by Dan Callahan
Thomson, David, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, Knopf, 2010
Turner, Lana, Lana, Random House, 1989
Vidor, King, A Tree Is a Tree, Samuel French, 1981
Wagner, Robert (with Scott Eyman), Pieces of My Heart: A Life, Harper Entertainment, 2008
Wilkinson, Tichi, and Borie, Marcia, Hollywood Legends: The Golden Years of The Hollywood Reporter, Teale Weaver Publishing, 1988
Wood, Robin, Howard Hawks, British Film Institute, 1981
PERIODICALS
New York Times, June 21, 1931
Los Angeles Examiner, June 21, 1931
Los Angeles Times, July 25, 1931
Liberty Magazine, September 17, 1932
Photoplay, November 7, 1932
Los Angeles Examiner, December 28, 1932
Photoplay, January 1933
Daily News, July 24, 1937
Photoplay, December 1937
Daily Mirror, March 18, 1938
Motion Picture, May 1938
Daily News, November 11, 1939
New York Times, February 23, 1941
New York Times, March 21, 1943
Hollywood Citizen News, August 17, 1944
Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1945
Liberty Magazine, August 11, 1945
Herald Tribune, July 27, 1947
Los Angeles Daily News, February 22, 1951
American Weekly, May 1951
Hollywood Citizen News, March 28, 1952
Colliers, July 12, 1952
Hollywood Reporter, April 23, 1954
Good Housekeeping, July 1954
Parade, August 7, 1955
New York Journal American, January 8, 1965
Sunday News, August 16, 1965
Pageant, May 1967
TV and Picture Life, November 1967
Movie Mirror, November 1967
Movie Life Yearbook, 1968
Family Weekly, August 4, 1968
American Film, September 1968
TV Radio Mirror, July 1972
Movie, January 1973
American Cinematographer, August 1973
Film Comment, March–April 1981
Daily News, April 13, 1981
Hollywood Studio Magazine, March 1982
People Magazine, November 25, 1985
American Film, July–August 1989
People Magazine, February 5, 1990
INDEX
Acosta, Rudolfo, 200
Adler, Luther, 102
Aherne, Brian, 129
Albee, Edward, 99
Albertson, Frank, 56
Albright, Hardie, 62
All I Desire, 179, 181
All That Heaven Allows, 124
Allyson, June, 129
Altman, Robert, 188
Alton, John, 167, 197, 199
Always Goodbye, 65, 66
Anderson, Judith, 151, 193, 194, 196
Andrews, Dana, 136
Annie Oakley, 186, 187
Ann-Margret, 217
Arden, Eve, 123
Arise, My Love, 134
Arnold, Edward, 34
Arthur, Jean, 19, 68, 72, 118
Asther, Nils, 29, 31, 32
Astor, Mary, 155
Avanti!, 139
Awful Truth, The, 110
B. F.’s Daughter, 125, 126
Baby Face, 8, 46, 50, 52, 55, 59, 80, 107
Bachardy, Don, 61
Back Street, 26
Bad Movies We Love, 81
Ball of Fire, 61, 76, 80, 135, 136, 139, 171
Banjo on My Knee, 64, 84
Bankhead, Tallulah, 9, 73, 78, 104
Barbara Frietchie, 10
Barbara Stanwyck Show, The, 206
Bari, Lynn, 66
Barrett, Edith, 157, 158
Barrymore, Lionel, 48
Basehart, Richard, 129
Bass, Saul, 208
Bay of Angels, 157
Beachum, Stephanie, 218
Beckett, Samuel, 173
Beery, Wallace, 64
Begley, Ed, 174
Belasco, David, 17
Bell Jar, The, 81
Bellamy, Ralph, 27, 28, 56
Benderson, Bruce, 86
Bennett, Belle, 83, 84
Bennett, Joan, 183
Bennett, Leila, 41
Bergman, Ingrid, 171
Berman, Pandro S., 101
Bernds, Edward, 19, 28
Bernhardt, Curtis, 124
Bernstein, Elmer, 208
Bettger, Lyle, 161, 164, 183
Bewitched, 173
Big Valley, The, 210, 211, 214, 219
Bitter Tea of General Yen, The, 28, 29, 30, 32, 35, 49, 112, 158, 178, 202
