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Kentucky (1938), 108–9
Key to the City (1950), 163–64
Kibbee, Guy, 32, 33
King, Henry, 94, 95
Kingsley, Dorothy, 165
Koster, Henry, 69, 147
Ladd, Alan, 65, 125, 126, 127, 128, 132, 134
Ladies Courageous (1944), 129–31
Ladies in Love (1936), 90
Lady from Cheyenne (1941), 123–24, 129
Lady in a Corner (TV movie), 228–29
Lake, Veronica, 125, 127, 130
Lamarr, Hedy, 175
Lanchester, Elsa, 145, 146, 157
Lasky, Jesse, 48
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928), 13, 14–15
Leave Her to Heaven (1945), 112
Lee, Roland V., 49
Leibman, Ron, 226, 227
Leonard, Robert Z., 6, 7
LeRoy, Mervyn, 11–12
Lewis, Christopher Paul, 87, 181, 222–23
Lewis, Judy, 7, 203, 205
“adoption” of, 81–83
appearance of, 239, 240
birth of, 80
childhood of, 80, 87
as cruise ship lecturer, 242
estrangement from Loretta, 241
falsified background of, 81
as graduate of Antioch University, 239
inspiration for name, 80–81
learns truth about birth father, 209
marriage and divorce of, 239–49
as radio actress, 238
as stage actress, 239
as television actress, 238
as television producer, 239
Lewis, Peter Charles, 87, 183
Lewis, Tom: attempt to cancel The Loretta Young Show, 203
and Cause for Alarm!, 165
courtship and marriage to Loretta, 186–87, 231
estrangement and divorce from Loretta, 204–6
and Father Peyton, 181, 183, 231
as radio producer, 86, 177, 231
as TV producer, 189–90
Lewislor Productions, 189
Life Begins (1932), 30–31
Life of Jimmy Dolan, The (1933), 31–32
Lindley, Angus and Ida, 7
Lombard, Carole, 173
London, Jack, 71–72
Longenecker, Robert, 183
Lonsdale, Frederick, 23
Loos, Anita, 46
Loose Ankles, 21–22
Lord, Robert, 37, 38
Loretta Young Show, The, 13, 69, 188–200, 206, 212, 219–21, 232
Los Angeles Film Exposition (FILMEX), 223
Lourdes, 210–12
Love Is News (1937), 96–97, 112
Love Letters (radio version), 175, 176
Love under Fire (1937), 98–100
Loy, Myrna, 21, 22, 23
Lucas, Paul, 51
Luce, Claire Boothe, 155, 156
Lucky Jordan (1942), 126
Lux Radio Theatre, 79, 86, 171–73, 174–76, 190
Lyons, Ben, 10
MacDonald, Jeanette, 49
MacMahon, Aline, 32, 36
MacMurray, Fred, 171, 213
Magnificent Flirt, The (1928), 11, 13
Manners, David, 22, 23, 30, 50
Man’s Castle (1933), 41–44
Mansfield, Jayne, 113
March, Fredric, 120–22, 123, 149
Marcus, Larry, 166
Markey, Gene, 46
Marusia, 190
Mason, James, 214
Mason, Pamela, 214, 215
Mason, Portland, 214, 216
Maté, Rudolph, 211
Mayer, Louis, 139, 154, 163, 187
Mayo, Archie, 31
McCrea, Joel, 91–92
McNeile, H. C. (“Sapper”), 56
Medjugorje, 182
Men in Her Life, The (1941), 119–20
Menjou, Adolphe, 97
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 14, 44, 47, 89, 163, 165, 186, 223
Midnight Mary (1933), 44–46
Milland, Ray, 117–18, 123
Millard, Oscar, 157
Miller, Arthur, 240–41
Miller, Marilyn, 10
Mitchum, Robert, 152–53
Mohr, Hal, 50
Mommie Dearest, 235
Monroe, Marilyn, 10, 113, 232
Moore, Colleen, 10–12, 16, 19
Moore, Pauline, 91, 92
Moorehead, Agnes, 137, 237
Morris, Richard, 210, 211
