by J. R. Jones
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Periodicals
“Actor Robert Ryan’s Mother Injured by Auto.” Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1957.
“Actor Threatened with Bomb Attack.” Hollywood Citizen-News, February 5, 1962.
“Actor to Build Vacation Home in Holderness.” Lakes Region Trader, November 6, 1968.
“Actor’s Son Gets Jail Term, Fine.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, November 11, 1970.
“Acts of Birth: Robert Ryan.” Films and Filming, March 1971.
“A-Hunting We Will Go.” Screen Guide 5, no.3 (November 1947).
“Amateur Critics Lift Ryan to Stardom with ‘Rave Cards.’” New York Herald Tribune, May 28, 1944.
“At Home with Robert Ryan.” New York Sunday News, September 25, 1960.
“‘B’Way for Peace’ Show Realizes over $100,000.” Variety, January 24, 1968.
“Bob Ryan in Boxing Roles.” Boston Sunday Advertiser, December 8, 1957.
“Bob Ryan, KPFK Get Threats.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, February 5, 1962.
“Bob Ryan May Sell.” Variety, December 24, 1958.
“Brady, Hastings to Stage ‘Town,’ ‘Page’ for Plumstead, Mineola.” Variety, August 14, 1968.
“Broadway Hit Comes to TV.” Los Angeles Times, January 30, 1970.
“Caldwell Novel for UA Roster.” Variety, January 30, 1957.
“Camera Debut.” Los Angeles Times, August 28, 1952.
“‘The Canadians’ under Eady Plan.” Variety, November 30, 1960.
“Chatter: Broadway.” Variety, July 18, 1973.
“Chin-Up Guy.” Movie Stars Parade 4 no.5 (April 1944): 40.
“Coroner’s Jury Goes through Death Tunnel.” Chicago Daily News, April 15, 1931.
“‘Crossfire’: Thriller with a Dynamite Punch.” Cue, July 26, 1947.
“Death Takes Mother of Robert Ryan.” Los Angeles Times, March 15, 1963.
“Establish Free Southern Theatre for Summer Sked in Jackson, Miss., Then Local Groups, Touring Units.” Variety, April 8, 1964.
“Expansion Program on at Oakwood.” San Fernando Valley Mirror-News, May 30, 1957.
“Extraordinary Properties on the Market.” Architectural Digest, March 1998.
“Film Critics Soc. Award for Ryan.” Hollywood Reporter, January 30, 1974.
“Film Stars Join in Nuclear Plea.” New York Times, October 20, 1959.
“Films’ Biggest Mystery—RKO.” Variety, February 20, 1952.
“Guthrie Memorial Salute Nets 7-1/2 G from 2 SRO Perfs. at Carnegie Hall.” Variety, January 24, 1968.
“Harmon-Mann Solicit No Seal for ‘God’s Little Acre,’ Tell Why.” Variety, April 3, 1957.
“Hollywoodites Join in Study of Actor Lore; Yen Stage Presentation.” Variety, February 26, 1958.
“Hughes’ Commie Blast Viewed as Cue to Exit RKO; Mayer Report Up Again.” Variety, April 9, 1952.
“Hush-Filming on Kennedy Killing.” Variety, June 6, 1973.
“Inside Stuff—Pictures.” Variety, December 7, 1949.
“International: International Sound Track.” Variety, December 22, 1971.
“John Beal, Carol Teitel to Expand ‘Journey’ Sked.” Variety, July 14, 1971.
“John Ryan, Pioneer Joliet Merchant, Dies.” Chicago Tribune, May 27, 1919.
“Jug Bob Ryan’s Son.” Variety, November 11, 1970.
“‘Juno’ Will Aid Ryan Memorial.” Hollywood Reporter, October 8, 1974.
“Just for Variety.” Variety, April 19, 1973.
“Just for Variety.” Variety, April 26, 1973.
“Just for Variety.” Variety, May 1, 1973.
“The Kelly-Nash Political Machine.” Fortune 14, no. 1 (August 1936): 47–126.
“Legitimate: Asides and Ad-Libs.” Variety, April 12, 1967.
“Legitimate: N.Y. Critics’ Poll Results.” Variety, July 21, 1971.
“Leone Prepping $5,000,000 Saga.” Variety, January 10, 1968.
“Living the Life of Ryan.” Screen Guide, January 1950.
“Little Chance to Fix Tunnel Disaster Blame.” Chicago American, April 15, 1931.
“Long Lunches, Cocktails, Censorship but Spain Grows as Show Biz Center.” Variety, June 6, 1960.
“Many Top Names Asked to Explain.” Variety, May 21, 1952.
“Marie Spottswood: Guided Oakwood School Growth.” Los Angeles Times, June 26, 1987.
