by Vanda Krefft
Chase Securities, 510–11, 646, 648–49, 667–68, 691, 704
Chatham & Phenix Bank, 494
Checkers, 294
Chelsea Bank, 41
Chicago Art Institute, 204
Chicago Daily News, 312, 325, 380
Chicago Defender, 164, 460–61
Chicago Title and Trust, 682, 715–16, 718
child labor, 212n
Children of Divorce, 426
China, 17, 185, 245
Christie Film Company, 437
Chrysler, Walter P., 507
Church Federation, 204
Circle theater (Indianapolis), 204
Citizens Union, 99
City Girl, 434–35
City Theatre (NYC), 76–77, 78, 81, 102, 133
civil rights movement, 295
Civil War, 459
Clark, D. Edgar, 731
Clark, Ella B., 731
Clark, John D., 702
Clark, William, 724–25
Clarke, Charles G., 456
Clarke, Harley L., 523–25, 544, 556, 572–74, 578, 605–6, 618, 622–23, 627–28, 678, 682, 691–92, 711, 722, 744, 754
battle for control of Fox Film and, 633–41, 646–51
decline of Fox Film under control of, 652–73, 701, 709
Clayton Antitrust Act (1914), 114, 492, 571–72
Clemenceau Case, The (Dumas), 278
Clemenceau Case, The (film), 137, 169
Cleopatra (film, 1917), 192–210, 231, 257, 262, 270–71, 321, 491, 755
“Most Wanted Lost Films” and, 206–7
Cleopatra (Haggard novel), 193
Cleopatra (Sardou play), 193
Cleveland, Chester E., 205
Cleveland News, 257
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 158
Cock-Eyed World, The, 537, 629
Cohan, George M., 233, 236
Cohen, D., and Sons, 25–26, 31, 154
Cohn, Harry, 36, 146
Coleman, Frank J., 601–2, 604–7, 614, 625–26, 631
Coleridge, Samuel T., 381
Collier’s magazine, 245
Collins, Josie, 164
Colman, Ronald, 322, 663
Colonial Bank, 76–77, 102
Colonial Theatre (Chicago), 205
Colorado Fuel and Iron, 235–36
Columbia Pictures, 437, 445, 546
Comedy Theater (Brooklyn), 59–60, 69
Commerce Department, 245
Committee of Fifteen, 38
Community Chest, 674
Community Motion Picture Bureau, 238
Congo Pictures, 653
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, A (1921), 304, 311–12, 333, 378
remake (1931), 654
Connelly, Mike, 343, 346
Connolly, Jack, 599
Conqueror, The, 212, 221, 258
Conrad, Joseph, 147, 381
Considine, John W., 69, 81, 100n
Consolidated Gas Company, 370
Coogan, Jackie, 320
Coolidge, Calvin, 365, 495, 515
Cooper, Gary, 216, 426, 522
Cooper, Miriam, 146, 217, 294
Copeland, Royal S., 349, 418
Corbally, Harry, 730
Corbin, Virginia Lee, 262
Corporation Securities Company, 543–44, 556, 563
Cottage Hospital Sansum Clinic, 675
Couzens, James, 680–81
Covered Wagon, The, 320, 341, 376
Coward, Noel, 702
Cowardice Court, 293
Crafton, Donald, 441n
Craig, Joan, 278
Crandall theater circuit, 371
Crawford, Joan, 2, 522
Crawford, Merritt, 466
Creel, George, 204–5, 236
Croly, Herbert D., 24
Crosby, Zelda, 315
Crotona Theatre (Bronx), 80, 102
Cuba, 252
Cummings, Irving, 473
Curtis, Charles, 550
Czolgosz, Leon, 46–50
Daddy Long Legs, 653
Dancer, Maurice, 461–62
Dancers, The, 383
Dannenberg, Joe “Danny,” 357
D’Annunzio, Gabriele, 142
Dante Alighieri, 304
Dante’s Inferno, 321–22
Darling, Joseph R., 246–49
Darling on Trusts (Darling), 247
Darnton, Charles, 346
Daughter of the Gods, A, 169–87, 190–95, 199, 203, 210, 212, 222, 254, 258, 262, 267, 298, 321, 755
Daughters of the Night, 321
Davis, J. Mercer, 717, 730
Davis, John W., 602
Davis, J. Warren, 695–97, 714–20, 723–34, 749
Davis, Will S., 138n
Dawes, Charles G., 393
Dawes Plan, 393
Dearborn Independent, 327–28, 706
Deception (Anna Boleyn), 313
de Forest, Lee, 389–91, 393–95
Delaney, Alexander, 139
DeLeon, Daniel, 30–32, 211
del Rio, Dolores, 379, 456
Del Ruth, Hampton, 280