Blackmer, Sidney, 75
Blandick, Clara, 30, 49, 50
Blazing Saddles, 201
Bless You, Sister, 23
Blondell, Joan, 37, 47
Blore, Eric, 69, 115, 119
Blowing Wild, 196
Body and Soul, 151
Boetticher, Budd, 186
Bogart, Humphrey, 155
Bohnen, Roman, 151
Boles, John, 64, 88, 90
Bond, Ward, 196, 197
Bondi, Beulah, 114
Bordertown, 147
Borzage, Frank, 59
Bow, Clara, 46
Boyd, William “Stage,” 14
Boyer, Charles, 123
Brackett, Charles, 128, 137, 141
Brady, Alice, 23
Brady, Scott, 199
Brando, Marlon, 91
Breakfast for Two, 69
Brennan, Walter, 34
Brent, George, 41, 54, 122, 123
Bresson, Robert, 6, 23
Bribe, The, 126
Bride Walks Out, The, 67, 68, 70
Bride Wore Boots, The, 72
Bringing Up Baby, 110, 136
Brink, Carol, 179, 182
Broadway Nights, 11
Broderick, Helen, 68
Bromfield, John, 191
Bronson, Betty, 14
Bronson, Charles, 211
Brooks, Louise, 127
Brooks, Mel, 201
Brown, Clarence, 127, 128
Bruce, Nigel, 155
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, 188
Buñuel, Luis, 138
Burgess, Dorothy, 51
Burlesque, 12, 13, 25
Burnett, Carol, 174
Burr, Raymond, 170
Burstyn, Ellen, 221
Busch, Niven, 192, 196
Byington, Spring, 34
Caged, 64
Cagney, James, 9, 11, 132, 133
Cain, James M., 139, 140, 141, 143, 146, 147, 149, 150
Caine, Georgia, 113, 114
Calhern, Louis, 129, 164
California, 189
Calleia, Joseph, 75, 104
Cameron, James, 128
Camille, 171
Campanella, Joseph, 218
Capra, Frank, 3, 6, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 45, 63, 75, 88, 95, 116, 144, 154, 156, 174, 178, 180, 185, 189, 202, 203, 219, 222
Capra, Helen, 27
Capra, Lu, 24, 27
Capucine, 207
Carleton, Claire, 167
Carlson, Richard, 180, 181
Carnofsky, Morris, 102
Caron, Leslie, 78, 164, 165
Carroll, Jack “Jidge,” 201
Carroll, Nancy, 13
Carter, Ann, 155
Carter, Jimmy, 61
Carter, Mrs. Leslie, 83
Cassavetes, John, 23
Castle, William, 77
Cather, Willa, 58, 59
Cattle Queen of Montana, 197, 199
Chamberlain, Richard, 214, 215, 217
Chandler, Raymond, 141, 143
Chanel, Coco, 89
Charisse, Cyd, 126, 127
Charlie’s Angels, 212
Chase, Chevy, 219
Chase, Mary, 73
Chatterton, Ruth, 11, 23, 84
Cherryman, Rex, 10, 11, 1
2
Chinatown, 192
Christie, Julie, 59
Christmas in Connecticut, 71, 155
Citizen Kane, 172
Clarke, Mae, 9, 10, 25
Clash by Night, 19, 104, 106, 180, 197
Cobb, Lee J., 104
Coburn, Charles, 115, 125
Coffee, Lenore, 121
Cohn, Harry, 16, 20, 26, 103
Colbert, Claudette, 19, 118, 146
Colbys, The, 218
Coleman, Nancy, 122
Colman, Ronald, 83
Connelly, Walter, 31, 33
Conte, Richard, 125
Cook, Elisha, Jr., 11
Cooper, Gary, 34, 87, 105, 135, 136, 138, 139, 197
Corey, Harriet, 75
Corey, Wendell, 158, 175, 193
Cornell, Katharine, 122
Cortez, Ricardo, 48, 59
Cotton, Joseph, 164, 165
Coulouris, George, 190
Cowan, Jerome, 123
Cowl, Jane, 163
Crawford, Christina, 85
Crawford, Joan, 3, 49, 67, 78, 118, 121, 131, 143, 171, 174, 199
Crews, Laura Hope, 64
Crime of Passion, 167, 169
Criss Cross, 158
Cromwell, John, 13, 64
Crowther, Bosley, 126
Cry in the Dark, A, 220
Cry Wolf, 155
Cummings, Robert, 72
Daily Worker, The, 61
Dali, Salvador, 77
Dance of Life, The, 13
Dano, Royal, 168
Dark Victory, 121
Darwell, Jane, 183
Davies, Marion, 94
