by Scott Eyman
O’Brien, Pat, 166, 190, 257
O’Casey, Sean, 382
O’Connor, Donald, 245
Of Thee I Sing, 508
O’Hara, Maureen, 6, 120, 180, 190, 197, 198, 211–15, 244, 247, 288–89, 369, 371, 373, 374, 375, 376, 408, 475, 484, 490, 512, 534, 553–54, 557, 571–72, 573
Oklahoma!, 314
“Old John Robertson” (Byrds), 35
Old Tucson (western town), 301, 303, 375–376, 423, 424, 425, 427, 428
Olivier, Laurence, 393, 542, 552
Olsen, Carolyn Roos, 114–16, 117, 401
Olson, James, 8, 276
Olympia, Wash., 264
Once Upon a Time in the West, 504
One-Eyed Jacks, 350
O’Neill, Eugene, 12, 106, 107, 108
O’Neill, Jennifer, 443
On Golden Pond, 493, 514
On the Beach, 335
Open Range, 569
Operation Pacific, 206, 210, 231, 284
Orange County Republican Party, 484–85
Order of the Purple Heart, 190
Orr, Bill, 248
Osborn, Paul, 294
Osborne, Bud, 64
Osborne, Robert, 487
Oscar Presents the War Movies and John Wayne, 537
Oscars, see Academy Awards
OSS (Office of Strategic Services), 16, 131–32, 136
Oswald, Gerd, 362, 363
O’Toole, Peter, 449, 450
Our Town, 465
Outlaw, The, 174, 177, 300, 317
Overbey, David, 279
Overlander, Webb, 328, 351
Overland Stage Raiders, 92
Pabst, G. W., 92
Pacific Title and Art, 66
Pacino, Al, 304
Padjan, Jack, 49
Page, Geraldine, 236, 237, 238–39, 243, 244, 355
Paige, Janis, 300
Paley, William, 272
Palmdale, Calif., 19–20
Panama, 247
Pandora’s Box, 92
Paper Lion (Plimpton), 459
Paradise Canyon, 74
Paramount Pictures, 51, 66, 71, 89, 111, 124, 169, 219, 243, 338, 350, 352, 359, 371, 372, 377–78, 379, 380, 383, 387, 388, 390, 407, 442, 447, 448, 450, 451, 515, 516, 521, 531
Paris, 363, 364
Parker, Cecilia, 77, 78, 79
Parks, Larry, 168–69, 506
Parrish, Robert, 53, 179, 556
Parsons, Lindsley, 39, 74–76, 77, 88–89, 122, 140
Parsons, Louella, 47, 48, 79, 161, 305
Pasadena Playhouse, 29
Pasador, 247
Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 351
Password, 549
Pate, Michael, 244
Patton, 411, 497
Paull, Morgan, 411
Peck, Gregory, 190, 196, 269, 287, 296, 348, 511, 557
Peckinpah, Sam, 376, 510, 513, 569
Pegler, Westbrook, 166
Pentagon, see Defense Department, U.S.
People’s Almanac, The, 541
“People Will Say We’re in Love,” 169
Pepe, 340
Perils of Nyoka, 91–92
Perkins, Millie, 449
Perot, Ross, 416
Perry Mason (TV show), 302, 372
Peru, 229, 247, 308
Peters, Jean, 202
Phillips, Tom, 461
Pichel, Irving, 187
Pickens, Slim, 397
Pickford, Mary, 89
Pidgeon, Walter, 105, 212
Pima County, Ariz., 376
Pittsburgh, 113–14, 123, 127
Pius XII, Pope, 297
Plainsman, The, 94, 124–25
Platt, Louise, 96
Playboy, 467, 468
Plimpton, George, 458–59
Plunder of the Sun, 226, 228, 246–47, 256
PM, 142
Pocketful of Miracles, 381
Podlasky, Al, 370
Poe, Seymour, 338
Point Mugu, Malibu, 436
Poitier, Sidney, 284
Polanski, Roman, 443
Polaroid, 236
Ponti, Carlo, 291
Poppy Day Association, 275
Port Hueneme, 147
Portis, Charles, 442, 444, 448, 512, 515, 516
Poverty Row, 62, 63, 67, 69, 82, 159
Powell, Dick, 68, 199
Powell, William, 391
Power, Mildred, 26
Power, Tyrone, Jr., 5, 130, 500
Power, Tyrone, Sr., 53, 58
Powers, Stefanie, 372–73, 374, 427
Preen, Sidney, 415
Preminger, Otto, 342, 368, 378, 385–86, 387, 447
Presley, Cecilia deMille, 400, 406, 451, 483, 502, 511, 553
Presley, Randy, 400
Presnell, Robert, Jr., 289–90
Preston, Robert, 126
Pride of the Marines, 143
Princess Louisa Inland Waterway, 366
