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The Man Who Made the Movies

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by Vanda Krefft


  Island of Desire, The, 153

  It, 426

  Italy, 67, 244, 248, 252, 317–18, 332, 427–28

  It Is the Law, 321, 382

  I Want to Forget, 283

  Jack and the Beanstalk, 262–63

  Jackson, Eugene, 459

  Jackson, Robert H., 571

  Jamaica, 171–79, 194, 246

  Jannings, Emil, 451

  Janss, Edwin, 440

  Japan, 245

  Japanese Gardens theater (NYC), 79

  Jarvis, Art, 143

  Jazz Singer, The, 426, 429, 432, 439, 443, 445–46, 482

  Jensen and Von Herberg theater circuit, 371

  Jeritza, Maria, 744

  Jest, The (play), 382

  Jewels of the Madonna, The (Wolf-Ferrari), 142

  Jewish War Relief, 231–32

  Jews, 12–13, 16–18, 27–29, 38–40, 63–64, 67, 86, 221, 224–25, 273, 324, 326–29, 349, 402, 593, 647–48, 707

  Johnson, Adrian, 193

  Johnson, Albert W., 696

  Johnson, Enoch “Nucky,” 715, 737

  Johnstown Flood, The, 381

  Jolson, Al, 458, 663

  Jones, Buck, 329, 341, 381

  José, Edward, 123, 135–36

  Joseph and His Brethren, 304–5, 318

  Julius Caesar (Shakespeare), 193

  Justice Department, 5, 95–96, 98, 108–11, 115, 120, 240, 246, 365, 489–93, 495, 512–19, 531, 546, 550, 562, 568, 571, 601, 678, 717, 724, 732