Montalban, Georgiana, 192, 215, 243
Montalban, Ricardo, 192, 203, 243
Mother Benedict Duss, 157, 158–60
Mother Dolores Hart, 160
Mother Is a Freshman (1949), 154–55
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947), 148–49
Movieland magazine, 191, 192
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), 147
Murray, Ken, 188
Murray, Mae, 6–7
Mutual Broadcasting System, 181, 183
My Mother’s Keeper, 235
My Three Sons, 213
Myra Breckinridge (film), 221
Nader, George, 192, 193
Nagel, Conrad, 25
Naish, J. Carrol, 34, 50
National Conference of Christians and Jews, 224
National Legion of Decency, 73, 74, 80
Naughty but Nice (1927), 11
Neame, Christopher, 228
Neuman, Theresa, 208
New Deal, 38
New Loretta Young Show, The, 213–19
Niblo, Fred, 183
Nichols, Dudley, 148
Nicol, Alex, 167
Night to Remember, A (1943), 122–23, 132, 213
1950s popular culture, 202
Niven, David, 68, 91, 116, 140, 141, 144, 145
Normand, Mabel, 74
North, Sheree, 113
nuns in films, 155, 157
Oakie, Jack, 231
Oland, Warner, 56, 63
Old Maid, The (radio version), 172
O’Neill, Eugene, 148
Only Way, The (1919), 6
Osborne, Robert, 244
Padre Pio, 208, 209
Pagliacci (opera), 15
Palette, Eugene, 118
Paramount Pictures, 53, 125, 139, 144
Paramount Publix, 48
Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky, 48
Parsons, Louella, 83–85, 178, 237
Partos, Frank, 132
Paula (1952), 123, 166–67
Perfect Marriage, The (1947), 140–41
Perry, Fred, 78
Perry, Joan, 116
Peyton, Father Patrick, 179–81, 207
Philadelphia Story, The (radio version), 173
Photoplay magazine, 26–27, 193
Pichel, Irving, 134
Pitts, Zazu, 14, 156
Platinum Blonde (1931), 39–41
Play Girl (1932), 28–29
Poe, James, 166
Poitier, Sidney, 189, 224
Pope John Paul II, 208
Pope Pius XII, 208, 209
Potter, H. C., 147
Power, Tyrone, 65, 68–69, 90, 93, 100, 106–8, 112, 230
President Vanishes, The (1935), 14
Preston, Robert, 124
Primrose Ring, The (1917), 6
Priory of Regina Laudis, 156, 159
Private Lives (film), 100
Private Number (1936), 92–93
Production Code, 44–45, 63
Production Code Administration (PCA), 73
Radio City Music Hall, 19–20, 120, 149
Raft, George, 33
Ramona (1936), 94–95, 199
Rank, J. Arthur, 135
Raphaelson, Samson, 140, 141
Rappe, Virginia, 147
Rathbone, Basil, 93
Raymond, Gene, 48–49
Reed, Donna, 155
Rettig, Tommy, 166, 167
Right of Way, The (1931), 25
Riskin, Robert, 39, 40, 41, 162
RKO Radio Pictures, 19–20, 24, 47, 53, 135, 146, 148, 151, 163
Road, The,
211–12
Road to Lourdes and Other Miracles of Truth, The (DVD), 222
Road to Paradise, The (1930), 22
Roberts, Ruth, 195, 213
Robinson, Edward G., 32, 35, 135, 137
Rogers, Buddy, 49
Rogers, Ginger, 127
rosary, 180–81
Rossellini, Roberto, 237
Royal, Fanny (grandmother), 4, 8
Royal, Robert (grandfather), 4, 8
Ruling Voice, The (1931), 65
Ruskin, Harry, 189
Ruslew Productions, 189
Russell, Rosalind, 116–17, 130, 148, 149, 155, 202, 207, 215, 232
Ryan, Sheila, 221
Sachem, William, 166
Saenz, Josephine, 32
Sale, Richard, 161
Salida, Colo., 3
Salt, Waldo, 151–52
Salt Lake City, Utah, 3, 4, 5