Producers, The, 493
Production Code, 203
Proposition 13, 476
Public Enemy, 232
Punch, 505
Qualen, John, 106
Quality of Mercy, The (unproduced script), 260, 264
Quantrill’s Raiders, 105
Quiet Man, The, 8, 10, 17, 139, 197, 199, 211–15, 216, 217, 218, 224, 372, 375, 414, 432, 448, 542
Quinn, Anthony, 149, 150, 163–64, 183, 511
Racket, The, 199
Rackin, Martin, 306, 378, 426
Rage of Honor, 470
Raines, Ella, 147–48
Ralston, Vera Hruba, 84, 138, 192–93
Rand, Ayn, 143–44, 154
Rankin, John, 142–43
Ravetch, Irving, 477
Rawhide (TV show), 372
Ray, Aldo, 435
Ray, Nicholas, 199–200, 384
Reader’s Digest, 467
Reagan, Nancy, 400, 558
Reagan, Ronald, 109, 164, 349, 400, 490, 537, 558
Reap the Wild Wind, 124–26, 129, 130, 260
Rebel, The, 453
Rebel Without a Cause, 274
Red Door, The (restaurant), 197
Redford, Robert, 545
Redgrave, Vanessa, 512
Red Line 7000, 423, 460
Red River, 8, 10, 58, 120, 146, 170, 171–78, 184, 185, 189, 202, 206, 224, 271, 277, 278, 279, 300, 302, 308, 376, 403, 408, 423, 424, 450, 545, 570
Red River Feed Yard, 566
Red River Land Company, 427, 566
Red River Range, 93, 94
Red Scare, 248
Reed, Donna, 153, 300
Reed, Tom, 114
Reed, Walter, 208
Reflections in a Golden Eye, 296
reissues, 203
Reivers, The, 479
Relyea, Robert, 318–19, 321, 322–23, 324–29, 330, 342, 482
Remarque, Erich Maria, 110
Remington, Frederic, 461
Renaldo, Duncan, 101
Republican National Convention (1968), 439–40
Republic Productions, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 96, 99–101, 120, 126, 127, 129, 130, 146–47, 149, 158, 161, 165, 183, 192, 193, 194, 196, 203, 206, 208, 211, 216–17, 218, 226, 239–40, 264, 300, 355, 370, 420, 456, 474, 487
Argosy deal with, 197
profits of, 196n
two-pronged release strategy of, 105
Wayne’s contract with, 90–94, 106, 122, 138–39, 204, 217
Reunion in France, 123, 127
Reynolds, Burt, 483, 542
Reynolds, Robert, 142
Richards, Dick, 513
Ride Him Cowboy, 66–67
Riders of Destiny, 77–78
Riders of the Purple Sage, 95
Riefenstahl, Leni, 145
Ring of Fear, 225, 232, 256–57, 258, 259, 262–263, 379
Rio Bravo, 10, 299, 306, 312, 350, 401, 423
Rio Conchos, 356
Rio Grande, 10, 180, 197–98, 211, 216, 217, 218, 224, 385
Rio Lobo, 376, 456–58, 459–60
Riskin, R
obert, 61, 380
Riva, Maria, 110
RKO, 51, 90, 105, 124, 139, 147, 149, 150, 153, 163n, 182, 183, 196, 199, 201–2, 204, 211, 230, 231, 240, 258, 265–66, 267, 281, 302
Road to Rio, 189
Robbins, Rudy, 323
Robe, The, 234, 238, 242–43
Roberson, Chuck, 193, 421, 529, 530
Roberts, Marguerite, 443, 444, 448
Roberts, Randy, 8, 276
Roberts, Richard, 36, 60
Robertson, Chuck, 456
Robertson, Dale, 317
Robertson, John S., 35
Robinson, Casey, 452
Robinson, Jackie, 248–49
Rock Island Trail, 194
Roe, Joe, 369–70
Rogell, Sid, 66, 295
Rogers, Buddy, 56
Rogers, Ginger, 140, 163, 252, 508
Rogers, Lela, 163n, 166
Rogers, Peter, 319
Rogers, Roy, 105, 194, 223, 487
Rogers, Will, 60, 182
Rojieck triplets, 275
Roland, Gilbert, 207
Roman riding, 198
Rome, 291
Romina, 283
Room at the Top, 317
Rooney, Mickey, 130
Roos, Bö, 115–17, 131, 137, 156, 205, 229, 239, 247, 309, 312, 401, 406, 506, 538, 555
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 141n, 145, 162, 248, 250, 314, 429
Roosevelt, Theodore, 399
Rooster Cogburn, 511–17
Rose Bowl Parade, 468
Rosemary’s Baby, 451
Rosenberg, Aaron, 34, 205
Rosenthal, Joe, 193
Rossellini, Roberto, 230
