Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
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Adorée, Renée, 179
Affairs of Anatol, The, 104–5, 106
Alexandria Hotel, 29
Alias Jimmy Valentine, 176
Allen, J. Weston, 122
Alvarado Court, 6, 30, 47, 86, 108, 182, 187, 207, 217, 238, 405
Alvarado Street, 82
Ambassador Hotel, 109, 181, 334
American Federation of Labor, 295
American Humane Society, 85
American Legion, 295
Anderson, Maxwell, 387
Anne of Green Gables, 60
Antitrust regulation, 40, 147–48
Apollo Theater, 154
SS Aquitania, 107, 220
Arbuckle, Minta, 297
Arbuckle, Roscoe “Fatty,” 23, 104, 132, 158–59, 294
and Adolph Zukor, 155–57
arrest, 149
banning of films, 156, 279–82
comeback, 276–79
comeback backlash, 333–39
compromise, 338–39
“Fatty and Mabel” comedy shorts, 151
FTC charges, impact on, 158
Gasoline Gus, 276–79
hearing, 159
marriage, 150
reaction to murder, 206
scandal, blamed on Jews, 169
trial, 166, 221
vaudeville, 296
verdict, 275
verdict reception, 275–76
Zukor letter, 160
Associated Producers, 65, 94
Astor, John Jacob, 12
Astor Hotel, 261
Auntie Mame, 421
Automatic Vaudeville, 35, 65
Bachardy, Don, 422
Balaban, Barney, 393, 424
Balaban & Katz, 392, 424
Balestier, Beatty, 311
Banksia Place Sanitarium, 331
Barnes, Eleanor, 201
Barnes, Julius, 337
Bartholomew, Frank, 200
Beach, Rex, 121
Beaverbrook, Lord, 39
Benson, Betty, 50
Berger, Marjorie, 268, 396
Berkey, Arista “Writ,” 319–20
Berlin, Irving, 393
Bernhardt, Sarah, 37
Beverly Hilton, 426
Biograph Company, 45
Block-booking, 132, 135, 389
Blue, Monte, 82
Bluhdorn, Charles, 426
Blythe, Betty, 261
Bone, Leon, 356, 409
Boole, Ella, 105
Brady, Alice, 54
Brady, Matthew, 151, 333
Brady, William A., 101, 105, 120, 137, 157, 159
Brew, Julia, 72–73, 267, 386, 401
Brisbane, Arthur, 261
Broun, Heywood, 386
Brown, Frank, 62
Brownlow, Kevin, 423
Brunton Studios, 29, 30, 31
Longacre stage, 31
Bryson, James, 163–64, 184, 283
bad check, 164–65
Buccaneer, The, 387
Bunker Hill neighborhood, 24
Burke, Billie, 54
Burke, Joe, 372, 373
Burns, Edith, 267–68, 360
Busch, Mae, 46
Bushnell, Asa S., 321
Bushnell, John L., 311–12, 317–26, 344, 352–54, 365, 377
family, 322
letters, 366
Cabanne, Christy, 144
Cabanne, Vivien, 144, 257
Cadillac Hotel, 164, 341
Cahill, William, 142
Calnay, James, 270–71, 288
Camille, 146, 147, 148
Capone, Al, 260
Captain Alvarez, 130
Carson, Frank, 257–60
Cartier, Mr. and Mrs. Jacques, 107
Casablanca, 421
Casa Margarita, 307, 400
Cast of Killers, A, 408
Cato, E. R., 142
censorship, xiii, 14–15, 30, 33, 85, 100, 251, 253–54
and antitrust regulation, 40
and Arbuckle, 276–79, 279–82
Ellen O’Grady testimony, 120–22
fight against, 18
the Formula, 392
and Hollywood parties, 327–28
law, 121
power of women on boards and clubs, 68–70
production code, 102
Production Code Administration, 424
unsuccessful, 369
Chamber of Commerce, 295
Chambers, Joseph, 5
Chandler, Harry, 358
Chaplin, Charlie, 6
Chaplin, Sydney, 90
Chapman, Woodlawn, 336
Chase, William Sheafe, 121, 331, 348–49
Cheseboro, Ray L., 52
Chopin, Frédéric, 33
Christian, George B., 134
Christie, Al, 26, 52, 126, 183, 387
Church, Mrs. Norman, 385
Clapham, Leonard, 184, 185, 288, 354, 365, 387
aka Tom London, 387