Davis, Bette, 3, 40, 47, 63, 64, 67, 78, 81, 99, 118, 121, 126, 147, 171, 174, 175, 208, 214, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222
Davis, Nancy (Reagan), 61, 127
Davis, Nick, 144
de Havilland, Olivia, 78
De Niro, Robert, 107
de Toth, Andre, 4, 124, 125, 186
de Vlaminck, Maurice, 217
Deep Blue Sea, The, 176
Dehner, John, 200
del Río, Dolores, 197
Dell, Myrna, 195
Delmar, Vina, 41
Demarest, William, 115
DeMille, Cecil B., 188
Demy, Jacques, 157
Deneuve, Catherine, 219
Denning, Richard, 161
Dennis, Sandy, 221
DeSantis, Joe, 164, 165
Desti, Mary, 109
DeSylva, Buddy, 142
Dieterle, William, 3, 60
Dietrich, Marlene, 3, 21, 29, 32, 124, 140
DiOrio, Al, 3
Divorcee, The, 172
Dix, Beulah Marie, 57
Dmytryk, Edward, 208
Dodd, Claire, 58
Donlevy, Brian, 42
Dooley, Johnny, 9
Double Indemnity (film), 50, 139, 151, 176, 196, 202, 212, 215
Double Indemnity (novel), 140, 141, 142
Douglas, Kirk, 152, 153
Douglas, Melvyn, 187, 188
Douglas, Paul, 104, 105, 107, 129
Duncan, Isadora, 81, 109
Dunne, Irene, 67, 72, 115, 118
Dürrenmaat, Friedrich, 218
Duryea, Dan, 135
Duse, Eleonora, 16
Duvivier, Julien, 123
Dwan, Allan, 186, 199
Dynasty, 218
Eagels, Jeanne, 9, 11, 28
East Side, West Side, 126
Easy Living, 109
Ebsen, Buddy, 64
Edwards, Blake, 160
Edwards, Cliff, 62
Epstein, Mel, 110
Epstein, Philip G., 70
Ericson, John, 201
Erskine, Chester, 166
Escape to Burma, 199
Ethier, Alphonse, 53
Etting, Ruth, 47
Evans, Linda, 210, 218, 219
Ever in My Heart, 56, 58, 101
Executive Suite, 129, 131
Ex-Lady, 47
Farber, Manny, 104
Farmer, Frances, 102
Farrell, Glenda, 60
Farrow, John, 189, 190
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 178
Fay, Dion (son), 47, 54, 73, 84, 85, 86, 87, 122, 133, 183
Fay, Frank (husband), 12, 16, 21, 24, 27, 36, 37, 38, 41, 48, 61, 68, 73, 76, 144, 147, 149, 189
Feldman, Charles K., 207
Ferber, Edna, 39
Ferguson, Helen, 160, 163, 168
Fields, W. C., 136
File on Thelma Jordan, The, 158, 159, 160
Film Comment, 101
Fitzgerald, Barry, 100, 101, 190
Fitzgerald and Pride, 212
Fitzmaurice, George, 12, 13
Flamingo Road, 72
Flesh and Fantasy, 123
Fletcher, Lucille, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176
Florey, Robert, 60
Flynn, Errol, 155
Foch, Nina, 129, 131, 132
Fonda, Henry, 70, 105, 115, 116, 117, 118
Fonda, Jane, 208, 219
Fontaine, Joan, 171
Forbidden, 26, 27, 28, 32, 48, 212, 219
Ford, John, 3, 99, 100, 101, 102, 154, 186
Foreign Affair, A, 134
Forty Guns, 200, 201, 203, 205, 208
Foster, Preston, 51, 100, 187, 188
Fountainhead, The, 54
Frances, 221
Francis, Kay, 59
Frederick, Pauline, 11
Fregonese, Hugo, 196
Freud, Sigmund, 145, 193
Friedlander, Anatole, 10
Frings, Ketti, 158
Fuller, Sam, 4, 142, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205
Furies, The, 190, 191, 194, 196, 197
Gable, Clark, 38, 75, 87, 127, 128
Gallagher, Tag, 101
Gambling Lady, 58
Garbo, Greta, 3, 30, 32, 49, 99, 134, 171
Gardner, Ava, 76, 126, 127
Garfield, John, 102
Gaslight, 171
Gay Sisters, The, 121
George, Gladys, 95
Georgia, 221
Ghosts, 99
Gilbert, Billy, 68
Gilda, 44
Gish, Lillian 201, 218, 219, 220
Glass Menagerie, The, 99
Glass Slipper, The, 79
Gleason, James, 34
Glyn, Elinor, 84
Go-Between, The, 59
Goddess, The, 64
Godfrey, Peter, 71, 155
Golden Boy, 102
