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A Anderson-Milton Drama School Abbott, George, 94, 95, 135, 145, (the John Murray Anderson and 150, 154, 158 Robert Milton School of Theatre Academy Awards, 120, 138, 191, 197, and Dance in New York), 190 208 Anthony Adverse, 8, 152 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Arliss, George Sciences, 155, 189, 197, 219 at Warner Bros., 35, 39, 52, 61, Acting Schools, in New York, 5, 52, 69–71, 79, 89, 100, 108, 126, 66, 73, 75, 81, 125 128, 130, 131, 151, 156, 164, Adams, Maude, 23, 42, 110 209, 218, 223, 224 Adler, Stella, 98, 182 autobiographies (Up the Years from Adolf, John G., 7, 11, 47, 96, 121, Bloomsbury and George Arliss by 122, 130, 206 Himself), 128, 129 Akins, Zoë, 28, 158, 164, 209 contracts with Warners, 89, 106, Alexander, Katharine, 152, 160, 218 132 All Star Feature Film Corporation, 43 in silent flms, 107, 108, 119 American Academy of Dramatic Arts, in talking pictures, 70 66, 74, 75 production unit at Warners, 126, American Mutoscope and Biograph 128 Company, 36. See also Biograph stage career, 28, 107 Company Arzner, Dorothy, 158 American Vitagraph Company, 90. See Astor, Mary, 102, 165 also Vitagraph Atkinson, Brooks (drama critic on the Anderson, Maxwell, 199, 209 New York Tribune), 14, 48, 145
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Auer, Florence, 47 Behlmer, Rudy, 16, 185, 212 Awake and Sing!, 164, 182, 184 Belasco, David, 1, 9, 19, 20, 24, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 39, 40, 43, 51, 74, 79, 106, 171, 206, 217 B Belasco Theatre, 29, 30, 43, 106, 183 Babington, Bruce, 212 Bennett, Joan, 105, 110, 111, 113, 128 Bacon, Lloyd, 2, 159, 206 Bernhardt, Sarah, 15, 200, 211 Bankhead, Tallulah, 136, 167, 205, Binns, Archie, 74 209, 214 Biograph Company, 10, 29, 36, Barrat, Robert, 144, 150, 159, 185 47, 62, 71. See also American Baron, Cynthia, 5, 16, 74, 80, 97, 98, Mutoscope and Biograph 132, 182, 184, 210, 226 Company Barrymore, Ethel, 23, 28, 97, 160, Blackton, Stuart J., 36, 70, 76, 90 196, 214 Blanke, Henry, 53, 71, 72, 76, 152, Barrymore, John 191, 192 at Famous Players, 46, 81, 110. See Blondell, Joan, 105, 131, 136, 150, also Famous Players-Lasky, and 151, 166, 218 Paramount Pictures Blue, Monte, 10, 41, 46, 51–53, 55, at Warner Bros., 89, 100, 133 59, 68, 72, 76, 102 autobiography Confessions of an Boehnel, William, 150, 159, 180, 186 Actor, 99 Bogart, Humphrey, 12, 163, 164, coached by Margaret Carrington, 82 166, 169, 172–174, 177, 178, contracts with Warners, 89, 96 181, 182, 185, 197, 207, 218 development of acting method, 81 Booth, Edwin, 22, 83, 90 in silent flms, 66 Bordertown (1935), 151, 185, 207 in talking pictures, 70, 109 Bordwell, David, 15, 74, 132 production unit at Warners, 97 Boucicault, Dion, 75, 119, 183 stage career, 86, 88 Bow, Clara, 158 Barrymore, Lionel, 47, 81, 97 Brass, 35, 55, 72, 75 Barrymore, Maurice, 81, 97 Brent, George, 9, 136, 143, 144, 152, Bean, Jennifer M., 44 158, 159, 166, 182, 197, 198, Beau Brummel (flm), 11 206, 207, 210, 211, 218 Beau Brummel (play), 40, 48, 80, Brewster, Ben, 2, 3, 15, 16 84–86, 100, 222 