later life, 420
Cline, Herman, 234
Clune’s Broadway Theater, 84
Coates, Edward, 106
Coconut Grove, 179, 181
Cody, Lew, 387
Cohen, Sydney S., 38, 41, 70, 134, 135, 223, 261, 300
and Ellen O’Grady, 70
FTC testimony, 347, 350
Collins, Dapper Don, 243
Committee on Moving Pictures of the City Federation of Women’s Clubs, 105
Compson, Betty, 32
Connelley, Earl J., 355, 364, 366, 371, 372–74
Connette, Honore, 283–85, 417
extra for Taylor, 284
gun, 284, 285
Connick, H. D. H., 349
Coolidge, Calvin, 368
Cooney, Patrick J., 372
Corona Typewriter Company, 144
Courtell, Juliet, 267
Covarrubias, Miguel, 386
Covered Wagon, The, 370
Coward, The, 26
Cowboy and the Lady, The, 286
Cox, James, 64
Crafts, Wilbur F., 99–101, 120, 160
death, 336
and Fatty Arbuckle, 151–52, 154
production code, 105–6
Crawford-Ivers, Julia, 111, 114, 172, 197, 200, 225, 240
Crowninshield, Frank, 393
Cruise of the Kawa, The (Traprock), 205
Cruze, James, 370
Dallas, Jim, 342, 372
Daniel, Viora, 183, 288
Daniels, Bebe, 32
Daughters of the American Revolution, 295
Davenport, Alice, 327–28
Davis, James, 261
Davis, William, 186, 187, 190
Deane-Tanner, Ada, 111, 221
Deane-Tanner, Denis, 221
Deane-Tanner, Ethel Daisy, 213, 241
Dearborn Independent, 169
Dedham, Massachusetts, 60
Deed of Death, A, 408
Dell, Ethel M., 187
Dell, Floyd, 196
Delmonico’s restaurant, 36, 65, 101, 236
DeMille, Cecil B., 32, 79, 91, 102, 106, 250
and production code, 104
reaction to murder, 220–21
Desmond, William, 359
Dines, Courtland, 383–84
Dix, Richard, 32
Dixon, Thomas, 173, 222, 235
Dodd, Rev. Neal, 33
Dodge, Pauline, 133, 135
Doherty, Edward, 223, 242, 245, 249–50, 384
Dominguez, Frank, 52, 151, 157–59, 372–74, 418
Dominick & Dominick, 118
Doran, William, 246
Douglas, James C., 51
Duffus, R. L., 20
Dumas, Verne, 195, 197
Durfee, Minta “Mintrattie,” 150
Dwan, Allan, 43, 387
Dyer, Elmer, 309, 354
Eagels, Jeanne, 386
Eangler, Caroline W., 253
East of Eden, 421
Eaton, Chauncey, 62–63, 82, 400
Eggert, Mrs. Thomas H., 68
Eiseman
, Rabbi Aaron, 395
Ellicott, Milton, 31
Emerson, John, 261
Evening Telegraph, 276
Eyton, Charles, 91–92, 199, 200, 223, 225, 226, 238, 240, 250
handkerchief, 247
release of Minter letters, 245
statement about murder, 206
and Taylor papers, 238–39, 250
Fairbanks, Douglas, 32, 34, 64, 79, 91, 94, 154, 177–78, 262
Famous Players–Lasky, 11, 13, 14, 26, 27
alliance against, 135
antitrust laws, 147–48
and death of Taylor, 199–200, 222–23
drugs, 91–92
and FTC, 134, 147, 149
and Graumann Theaters, 390
papers from Taylor, 225
production code, 102
production move to California, 225
reaction to murder, 206–7
release of Minter letters, 245
stock issue, 39
stock market value, 14, 148, 225, 276, 348
success of, 13
trustification of industry, 133
upswing, 299
Fatty and Mabel Adrift, 152
Feagan’s jewelry store, 174, 180
Federal Council of Churches of Christ, 295
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 40, 147–48
action against Famous Players, 134
hearings on Famous Players-Lansky, 347–48, 349–51
hearings on movie industry, 332
and White House, 134
and Zukor, 389
Federation of Women’s Clubs, 279, 294, 334–35, 337, 384
Fellows, Harry, 29, 61, 84, 108, 180, 197, 199, 200, 215, 225