  Just Pals, 329

  Kahn, Albert, 596

  Kahn, Otto, 568–69, 647

  Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin, The, 238

  Kane, Dorothy, 532–33, 535, 683

  Kane, Muriel, 683

  Kathleen Mavourneen, 272–73, 277

  Kaufman, David E., 715

  Kaufman, Morgan S., 695–97, 714–18, 724–34, 749

  Keating-Owen Act (1916), 212n

  Keaton, Buster, 2, 282

  Keeney, Frank A., Pictures Corp., 259

  Kellermann, Annette, 170–71, 176–77, 180–82, 184, 192

  Kellermann, Jimmie, 171

  Kellogg, Dr. John Harvey, 338

  Kellogg, Will, 338

  Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928), 444

  Kelly, Paul, 69

  Kempner, Alexander, 408–9

  Kennedy, Jeremiah J., 93–94, 108–10

  Kennedy, Joseph P., 474

  Kenny, Sister Elizabeth, 750–51

  Kent, Sidney, 701–2, 704–5, 720–21

  Kentucky Pride, 376

  Kenyon, Charles, 343

  Kid, The, 320

  Kildare, Owen, 156

  Kinemacolor, 110, 117

  Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly, 210

  Kinetogram, The, 92

  Kinetograph camera, 85

  Kinetophone, 386

  King, Henry, 702

  King, Nathaniel, 126, 482, 576

  King, William H., 551–52

  Kingdom of Love, The, 258

  King of Kings, 426, 432, 438n

  Kipling, Rudyard, 132n, 135

  Klaw, Marc, 339

  Klaw & Erlanger, 77

  KleinSmid, Rufus von, 418

  Knickerbocker Cloth Examining Company, 42–43, 45–46, 54–55, 83

  Knights of Columbus, 233

  Knox, H. G., 542

  Knox, John C., 631

  Kraus, George, 69, 70, 76

  Kresel, Isidor, 594, 650

  Kreutzer Sonata, 136–37, 159, 169

  Kuhn, Loeb & Co., 231, 290, 314, 568–69

  Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 324–27, 460, 495

  Kultur, 237

  Kuser, Anthony R., 126, 492, 594–95

  Kuser, John Dryden, 595–96

  Kuser, Susie, 594–96, 607, 650

  labor unions, 29–31, 81–82, 250

  LaCasse, William, 259–60

  Lackaye, Wilton, 123

  Lady Audley’s Secret, 137

  Lady Bell-Hop’s Secret, A, 279

  Laemmle, Carl, 91, 111, 118, 130, 371, 445

  Lafayette Players, 460

  Lamar, Rev. W. H., 163

  Lamb, Thomas W., 76–77, 296

  Lamont, Robert P., 552

  Lamont, Thomas W., 551, 553

  Land of the Free, 284

  Land Title Bank and Trust, 725

  Lane, Franklin K., 325

  Lang, Fritz, 426

  Lasky, Jesse L., 36, 118, 143, 181, 701–2

  Lasky Feature Play company (later Famous Players-Lasky), 118, 143–44, 288

  Last Laugh, The, 358, 417–18, 451

  Last of the Duanes, The, 294

  Last Word, The, 669

  Laurel, Stan, 277

  Laurell, Kay, 218

  Lawler, Oscar, 443

  Lawson, Helen Elizabeth (formerly Larsen), 263–64. See also Caprice, June

  Lazarus, Stanley, 587, 594, 607, 650

  Lazybones, 381

  League of Nations, 292

  Lee, Jane and Katherine, 275, 279

  Lee, Lord, of Fareham, 520

  Lehman, Herbert H., 749

  Lehman Bros., 598, 602, 607, 621, 633–34

  Lehrman, Henry, 279

  Leiber, Fritz, 200

  Leitstein, Herbert, 488, 718, 745

  Lengyel, Emil, 18–19

  Lenin, V. I., 252, 305

  Leo, Ben (brother-in-law), 77

  Leo, Grace (sister-in-law), 600

  Leo, Jack (brother-in-law), 40, 230, 264, 293, 328, 331, 337, 390–91, 469, 477, 529, 536, 576–77, 585, 599, 619, 638–39, 720

  Leo, Joe (brother-in-law), 40, 73, 230, 599, 600, 721

  Leo, Max (father-in-law), 37, 39–40

  Leo, Rose (sister-in-law), 720

  Lesser, Sol, 367–70, 374, 463–64

  Leuchtenburg, William E., 483

  Levin, Charles S., 727

  Levine, Louis S., 488

  Levy, Aaron J., 614–16, 625–26, 651

  Lewis, David, 725, 726

  Lewis, Edgar, 138n

  Lewis, Sinclair, 136

  Liar, The (film, 1918), 221

  Liars, The (play), 39

  Liberty Bonds, 238, 241

  Liberty Magazine, 685

  Library of Congress, 655

  Life and Times of Cleopatra, The (Weigall), 193

  Life magazine, 304, 312, 350, 429, 434, 688

  Life’s Shop Window, 121–22, 152, 321

  Light, The, 272

  Lightnin’, 376

  Liliom (Budapest), 632

  Lillie, Beatrice, 653

  Lincoln, Abraham, 343–44, 351

  Lincoln Players, 460

  Lindbergh, Charles, 426, 440

  Lippmann, G., & Sons, 31

  Lippmann, Walter, 135

  Little Caesar, 653

  Littleton, Martin W., 726, 733–34

  Livingston, Adolph (nephew), 400

  Livingston, Bess Fox (sister), 19, 41, 229, 400, 535

  Livingston, Herman (brother-in-law), 229, 400

  Livingston, Margaret, 422

  Lloyd, Frank, 213–16, 279, 294, 702

  Lockwood-Donohue, Bill, 334

  Loeb, Jacob W., 54, 58–60

  Loew, Arthur M., 366, 480, 485, 488, 531

  Loew, Carrie, 480, 482, 485, 488

  Loew, David, 480, 488

  Loew, Marcus, 2, 6, 53n, 58, 78–79, 81, 83–84, 164, 175, 287–88, 290–91, 366, 367, 404, 479–80