Rossen, Robert, 167, 208, 335, 467, 506, 507
Rosson, Arthur, 173
Rough Cut, 520
Rough Romance, 45
Rowan, Dan, 465, 534
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, 464
Roxy Theatre, 59
Royal Hawaiian, 155
Rozsa, Miklos, 434
Rudin, Mickey, 417
Ruggles of Red Gap, 231
Running W, 92
Rush, Barbara, 300
Rusk, Dean, 407
Russell, Charles, 550
Russell, Gail, 157, 158, 203, 208, 241, 282, 484
Russell, Rosalind, 351
Russia, 141n, 251
Rutherford, Ann, 80–81, 84
Ryan, Cornelius, 362
Ryan, Robert, 199, 364
Rydall, Carol, 523
Rydell, Mark, 181, 477–79, 480, 493, 514
Ryskind, Morrie, 145, 166, 205, 349, 508
Sabotage, 229
Sacramento, Calif., 54
Saenz, Carmen, 39
Saenz, Josephine, 39–40, 42, 69–71, 85, 86, 87, 88, 114–15, 118, 119, 132, 137, 225, 229, 243, 297, 401, 408, 409, 428, 499, 559, 565, 566
Sagebrush Trail, 74
Sahara desert, 290, 291
Saigon, 431
St. George, Utah, 266
St. John, Mary, 136, 155, 157, 167, 218, 224, 237, 242, 259, 266, 324, 334, 349, 370, 391, 403, 408, 415, 429, 432, 468, 497–498, 555, 558–59, 565
St. John’s Hospital (Santa Monica), 364
St. Paul, USS, 386
Salk, Jonas, 557
Salt of the Earth, 227
Salute, 44
Sands, Danny, 175
Sands of Iwo Jima, 10, 193–96, 198, 216, 258, 271, 372, 409, 424, 430, 448, 449, 455, 477
Sanford, John, 443
San Francisco, 420
San Francisco, Calif., 254, 274
San Rafael, Calif., 268, 269
Santa Anna, General, 160
Santa Cruz Islands, 26
Santa Fe Stampede, 92–93
Santa Fe Trail, 109
Sargent, John Singer, 315, 341
Sarris, Andrew, 571
Saturday Evening Post, 46, 171, 226
Saturday Night Live, 501
Savalas, Telly, 505
Saving Private Ryan, 152
Saylor, Syd, 91
Sayonara, 294
Scaramouche, 192
Scarface, 199
Schaefer, Bill, 232
Schary, Dore, 288, 508
Scheuer, Philip K., 158, 336, 340
Schlesinger, Leon, 66, 67, 68, 69, 81, 494
Schnee, Charles, 171
Scott, George C., 411, 476, 477, 497, 511, 519, 545
Scott, J. Hampton, 169–70
Scott, Randolph, 113, 282, 283, 407, 482
Scott, Vernon, 306
Screaming Mimi, 264
Screen Actors Guild, 131, 164, 166
Screencraft Productions, 69
Screen Directors Guild, 166, 250, 319
Screen Directors Playhouse, The (TV show), 273
Screen Guide for Americans (Rand), 143
Screen Playwrights, 140
screen tests, 47
Screen Writers Guild, 140, 163, 164, 326
Scripps Clinic, 387–88, 389
Seabees, 147
Sea Chase, The, 260–62, 265, 284
Searchers, The (film), 8, 10, 58, 65, 180, 271, 273–80, 281, 288, 299, 308, 342, 360, 414, 434, 448, 450, 542, 545, 573
Searchers, The (Le May), 273, 274, 461
Searchers, The (von Schmidt), 549
Searching Wind, The, 143
Sea Spoilers, 85, 86, 88
Seaton, George, 513
Seconal, 308
Secret Ceremony, 443
Seeing Stars, 36
Seiler, Lew, 114
Seitz, George B., 61
Selective Service, 130
Self, William, 173, 175, 195, 196, 519–20, 521, 522, 529, 532
Selznick, David, 81, 94, 145, 272, 317
Selznick, David O., 294
Selznick, Myron, 120
Sennett, Mack, 66
Separation and Recovery Systems Inc., 471
Sequoia National Park, 54, 55
serials, 62–65, 81, 91–92, 106
Seven Arts Productions, 334, 433–34
Seven Men from Now, 281–83, 372
Seven Sinners, 109–11, 123
70mm widescreen productions, 51–52, 57
7 Women, 426
Seven Year Itch, The, 120
Shadow of the Eagle, 62–63, 64
“Shaggy Legion, The” (Evarts), 46
Shahan, James T. “Happy,” 310–12, 313–14, 316, 326, 342
Shakespeare, William, 335
Shane, 275
Sharpe, David, 100