Fellows, Howard, 143, 197
Ferguson, Hilda, 292
Film Daily, 167, 245, 337, 369, 394
First National Pictures, 38, 389
Fischer, Nicholas, 354
Fitts, Buron, 399
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 32, 424–25
Flagg, James Montgomery, 387
Flamingo Hotel, 224
Ford, Henry, 169
blame on Jews for scandal, 169
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The, 146
Fox, William, 67, 101
Francisco, Betty, 181
Franklin Theatre, 365
Frayne, Hugh, 261, 338
Frear, James A., 368
Fremont Place, 26, 56, 80
Freud, Sigmund, 190
Frohman, Charles, 57
Fuller, W. Hayes, 347–48, 349
Furnace, The, 87
Fussell, Betty Harper, 410
Garbutt, Frank, 238
Gardner, Margaret, 52
Garrick Theater, 277
Garrow, Ida, 237
Gasoline Gus, 155, 156, 276–79, 280
Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs, 296
Gerber, Neva, 86, 87–88, 109, 241
Gershwin, George, 386
Gibson, Charles Dana, 45
Gibson, Margaret “Gibby,” 24–26, 34, 48–54, 75–79, 94–97, 110, 123, 125–30, 139, 151, 162–63, 270–71, 405–7
Across the Border, 162
aka Pat Lewis, 407
aka Patricia Palmer, 25, 53–54, 110
and Al Christie, 126–27, 183
arrest, 52, 371, 372
Associated Producers, 97
bail, 372
blackmail by Lasher, 365
and Bushnell, 418
childhood, 25–26
Cowboy and the Lady, The, 287–90
dismissal of charges, 374
and Don Osborn, 75–79, 94–98, 184
and Don Osborn, proposal for Read, 94–97
and Don Osborn kickbacks, 185
dreams, 185
and Elbert Lewis, 418
financial trouble, 126
Golden Trail, The, 94
Greater Than Love, 95, 97
and independent producers, 162
and J. Parker Read, 94–95, 96, 97
and Joe Pepa, 48, 49–53
Kiss, The, 129
To the Ladies, 370
Lasher scam, 340–43
Lasky, power over, 417
marriage, 370, 387, 418
and Minter, 287–90
Mr. Billings Spends His Dime, 312–13
Pair of Hellions, A, 343, 365
papers, 407
Patricia Palmer Productions, 270–71
quest for fame, 48
rental income, 49
rental income, and Don Osborn, 165
residence, 24, 26
responsibility for murder, 416–17
return to Colorado, 162
scams, 125–26
slip into obscurity, 387
and Taylor, history with, 26, 54
and Taylor, knowledge of homosexuality, 130
and Taylor blackmail, 413
at Taylor funeral, 243
and Taylor scam, 128–30
and Taylor secrets, 413
Tempest, The, 75–76
testimony, 52–53
train accident, 289–90
trial, 52–53
vow to mother, 48–49
Web of the Law, The, 309–10
westerns, 25
Gibson, Tom, 309
Girl Scouts, 295
Giroux, Robert, 408
Gish, Lillian, 146, 154
Glaum, Louise, 94
Glennister, J. W., 105
Glen Springs Sanatorium, 71–72, 74
Golden Trail, The, 94
Goldwyn, Sam, 23, 46, 90, 101, 261, 368, 390
and Mabel Normand, 72–73, 93
Grant, Lawrence, 186–87
Grau, Robert, 138
Grauman, Sid, 156, 250, 251, 390
banning Arbuckle films, 155–56
Greater Than Love, 95, 97, 110, 126
Green, Tom, 91–92, 153
Green Temptation, The, 180
Greer, Horace, 383–84
Griffith, D. W., 14, 17, 45, 101, 106
Guinan, Texas, 386
Hahn, S.S., 51, 383, 384
Hamburger’s department store, 96, 173, 312
Hamilton, Mahlon, 110
Hammerstein, Arthur, 339, 393
Hamsun, Knut, 188
Harding, Warren G., 64, 67, 134
death, 368
Harriman, Mrs. Oliver, 338
Harrington, Neil J., 144, 181, 195, 197, 213, 414
Harris, Nick, 304–5, 307
Harron, Robert, 12–13, 31, 33, 123
cover-up, 17
death, 17
