James Curtis

by Spencer Tracy: A Biography

  ———. “Tough Guy—Huh?” Picturegoer, November 7, 1938.

  Van Dyke, W. S. “They’ve Got Location Blues.” Screen Book, July 1937.

  Wagner, Robert. “My Hat’s Off to Spencer Tracy.” Movie Mirror, July 1956.

  Walsh, Larry. “Virtue’s Victim.” Screen Book, October 1939.

  Waterbury, Ruth. “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better.” Modern Screen, May 1956.

  Weller, Helen Hover. “Gratefully Yours, Spencer Tracy.” Movieland, January 1948.

  Wilcox, Grace. “Injuns!” Detroit Free Press Sunday Magazine, February 4, 1940.

  Wolfenden, John. “Spencer Tracy as Seen by His Friends.” Australian Women’s Weekly, January 6, 1940.

  Worth, Sheila. “Spencer Tracy’s Brother and Keeper.” Movie Mirror, September 1938. A heavily embellished account of Carroll Tracy’s relationship with his brother, probably derived mostly from previous articles; it’s doubtful the author talked with either Spencer or Carroll Tracy.

  Wright, Tom. “When Spencer Tracy Was Seventeen.” Movies, August 1941.

  Yates, Eva. “New Hope for the Deaf Child.” Collier’s, July 14, 1945.

  Zeitlin, Ida. “Manuel the Lovable.” Modern Screen, October 1937.

  ———. “That Tracy-Gable Feud.” Movie Mirror, February 1938.

  Zunner, Jesse. “Tracy: The Great Stone Face.” Cue, July 12, 1958.

  Index

  Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations.

  Abbott and Costello, 16.1, 16.2, 24.1

  Abbott, Richard

  Abe Lincoln in Illinois

  Abraham Lincoln

  Ace, The

  Actress, The, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 27.1, 27.2, 30.1

  Adams, Edie

  Adams, Maude

  Adam’s Rib, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5, 24.6, 24.7, 25.1, 26.1, 30.1

  Addams, Dawn

  Adelman, Joseph

  Adler, Buddy, 29.1, 29.2, 29.3, 29.4, 29.5, 29.6

  Advise and Consent

  Affair to Remember, An

  Affairs of Cellini, The

  African Queen, The, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 26.1, 27.1, 28.1

  After the Rain, see Painted Woman, The

  Ager, Cecelia, 16.1, 16.2

  Akins, Zoë

  Albertson, Frank

  Albertson, Lillian

  Albiez, Harry

  Aldrich, Winthrop

  Alexander’s Ragtime Band

  Alessandro, Jose

  Alexander, Dan

  Alexander, John

  Alexander, Katherine, 6.1, 6.2

  Algiers, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

  Alibi Ike

  Alice Adams

  Alice in Wonderland

  All About Eve

  Allan, Elizabeth

  Alldredge, Charles

  Allen, Adrianne

  Allen, Gracie

  Allen, H. H.

  Allenberg, Bert, 24.1, 24.2, 26.1, 26.2, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 27.5, 27.6, 27.7, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 28.4, 28.5, 29.1, 29.2, 29.3, 29.4, 29.5, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3

  All the World Wondered, see Last Mile, The

  Allvine, Glendon

  Allwyn, Astrid

  Allyson, June, 25.1, 32.1

  Alpert, Don

  Ameche, Don

  American, The, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

  American in Paris, An

  Americanization of Emily, The

  Amigo

  Amos ’n Andy

  Anders, Merry

  Anderson, Donna, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, 30.5

  Anderson, Maxwell, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 23.1

  Anderson, Richard

  Andersonville

  Andersonville Trial, The

  Angels in the Outfield

  Angels With Dirty Faces, 14.1, 14.2

  Anhalt, Edward

  Anna Christie, 4.1, 16.1, 18.1

  Another Language

  Any Number Can Play

  Apartment, The

  Apron Strings

  Ardmore, Jane Kesner, 15.1, 24.1, 34.1, 34.2

  Are You a Mason?