Brice, Fanny, 28, 43 Beaudine, William, 35 Broadhurst Theatre, 94, 107, 153, Beaumont, Harry, 7, 19, 34, 39, 46, 164, 165, 170, 176, 183 48 Broadway, 1, 2, 5–15, 19–36, 39–48, Beautiful and the Damned, The (flm), 51, 63, 66, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 35 79–81, 83, 84, 91– 97, 101, Beautiful and the Damned, The 102, 105–107, 109, 110, 120, (novel), 35, 54, 75, 225. See also 127, 129, 135, 137, 138, 139, F. Scott Fitzgerald 141, 145, 150, 151– 154, 157, Index 229
158, 160, 163–167, 173, 175, Collier Snr, William, 81, 82 177, 180–184, 190, 193, 197, Conklin, Peggy, 166, 169, 170, 172, 199, 200, 205, 208, 209, 214, 176, 178, 182 217–220, 222–225 Contracts, 9, 131, 135, 140. See also Broadway (flm 1929), 7, 79, 136, Option contracts 154, 190 Cook, David A., 7, 16, 42, 43, 47, Broadway (play 1926), 2, 19, 94, 145, 101 150, 173, 224 Cook, Donald, 43, 47 Broadway after Dark (flm), 48, 225 Cornell, Katharine, 183, 189, 205, 214 Broadway After Dark (play), 39, 40 Costello, Dolores, 47, 92, 95, 102 Brook, Clive, 156 Costello, Helen, 47, 102 Broun, Heywood, 14, 30, 44 Costello, Maurice, 47 Bubbeo, Daniel, 16, 159, 209 Count of Monte Cristo, The (flm), 63, Bushell, Anthony, 96, 110, 112, 113, 64 128, 129, 165 Count of Monte Cristo, The (play), 63, 64 Cowl, Jane, 44, 75 C Crash, The, 141 Cagney, James, 9, 105, 109, 129, 131, Crawford, Joan, 208 137, 149, 150, 151, 154, 158, Creelman, Eileen, 14, 180, 186, 193, 166, 185, 206, 211, 218 199, 211–214 Cameron, Kate, 14, 186, 194, 208 Crewe, Regina, 180, 186 Campbell, Mrs. Patrick, 106, 109 Crisp, Donald, 193, 194, 207 Carnovsky, Morris, 182 Crosland, Alan, 6, 70, 86, 89, 91, Carrington, Margaret, 82 102, 217 Casino Theatre, 21, 27 Curtiz, Michael, 13, 79, 95, 102, 133, Catchings, Waddill, 70 141, 151, 152, 157, 159, 167, Chaplin, Charlie, 36, 43 183, 189, 191, 192, 200, 203, Chatterton, Ruth 206, 208, 211, 213, 217, 218, at Paramount Pictures, 2, 43, 158, 225, 226 219 at Warner Bros., 5, 7, 8, 135, 137, 140, 142, 143, 150, 152, 153, D 159, 164, 205, 219, 224 Dale, Alan, 30, 44 naturalistic acting, 146, 221 Daly, Augustin, 21, 22, 35, 47, 75 stage career, 28, 86, 88, 94, 107 Dangerous, 9, 73, 151, 159, 176, 177, star image, 80, 106, 141, 142, 152, 191, 193, 195, 206, 207, 210 167, 196 Dark Victory (flm), 13, 189, 197, Claire, Ina, 30, 32, 44 198, 204, 207–209, 210, 213, Classicism (and acting), 4, 11, 84, 85, 220, 225 87, 119 Dark Victory (play), 13, 185, 189, Clurman, Harold, 182 197, 198, 207–210, 220, 225 230 Index
Davis, Bette, 5, 7–9, 12, 13, 16, 76, Dictator, The (play), 81, 110 105, 109, 123, 125, 126, 128, Dieterle, William, 8, 76, 152, 153, 129, 131, 132, 143, 151–153, 206, 208 156, 157, 159, 163–166, 173, Digges, Dudley, 105, 131, 183 174, 176, 181, 183, 185, 186, Disraeli (flm 1921, silent), 107, 189–216, 219, 220, 222, 226 111–113 and acting method, 125, 164, 190, Disraeli (flm 1929, sound), 107, 109, 205 110, 118–121, 218, 221 at drama school, 190 Disraeli (play), 8, 11, 106 at Universal Pictures, 165, 190 Don Juan, 86, 89–92, 97, 101 at Warner Bros., 126, 128, 131, Donnelly, Ruth, 149 151, 156, 164, 209, 