Sharpe, Karen, 253, 254, 255, 260, 329–30
Shavelson, Melville, 397, 449
Shaw, George Bernard, 56
Shaw, Sam, 325, 398–99
Sheehan, Winfield, 46, 48
Shelton, Bob, 376–77, 425, 428, 457–58, 464
Shepherd, Cybill, 472
Shepherd of the Hills, The, 109, 111–12, 439, 568
Sheridan, Ann, 424
Sherman, George, 92, 93–94, 100, 355, 474, 475
Sherman, Vincent, 170–71, 247, 248, 249–50, 305
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, 8, 10, 180, 185–89, 196, 199, 202, 224, 279, 424, 434, 448, 476, 545
Shootist, The (film), 5, 10, 356, 357, 451, 519–521, 526, 531–32, 533, 534, 545
Shootist, The (G. Swarthout), 519
Shoup, David, 136
Siegel, Don, 520, 521–22, 523–26, 527, 528–530, 532, 545
Sierra Nevadas, 233
Sierra Photoplays, 23
Sigma Chi fraternity, 32, 56, 70, 131
Silver, Charles, 10
Silverman, Sime, 57
Simon, Simone, 192
Simpson College, 17
Sinatra, Barbara, 534, 557
Sinatra, Frank, 299, 317, 450, 462, 479, 534, 557
Sir Nigel (Doyle), 405
Skelton, Red, 115, 205
Skidoo, 368
Skouras, George, 314–15, 320
Skouras, Spyros, 314, 315, 341
Small, Edward, 177–78
Smalley, George, 90
Smith, Dean, 317–18, 321, 329, 354–55, 394, 422, 445, 457, 568
Smith, Jaclyn, 443
Smith, Jessie, 15
Smith, John, 382
Smith, Maggie, 512
Smith, M. E., 15
Smith, Robert, 131
Smith, Wingate, 318
Smith’s Drug Store, 15, 17
“smokers,” 128–29
Solar Productions, 482
Somewhere in Sonora, 67
Song of the South, 249
Sons of Katie Elder, The, 111, 378, 387, 388–89, 390–91, 392–96, 425, 446, 451, 516
Sons of the Pioneers, 197
soundtracks, 51
South America, 229
Southern, Terry, 397
South Pacific, 314
South Vietnam, 436
Soyer, Raphael, 109
Spanish Main, The, 211
Sparling, Raymond, 427
Speakeasy, 49
Special Forces, 431, 436
Special Service, 438
Sperling, Cass Warner, 210
Spielberg, Steven, 542–43
Spillane, Mickey, 257, 264
Spirit of the Alamo, The, 335
Spoilers, The, 113, 123, 127
Spread Creek, 55
Stack, Robert, 130, 207, 252, 254, 543
Stacy, Pat, 497–98, 503, 504–5, 511, 518, 531, 533, 535, 542, 544, 547, 548, 549, 550–51, 552, 555, 557, 560, 561, 565, 566
Stagecoach (1939), 1–7, 10, 94–98, 99, 101, 107, 120, 122, 161, 168, 176, 178, 188n, 189, 202, 278, 279, 300, 371, 395, 403, 426, 566
Stagecoach (1966), 426
Stanislavski, Constantin, 239
Stanwyck, Barbara, 69, 98, 140, 252
Star Is Born, A, 210, 232
Stark, Ray, 424
Starrett, Charles, 66
Star Trek (TV show), 432–33
Star Wars, 569
Steele, Bob, 30, 77, 225, 235, 240, 246, 372
Stein, Pete, 369
Steiner, Max, 281
Sterling, Jan, 253
Stern, Phil, 244–45
Stevens, Charlie, 53
Stevens, George, 309, 333, 352, 385, 430, 432
Stevens, George, Jr., 430
Stevenson, Adlai, 269
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 153
Stewart, James, 111, 221, 270, 287, 289, 359, 360, 361, 387, 393, 472, 473, 500, 521, 524, 534, 542, 544, 556, 561
Stewart, Peggy, 91
Stilwell, Joseph, 407, 542
Sting, The, 492
Stockbridge, Fat, 24–25
Stofft, Fred, 22, 23, 134
Stone, Lewis, 69
Story of G.I. Joe, The, 232, 268
storytelling, 83
Stout, Archie, 71–72, 86, 246
Stout, Rex, 405
Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The, 143
Strasberg, Lee, 394
Streetcar Named Desire, A, 120
Streets of Laredo, The, 472–73, 482
Streisand, Barbra, 424, 448, 449
Strike Up the Band, 508
Strode, Woody, 38
Strong Boy, 49
Studebaker, 471
Studio Center, 458
studio executives, 144
Sturges, John, 322, 387, 497, 499–500