“Movieland Events.” Los Angeles Times, April 2, 1955.
“Movies Are Put in Essential Class by Draft Ruling.” New York Times, February 9, 1942.
“MPC, Plumstead Tie on Teleplay Specs with Xerox Backing.” Variety, July 16, 1969.
“‘Mr. President’ Spurns More Boston Orders.” Variety, August 1, 1962.
“N.Y. Critics Rave: ‘Billy Budd’ Break for Allied Artists.” Variety, November 7, 1962.
“New ‘Front Page’ to Cost $20,000.” Variety, April 9, 1969.
“One Minute Interviews.” Hollywood Citizen-News, November 5, 1953.
“Opinions of an Actor.” Hollywood Citizen-News, January 23, 1948.
“Parade in Loop Launches Movie about Marines.” Chicago Tribune, August 14, 1951.
“Pare Lorentz Picks American Odysseus.” Brooklyn Eagle, July 14, 1942.
“Phil Yordan into Tele Corp of America: Red Silverstein Sales Chief beyond U.S.” Variety, July 4, 1973.
“Plumstead Group Aims 3 Revivals for Next Season.” Variety, May 21, 1969.
“Posthumous Award Given to Actor Robert Ryan.” Boxoffice, February 4, 1974.
“Private Services for Robert Ryan, Burial in Chicago.” Hollywood Reporter, July 13, 1973.
“Public, Not Producers, Guilty of Typing Actors: Bob Ryan.” Variety, May 23, 1958.
“Radio Station, Actor’s Home Guarded after Bomb Threat.” Los Angeles Times, February 6, 1962.
“Robert Ryan Estate Left to Children.” Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1973.
“Robert Ryan Pilot for NBC-TV Rolling at U.” Variety, October 21, 1964.
“Robert Ryan Speaks.” Los Angeles Daily News, October 22, 1947.
“Robert Ryan to Appear with British Repertory.” Hollywood Reporter, February 13, 1967.
“Robert Ryan’s Advice to Would-Be Actors.” Salt Lake City Deseret News, November 30, 1951.
“Robert Ryan’s Spiel.” Variety, January 22, 1964.
“Rugged Ryan.” Movie Play, January 1947.
“Ryan—Buddy Hackett for Mexican ‘Quixote.’” Variety, March 29, 1972.
“Ryan for ‘Glory.’” Variety, November 4, 1947.
“Ryan Project Will Benefit.” Los Angeles Times, October 23, 1974.
“Salute
of the Week: Robert Ryan.” Cue, May 10, 1969.
“Saskatchewan Socialist Backing for Mounties’ Film with Bob Ryan.” Variety, September 28, 1960.
“Savalas Inks 3-Film Deal with Scotia Int’l.” Variety, July 7, 1971.
“Search for ‘Typical American’ for Screen a Six Months’ Job.” New York Herald Tribune, April 19, 1942.
“See ‘Set-Up’ Scoring Close Verdict over ‘Champion’ in Suit.” Variety, May 11, 1949.
“Sees Participation Deal as ‘Income Roulette.’” Motion Picture Herald, October 24, 1959.
“Set Guthrie Memorial at Carnegie Hall, N.Y.” Variety, January 10, 1968.
“Show Biz Names from Paris, B’Way and H’wood Perform at D.C. March.” Variety, September 4, 1963.
“Special Draft Deferment Creates Furor in Hollywood.” Los Angeles Times, February 11, 1942.
“Teachers Learn from Students at Hollywood Private School.” Pasadena Star-News, September 4, 1957.
“Threaten to Bomb Bob Ryan’s Home.” Variety, February 5, 1962.
“Timothy Ryan, Contractor, Dies at 61; Rites Tomorrow.” Chicago Tribune, April 28, 1936.
“12 Dead, 16 Saved, in Tunnel.” Chicago Daily News, April 14, 1931.
“21 Rescued in Disaster.” Chicago Evening Post, April 14, 1931.
“UCLA Theatre Division Plans 3 Play Evenings.” Variety, July 20, 1960.
“Understanding and Coping with Anxiety—Rollo May.” Audio recording, Psychology Today, 1978. www.existentialanalysis.org.uk/assets/articles/Understanding_and_Coping_with_Anxiety_Rollo_May_transcription_Martin_Adams.pdf.
“Unforeseen Eugene.” Time, March 22, 1968.
“Unknown British Actor Playing Billy Budd.” Variety, June 7, 1961.
“Wald-Krasna Unit Still Stalled at RKO; Former Ill.” Variety, March 19, 1952.
“Youngstein’s Shuttle; 7 Properties Shape.” Variety, September 30, 1964.
“Yugoslavia Sets Coproductions.” Variety, July 8, 1964.
Alpert, Don. “Ryan: 1 in 50 Critics Knows.” Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1961.
