Fleming, Sara Elizabeth “Sally,” 3–4, 166–7, 169, 195; childhood of, 270, 284, 301, 302, 317, 360, 385–8, 392, 445, 492, 495, 497–8; on Lu Fleming, 206, 207, 219, 392, 463; on VF, 302, 385–8, 394, 422, 445, 454, 463
Fleming, Victor: adventurousness and risk-taking of, 3, 5, 7, 10, 50–1, 92–4, 95, 99–100, 118, 170–5, 179–80, 388–91; amateur aviation of, 3, 33, 93–4, 119, 159–60, 164, 175, 233, 259–60, 270; anticommunist political involvement of, 63, 407–8, 425–30, 434–5; anti-Semitism charged to, 38, 348–9, 433–4; attractiveness to women of, 5, 7, 8–9, 92, 99, 102, 103, 166, 324, 358; autobiography of, 14, 17, 22, 24–6, 32–6, 42, 44, 55–6, 61–4, 70, 174, 180, 488; automobile racing of, 3, 20, 24–9, 33–4, 92, 98, 100, 165; birth of, 4, 5, 15, 55; childhood and adolescence of, 5, 15, 16–23, 24, 503; cinematography of, 4, 5, 11, 34–5, 36–7, 44, 45, 47–8, 51, 52, 57–60, 63–4, 67–74, 75–7, 324; early jobs of, 4, 19–20, 25–8, 30–1; earnings and wealth of, 159, 165, 170, 176, 177, 286, 358; education of, 17, 22–3, 24; fame and success of, 5, 9–10, 23, 102; family background of, 11–23, 92, 503; fatherhood of, 3, 31, 37, 93, 235, 270, 284, 316, 445; first European trip of, 66–73; first marriage and divorce of, 27–8, 29, 31, 61; first professional break of, 11, 29, 32, 40; generosity of, 3, 17–18, 106, 160, 164; girlfriends and lovers of, 3, 17, 31, 32, 47, 61, 81–2, 92, 95–6, 99, 102–4, 105, 111, 114, 116–18, 124–9, 131–2, 135–8, 143, 146, 158, 165, 316, 355; government investigation of, 61–3; death of, 4, 9, 93, 206, 355, 374, 386, 480, 492–3, 498; humor of, 144, 193–4, 301–2; hunting and travel of, 3, 7, 19, 170–4, 179–80, 201, 207, 230–2, 498–9; intelligence and ingenuity of, 7, 8, 40, 58, 62; kidney stones and surgery for, 141, 177, 204, 207, 229, 234, 235, 248; last will of, 497–8; masculinity of, 3, 5, 7, 8, 77, 91, 93, 99–100, 126, 161, 163, 257, 324, 386, 435; melancholy and brooding of, 3, 6, 322, 338–9; military training films of, 4, 57, 58; motorcycling of, 3, 388–91; mythical Indian heritage of, 9, 12, 19, 42, 322, 392; “Old-Time Wild Man” image of, 8–9; physical appearance and stature of, 7, 9, 31, 37, 51, 102, 135, 226, 270–1, 328, 495; pranks and practical jokes of, 5, 22, 26, 50–1, 84, 99, 124, 127, 301–2, 329, 491; second marriage and family life of, 3, 7, 61, 385–9, 444–5; social life of, 3, 99, 117, 118, 143, 386–91, 491–2; speech patterns of, 13, 92; taxi driving of, 26–27; vigor and physicality of, 5, 7, 8, 20, 50–1, 77, 84, 99–100; World War I military service of, 4, 11, 22, 26, 54–74
Fleming, Victor, director: artistic achievement of, 5, 85, 99, 282, 501–4; child actors and, 39, 40, 214–18, 249–50, 272–3, 301–2, 339, 347–8, 380–1; deft handling of sound by, 151–2, 164, 252; departure from visual orthodoxy by, 52, 78, 80, 101; directorial debut of, 48, 77–81; freshness and modernism of, 5; as “man’s director” vs. “woman’s director,” 7, 104, 272, 320, 358; method and directorial style of, 39, 78–81, 84–5, 133–4, 162, 185–6, 197, 225–6, 229, 247–8, 332–3, 362, 439–40; power and authority of, 3, 8, 176, 228, 