181, 191 Drew, Georgiana, 97. See also autobiography The Lonely Life, 211, Georgiana Drew Barrymore 213 Drew, John, 22, 81, 110 contracts with Warners, 96, 132 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 80, 87, 97 court case with Warners (1936), 9, Duckett, Victoria, 15, 211 12, 181, 191–193, 206–208, Dumas, Alexandre, 63 213 Dunning, Philip, 94, 95, 135, 145, mannerisms (histrionics and tics), 154, 158 201, 204, 220 production unit at Warners, 126, 128, 191 E stage career, 94 Eagels, Jeanne, 129, 167 use of restrained acting, 118, 172 Edison Company, 24, 34, 36 Davis, Owen, 39, 40, 48, 196 Edison, Thomas, 24, 42, 91 DeCordova, Richard, 42 Eforgan, Estel, 182 De Havilland, Olivia, 202, 207, 213 Elizabeth, the Queen (1930), 199–201, Del Ruth, Roy, 11, 48, 54, 55, 79, 209, 212 102, 159, 167, 206, 218 Empire Theatre, 10, 23, 28, 35, 42, Delsarte, François, 41 157, 164, 167, 182 DeMille, Cecil B., 29, 43, 44 Empire Theatre Stock Company, 23, De Mille, William, 40 47 Desfontaines, Henri, 15, 211 Enright, Ray, 48, 137, 210, 211 Desjardins, Mary, 157 Devil, The (flm), 28, 43, 107, 193, 208 F Devil, The (play), 28, 43, 107, 193, Fair and Warmer (flm), 31, 45 208 Fair and Warmer (play), 31, 33, 45 Dialogue directors, 5, 185, 196, 201, Fairbanks, Douglas Jr., 53, 102, 167 208, 223. See also Irving Rapper Fairbanks, Douglas Sr., 91, 101 Dickson, William Kennedy, 42 Famous Players Film Company, Dictator, The (flm), 81, 110 29, 44, 217. See also Famous Index 231
Players-Lasky and Paramount Frisco Jenny, 141 Pictures Frohman, Charles, 10, 20, 22, 23, 28, Famous Players-Lasky, 40, 44, 46, 48, 29, 35, 42, 47, 75, 157, 217 108, 157, 165 Frohman, Daniel, 29 Farnum, Dorothy, 85 Faversham, William, 23, 47, 97 Fazenda, Louise, 7, 10, 19, 35–38, 41, G 45–48, 51, 95, 102, 108, 155, Gaines, Jane, 207 210, 211 Galsworthy, John, 81, 107, 183 Fells, Robert M., 99, 122, 129–131, Garbo, Greta, 44, 205, 208 133 Garton, Joseph, 83, 96–98, 100, 101, Female, 141 102 Fields, W.C., 36, 43 Gielgud, John, 182 First National Pictures, 141, 165 Girl from 10th Avenue, The, 152, 153, Fiske, Harrison Grey, 63–64, 67 160, 206 Fiske, Mrs. Minnie Maddern, 4, 6, 16, Girl of the Golden West, The (flm), 171 63–66, 74, 106, 110, 119, 130, Girl of the Golden West, The (play), 29 189 Gish, Dorothy, 36 Fitch, Clyde, 40, 48, 80, 85, 99, 160 Gish, Lillian, 29, 43, 182 Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 35, 54 Glancy, H. Mark, 46, 100–102, 137, Fitzgerald, Geraldine, 207 154, 156, 159, 160, 205, 207, Flynn, Errol, 152, 199, 201–204, 207, 208, 209, 213 212, 213 Gledhill, Christine, 44 Fonda, Henry, 193, 194, 207 Gold Diggers of Broadway, 11, 48, 79, Fontanne, Lynn, 13, 164, 165, 199, 94, 95, 120, 136, 154, 218 200, 205, 209, 213, 214 Gold Diggers, The (flm), 2, 10, 19, 20, Foolish Age, The, 36, 37 36–38, 51, 94, 150 Foran, Dick, 155 Gold Diggers, The (play), 2, 10, 19, 30, Ford, Hugh, 29 32, 33, 39, 44, 46, 48, 136 42nd Street, 21, 24, 25, 28, 29, 45, Gold Diggers of 1933, 12, 45, 48, 72, 136, 137, 139, 149, 150, 135–139, 150, 154, 155, 159, 154, 157, 159, 217 217 Fowler, Gene, 98, 100 Goldwyn, Samuel, 