  Loew, Mildred Zukor, 366, 485, 531

  Loew’s, Inc., 290, 573n, 608, 663, 704

  Fox’s stock purchases and attempted merger, 2–7, 480–99, 511–20, 527–28, 531–32, 539, 541, 543–64, 566, 568–69, 571–74, 578, 588–89, 593, 595, 598, 601, 608, 624, 637, 678, 698

  Loew’s theater chain, 53n, 366

  London Daily Mirror, 292

  London Midland Bank, 677

  London Times, 185

  Lone Star Ranger, The, 280, 294

  Longfellow, Henry W., 330

  Long Island City film studios, 297

  Long Island
Rail Road, 226

  Los Angeles, 151–52, 194, 296–97, 330–31

  Los Angeles Express, 444

  Los Angeles Planning Commission, 364

  Los Angeles Theatre, 367n

  Los Angeles Times, 49, 219, 429, 631, 700, 753

  Lovely, Louise, 295, 319

  Love of Sunya, The, 406

  Loves of Carmen, 456

  Lowe, Edmund, 379

  Lower East Side, 16–19, 25, 27, 29, 38–39, 68–69, 227

  Lowry, Nelson H., 548

  Loy, Myrna, 468

  Lubin, Herbert, 406, 408–12, 427, 682

  Lubitsch, Ernst, 313

  Lucky Star, 454–56, 537–38, 629

  Ludlow miners strike, 235–36

  Lugosi, Bela, 320

  Lumière Brothers, 56

  Lure of Ambition, The, 273

  Lusk, Norbert, 429

  Lyric Theatre (NYC), 181–84, 199, 202–3, 215, 219–20, 222, 304, 348–50, 352, 408

  Macbeth (Shakespeare), 139, 630

  MacBride, James E., 242, 283

  MacDonald, Jeanette, 658

  Macy, R.H., & Co., 384

  Madame Mystery, 277

  Madden, John Thomas, 590

  Madden, Owen “Owney,” 615

  Maeterlinck, Maurice, 167, 319

  Magnin, Rabbi Edgar, 338

  Mahler, Gustav, 266

  Mahoney, (contractor), 76–77, 102

  Main Street (Lewis), 136

  Man Hunter, The, 295

  Mann, Margaret, 450

  Mantell, Robert, 139, 153, 165

  Manton, Martin T., 233, 525, 697, 699, 724, 728, 737

  Man Who Came Back, The, 653

  Man Who Fights Alone, The, 323

  Marble Heart, The, 153

  Marion, Frances, 225

  Mark Strand Theatre (NYC), 144, 289, 408, 412

  Marshall, Louis, 402, 545

  Marx, Karl, 30

  Mary, Queen of Scots, 305, 319

  Mason, Shirley, 319

  Massenet, Jules, 208

  Massolle, Joseph, 395

  Mastbaum, Stanley, 185

  Mata Hari, 653

  Maurice (electrician), 271

  May, Nathan, 42–43

  Mayer, Carl, 417

  Mayer, Louis B., 36, 245, 405, 485, 516–18, 520, 522, 531, 569, 624, 743

  Mayer, Margaret, 36

  Mayflower Theatre (Seattle), 521

  McAdoo, William G., 125

  McCarter, Thomas N., 126, 127n, 224n, 477, 482

  McCarter, Uzal H., 126, 127n

  McCarthy, Spike, 34n

  McCay, Winsor, 123–24

  McClellan, George B., Jr., 63, 74–75, 157

  McClosky, Francis J., 104

  McClure’s magazine, 30

  McCrea, Joel, 658

  McCutcheon, Wallace, Jr., 282

  McDougall, Harry, 731, 732

  McGuire, W. D., Jr., 160

  McIntyre, Donald E., 671, 701

  McIntyre, O. O., 306, 336

  McKee, Joseph V., 401

  McKenna, Reginald, 677