D. W. Griffith, demotion by, 14
funeral, 18
shooting, 13
Hart, William S., 177–78
Hartley, Floyd, 186, 414
Harvey, Brinton McClellan, 368
Hays, Helen, 170, 330, 334
Hays, Will H., 166–71, 251, 261, 291–97, 330–39, 391–92
and Arbuckle, 332, 333–34
Arbuckle announcement, 334
Arbuckle backlash, 334–39
Arbuckle compromise, 338–39
Arbuckle films, banning of, 279–82
Arbuckle letter, 296
Arbuckle statement, 281
Astor Hotel meeting, 261–65
Astor Hotel meeting, speech, 264–65
belief in the market, 169
consolidations, 332
contract renewal, 392
decision to join industry, 178
description, 167
divorce, 367, 423
drugs, 331
duties, 262
Europe, 367–68
family history, 169
the Formula, 92
Gibson, charges against, 418
Gibson’s release, role in, 374–75
goals, 263
growing power, 332
at Hollywood Bowl, 291–97
later life, 423–24
life insurance, 178
and Loew, 333, 351
Loew, death of, 395
> marriage, 170–71
office, 262
political career, 167
Production Code Administration, 424
Public Relations Committee, 295, 300, 336–37, 338, 368
readjustment of industry, 369
and Reid, 331–32
reimagining industry, 332
religion, 171
and The Sins of Hollywood, 294
top-secret memo, 332
Zukor, control by, 292
Zukor, letter to, 167–68
Hearst, William Randolph, 216, 261, 390
Heart Specialist, The, 204
Hendrick, Peter A., 105
Herron, Mark L., 294, 372–73
release of Gibson, 373, 374
Hickenlooper, Smith, 371, 380
Higham, Charles, 408
Hilo Tribune, 284
Hodkinson, W. W., 65, 66, 349
Hollywood Bowl, 19, 291
Hollywood Memorial Cemetery, 244, 259
Hollywood sign, 358
Holmquist, Sigrid, 361
Hoover, Herbert, 168
Hoover, Mrs. Herbert, 338
Hopkins, George James, 86–87, 111, 130, 173, 200, 225, 240
later life, 421
and Mary Miles Minter, outing, 116–17
reaction to murder, 197
and Taylor, relationship, 115–17
Hopper, Hedda, 44
Hotel Alexandria, 45
Hotel Ambassador, 221
Hoyt, Arthur, 198, 200, 235, 241
Hughes, Gareth, 285
Illustrated Films Monthly, 129
Ince, Thomas, 32, 65, 67, 79, 97, 190
Ince Studios, 94
International Reform Bureau, 99
Isherwood, Christopher, 422
Ivers, Julia. See Crawford-Ivers, Julia
Ivy H. Overholtzer mortuary, 208, 212
Jesserun, Emile, 195, 197, 198
Jewett, Christina, 190, 191, 414
Jewish Welfare Board, 295
Johnson, Hiram, 168
Jolson, Al, 386
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Mattison Boyd, 116
Jones, Richard, 269
Joy, Jason S., 300
Kahn, Otto, 39, 119, 351, 393
Kansas City Journal, 337
Katz, Sam, 393
Kaufman, George S., 370
Kennedy, Brownie, 16, 17, 34, 122
Kent, Sidney, 349
Keyes, Asa, 345, 346, 376, 377, 397
indictment, 399
Kid, The, 6
King, Edgar C., 211–19, 222, 231–37, 272–73, 283, 314–15, 345, 396–401
later life, 421
and Minter, 303–8
and Osborn, 357
piece for True Detective Mysteries, 399
and press, 234–35
reputation, 212
and Sands, 231–32
Shelby, plot against, 304–8
and spiritualist, 305
Taylor case, obsession with, 376
Winn, partner, 218–19
Kingsley, Grace, 110, 277
Kingston, Winifred, 83
Kipling, Rudyard, 311
Kirkpatrick, Sidney D., 408
Kirkwood, James, 59
Kiss, The, 129
Kokomo Tribune, 278
Kosloff, Theodore, 180, 236
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., 39
Ladd, Edwin, 368
Laemmle, Carl, 67, 101, 300
Lake, Virginia, 423