Sarnoff, David, 18
Scalpone, Al, 183
Scarlet Seas (1928), 13
Schary, Dore, 146, 147, 157, 163, 165, 166
Schenck, Joseph, 54
Shanghai (1935), 62–63
Sheen, Bishop Fulton J., 179–80, 202, 208
Shewalter, Robert F., 189, 205
Schumann, Robert and Clara, 194
Scola, Kathryn, 46, 99, 100
Scott, Lizabeth, 139
Screen Guild Theatre (radio show), 86
Second Floor Mystery (1930), 66
Second Honeymoon (1937), 100
Selznick, David, 135, 146
Sersen, Fred, 107
Shadow of a Doubt (1943), 138
She Had to Say Yes (1933), 51–52
Sheik, The (1921), 6
Sheridan, Ann, 127
Show of Shows (1929), 11
Sidney, George, 163
Sirens of the Sea (1917), 5
Sister Mary Rose, 198
sitcoms, 187, 202
Skelton, Red, 186
Skylark (1941), 140, 141
Smith, Kent, 166
Spanish Civil War, 98–100
Speck, Gregory, 209–10
Spelling, Aaron, 219
Spiegel, Sam, 136–37
Spitz, Leo, 135
Spoto, Donald, 68
Squall, The (1929), 20–21
St. Anne’s Foundation, 82
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, 81–82, 88, 92, 93
Stanwyck, Barbara, 202, 215
Stewart, James, 68
Story of Alexander Graham Bell, The (1939), 109–11, 221
Stranger, The (1946), 136–38, 140, 146
Stromboli (1949), 237
Suez (1938), 106–7
Sullivan, Barry, 166
Sutherland, Edward, 69–70, 239
Swanson, Gloria, 150
Taylor, Robert, 92, 93
Taylor, William Desmond, 74
Taxi! (1932), 33–34
Tearle, Conway, 22
Temple, Shirley, 93
Thalberg, Irving, 74
That Wonderful Urge (1948), 112
Theodora Goes Wild (radio version), 173–74
They Call It Sin (1932), 29–30
Thomas, Marlo, 181, 243
Three Blind Mice (1938), 93–94
Three Girls Lost (1931), 32
Tierney, Gene, 112–13, 123, 127
Tinney, Joseph, Jr., 239
Tone, Franchot, 46, 89
Tong Wars, 34
Too Young to Marry, 12
Toretto Enterprises, 212, 216
Tracy, Spencer, 42, 43, 67–68, 216, 230
Traxler, Charlene (aunt), 5, 18
Traxler, Ernest (uncle), 5, 17
Trotti, Lamar, 94, 110
True Confession (radio version), 173
Truth about Youth (1930), 22–23
Twelve O’Clock High (1949), 155
Twentieth Century Pictures, 53, 54, 62, 63, 224, 231
Twentieth Century-Fox, 33, 62, 63, 84–85, 93, 94
Uncommon Knowledge, 235–36, 239, 241, 242
Unguarded Hour, The (1936), 89–90
United Artists, 54, 115
Universal International, 136
Universal Pictures, 5, 18, 123, 128
Vallee, Rudy, 155
Van Trees, James, 46, 47
Veiller, Anthony, 137
Venice, Calif., 80, 88
Vertigo (1958), 135
Vidal, Gore, 221
Vidor, Florence, 11
Wald, Jerry, 187
Wallis, Hal, 138, 139–43, 195
Wanger, Walter, 114–16, 128–30
Ward, Fanny, 6
Ward, Father John, 8
Ware, Darrell, 99, 100
Warner, Jack, 139
Warner Bros., 129, 139, 193. See also First National
Washburn, Beverly, 214
Wayne, John, 32
Weaver, Marjorie, 91, 92, 100
Webb, Millard, 12
Weekend Marriage (1932), 29
Welles, Orson, 135, 137, 138, 173–74
Wellman, William, 34, 35, 36–38, 45, 46, 47, 73, 195, 230
Werker, Alfred, 59
Werlé (Daniel), 195
Westley, Helen, 59
Whip Woman, The (1928), 13
Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937), 100–101
Wife, Husband and Friend (1939), 103–4
Wilcoxon, Henry, 76
Wilder, Billy, 133, 237