Goldwyn, Samuel, 84, 87, 88, 134, 136
Gone with the Wind (novel), 213
Goodman, Benny, 136
Gordan, Gavin, 30, 31
Gordon, Michael, 156
Gordon, Ruth, 81
Graham, Sheilah, 75
Grand Hotel, 49, 129
Granger, Farley, 80
Graves, Ralph, 18, 21, 23
Gray, Billy, 183
Great Man’s Lady, The, 40, 41
Grey, Zane, 199
Griffith, D. W., 188
Green, Alfred E., 59
Greenstreet, Sydney, 71, 72
Grieving Senses, The, 175
Gropper, Milton Herbert, 17
G-String Murders, The, 43
Guinan, Texas, 8
Gwenn, Edmund, 176
Hale, Alan, 39, 91, 94
Halliday, Jon, 178
Harding, Ann, 23
Hardy, Sam, 15, 24, 25, 26, 34
Harlow, Jean, 74
Harris, Julie, 221
Harris, Theresa, 52, 64
Hart, Kitty Carlisle, 75
Hart, Lorenz, 47
Hart, Moss, 75
Hartley, L.P., 59
Harvey (play), 73
Harvey, James, 115, 179
Harvey, Laurence, 207
Haskin, Byron, 152
Hawks, Howard, 4, 67, 110, 136, 139, 160, 186
Hayden, Sterling, 168
Haydn, Richard, 136
Hayes, Helen, 138
Haynes, Todd, 124
Ha
yward, Susan, 51, 146
Hayworth, Rita, 44, 64
Head, Edith, 43, 44, 110, 115, 125, 137, 153
Heart of Darkness, 54
Heather, Jean, 149
Heerman, Victor, 88
Heflin, Van, 125, 126, 152, 153, 154
Hemingway, Ernest, 5
Henderson, Marcia, 180
Hepburn, Katharine, 3, 67, 70, 72, 95, 99, 100, 115, 118, 219, 220, 221, 222
Herrmann, Bernard, 177
Hersholt, Jean, 74, 83
Hickman, Darryl, 151
His Brother’s Wife, 74
Hitchcock, Alfred, 160, 176
Hoffman, Gertrude, 159
Holden, William, 103, 104, 129, 131, 132, 213
Holt, Tim, 96
Hopkins, Miriam, 78
Hopper, Hedda, 129
House of Bamboo, 202
House That Would Not Die, The, 211
House Un-American Activities Committee, 61
Howard, Kathleen, 136
Howell, Dorothy, 15
Hunter, Ross, 178
Hurst, Fannie, 26
Hustler, The, 151
Huston, John, 141, 192
Huston, Walter, 26, 190, 191, 193
Hutton, Betty, 81
I Married a Dead Man, 160
Idiot, The, 213
I’ll Cry Tomorrow, 51
Illicit, 46, 47
Internes Can’t Take Money, 65
It Happened One Night, 62
It’s a Gift, 136
Jagger, Dean, 203
James, Joni, 199
Janney, William, 16
Jason, Leigh, 67, 68
Jeopardy, 165
Jezebel, 84
Johnny Belinda, 171
Johnny Eager, 75
Johnny Guitar, 199
Jolson, Al, 80
June, Ray, 13
Jurado, Katy, 197
Kael, Pauline, 15
Kane, Joe, 199
Kazan, Elia, 17, 102
Kehr, Dave, 65
Keith, Brian, 198
Kelton, Pert, 187
Kennedy, Edward, 10
Kennedy, Tom, 111
Killers, The, 158
King, Henry, 83, 84, 94
Kiss Me, Stupid, 139
Kleno, Larry, 219, 220
Kobal, John, 67, 123, 175, 208
Korda, Alexander, 16
Kruger, Otto, 56
Krupa, Gene, 136
Kuhn, Mickey, 151
La Hiff, Billy, 10, 13
La Rocque, Rod, 13, 14
Ladies of Leisure, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 35, 46, 48, 50, 75, 115, 171, 217
Ladies of the Evening, 17
Ladies They Talk About, 50, 52, 169
Lady Eve, The, 47, 67, 70, 76, 109, 110, 112, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 122, 135, 171, 172, 193, 212, 215
Lady Gambles, The, 156, 157
Lady of Burlesque, 43
Lake, Veronica, 140
Lancaster, Burt, 174, 176
Lang, Fritz, 4, 104, 106, 180
Lange, Jessica, 221
Laughton, Charles, 158
Lawrence, Frieda, 23
Lee, Gypsy Rose, 43
Lehman, Ernest, 129
Leigh, Jennifer Jason, 221
Leigh, Vivien, 176
Leisen, Mitchell, 3, 109, 110, 113, 114, 134, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164
Leonard, Robert, 126
Letter, The (1929 film), 9, 28