  McKinley, William, assassination of, 47–49, 195, 754

  McKinney, Nina Mae, 461

  McLaglen, Victor, 379, 456, 468, 473, 658

  McMahon, Thomas, 270, 272, 276

  Meehan, Michael J., 505–7

  Meighan, Thomas, 531

  Meller, Raquel, 398

  Melnick, Ross, 413

  Mencken, H. L., 224, 688

  Merely Mary Ann, 653

  Mérimée, Prosper, 143

  Merrick Gables development (Merrick, NY), 384

  Mersereau, Violet, 317

  Metcalf, Logan F., 468n

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (M-G-M), 2, 7, 53n, 320, 358, 362, 366, 375, 378, 385, 399, 437, 445–46, 459–61, 463, 480–81, 485–86, 489–91, 516–17, 624, 629, 653, 699, 743–44

  Metropolis, 426

  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 193

  Metropolitan Opera, 208

  Metropolitan Theatres division, 484, 490, 527–28, 599, 616

  Metro production company, 291, 297, 320

  Mexico, 245

  Milbank, Jeremiah, 550

  Milgrim, Sally, 616

  Millarde, Harry, 307–8, 319

  Miller, Alice, 479

  Miserables, Les, 214–16, 227, 231, 258–59, 279, 298, 321

  Miss Adventure, 293

  Miss Innocence (play), 77

  Mitchell, George, 522–23, 744–45, 747–48, 751–52

  Mitchell, William D., 5, 495–96, 512, 515, 571, 698–99, 748

  Mitchell Camera Company, 523, 524, 657, 741, 744–45

  Mix, Olive Stokes, 281

  Mix, Tom, 280–82, 293, 323, 341, 345, 357, 383–84, 472–73

  Model Nickelette, 55

  Mohács, Battle of (1526), 14, 19

  Mona Belle (houseboat), 82–83, 169

  Moneychangers, The (Sinclair), 675

  Monna Vanna, 319

  Monnier, Maurice, 705–6

  monopolies, 486–87, 516. See also antitrust

  Monte Cristo, 319–21, 333

  Montgomery Advertiser, 137

  Moon, Reuben O., 116

  Moore, Reginald, 533, 536

  Morgan, J. P., 26, 63, 226, 476, 592

  Morgan, J. P., Jr., 234

  Morgan, J. P. & Co., 286, 290, 551–53

  Morgenthau, Henry, 233

  Morton, Charles, 434

  Moss, Benjamin S., 42–43, 83, 289

  Moss, Frank, 38–39

  Moss, Paul, 42n

  Moss & Brill Circuit, 83

  Mother Knows Best, 443, 458, 472

  Mother Machree, 452–54, 484, 629

  Mother of His Children, The, 320

  Motion Picture Board of Trade, 111–12

  Motion Picture Daily, 669

  Motion Picture News, 129, 136, 143, 184, 285, 295, 322, 350, 358, 359, 371, 380, 381, 410, 413, 462, 559, 578, 646

  Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC), 88–98, 105, 108–17, 120, 125, 152, 246, 254, 289, 486, 529, 592, 679, 693, 755

  Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, 572, 657n

  Motion Picture Theater Owners of America, 401

  Motography, 238, 262

  Mount Hebron Cemetery, Fox mausoleum, 400

  Movies and Conduct (Blumer), 310

  Movietone News, 398, 427–28, 431, 439–40, 444–46, 496, 546, 579, 599

  Movietone sound-on-film system, 395, 397–99, 427, 431, 433n, 437–49, 457–58, 482–84, 493

