williams, Robert
Williams, Robin
Willis, Bruce, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Wilson
Winchell, Walter, n
Wine of Youth, 1.1 and n
Winger, Debra
Wings for the Eagle
Wings of Eagles, The
Withers, Jane
Without Love, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and n, 2.6n, 2.7
“without-love” marriage, 2.1 and n, 2.2 and n, 2.3, 2.4n
With Six You Get Eggroll
Wizard of Oz, The
Woman in Hiding
Woman of Distinction, A, 2.1n
Woman of the Year, 2.1n, 2.2 and n, 2.3, 2.4
Woman Obsessed, A, 2.1n
women, 2.1; absence of husband, 2.2; annoying habits of wives, 2.3; bride-on-a-journey films, 2.4; “buddy” films, 2.5n; in combat, 2.6n; control, 2.7; doubt, 2.8; driven mad, 2.9; empowerment for, 2.10 and n; following a husband to army camp, 2.11, 2.12; incompatibility, 2.13; lack of communication, 2.14; lesbian, 3.1, 3.2 and n; as little homemakers in late 1940s–early 1950s, 2.15n, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18; “lonely war wife” films, 2.19; murder of, 2.20; as murderers, 2.21 and n; of 1960s, 3.3; of 1970s, 3.4; of 1980s, 3.5, 3.6; 1980s decrease in female roles, 2.22; of 1990s, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9; nuclear couple, 3.10; perfect wife, 2.23; postwar, 2.24; rich, 2.25; sisterhood as alternative to marriage, 2.26; sympathy for infidelity, 2.27; TV sitcom, 2.28; of 2000s–2010s, 3.11, 3.12
; war-plant worker, 2.29, 2.30n, 2.31, 2.32 and n, 2.33, 2.34; wartime, 2.35; weddings, 3.13; what they want in a mate, 2.36; white vs. black as breadwinners, 2.37 and n, 2.38n; see also gender roles; specific actors, films, and shows
Women, The, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Women Are Like That, itr.1n
Wonderful Thing, The
Wood, Natalie, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Woodward, Joanne, 2.1, 2.2n; in Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5; Newman and, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8
World War I
World War II, itr.1, itr.2n, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3n; films, 2.13; husband returns home from, 2.14; leading men enlisted in, 2.15, 2.16 and n, 2.17; “lonely wife” films, 2.18; see also war films
Wray, Fay, 2.1, 2.2
Wright, Teresa
Wuthering Heights
Wyatt, Jane, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3
Wyman, Jane, 2.1, 2.2n, 2.3n, 2.4
Wynyard, Diana, 2.1n, 2.2n
Yates, Richard, Revolutionary Road
Yearling, The
Yes or No
Yesterday’s Wife
“yoo-hoo” films
Yorkin, Bud
You and Me
You Belong to Me
Young, Chic
Young, Loretta, itr.1, 2.1n, 2.2n, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
Young, Robert, itr.1, itr.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3n, 2.4, 2.5; in Father Knows Best, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9
Young Man with Ideas
You’re My Everything
Yours, Mine and Ours, 3.1, 3.2
Zacharek, Stephanie
Ziegfeld, Flo, 2.1n, 2.2
Zola, Emile
PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS
Courtesy of Robert Gottlieb: 2.35
Courtesy of Photofest: col1.1, 1.1, 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 2.5, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.15, 2.18, 2.23, 2.25, 2.27, 2.28, 2.29, 2.32, 2.33, 2.34, 2.37, 2.46, 2.49, 2.50, 2.52, 2.53, 2.54, 2.58, 2.59, 2.60, 2.63, 2.64, 2.65, 2.67, 2.68, 2.70, 2.72, 2.75, 2.76, 2.79, 2.80, 2.81, 2.85, 2.86, 2.87, 2.89, 2.91, 2.92, 2.93, 2.94, 2.96, 2.97, 2.100, 2.101, 2.102, 2.104, 2.105, 2.106, 2.107, 3.3, 3.8, 3.14.
Wesleyan Cinema Archives: 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.4, 2.6, 2.17, 2.21, 2.22, 2.24, 2.39, 2.40, 2.42, 2.43, 2.44, 2.45, 2.55, 2.56, 2.62, 2.69, 2.73, 2.74, 2.82, 2.88, 2.95, 2.99, 2.103, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18.
University of Wisconsin Archives: 1.2, 2.7, 2.8, 2.36, 2.38, 2.41, 2.51, 2.57, 2.61, 2.66, 2.71, 2.83, 2.84, 2.90, 2.98, 3.1, 3.2, 3.10.
A Note About the Author
JEANINE BASINGER is the chair of film studies at Wesleyan University and the curator of the cinema archives there. She has written nine other books on film, including A Woman’s View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women 1930–1960; Silent Stars, winner of the William K. Everson Film History Award; Anthony Mann; The World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of a Genre; and American Cinema: One Hundred Years of Filmmaking, the companion book for a ten-part PBS series.
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