DeMille, Cecil B., 133, 288, 426, 438
Democratic Party, 95, 242–43, 460
Dempsey, Jack, 305, 394
Denmark, 248
De Pass, Minola, 186, 188
Depew, Chauncey, 48
Depression, 7, 652, 653, 655, 658, 684, 688, 698, 709
De Saulles, Bianca, 217
De Saulles, John L., 217
Desmond, Harry W., 24
De Valera, Éamon, 440
Devereaux, William (formerly William Fox, nephew), 752
Devil’s Daughter, The, 141, 142
Devil Within, The, 321
Devil with Women, A, 658
Dewey, George, 34
Dewey Theatre (NYC), 70–71, 73–74, 78, 105, 228, 371
Dickens, Charles, 30, 213–14, 328
Dickinson, O. B., 113, 114, 116
Dickson, William K. L., 85
Dictionary of Races of Peoples, 221
Dillon, Clarence, 563
Dillon, Read and Co., 528, 563–64, 598, 607, 621, 633
Disney, Walt, 124, 437
Divine Comedy (Dante), 304
Dixon, Thomas, 181, 221
Dodd, Peter J., 730
Dodge, Murray W., 649, 667
Don Juan, 391–93, 396
Donnelly, Dorothy, 123
Donovan, William “Wild Bill,” 5, 490–92, 495, 516, 595, 678
D’Orsay, Fifi, 468
Dos Passos, John, 497, 688
Doubleday, Nelson, 226
Dow Jones Industrial Average, 550–51
Dowling, Frank, 298
Down to Earth (Perutz), 417
Dracula (film, 1930), 653
Dracula (play), 320
Dracula (Stoker), 358
Dreamland park, 99–100, 172
Dreiser, Theodore, 167
Drew, John, 39
Drift and Mastery (Lippmann), 135
Dr. Rameau, 321
Dryden, Forrest, 127n
Dry Dock Savings Bank, 27
Du Barry, 204
Du Bois, C. G., 393
Du Bois, W. E. B., 162
Duke, W., and Sons Company, 24
Duluth News Tribune, 206
Dumas, Alexandre, 278
Duncan, Mary, 435
Dunn, Angela Fox (niece), 20, 25, 40, 49, 228–29, 251–52, 339, 463, 478–79, 745–52
Dunn, Henry K. (brother-in-law), 339–40, 600
Dunn, Malvina Fox (sister), 20, 40, 228–30, 339–40, 478–79, 600, 700, 745–47, 750, 752
Du Pont, Pierre, 506
Du Pont family, 290, 316
Durant, Thomas Clark, 344
Durant, William C., 3, 290, 502–3, 525
Dwan, Allan, 138n, 305n, 375, 416, 450
Dwight, Richard, 574–75, 579, 582–83, 593, 618
Dyer, Frank L., 88, 92, 113
East Lynne (film, 1916), 141n, 145
remake (1931), 65
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East Lynne (play), 34
Eastman, George, 573
Eastman, Monk, 69
Eastman Kodak Company, 190, 290, 573, 596
Echegaray, José, 132
Eden Musée, 55
Edeson, Robert, 123
Edict of Tolerance (Austria-Hungary, 1782), 12
Edison, Charles, 112
Edison, Thomas, 26, 54, 56, 85–89, 97, 112–16, 226, 247n, 385–86, 391
Edison Manufacturing Company, 87
Edison Positive Film Plant, 115
Edward, prince of Wales, 301–3, 444
Edwards, Blake, 121n
Edwards, J. Gordon, 121, 138n, 139, 165, 177, 182, 188, 193, 195–96, 203, 207–9, 239, 272, 283, 304, 317–18, 381–83, 417
Edward VII, king of England, 301
Egypt, 248, 318
Eichberg, Richard, 319
18 to 45, 237, 284
Eisele, John C., 126, 298, 372, 476–77, 482
Eisele & King, 125–26, 372–73, 500
Eisenstein, Sergei, 675
Eisner, Lotte, 421
Electrical Research Products Inc. (ERPI), 397, 399, 446–48, 521, 528, 540–42, 567, 581, 605, 608, 626–27, 641, 647n, 665
Eleventh Hour, The, 321
Emelka theater chain, 540
Emmerich, Arthur, 226
Empire Circuit lawsuit, 71
Empire of Their Own, An (Gabler), 225
End of the Trail, The, 154
Engl, Joseph, 395
Equitable Trust Company, 565
Espionage Act (1917), 240
Essanay films, 130
Eternal Sapho, The, 155
European distribution, 248, 352
Evangeline, 294
Evans, Rev. Allen, 674
Every Mother’s Son, 284
Exhibitors Herald-World, 7
Face at Your Window, The, 325–26
Face on the Barroom Floor, The, 330
Factory Law (New York, 1886), 25
Fairbanks, Douglas, 215, 258, 282, 288, 320, 359, 375, 663
