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Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-65156-1 - Selling Hollywood to the World: U.S. and European Struggles for Mastery of the Global Film Industry, 1920–1950 John Trumpbour Index More information Index Achard, Marcel, 239 Aragon, Louis, 241–2, 251, 253 Acheson, Dean, 88, 105–6, 111 Arbeiderbladet, 67 Acoulon, Philippe, 264 Arbuckle, Roscoe “Fatty,” 20–1 Action Française, 236–9 Argentina, 31, 191, 265 Adorno, Theodor, 251 Arnall, Ellis, 110–11 Aero-Engine, 134 Arrivée d’un train à La Ciotat, 328n5 Afghanistan, 97 artisans, 8, 240, 243, 249–51, 255–7, 268 Agee, James, 84 artisanal vs. industrial film, 140, 268, Akira, Asada, 284–5 271–3 Albert, King, 224 artisanal populism, 8, 240, 247 All Quiet on the Western Front, 107 Ashton, C. M., 147 Alliance du Cinéma Independent, 252 Associated British Cinemas (ABC), 178 Allport, F. W., 92, 186, 200 Associated British Picture Company Amen, John Harlan, 81 (ABPC), 178 America, 17–18, 144 Association of Cine-Technicians, 203 American Civil Liberties Union, 52 Association of Revolutionary Artists and Americans All, 98 Writers (AEAR), 252 Amery, L. S., 124 Astaire, Fred, 279–80 Amis de Spartacus, Les, 244–5 “Asterix” cartoons, 225 anarchism, 255–6 Atkinson, G. A., 147, 172, 173 Anderson, Digby, 286 Atlantic Monthly, 28–9 Anderson, Eugene, 102 Attack of the Crab Monsters, 222 Anderson, Perry, 12–13 Aube, L’, 247 Andrew, Dudley, 249 Auden, W. H., 128, 132 Andy Hardy’s Dilemma, 98 Australia, 38, 191 Anglophilia, 77, 229–31 automobile industry, 8, 256, 268 Ann Vickers, 295n45 film and female driving, 96 Anti-Defamation League, 192 anti-Semitism, 3, 21–2, 35, 41–2, 61–2, Baden-Powell, Lord (Robert Stephenson 75–7, 80–8, 145, 158–9, 231–9 Smyth), 30, 162, 163 antitrust, 73, 103, 105 Baker, George W., 104 Apollinaire, Guillaume, 241, 242 Balcon, Michael, 148, 153, 159, 178, 205, Appel, 239 208 Appel du Silence, L’, 229, 248 Baldwin, Stanley, 122, 123 Apple, 204 Baltimore Catholic Review, 71 Applin, R. V. K., 120 Bandera, La, 229 363 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-65156-1 - Selling Hollywood to the World: U.S. and European Struggles for Mastery of the Global Film Industry, 1920–1950 John Trumpbour Index More information 364 Index Bank of England, 170, 320n7 Bled, Le, 259 Bardèche, Maurice, 236–7, 255 Bliss, Don, 200–1 Barnes, Elmer Tracey, 226–7 block booking, 61, 68 Barrymore, John, 245 Blum, Léon, 236, 252 Bas-Fonds, Les, 255 Blum–Byrnes Accord, 266–71 Battle of Russia, 92 Blumer, Herbert, 45 Bazin, André, 243, 249, 333n65 Board of Trade (U.K.), 6, 65–6, 141–2, 179, BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), 186–9, 191, 194–8, 200–2, 207–8 127, 129, 140, 186, 208, 278, 287 Bond, Ralph, 131, 314n37 BBC: The Voice of Britain, 129 Bonnell, René, 2 Beau Geste, 228, 229 Bonnet, Henri, 265, 336n20 Beaverbrook, Lord (William Maxwell Bonnie Prince Charlie, 160, 202 Aitken), 121, 185, 203, 321n29 Boston Post, 48 Becker, Jacques, 269 Boudoir Diplomat, 32 Beddington, Jack, 132 Boudu sauvé des eaux, 255 Beer, George Louis, 211 Box, Muriel, 314n36 Begg, John, 102 Boyer, Charles, 238 Belgium, 4, 64–5, 187, 262, 278, 281, Boyle, (Bishop) Hugh