  Arlen, Michael

  Arlen, Richard, 10.1, 28.1

  Arliss, George, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 12.1, 28.1

  Arness, James

  Arnold, Edward, 5.1, 11.1

  Arnstein, Nicky

  Around the World in 80 Days

  Arsenic and Old Lace

  Arthur, Jean

  Ashley, Edward

  Ashley, Elizabeth, 32.1, 32.2

  Aslan, Gregoire

  Astaire, Fred, 3.1, 5.1, 16.1, 20.1, 24.1, 25.1, 27.1, 29.1, 29.2

  Astaire, Phyllis

  Astor, Mary, 8.1, 22.1

  As You Like It, 20.1, 22.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5, 24.6, 24.7, 25.1

  Atchley, Dr. Dana Winslow

  Atkinson, J. Brooks, 5.1, 6.1, 26.1

  Auchincloss, Louis

  August, Joseph, 7.1, 7.2

  Aumont, Jean-Pierre

  Austin, Frank

  Awful Truth, The

  Aylmer, Felix

  Ayres, Lew

  Baby Cyclone, The (film)

  Baby Cyclone, The (play), 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.1, 11.1, 20.1

  Bacall, Lauren, 25.1, 26.1, 26.2, 28.1, 29.1, 29.2, 30.1, 32.1, 33.1

  Bachelor Father

  Backer, George

  Backus, Georgia

  Bacon, James

  Bad and the Beautiful, The, 27.1

  Bad Day at Black Rock, 26.1, 26.2, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 27.5, 27.6, 27.7, 27.8, 28.1, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1

  Bad Girl

  Bad Time at Honda, see Bad Day at Black Rock

  Baggott, King

  Bagnall, George

  Bailey, Pearl

  Baker, Belle

  Baker, Carroll

  Baker, Reginald “Snowy”, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1, 10.2

  Bakewell, William

  Balcon, Michael, 27.1, 32.1

  Balderston, John L.

  Ball, Lucille, 20.1, 20.2, 32.1

  Ballard, Lucinda

  Balmat, Charles

  Balmat, Jacques

  Bannister, Harry

  Bannon

  Bara, Theda

  Barabbas, 26.1, 26.2

  Barcellona, Marie

  Barnes, George

  Barnes, Howard

  Barnes, Nancy

  Barrat, Robert

  Barrie, Elaine

  Barrie, Mona

  Barrie, Wendy

  Barry, Ellen, 20.1, 20.2

  Barry, Philip, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 30.1

  Barrymore, Ethel, 1.1, 2.1, 9.1, 17.1, 19.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1

  Barrymore, John, 3.1, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 18.1, 20.1, 24.1, 29.1, 29.2, 30.1, 31.1, 32.1, 32.2

  Barrymore, Lionel, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 22.1, 23.1, 32.1

  Barter, Theodore

  Bartholomew, Freddie, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1, 16.1, 17.1, 32.1

  Bartlett, Sy

  Bastian, Dr. Carl

  Bat, The, 4.1, 4.2

  Batista, Fulgencio

  Batman, 33.1

  Battleground

  Bavu

  Baxter, Warner, 7.1, 8.1

  Beal, Mrs. Carl

  Bearman, Joe

  Beast of Berlin, The

  Beauchamp, Clem

  Beaudry, Yvonne, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 14.2

  Beaumont, Lucy

  Beck, Meyer

  Becket

  Beery, Wallace, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 15.1, 15.2, 19.1, 22.1, 25.1, 32.1

  Before the Sun Goes Down

  Beggers of Life

  Beginning or the End, The

  Begley, Ed

  Behar, Carolyn Rothstein

  Behind the Front

  Behrman, S. N., 7.1, 15.1, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2

  Beilinson, Lawrence

  Belasco, David

  Bell, James, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

  Bellamy, Ralph, 8.
1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.1, 15.1, 22.1

  Belser, Lee

  Belzer, Gladys, 9.1, 11.1

  Benchley, Robert, 11.1, 32.1

  Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

  Ben-Hur

  Bennett, Constance

  Bennett, Joan, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 9.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5, 24.6, 28.1

  Benny, Jack, 24.1, 32.1, 34.1

  Benthall, Michael, 27.1, 27.2

  Beresford, Harry

  Berg, A. Scott

  Berg, Phil

  Bergman, Ingrid, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1, 19.2, 23.1, 23.2, 27.1, 28.1, 29.1

  Berkeley, Busby

  Berkeley, Reginald

  Berkeley Square (film)

  Berkeley Square (play)

  Berle, Milton

  Berlin, Irving, 1.1, 5.1, 13.1, 20.1

  Berman, Pandro S., 19.1, 19.2, 22.1, 22.2, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3