43, 157, 193 Fox Film Corporation, 108, 157, Goulding, Edmund, 7, 12–13, 43, 76, 166, 183, 219. See also Twentieth 189, 192–195, 197, 198, 208, Century-Fox 211, 219, 225 Francis, Alec B., 7, 19, 38, 47, 48 Green, Alfred E., 7, 8, 9, 11, 53, Francis, Kay, 151, 157, 166, 167, 182, 106, 108–111, 121, 130, 141, 218 151–153, 159, 183, 191, 206, Franklin, Sidney, 34, 35, 48, 75, 156 211, 218, 219 Frederick, Pauline, 68 Green Goddess, The (flm 1923, silent), Freedland, Michael, 15, 101 107 232 Index
Green Goddess, The (flm 1930, sound), acting method (technique), 167, 108, 109, 130 190 Green Goddess, The (play), 107, 110 contract with Warners, 167, 183 Greenwich Village Theatre, 190 flm career, 7, 129, 165, 168 Griffth, D.W., 36, 43–44, 62, 72, 94 naturalistic acting, 167, 168, 171 Grot, Anton, 122, 210 stage career, 12, 165, 178, 183 Group Theatre, 98, 164 star image, 167 Guild Theatre, 164, 214. See also at Warner Bros., 164, 218 Theatre Guild Howell, Maude T., 107, 121, 122, 131 Howland, Jobyna, 30, 37, 44, 155 H Hunter, Ian, 152, 153, 160, 193, 194, Hackett, James K., 97 207 Hake, Sabine, 72 Hale, Alan, 46 Hale, Creighton, 55, 61, 72 I Hall, Gladys, 196, 209 Ibsen, Henrik, 4, 64, 74, 130, 190, Hall, Mordaunt, 14, 73, 120, 130, 206 137, 149, 155, 158 Hamlet, 81, 83, 90, 100, 182, 206 Hammond, Percy, 14, 172, 184 J Hampton, Hope, 19, 37, 48 Jacobs, Lea, 2, 3, 15, 16 Harding, Ann, 157 Jannings, Emil, 52, 156 Harlan, Kenneth, 35, 46 Jazz Singer, The (flm), 6, 70, 92, 94, Harris, Jed, 94, 95, 102, 158 217, 218 Harris Theatre, 45, 158, 206 Jazz Singer, The (play), 25, 70, 94 Hayes, Helen, 44, 164, 189, 205, 214 Jean, the Vitagraph Dog, 36 Heroes of the Street, 35, 55 Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Higson, Andrew, 212 9, 28, 29, 43, 44 Histrionic acting, 2, 3, 11–13, 61–63, Jest, The, 80–82, 86, 98 66, 67, 118, 119, 164, 174, 176, Jezebel (flm), 48, 189, 195, 196, 181, 201, 205, 221, 222 208–210, 219, 221, 225 Hopkins, Arthur, 80–82, 165, 177, Jezebel (play), 48, 189, 196 182 Johaneson, Blaud, 14, 194, 204, 208, Hopkins, Miriam, 159, 207 209, 213 Hopwood, Avery, 2, 9, 10, 19, 20, 30–33, 39, 42, 44–46, 76, 94, 136, 137, 155, 160 K Howard, Leslie, 5, 7, 12, 129, 153, Kanfer, Stefan, 182, 183 163–168, 172–186, 191, 204, Keane, Marian, 88, 99–100 205, 218–220 Keeler, Ruby, 136, 137, 151, 154, 155, 159, 218 Index 233
Keystone Studio, 36, 54, 55 Lyceum Theatre, 29, 73, 75, 183 Kibbee, Guy, 7, 12, 135, 136, 138, Lyric Theatre, 25 144, 146, 149, 150, 159, 218 Kinetoscope parlours, 24, 26 Kinnell, Murray, 105, 131 M Kiss Me Again, 68, 70, 75 Mackay, F.F., 73 Klaprat, Cathy, 156, 207 MacKaye, Steele, 21, 22, 29, 41, 73, Korda, Alexander, 165 75, 119 Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 210 MacMahon, Aline, 135–138, 150, 155, 218 Madame X, 140 L Mad Genius, The, 133 Lady Windermere’s Fan (flm), 76 Madison Square Theatre, 21, 22, 29, Lasky, Jesse L., 9, 28, 29, 40, 43, 44, 41, 73, 87, 97 48 Madison Square Theatre School, New Lastra, James, 132 York, 21, 73, 75 Leaming, Barbara, 185, 204, 213 Man from Mexico, The (flm), 97 LeRoy, Mervyn, 2, 8, 12, 48, 