C., 49–50 285–6 Brady, William, 24–5, 27 bans Congolese from Hollywood, 10, Brandeis, Louis, 275 225 Brasillach, Robert, 236–7, 255 Catholic film movement, growth, 213–23 Brazil, 70 dubbing meets resistance, 223 Brazza ou l’épopée du Congo, 258 Flanders vs. Wallonia, 212 Brecht, Bertolt, 136–7, 153 foreign invasions, 211–12 Breen, Joseph I., 39, 40, 54, 56–62, 144–5, historical disparagement, 211 182, 192–4, 216, 262 internationalism, 213 accused of selling out by allies, 50 outrage at U.S. nudism film, 223–4 anti-Semitism, 41–2 Bell, Oliver, 130, 133 Chaplin and, 305n38 Belle of the Nineties (aka It Ain’t No Sin), Chicago Legion, disenchantment with, 49 298n105 Belloc, Hilaire, 76, 135 European producers frustrated by, 264 Berg, Beggt, 67 Hays: disenchantment with, 41–2, 59; Berg, Henrik, 67 privately backed by, 56 Berle, A. A., 89, 110 as “Hitler of Hollywood,” 299n110 Berliner Zeitung am Mittag, 66 on Mildred Pierce, 58 Bernanos, Georges, 240 morals more important than patriotism, Bernays, Edward, 133 98 Bête humaine, La, 255 and Production Code, 34–5, 53 Betts, Ernest, 18, 185 power mounts, 50–1 Bevin, Ernest, 132, 196–7, 202, 323nn84,87 Brezillon, Léon, 258–9 Bicycle Thief, The, 250–1 Bride of Frankenstein, 205 Big Parade, The, 228 Brighton Rock, 202 Binder, J. W., 24, 299n113 British Board of Film Censors, 11, 18, 30, Bioscope, 2, 120 38, 172, 293n26 Biró, Lajos, 152, 154 British Council, 127 Birth of a Nation, 144 British Library of Information, 141–5 Bismarck, Otto von, 211 Brohée, (Chanoine [Canon]) Abel, 214–16, Black, Gregory D., 291n17 225 Black Narcissus, 194, 202 Broken Blossoms, 242 Blackboard Jungle, 223 Bromhead, A. C., 121, 166, 177 Bland, J. O. P., 28–9 Broncho Billy and the Greaser, 28 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-65156-1 - Selling Hollywood to the World: U.S. and European Struggles for Mastery of the Global Film Industry, 1920–1950 John Trumpbour Index More information Index 365 Bucket of Blood, A, 223 Catholic Party (Belgium), 223 Buñuel, Luis, 220 Cavalcanti, Alberto, 128, 140 Burckhardt, Jacob, 180 Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 236 Burgess, E. W., 45 Central Conference of Jewish Rabbis, 44 Burma, see Objective Burma Centre Catholique d’Action Cinématogra- Burma Victory, 185 phique (CCAC), 55, 218 Burnett, R. J., 172–3 Centre Catholique Internationale de Presse Burnham, Walter Dean, 291n18 et de Cinéma, 216 Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 229 Centre National de la Cinématographie Business Advisory Council, 275 (CNC), 264, 271 Butler, (Sen.) Hugh, 88 Chambrillon, L., 245 Butler, Smedley, 108 Chaplin, Charles, 69, 80, 142–3, 151, 242, Byrnes, James, 266 251, 277, 303n38 Charge of the Light Brigade, 299n107 Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Das, 7–8 Charisse, Cyd, 279–80 Caddo Company, 37 Charman, Bernard, 145 Caffery, Jefferson, 267–70 Chastanet, J. L., 231 Cagney, James, 58, 98 Chataigneau, Yves, 231 Cain, James, 58 Chicago, 24, 29 Camelots du Roi, 232, 239 archdiocese of, 55 caméra-stylo, 249 Chienne, La, 220 Canada, 38, 44, 94 children and film, 179–80, 221–3, 282–5; communist accusations vs. Grierson, see also juvenile delinquency 130–1 Children at