302–3, 307, 324, 326, 330, 335; realism and action specialties of, 7–8, 25, 179, 226; relations of actors and collaborators with, 3, 4–8, 146, 224, 225–7, 229, 249–52, 272, 277, 298–9, 301–3; reviews of, 78, 83, 85, 91, 94, 96, 102, 104, 105, 110, 115, 128, 135, 140–1, 163, 195–6, 199, 212–13, 228–9, 253–4, 268, 350, 421, 438; sensitivity and dedication of, 7, 39, 177, 191, 197, 273, 327; sexuality depicted by, 4, 6, 7, 9–10, 180–1, 186–90, 202–03, 364–6, 370–1, 505; shaping of actors’ screen personas by, 4–7, 9, 42, 145–6, 150, 225; technical savvy of, 6, 7–8, 20, 51, 52, 79, 80, 333–4; theory of sex as a fight, 401, 443; work ethic and enterprise of, 18, 87, 99, 175, 195, 337
Fleming, Victoria Sue, 15, 136, 169, 180, 233; birth of, 219; childhood of, 233, 256, 257, 270, 301, 309, 317, 360, 386–8, 445, 495, 497–8; on Lu Fleming, 192, 193–4, 219, 392, 492; on VF, 209, 256, 284, 340, 359, 360, 386–7, 426, 445, 454, 492
Fleming, William Richard Lonzo “Lon,” 11–13, 14–17, 23; heart condition and early death of, 5, 12, 16–17, 18, 29, 266
Floor Below, The, 60
Flying A film company, 30–2, 34–7
Flynn, Errol, 43, 107, 142, 353–4
Flynn, Maurice B., 100
Foelsch, Richard, 281
Folsey, George, 411
Fonda, Henry, 224–8
Fonda, Peter, 148
Fontaine, Joan, 498
Forbes, Mary, 205
Forbstein, Leo, 392
Ford, Harry Chapman, 94
Ford, Henry, 18
Ford, John, 9, 117, 185, 225, 228, 231, 236–7, 258, 330, 354, 358, 396, 401, 403, 427, 499, 501–2
Forgotten Village, The, 356–7
Forman, Tom, 148
Fort Sill, 56, 57, 64
Fosdick, Raymond Blaine, 69, 71
Fowler, Gene, 403
Fox Film Corporation, 228–9, 235, 241, 285, 336; VF’s years with, 159–66, 224–5
Francke, Caroline, 199
Frankenheimer, John, 79
Franklin, Chester, 379
Franklin, Dwight, 211
Franklin, Sidney, 234, 258, 375–6, 379–83
Frederick, John, 403
Frederick, Pauline, 182
Freed, Arthur, 285, 286, 288, 291, 311–12, 313, 443, 444, 501, 503
Freed, Renée, 443
Freeman, Earl A., 206
French Foreign Legion, 119, 162
Freund, Karl, 411
Front Page, The (Hecht and MacArthur), 178, 201, 202
Fuchs, Daniel, 502
Fung, Willie, 399
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Hollywood—with Jack Paar, A, 304–5
Furthman, Jules, 9, 132, 141, 159, 160, 163, 201, 239, 386, 394
Fury, 240
Gable, Clark, 8, 10, 142, 174, 198–9, 237, 240, 271, 272, 354, 436–42, 498, 499–500; background of, 181–3; in Gone With the Wind, 230, 277, 316–21, 324–5, 329–30, 332, 334, 339–43, 345–7, 360, 440, 442, 504–5; as “The King,” 9, 260, 319; lovers and wives of, 182, 324, 351, 354, 404; physical appearance and charisma of, 5, 181, 184, 199; in Red Dust, 6, 181–2, 194, 196, 262, 324, 440, 499, 505; rumored bisexuality of, 237, 320–1; in Test Pilot, 6, 10, 258, 259, 260–8; VF’s influence on screen persona of, 5–7, 9, 194, 225, 324, 329–30, 339–40, 342–3; VF’s relationship with, 40, 317–18, 321, 325, 329, 357, 386–8, 389–91, 494, 495; in The White Sister, 197–99; World War II military service of, 404–5, 436, 441
Gallagher, John, 286
Garbo, Greta, 131, 181, 320, 355, 447, 451, 454
Gardner, Ava, 185, 499–500
Garey, Enoch, 57
Garfield, John, 395–9, 403