  Bernhardt, Sarah, 2.1, 33.1

  Bernstein, Leah

  Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl

  Best People, The

  Best Years of Our Lives, The, 21.1

  Betjeman, John

  B.F.’s Daughter, 22.1, 22.2

  Bickford, Charles

  Big City, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3

  Big Deal, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3

  Bigelow, Joe

  Big House, The, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1

  Big Show, The

  Big Town

  Big Trail, The

  Bill of Divorcement, A

  Bishoff, Samuel,

  Black Fury

  Blake, Michael,

  Blake, Robert, 6.1, 6.2

  Blandick, Clara, 9.1, 9.2

  Blankfort, Michael, 27.1, 27.2, 30.1

  Blashfield, Edwin

  Block, Ralph

  Blondell, Joan, 29.1, 29.2, 34.1

  Bloomingdale, Hiram

  Blossom Time

  Blue Angel, The, 29.1, 29.2

  Blue Heaven

  Blum, Edwin Harvey

  Blystone, John G., 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

  Bob Cummings Show, The

  Boehnel, William, 12.1, 15.1, 18.1

  Bogart, Humphrey, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 16.1, 22.1, 22.2, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, 28.2, 29.1, 29.2, 30.1, 31.1, 31.2, 33.1

  Bogdanovich, Peter, 6.1, 11.1

  Bohlman, Meta

  Boland, Bridget, 30.1, 30.2

  Bolin, Erik

  Bolton, Guy

  Bolton, Whitney

  Bombers B-52

  Bonaventure, Mother

  Bond, Johnny

  Bond, Ward

  Bondi, Beulah, 1.1, 13.1

  Boody, Henry Phillips, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3

  Boom Town, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 17.1, 22.1

  Booth, Earle, 4.1, 4.2

  Booth, Shirley, 26.1, 29.1

  Bootleggers, The, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

  Borden, Lizzie

  Borgnine, Ernest, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3

  Born Yesterday, 21.1, 23.1

  Borzage, Frank, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 14.1, 25.1

  Borzage, Ray

  Bosworth, Halliam, 1.1, 4.1

  Bottoms Up, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 10.1

  Bought and Paid For

  Boundry Line, The

  Bow, Clara, 8.1, 10.1

  Bowron, Fletcher

  Boyd, Jimmy, 30.1, 30.2

  Boyd, William

  Boyd, William “Stage”, 5.1, 7.1

  Boyer, Charles, 9.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 23.1

  Boyer, Cliff

  Boys Town, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 24.1, 30.1, 33.1, 33.2, 34.1

  Brackett, Charles, 13.1, 29.1, 29.2

  Bradford, Jack

  Brady, Alice

  Branch, Dr. William

  Brandt, Willy

  Brando, Marlon, 30.1, 30.2

  Brandt, Harry

  Breen, Joseph I., 18.1, 19.1, 19.2

  Breen, Tommy

  Breese, Edmund

  Bremer, Edward G., and

  Bren, Milton

  Brendel, El, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

  Brennan, Walter, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3

  Brent, George

  Brent, Olga

  Breslin, Howard

  Brice, Fannie, 12.1, 22.1

  Brick Foxhole, The, see Crossfire

  Bridge on the River Kwai, The, 32.1

  Bridges, Lloyd

  Briskin, Irving

  Briskin, Sam, 9.1, 22.1, 23.1, 30.1, 30.2

  Britton, Layne

  Broadhurst, George, 1.1, 1.2

  Broadway

  Broken Lance, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 27.5, 27.6, 27.7, 28.1

  Bronson, Arthur

  Brooks, Phyllis

  Brooks, Richard

  Brophy, Edward, 29.1, 29.2, 29.3, 30.1, 34.1

  Brower, Otto

  Brown, Abigail, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Brown, Caleb Wescott

  Brown, Caroline, see Tracy, Caroline

  Brown, Chamberlain, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4

  Brown, Clarence, 16.1, 22.1, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 25.5, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 27.1, 29.1

  Brown, Emma, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 5.1, 14.1, 18.1, 20.1, 21.1, 25.1, 30.1

  Brown, Edward S., 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 18.1

  Brown, Frank

  Brown, George, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3

  Brown, John Mason

  Brown, Johnny Mack

  Brown, Katherine, 16.1, 18.1

  Brown, Nicholas

  Brown, Rowland, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1

  Brown, Sam

  Browne, Florence

  Browning, Geraldine

  Bruce, Carter

  Bruce, Virginia, 11.1, 11.2

  Brush, Katharine

  Bryan, William Jennings, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, 30.5

  Bryant, Lester

  Buck, Gene

  Buckingham, Tom, 7.1, 7.2

  Bucquet, Harold

  Buddies, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1

  Budge, Don

  Bullard, Donna

  Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, 9.1, 9.2

  Bumby, J. Harold, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 16.1, 16.2, 34.1

  Burke, Billie

  Burke, Edwin, 9.1, 9.2

  Burns, Bob, 6.1, 6.2, 13.1

  Burns, George, 9.1, 30.1, 34.1

  Burns, Marion

  Burns, Robert, see Burns, Bob

  Butler, Dan

  Butler, David, 7.1, 9.1

  Butler, Hugo, 14.1, 16.1

  Butler, Jimmy

  Byington, Spring

  Byron, Arthur

  By the People

  Caesar and Cleopatra, 24.1, 25.1

  Caesar, Sid, 32.1, 32.2, 32.3, 32.4

  Cagney, James, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, 25.1, 27.1, 28.1, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2, 33.1, 33.2