School, 134 Imperial Economic Conference, 126 Chile, 31 Québec, 262 Choisir, 214, 215, 216, 220, 234, 247–9, Canard, Le, 233 253, 262, 282, 285 Cantwell, (Bishop) John J., 42–3, 49, 61, Christiansen, Arthur, 185 301n131 Churchill, Winston, 148 Canty, George E., 108 Churchman, The, 35 Canudo, Ricciotto, 241, 243 Cicognani, (Archbishop) A. G., 42 Capra, Frank, 92 Ciné-Liberté, 252–3, 261–2 Captain Blood, 60 cinema-club movement, 129–30, 243–6 Carillo, Leo, 31 cinéma de papa, 272–3 Carrington, Lord (Peter Alexander Rupert Cinematograph Exhibitors Association, Carrington), 128 129, 199 Carmoy, Leo, 260, 264, 335n13 Cinematograph Films Act (U.K.) Carné, Marcel, 237, 239, 254 of 1927, 146, 161 Carosello, 278 of 1938, 161–7, 179, 201 Catholic Church Citizen Kane, 49 in Belgium, film movement, 213–22 Citizens League of Maryland for Better on Black Narcissus, 194 Motion Pictures, 71, 94 in Britain, 173–4 City of London (financial district), 154, in France, resurgence, 246–9 158, 161, 170 and Methodism, debate over film, 175 Clair, René, 152, 238, 241, 246–7 WASP-dominated state suspected, 60–1 Clark, Barrett H., 52 see also specific cleric; Breen, Joseph I.; Clark, (Sen.) Bennett Champ, 75, 79 Choisir; Legion of Decency; Lord, Clark, (Sen.) D. Worth, 76, 77 Daniel; OCIC; Pius XI; Pius XII; class, 281–2 Quigley, Martin anarchism, social bases of, 255–6 Catholic Daughters of America, 61 bankers as gentry, 161 Catholic Film Society, 173–5 bourgeois decay, dangers of, 95–6, 103 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-65156-1 - Selling Hollywood to the World: U.S. and European Struggles for Mastery of the Global Film Industry, 1920–1950 John Trumpbour Index More information 366 Index Korda on aristocracy, bourgeoisie, and Costello, Walter J., 68 proletariat, 153 Council on Foreign Relations, 275 Norman regards filmmakers as low-class, Cousteau, P. A., 236 169 Couvares, Francis G., 295n46 proletarian films lacking in France, Crafts, Wilbur Fisk, 21, 22, 292nn12,13 254–5 Crawford, Joan, 58 Rank favors middle class over aristocracy, Creel, George, 63 182 Cremieu-Javal, Ian, 178 see also artisans Crime de Monsieur Lange, Le, 254 Cleveland News, 98 Cripps, Stafford, 132, 154–6, 186, 189, Cleveland Plain-Dealer, 189 191 Clive of India, 230 Crosby, Bing, 101 Clofine, Michael, 112 Crossfire, 84, 300n121 Clouzot, Henri-Georges, 265, 335n13 Croy (Crouy-Chanel), Étienne, 265 Club des Amis du Septième Art (CASA), Crybaby Killer, The, 223 243 Cuba, 32, 108 Coal Face, 128 Culture, Ministry of, 271 Cockburn, Alexander, 336n31 Cunliffe-Lister, Sir Philip (Viscount Cocteau, Jean, 246 Swinton), 123, 141, 161, 301n4 Cohn, Harry, 150 Curd, T. W. C., 174 Cohn, Jack (brother of Harry), 88 Curtis, Charles, 38 Collingwood, R. G., 181 Collins, Richard, 87 Daily Express, 120, 170, 185 Comité Catholique du Cinématographe, Daily Mail, 184 247, 248–9 Daily Mirror, 185 Comité d’Organisation de l’Industrie Daily Sketch, 184, 185 Cinématographique (COIC), 263–4 Daily Worker, 198 Commerce, (U.S.) Dept. of, 4, 5, 6, 7, 20, Dalton, Hugh, 179, 190 26, 108–10, 212, 224, 259 Damien, Father, 327n24 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Dancing Gob, The, 71 Commerce (BFDC), 64–5 Daniels,