Auerbach, Arnold. “The Wildest Bunch of All.” New York Times, August 17, 1969.
Becker, Bill. “Focus on the Forty-Ninth State.” New York Times, September 27, 1959.
Benjamin, George. “What a Man!” Modern Screen, October 1944.
Berg, Louis. “Gentle Irishman.” Los Angeles Times, February 4, 1951.
Bergstrom, Janet. “Oneiric Cinema: The Woman on the Beach.” Film History 11 (1999): 114–25.
Bosworth, Patricia. “Robert Ryan: In Search of Action.” New York Times, June 1, 1969.
Breslin, Howard. “Bad Time at Honda.” American Magazine, January 1947.
Brogan, Phil F. “Valley of No Return Doesn’t Stop Brogan.” Bend Bulletin, November 12, 1958.
Buck, Raymond J. “A Rare Kind of Movie Star.” Dartmouth Varsity, October 1960.
Cameron, Sue. “Robert Ryan Signed for Broadway Star Role in ‘Shenandoah.’” Hollywood Reporter, June 29, 1973.
Carpenter, Les. “Lincoln Program Dramatic Opener for Famous Ford’s Theatre, Wash.” Variety, February 7, 1968.
——. “‘Mr. Prez’ Leaves D.C. Better Than When JFK Saw It.” Variety, October 17, 1962.
Chambers, Sue. “Robert Ryan—Heavy and Hero.” Milwaukee Journal, January 13, 1963.
Champlin, Charles. “Robert Ryan: In Memoriam.” Los Angeles Times, July 12, 1973.
Churchill, Reba, and Bonnie Churchill. “Mister Velvet.” Movie Stars Parade, April 1948.
Coe, Richard. “Visitor Ryan.” Washington Post and Times Herald, October 20, 1956.
Cohen, Elliot E. “Letter to the Movie-Makers: The Film Drama as a Social Force.” Commentary 4, no. 2 (August 1947).
Cousins, Norman. “Modern Man Is Obsolete.” Saturday Review, August 18, 1945.
Crist, Judith. “Katharine Hepburn Stars in ‘Anthony and Cleopatra.’” New York Herald Tribune, August 1, 1960
Cuffs, John. “Robert Ryan: Villain Extraordinary.” Films and Filming, July 1961.
Dudley, Fredda. “Romancing with Ryan.” Photoplay, April 1944.
Fellig, Arthur (Weegee). Column for Los Angeles Mirror, November 26, 1948.
Friedman, Lester D. “A Very Narrow Path: The Politics of Edward Dmytryk.” Literature/Film Quarterly 12, no. 4 (October 1984): 214–24. In Elsie M. Walker and David T. Johnson, Conversations with Directors. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008.
Funke, Lewis. “Robert Ryan’s ‘Journey.’” New York Times, March 7, 1971.
Furie, Ken. “Robert Ryan on ‘Everything but Birth Control.’” Dartmouth, April 21, 1967.
Gent, George. “Ryan Sees Something of Himself in O’Neill’s People.” New York Times, April 5, 1971.
Goebel, Larry. “Robert Ryan.” Los Angeles Times, July 18, 1973.
Granet, Bert. “Berlin Express Diary.” Screen Writer, May 1948.
Grant, Ila S. “Ila Finds That Movie Making Is Hard Work.” Bend Bulletin, November 22, 1958.
Greenberg, Abe. “Rugged Robert Ryan Speaks Up.” Hollywood Citizen-News, July 19, 1966.
Grenquist, Peter C. “‘Stranger Than Fiction’ Ryan Stops Changing.” Dartmouth, March 17, 1950.
Hamill, Pete. “For Robert Ryan.” New York Post, July 13, 1973.
Harmetz, Aljean. “‘Man Was a Killer Long before He Served a God.’” New York Times, August 31, 1969.
Harris, Radie. “Broadway Ballyhoo.” Hollywood Reporter, June 17, 1969.
Heyn, Howard C. “Friend of the Underdog: Bob Ryan Favors Stories about Hard-Knock People.” Associated Press [ca. 1949]. Robert Ryan file, Margaret Herrick Library, Beverly Hills, California.
Hildebrand, Harold. “Robert Ryan Speaks Out.” Los Angeles Examiner, October 11, 1961.
——. “Ryan’s ‘Between’ Films.” Los Angeles Examiner, October 8, 1961.
Hopper, Hedda. “Robert Ryan Awaits Stork’s Third Visit.” Los Angeles Times, August 25, 1951.
Hunt, Gerry. “Maureen O’Sullivan Tells of Her Secret Romance with the Late Robert Ryan.” National Enquirer, December 23, 1973.
Jensen, C. Gregory. “The Actor Who Will Play Christ.” Family Weekly, December 25, 1960.