  Moving Picture Association (MPA), 64

  Moving Picture World, 61–62, 90, 122, 183, 198, 248, 249, 258, 273, 382, 386

  Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, 307

  Muller, Herbert, 527–28

  Mulligan, Larry, 104–6

  Muni, Paul, 469–70

  Munsey’s Magazine, 25, 67

  Murnau, Friedrich W., 358, 375, 414–36, 450–51, 472, 484, 542

  Murphy, Frank, 723–24

  Murray, Mae, 320

  Muse, Clarence, 459–63

  Museum of Modern Art, Film Library, 124, 191, 206–7

  Mussolini, Benito, 427–28, 431–32, 439–40, 444, 599

  Mutt and Jeff, 302

  Mutual Studio, 280n

  My Friend the Devil, 321

  My Mamie Rose (Kildare), 156

  Naish, J. Carrol, 536

  Namquit Worsted Company, 531

  Nanook of the North, 435

  Nansen, Betty, 131–33, 138–40, 142

  Nassau Bank, 103

  Nassau Daily Review, 277

  Nation, The, 688

  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 162, 164, 326, 462

  National Board of Censors, 158–60

  National Board of Review, 184, 654

  National City Bank, 551

  National Film Preservation Board, 124

  National Film Registry, 124, 655

  National Theater Supply Company, 662, 665

  Native Americans, 378


  Nazimova, Alla, 186

  Nazis, 707

  Neilan, Marshall, 305n

  Nelson, Bertram J., 510

  Nemo company, 118

  Nemo Theatre (NYC), 78

  Neptune’s Daughter, 170

  Nerney, Mary Childs, 164

  Nero, 304, 317–18, 330

  Nesbit, Evelyn, 282–83

  New Movie Magazine, 659

  New Theater (NYC), 162

  New York Call, 215

  New York City Board of Aldermen, 68

  New York City Building Department, 69, 73, 105n

  New York City Bureau of Licenses, 69–70, 73

  New York City Fire Department, 70–71, 73

  New York City Health Department, 73

  New York City Municipal Civil Service Commission, 242, 283

  New York City Tenement House Department, 73

  New York Curb Exchange (later American Stock Exchange), 362, 505, 551, 641

  New York Dramatic Mirror, 136

  New Yorker, 471

  New York Herald, 187, 287

  New York Journal, 183

  New York Mirror, 407

  New York Morning Telegram, 646

  New York Morning Telegraph, 131n, 169, 233, 621, 698

  New York Police Department, 67, 73, 100, 119, 120, 487

  New York Roof Theatre, 78, 81

  New York State Court of Appeals, 111, 260

  New York State Supreme Court, 64, 75, 181, 527, 614

  New York Stock Exchange, 125, 362, 498–501, 507, 509, 551–54, 578, 581, 603, 641, 664, 666

  New York Sun, 321

  New York Times, 3, 5, 69, 79, 99, 145, 180, 191, 199, 202, 234, 251–52, 273, 275, 329, 357, 378, 408, 412, 426, 429, 445, 551, 578, 742

  New York Tribune, 145, 202, 209, 262, 263, 273, 275, 304

  New York World, 59, 140, 545, 610

  New Zealand, 248, 252

  Nicholas II, czar of Russia, 188, 249, 251

  nickelodeons, 58–59, 61–62, 69, 287

  Nietzsche, Friedrich, 147

  Nigger, The (The New Governor), 162–64, 220, 240, 295, 299, 325, 458

  Nilsson, Anna Q., 156

  No Mother to Guide Her, 321

  North Africa, 248

  North American Review, 688

  North Eastern Penitentiary (Lewisburg), 736–38

  North of Hudson Bay, 330

  Norway, 248, 252

  Nosferatu, 358

  Nostromo (Conrad), 381

  Not Quite Decent, 456

  Novarro, Ramon, 322

  Numa Pictures, 308

  Nussenfeld, Clare, 487–88

  Oakland Fox Theater, 465

  Oberammergau Passion Play, 328, 417

  O’Brian, John Lord, 512–14, 582

  O’Brien, George, 345, 348, 376–77, 381, 420–22, 425–26, 434, 451, 455

  Ochs, Adolph S., 349

  O’Fearna, Edward (formerly Feeney), 346

  Oland, Warner, 702

  Old Counsellor, The (radio show), 510

  Oldknow, Oscar S., 662, 668–69

  Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company, 288

  Oliver Twist (1922), 320

  Oliver Twist, Jr. (1921), 328

  Olympia Theatres, 365–66

  O’Neil, Nance, 136–37, 165

 

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