  Cahn, Sammy

  Cain, Andrew

  Caine Mutiny, The, 27.1, 27.2, 30.1

  Caldwell, Audrey, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 15.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 19.1, 19.2

  Caldwell, David, 15.1, 17.1

  Caldwell, June, 14.1, 23.1

  Caldwell, Orville, 10.1, 15.1, 17.1

  Calhern, Louis, 8.1, 26.1

  Calhoun, Bertha, 2.1, 2.2, 20.1, 30.1, 34.1

  Calleia, Joseph

  Call Me Madame

  Call of the Wild

  Callow, Ridgeway “Reggie”, 7.1, 7.2, 25.1, 25.2

  Camel Caravan

  Camelot

  Camille

  Campbell, Maurice

  Campbell, Stan

  Campbell, William

  Cannon, Jimmy

  Cantinflas

  Cantor, Eddie, 9.1, 10.1, 22.1

  Caplan, Harry, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 28.4

  Capote, Truman

  Capp, Raymond

  Capra, Frank, 9.1, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 22.5, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 30.1,
30.2, 30.3

  Captains Courageous, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 23.1, 30.1, 30.2, 32.1, 34.1

  Captain’s Table, The, 27.1, 27.2

  Carey, Harry

  Carle, Cecil “Teet”, 11.1, 28.1, 29.1

  Carnegie, Andrew

  Carnegie, Dale

  Carney, Alan

  Carr, Joe

  Carr, Nadine, 26.1, 27.1, 28.1, 29.1

  Carradine, John, 12.1, 29.1

  Carré, Ben, 7.1, 10.1

  Carrie

  Carrigan, Tom,

  Carrillo, Leo, 6.1, 11.1

  Carroll, Harrison, 10.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 19.1

  Carroll, Leo G.

  Cassini, Oleg

  Cass Timberlane, 21.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 24.1, 30.1

  Cat and Mouse, 26.1, 26.2

  Cat and the Canary, The, 4.1, 4.2

  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 30.1, 30.2

  Cavalcade, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2

  Ceccarini, Olindo

  Ceiling Zero

  Cermak, Anton

  Chains of Dew

  Champ, The

  Champion

  Champlin, Charles, 33.1, 33.2

  Chaney, Lon, 9.1, 27.1

  Chaplin, Charles, 9.1, 9.2, 18.1, 22.1, 24.1

  Chaplin, Oona

  Chapman, John, 16.1, 17.1, 21.1

  Charisse, Cyd

  Charley’s Aunt, 1.1, 3.1

  Chase and Sanborn Hour, The

  Chase, Clarence

  Chase, Ilka

  Chasen, Dave

  Chauvent, Virginia

  Chayefsky, Paddy, 32.1, 32.2

  Cheever, John

  Chennault, Gen. Claire,

  Chevalier, Maurice, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1

  Cheyenne Autumn, 32.1, 32.2

  Chicago, 6.1, 6.2

  Chicken Feed

  “Child Is Waiting, A”

  Chorpenning, Charlotte

  Christie, Audrey, 18.1, 18.2

  Christie, Gus, 2.1, 16.1

  Christopher Strong

  Christy, Eileen

  Church, Frederick E.

  Churchill, Douglas, 8.1, 11.1

  Churchill, Winston, 18.1, 26.1

  Cincinnati Kid, The, 32.1, 32.2, 32.3

  Cinerama Holiday

  Citadel, The, 14.1, 15.1

  Citizen Kane, 17.1, 18.1

  City of Little Men

  Clark, Bobby

  Clark, Tom

  Clarke, Donald Henderson

  Clarke, Harley, 7.1, 8.1

  Clarke, Mae

  Clatworthy, Robert

  Claw, The

  Clemens, Paul

  Clifford, Ruth

  Clift, Montgomery, 21.1, 27.1, 30.1, 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 31.4, 31.5, 31.6

  Clooney, Rosemary

  Close, Adelaide Brevoort

  Cobb, Lee J.

  Cock-Eyed World, The

  Coffee, Lenore

  Cohan, George M., 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 18.1, 21.1, 24.1, 25.1, 30.1, 31.1, 33.1

  Cohan, Helen Costigan,

  Cohen, George

  Cohn, Harry, 8.1, 9.1, 23.1, 29.1

  Cohn, Joseph J., 18.1, 27.1, 32.1, 34.1