Johnson, Arnold [photog]. “Rugged!” Movie Life, August 1948.
Johnson, Erskine. “Lazy Newcomers Irk Ryan.” Los Angeles Mirror News, December 2, 1959.
——. Untitled column. Los Angeles Daily News, July 7, 1951.
Jones, J. R. “The Actor’s Letter.” Chicago Reader, October 29, 2009.
Kerr, Walter. “After 41 Years, It’s Still Page One.” New York Times, May 25, 1969.
——. “Do the Tyrones Live Here?” New York Times, May 2, 1971.
Kupcinet, Irv. “Kup’s Column.” Chicago Sun-Times, April 7, 1949, 45.
Lardine, Bob. “This Dove Is a Tough Bird.” New York Sunday News, August 27, 1967.
Lightman, Herb A. “The Story of Filming ‘Berlin Express.’” American Cinematographer 29, no. 7 (July 1948).
Lowe, Herman A. “Big D.C. Whodunit: Who Killed That Red Probe? See Resumption in Dec.” Variety, November 5, 1947.
Nichols, M. “Robert Ryan—Hero and Heel.” Coronet 47, no.16 (January 1960).
Macdonald, Dwight. “No Art and No Box Office.” Esquire, March 1959.
MacPherson, Virginia. “Why Shouldn’t the Kids Be Actors?—Ryan.” Los Angeles Daily News, January 1, 1951.
Manners, Dorothy. “His Knees Knock in Broadway Tempo.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, July 8, 1962.
——. “Ryan’s Courage Faces Sorrow.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, July 24, 1972.
McClay, Howard. “He Didn’t Look Like an Actor—But.” Los Angeles Daily News, May 20, 1952.
——. “It’s Always Nice to Have Something Going for You.” Los Angeles Daily News, June 30, 1953.
——. “Shakespeare Summons Bob Ryan.” Los Angeles Daily News, March 24, 1954.
McManus, Margaret. “Robert Ryan Speaks Out on Reagan.” Bridgeport (C
onnecticut) Telegram, November 6, 1966.
McMurtry, Charles. “Ex-Dartmouth Athlete Stars in First Movie Role.” Worcester Telegram, May 12, 1942.
Meyers, Joe. “Whatever Happened to Robert Ryan?” Connecticut Post, August 28, 1994.
Moskowitz, Gene. “Serge Silberman: France to Quebec.” Variety, October 20, 1971.
Moss, Morton. “Buoyancy and Bounce.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, January 29, 1970.
Murphy, Mary. “Robert Ryan—A New Life on Borrowed Time.” Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1972.
Nogueira, Rui, and Nicoletta Zalaffi. “A Bastard’s Long Career: Meeting with Robert Ryan.” Cinema 70 (April 1970). Translation by Kelsey Beson.
Oppenheimer, Peer J. “A Film Hero Fights for Better Schools.” New Haven Sunday Register, August 7, 1960.
Parsons, Harriet. “Battle-Scarred Ryan Is Home.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, December 12, 1965.
Parsons, Louella O. “In Hollywood with Louella O. Parsons.” Los Angeles Examiner, February 29, 1948.
——. “Robert Ryan: Nice Man to Have around the Movies.” Los Angeles Examiner, February 10, 1952.
Roberts, Chalmers M. “Adlai Calls for All-Out Final Drive.” Washington Post and Times Herald, October 21, 1956.
Rode, Alan K. “‘First Is First and Second Is Nobody’: The Philip Yordan Story.” Noir City Sentinel, November-December 2009.
Rodgers, Virginia E. “Robert Ryan: ‘A Most Un-Actor-Like Actor.’” New Bedford (Massachusetts) Standard-Times, July 22, 1965.
Ryan, Jessica. “Marine Ryan.” Movieland 4, no. 9 (October 1944). Ryan, Robert. “Acts of Birth.” Films and Filming, March 1971.
Ryan, Robert, as told to Naomi Engelsman. “Backstage with Us Ryans.” Parents’ Magazine, September 1951.
Ryan, Robert. “‘Front Page’ Puts Him on Broadway.” Hollywood Citizen-News, May 22, 1969.
——. “I Didn’t Want to Play a Bigot.” Ebony, November 1959.
——. “I’m Gambling with My Career.” Movieland, August 1947.
——. “‘Just an Actor,’ Says Robert Ryan.” Hollywood Citizen-News, February 18, 1970.
——. “My Role in Crossfire.” Worker, July 20, 1947. Southern edition.
——. “The Role I Liked Best …” Saturday Evening Post, July 15, 1950.
——. “We’re Not Quitting!” Screen Guide, May 1948.
——. “What Is Proper Speech?” New York Times, October 24, 1965.