Garland, Judy, 8, 319, 388–9; death of, 313; drug addiction of, 301; TV appearances with Jack Paar, 295, 304–5; in Wizard of Oz, 11, 265, 282, 284, 286, 289–91, 295, 300–2, 304–5, 309–13, 320, 325, 503
Garmes, Lee, 325
Garnett, Tay, 38, 165–6, 258, 359, 363, 443
Garrett, Oliver H. P., 322
Garson, Greer, 301, 436–8, 440–2
Gaslight, 364
Gaucho, The, 143
Gaynor, Janet, 159, 225, 226–7
Gebbert, Vera, 195
Geiger, Norman, 272
Genius of the System, The (Schatz), 503
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 138
George V, King of England, 72
George Washington, 67–70, 72–3
Geraghty, Tom J., 47, 82
Geronimo, 57
Gerswhin, Ira, 291
Get Away, Old Man (Saroyan), 405
Gibbons, Cedric, 369, 429–30
Gibson, Charles Dana, 36
Gibson, Hoot, 37, 193
Gibson, Mel, 100
Giese, Greg, 348
Gilbert, Billy, 251–2
Gilbert, John, 91–2, 182, 184, 186
Gillespie, A. Arnold, 303
Girl Crazy, 302
Gish, Dorothy, 50
Gish, Lillian, 131, 142, 180, 199
Glazer, Benjamin, 395–6
Glory for Me (Kantor), 402<
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Glyn, Elinor, 111
Godard, Jean-Luc, 75
Godfather, The, 67, 282
Going My Way, 241, 434
Goldberg, Albert, 438
Goldwyn, Samuel, 142, 178, 385, 394
Gone With the Wind (film), 174, 241, 257, 264, 286, 310, 316–52, 354–5; Cukor’s work on, 317–21, 328, 330–3, 336, 340, 345, 348, 350; Gable in, 230, 277, 316–21, 324–5, 329–30, 332, 334, 339–43, 345–7, 360, 440, 442, 504–5; portrayal of blacks in, 327, 344–7; Selznick’s production of, 317–27, 333–8, 340–1, 343–5, 348–52, 354–5, 361–2, 377, 378; use of Technicolor in, 326, 328, 334; VF’s direction of, 3, 9, 13, 40, 151, 277, 316, 322–51, 384, 503–6; wide-screen and stereophonic upgrading of, 498
Gone With the Wind (Mitchell), 318, 322, 323, 328, 343–4
Good Bad Man, The, 47, 50, 51
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 340, 354, 360, 361, 430, 441
Good Earth, The (Buck), 232, 233
Good Earth, The (film), 233–5, 258, 274
Goodrich, John, 120
Goodykoontz, Dan, 432–3
Gordon, Mack, 291
Gorin, Jean-Pierre, 75
Gosfilmofond, 96
Gould, Chester, 109
Grady, Billy, 377, 379, 414
Graham, Sheilah, 278, 302, 317, 323–4, 357–8
Gran, Albert, 137
Grand Illusion, 447
Granger, Stewart, 238
Grant, Cary, 43, 266, 421
Grant, James Edward, 499
Grapes of Wrath, The, 356, 395
Grapewin, Charley, 287
Grass, 58
Gravet, Fernand, 273, 275, 277, 280
Grayson, Cary, 69–70, 74
Grayson, Kathryn, 336–7
Greason, Al, 140
Great God Brown, The (O’Neill), 178
Great Waltz, The, 273–81, 283, 317, 333, 337, 340
Great Ziegfeld, The, 274, 275
Green, Abel, 195–6
Green, Adolph, 209
Greene, Graham, 85, 106, 107, 218
Green Hills of Africa (Hemingway), 230
Green Pastures, The (Connelly), 243
Greer, Jane, 393
Gregory, Carl L., 58–9
Grey, Virginia, 261
Grey, Zane, 95–8, 105, 109, 123
Griffith, Andy, 39
Griffith, D. W., 29, 39–40, 42–3, 48, 63, 64, 102, 143, 505; Fairbanks and, 42–6, 49, 52, 73, 75
Gross, Edward, 392
Grossmith, George, 366
Guffey, Burnett, 97
Guilaroff, Sydney, 286, 301
Gulf Screen Guild Theater, 338
Guy Named Joe, A, 289, 353, 405–23, 505
GWTW: The Making of “Gone With the Wind” (Lambert), 340–1