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 522
Fallen Angel, The, 259
Fallen Idol, A, 283
Fall of a Nation, The, 221
Fall of the Romanoffs, The, 187–88, 204
Fame and Fortune, 281
Family Theatre (NYC), 78, 81
Famous Players Company, 118, 150
Famous Players-Lasky (FPL, later Paramount), 152, 158, 232, 286–91, 294, 297, 307, 313–16, 320, 323, 333, 341, 362, 365–66, 369–72, 385, 408, 473, 485, 489
Farnum, Dustin, 216, 237–38
Farnum, Franklyn, 216n
Farnum, Marshall, 138n, 216
Farnum, William, 123, 149–52, 162, 191, 211–17, 238, 258, 266, 272, 279–80, 287, 294–95, 319–23, 345, 473
Farrar, Charles M., 158
Farrar, Geraldine, 143–44
Farrar & Rinehart, 686–87
Farrell, Charles, 435, 454–55, 538, 653, 702
Faust, 414
Fazil, 458
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 697, 705, 711–12, 723–24, 726–27, 730–32, 748
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 714
Federal Reserve Act (1913), 510
Federal Reserve Board, 510, 551
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 314, 372, 489
Federated Women’s Clubs, 158
Federation of Churches and Christian Organizations, 63
Federation of Jewish Philanthropic Societies, 232
Feeney, Mr. and Mrs., 349–50
Fellowes, Rockliffe, 156
Ferber, Edna, 357, 375, 443
Fetchit, Stepin (Lincoln Perry), 459–60
Fidelity Trust Company, 126–27
Fighting Heart, The, 376
Fig Leaves, 381
Film Daily, 2, 3, 318, 350, 357, 374, 376, 380, 382–83, 415, 447, 486, 577
Film Inspection Machine, 564
Fine, Larry, 658
Firebrand, The, 251
Firestone, Mary Davis, 716–17, 719, 725, 728
Firestone, Roger, 716, 719
First National Bank of St. Louis, 668
First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, 289, 291, 294, 313, 320, 368–70, 374, 385, 399, 408, 463, 559–60, 563, 576, 672
First National Pictures, 484–85, 489
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 224, 674, 688, 709
Five Points Gang, 69
Flaherty, Robert, 435
Flame of Youth, 320
Fletcher, Thomas Brooks, 690
Florian, 744
Flynn, Emmett, 333
Folly Theatre (Brooklyn), 78
Fool There Was, A (1915), 132–37, 141n, 142, 147, 149, 159, 257, 270, 278, 320, 423
remake (1922), 321, 333
Footlight Maids, 293
Forbidden Path, The, 222
Ford, Dan, 350, 377
Ford, Francis, 346
Ford, Henry, 26, 85, 86, 327–28, 365, 589, 596, 706
Ford, John “Jack,” 329–30, 341–51, 375–78, 416, 422, 424, 450–54, 468–69, 472–73, 658
Ford, Mary, 349, 351, 404
Forde, Victoria, 281, 323
Fortune magazine, 674
Forty-Fourth Street Theatre (NYC), 273
4 Devils, 433–35, 484, 542
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The, 320
Four Sons, 450–52, 454, 456, 484, 629
Fox, Aaron (brother), 41, 228, 478–79, 482, 595, 600, 622, 682–83, 710, 752
Fox, Alice Miller (sister-in-law), 479, 600, 682–83, 710–11, 752
Fox, Anna Fried (mother), 12–14, 16–19, 25, 27, 32, 37–41, 55, 84, 156, 207, 228, 230, 300, 306–7, 338–39, 361, 400, 450, 453–54, 479
Fox, Anne Carol (niece), 711
Fox, Belle (daughter), 54, 80, 298, 336–38, 349, 400, 478, 546, 600, 680, 689–90, 708, 715–16, 725, 727, 738, 750–51
divorces Schwartz, 689–90, 750
marries Milton J. Schwartz, 337–38
Fox, Bess (sister). See Livingston, Bess Fox
Fox, Caroline “Mona” (daughter), 45, 80, 298, 336, 337, 349, 373, 477–78, 487–88, 680, 690, 708, 716, 727, 750–51
divorces Tauszig, 545, 586
marries Douglas N. Tauszig, 337
second marriage to Joseph Riskin, 690, 750
Fox, Eva Leo (wife), 73, 77, 80, 84, 195, 227, 230, 298, 335–37, 340, 345, 349, 351, 403, 433–34, 454, 478, 488, 521, 533–36, 584–87, 595, 599–600, 603, 646, 671, 674, 704–6, 708, 710–12, 716, 718–19, 727–28, 733, 736, 738, 741, 746–48, 750–51
