T
T-Men 119, 119
talkies 48, 51, 53
Talmadge, Natalie 39
Tarantino, Jimmy 121
Tate, Sharon 164–5
taxes 87
Taylor, Elizabeth 185, 186, 188, 188
Taylor, Robert 68, 69
Taylor, William Desmond 38, 40, 41–2, 44
television 82, 98–9, 218
Thalberg, Irving 84, 85, 87
Thomas, J. Parnell 92, 92–3, 100
Thomas, Olive 29, 31, 31
Thompson, Douglas 129
Thornton, Billy Bob 174, 175
Three Musketeers, The 43
Todd, Thelma 117, 117
Towne, Robert 213
Tracy, Spencer 61, 62
Travolta, John 204
Trumbo, Dalton 94, 105–8
Trust, The 14, 16–17, 18, 19, 20, 22
Turner, Lana 65, 65, 69, 122, 124, 124–6, 126
Twentieth Century Fox 178–9, 207
Two-Faced Woman 196, 197
U
underwear, not wearing any 181
unions 85–6, 87, 89, 91, 91, 115–16
United Artists 38, 208–9
Universal 16–17, 22, 25
Urwand, Ben 71
V
van Doren, Mamie 59, 60
Variety Magazine 62
Velez, Lupe 60, 61
W
wages 17, 55, 79, 91, 85
Wagner, Robert 184
Waldorf Statement 96
Walsh, Raoul 27
Warner Brothers studios 54
casting couch 157–9
and communism 99
and conglomerates 207
origins of 12, 12, 14
power over actors 79, 81
strikes 91, 92
suspension of actors 79, 81
Warner, Harry 12, 48, 71
Washington, Denzel 175, 175
Wasserman, Lew 81
Watson, Tex 164
weight issues 58
Weissmuller, Johnny 60, 61
Welles, Christopher 194, 195
Welles, Orson 8, 8, 76–7, 77, 78, 194, 195
Wilcox, Daeida Hartell 19
Wild West party scandal 66, 69
Wilder, Billy 160, 180, 214
Winchester ‵73 81, 82
Winger, Debra 210, 210
Wizard of Oz, The 187, 188
Woman of the Year 61
Wood, Natalie 184, 184, 186, 186–7
writers see screenwriters
Y
Young, Judy 63
Young, Loretta 63
Z
Zanuck, Darryl 157, 157, 159
Zukor, Adolph 14, 22
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