William, Warren, 12–13, 35–36
Williams, Robert, 40
Wilson, Liza, 84
Withers, Grant, 9, 12, 66–67, 231
woman’s picture, 27–28, 30
Women in Film’s Crystal Awards, 223–24
Wood, Sam, 89–90
Woolley, Monty, 145, 146
Wright, Teresa, 135, 138, 143–44
Wyman, Jane, 193, 243
Young, Elizabeth Jane (sister). See Blane, Sally
Young, Gladys Royal (mother): as boarding house owner, 7
burial place of, 244
conversion to Catholicism, 3
death of, 244
devotion to Virgin Mary, 181
divorce from John Earle Young, 8
as interior decorator, 17, 92, 190
marriage to, and divorce from, George Belzer, 8–9
marriage to John Earle Young, 3, 4
parents of, 4
phone call from Mervyn LeRoy, 11–13
reaction to Loretta’s first marriage, 66
role in “adoption” scenario, 78, 79
Young, Gretchen. See Young, Loretta
Young, John Earle, 3, 5, 8, 149, 150, 230
Young, John Royal (brother), 5, 7
as John Lindley, 7, 87, 242
Young, Loretta: on acting, 205
“adoption” of Judy, 74, 81–83
affair with Clark Gable, 74
appearances on Family Theatre, 283–85
as Asian characters, 190, 191
attraction to older men, 230
awards of, 200, 201, 223–24
birth of Judy and subsequent cover up, 80–81
burial place of, 244
children by Tom Lewis, 87
contract with morals clause, 74
death and funeral of, 243–44
departure from Fox, 111
devotion to Virgin Mary, 181–82
early interest in television, 185–89
education of, 7–8
fascination with stigmatists, 208–9
favorite films of, 222
filmography of, 256–58 (see also individual films)
as Gretchen, 2, 4
guest on Louella Parsons radio show, 84–85
homes of, 4–5, 7, 221–22
hospitalization of, 202–3
and Jean-Louis (see Jean-Louis)
marriage to Tom Lewis, 87
marriages of, 66–67
multipicture deal with Harry Cohn, 116–17, 123
name change from Gretchen, 10–12
as observant Catholic, 44, 67, 80, 86, 222, 224, 225, 235
post-career activies, 221, 222
and Tyrone Power (see Power, Tyrone)
as radio actress, 170–85
recipient of Louella Parsons award, 85
reconciliation with Harry Cohn, 166
refuses Lloyds of London role, 101–2
return to Zanuck, 138, 154–62
roles rejected, 101, 187, 218, 219
salaries of, 11, 12, 13, 22, 23, 69, 110, 141, 167
as screwball heroine, 122, 174
smoking habit of, 76
on stardom, 142
and James Stewart (see Stewart, James)
suit against NBC, 220
and Edward Sutherland (see Sutherland, Edward)
“swear box” of, 82, 153
as television actress, 206, 210–17, 225–29
as visitor of churches, 222
and Hal Wallis, 140–43
and Grant Withers (see Withers, Grant)
Young, Polly Ann (sister), 3, 12, 111, 149, 234, 244
Young, Robert, 58, 60, 179, 183
Young and Rubicam, 86, 185
Zanuck, Darryl: background of, 53–54, 57–58
on Café Metropole, 98
on Come to the Stable, 156
as controversial producer, 58
favorites of, 93–94, 112–13
and Half Angel, 162
notes on Love Under Fire, 99
on Louella Parsons radio show, 84–85
Tyrone Power–Loretta romance, 68–69, 97, 107
role in “adoption” scenario, 80
strained relationship with Loretta, 102, 107, 111, 123
and at Warner’s, 53
and Wilson, 224
Zoo in Budapest (1933), 48–49
Zukor, Adolph, 48