Gwynn, Edith, 487
Hackett, Albert, 428
Hagedorn, Hermann, 120–21
Haines, William, 320–1
Hale, Clinton B., 31, 272
Haley, Earl J., 124
Haley, Jack, 282–3, 287, 294–5, 297–8
Haley, Jack, Jr., 298
Haley, Stan, 124
Half-Breed, The, 47–8, 51, 90
Hall, Gladys, 251, 335, 343
Hall, Mordaunt, 128
Haller, Ernest, 325–6, 344
Hal Roach Studios, 404, 472, 475, 477
Halsey, Betty, 221
Ham and Bud series, 37
Hamilton, Hale, 161
Hamilton, Lloyd, 37
Hamilton, Margaret, 224, 286, 291, 299–300, 303, 311
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 273, 274
Hampton, Hope, 62
Hanson, Curtis, 224
Happy Land, 405, 422
Harburg, Ernie, 292
Harburg, E. Y. “Yip,” 285, 288, 290, 291, 292, 311–12, 313, 434, 503
Harding, Warren G., 121
Hardwicke, Cedric, 409
Hardwicke, Edward, 409
Hardy, Oliver, 289
Harlan, Kenneth, 86–7, 88–9
Harlow, Jean, 181–2, 183–5, 220–3, 258, 311, 316, 499; in Bombshell, 182–3, 185, 190–2, 200, 201, 203–6, 223, 226, 296, 505; death of, 223
Harmetz, Aljean, 288, 301, 306, 310, 312, 313, 503
Harper, Kate, 174, 385
Harriman, Margaret Case, 47
Harris, Mildred, 206–7
Hart, William S., 73, 75
Harte, Bret, 48, 109
Hartman, Arletta, 15, 16–17
Hartman, Clarissa, 14, 16
Hartman, Clyde, 17, 164, 239, 438
Hartman, Edna, 17
Hartman, Edward (cousin), 12, 15–16, 17–21, 132, 170, 309–10, 388, 401; on VF, 50, 164–5, 174–5, 239, 250, 295, 304, 385, 392, 394
Hartman, Edward “Ed” (uncle) 15, 16, 17–21, 239
Hartman, Gladys, 239
Hartman, John, 13
Hartman, Lewis (Ludwig) Shortley, 13–14, 20, 328–9
Hartman, Loid, 19–20
Hartman, Mal, 12, 16, 18
Hartman, Mary “Mamie” Jordan, 17–22, 239
Hartman family band, 20
Harvard University, 41, 42, 110, 177, 427
Harvey, James, 203, 329
Harvey Girls, The, 11
Hasbrouck, Olive, 207
Hatfield, Hurd, 480
Hathaway, Henry, 30, 193; directing of, 5, 235–6; on VF, 5, 7, 10, 29, 123–4; as VF’s protegé, 5, 29, 97, 105, 123–4, 127–8, 133, 134, 136, 145, 148
Hatton, Raymond, 108
Havens, James, 248
Haver, Phyllis, 133
Hawks, David, 386, 389–91
Hawks, Howard, 9–10, 117, 118–19, 168, 179, 183, 193, 195, 205, 258, 502; character and personality of, 179, 266–7, 392; on VF, 93–4, 103, 170; Only Angels Have Wings and, 265–7 VF’s relationship with, 33, 52, 91–4, 159–60, 169, 199, 230, 233, 257, 267, 385–6, 390–4, 487
Hawks, Kenneth, 91, 92, 118
Hawks, Nancy “Slim” Gross, 386, 389, 391–4
Hawks, William, 92
Hayakawa, Sessue, 109, 171
Hayden, Terese, 450–1
Hayes, Helen, 142, 197–9, 461
Hayle, Grace, 203
Haynes, Ernie, 223
Hays, Will, 121–2
Hayward, Susan, 362, 363, 488
Hayworth, Rita, 395
Head, Edith, 147
Healy, Ted, 200, 222, 223, 279
Heard, Falkner, 410
Hearst, William Randolph, 44
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, 240–1
Hebbard, Sterling, 423
Hecht, Ben, 178, 193, 194, 198, 322–3, 393, 434, 452
Held, Tom, 277
Hell’s Angels, 268
Hemingway, Ernest, 6, 100, 230, 385, 451, 487
Henabery, Joseph, 53–4, 75, 109
Hendrickson, Floyd, 399–400
Hendry, Whitey, 238, 429, 443–4
Henry V, 457, 476, 484, 490
Henshey, Howard, 208
Hepburn, Audrey, 408, 464
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