birth of children, 45, 54
marriage to Fox, 36–44
mental state of, 633, 680
moviemaking and, 129–30, 156
Sinclair and, 675, 684, 686–87, 689
tenement managed by, 53
Fox, Hazel (sister-in-law), 479
Fox, Jacob (grandfather), 12
Fox, Lucy, 218
Fox, Malvina (sister). See Dunn, Malvina Fox
Fox, Maurice (brother), 41, 228, 299–300, 400–401, 752
Fox, Michael (father), 11–21, 27–28, 30–31, 41, 154, 211, 228, 306–7, 336, 347, 474–75, 534–35, 712–13
Fox, Tina (sister). See Fried, Tina Fox
Fox, William. See also Fox Film; Fox Theatres; and specific films; individuals; and properties
Academy Awards and, 457
achievements of, 8, 754–55
ambitions of, 25, 31–32, 476, 530
anti-Semitism and, 326–29, 647–48
antitrust suit vs., 571–72
art collection sold, 736
Bancamerica deal, and attempt to keep control of Fox companies, 622–24, 628–30, 633–35
Bancamerica deal, and stockholder meeting of 1930, 611–22
battle for control of Fox companies, 590–610
birth of, 14
breakdown of, with tragedies of 1931–32, 683–84
bribery conviction and, 723–35
brother’s mental illness and, 300<
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capitalism and, 31–32
car accident and brain injury, 532–49, 678, 683
censorship and, 157–61, 164
childhood of, 16–24
class resentment and, 474–75
crash of 1929 and, 550–69, 599–600
death of, 753–55
death of father and, 11, 20, 712–13
death of mother and, 361–62
diabetes and, 675, 711, 737
disfigured arm and, 20
East Coast studio and, 296–97
early NYC nickelodeons and movie theaters and, 57–65
education of, 25, 27–29
family background of, 11–16, 224–25, 239–40
family life and, 20, 40–41, 227–30, 400–405, 487–88, 545–46, 584–87, 599–600, 689–90, 708, 727, 745–53
father and, 11–20, 27–31, 154–56, 169, 182, 211, 474–75
film distribution agency begun by, 64
filmmaking and, beginning years, 118–27
filmmaking and, children’s films, 261–63
filmmaking and, Cleopatra, 190, 192–210
filmmaking and, directors, 449–56, 468
filmmaking and, early blockbusters, 167–89
filmmaking and, early films and stars, 128–66
filmmaking and, frustrations of early 1920s, 285–300, 305–33
filmmaking and, golden age of late 1920s, 449–65
filmmaking and, Iron Horse, 341–53
filmmaking and, low-budget movies, 222–23
filmmaking and, melodrama, 152–64, 167, 188, 203–5
filmmaking and, socially conscious films, 217–22
filmmaking and, star Theda Bara, 133–49, 269–78
filmmaking and, star William Farnum, 211–17
filmmaking and, Sunrise, 414–36
filmmaking and, talent influxes of mid-1920s, 375–84
filmmaking and, talent losses of early 1920s, 279–84, 322
filmmaking and, talking pictures, 385–99, 408, 427, 437–49, 457–63, 484, 538, 629
filmmaking and, widescreen technology, 522–25, 538–39, 656–58
finances and, bankruptcy, 710–20, 723, 735
finances and, early, 27, 31–32, 41
finances and, early Fox investors, 315–17
finances and, early movie business, 120
finances and, restructuring of 1925–27, 357–74
finances and, source of money, 497–98
first theater at 700 Broadway and, 6, 53–63
foreign markets and, 246–53
founds Fox Film, 126–27
founds Fox News, 298–99
founds Fox Theatres, 372–74
founds Box Office Attraction, 117–26
Fox Film majority stock ownership and, 316, 360–61
friendships and, 83–84, 169, 175–89, 212, 242–43
great man idea and, 211–12
Harvard address of 1927, 474, 486–87
imprisoned for bribery, 735–38
jobs as youth and, 19–20, 24–27, 31