95, 135, Man from Mexico, The (play), 81 137, 138, 152, 154, 159, 166, Mansfeld, Richard, 4, 11, 15, 47, 80, 206, 217 83–85, 87, 89, 97, 99, 137 Lewis, Jon, 138, 156 Mantle, Barns, 172, 184, 185 Lewis, Sinclair, 34, 46 Man Who Played God, The, 11, 110, Lightner, Winnie, 102 122–127, 129, 132, 143, 156, Lights of New York, The, 29, 40 157, 206, 222 Lilly Turner (flm), 12, 141, 143, 146, Marked Woman, 193, 195, 220 149, 150, 159 Marriage Circle, The, 10, 11, 51–56, Lilly Turner (play), 135, 145, 150, 59–61, 67–69, 72, 73, 75, 76 224 Mast, Gerald, 73 Lindsay, Margaret, 185, 207 “Matinee girl” fans, 99 Lloyd, Doris, 109, 113, 131, 165, 207 Matinee idols, 22, 80, 81, 86, 88, 92, Lobby cards, 14, 40, 110, 111, 138, 97 139, 140, 152, 153 Maxine Elliott’s Theatre, 27, 28, 164 Lockhart, Freda Bruce, 207 Mayer, David, 66, 75 Lord, Robert, 89, 99, 136, 206 Mayo, Archie, 153, 180, 185, 206, Los Angeles Times, 145, 148, 158, 160 211 Louise, Anita, 193, 207, 212 McDonald, Paul, 207 Louis, Willard, 19, 46 McHugh, Frank, 7, 12, 135, 144, Loy, Myrna, 47, 95, 102 149, 150, 159, 206, 218 Lubitsch, Ernst, 10, 11, 51–55, McLean, Adrienne L., 157, 161, 213 59–61, 67–73, 75, 76, 79, 109, McNally, Harold N., 207 131 McTeague, James, 5, 16, 41, 47, 73, Lunt, Alfred, 164, 165, 183, 213 75 234 Index
Melodrama, 7, 21, 26, 28, 29, 44, Naumburg, Nancy, 209 48, 54, 107, 140, 158, 166, 171, Negri, Pola, 52, 53 184, 186, 190, 194, 197, 205, Neo-Romanticism (Neo-Romantic act- 206, 210 ing), 89 Menjou, Adolphe, 39, 53, 55, 61 New York City, 20, 22, 24, 35, 71, 72, Mercanton, Louis, 15, 211 75, 84, 91, 93 Meredyth, Bess, 89, 92 New York Daily News, 172, 184, 186, Method acting, 5, 98 194, 208 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 7, New York Daily Worker, 199, 211 69, 76, 94, 157, 165, 167, 183, New York Dramatic Mirror, 63, 64 189, 193, 197, 202, 208, 209, New York Herald-Tribune, 172, 184, 219, 224 212 Metro Pictures, 33, 34, 40, 76 New York Journal American, 14, 30, Miller, Gilbert, 129, 165, 182, 208 44, 145, 158, 180, 181, 186 Miller, Henry, 97, 141, 157, 166 New York Public Library for the Millionaire, The, 121, 122, 131, 132 Performing Arts, 17, 48, 71, 72, Moby Dick, 89 100, 101, 132, 159 Modern acting, 4, 5, 13, 63, 65, 119, New York School of Acting, 74 205, 219, 222–224 New York Sun, 180, 186, 193, 199, Modern Screen, 196, 209 211–213 Molnár, Ferenc, 43, 107, 160, 193 New York Times, 14, 60, 61, 73, 120, Moreau, Emile, 211 130, 137, 145, 149, 155, 158, Moscow Art Theatre (MAT), 5, 83. 175, 198, 210 See also Stanislavsky New York Tribune, 44 Motion Picture Daily, 130 New York World-Telegram, 159, 181, Moving Picture Herald, 63 186 Moving Picture World, 52, 53, 91, 101 Nickelodeons, 26, 34 Muni, Paul, 8, 76, 128, 137, 138, Noah’s Ark, 95, 218 151–153, 166, 185, 191, 209, Normand, Mabel, 36, 47 218, 219 Nugent, Frank, 14, 137, 198, 210 Murphy, Brenda, 42 Myers, Carmel, 102 Myers, Harry, 35, 55 O Odets, Clifford, 164, 182, 184 Of Human Bondage, 174–176, 181, N 183, 191, 194 National Conservatory of Dramatic Old English (flm), 107, 108, 110, 130 Art, 73 Old English (play), 107, 110, 129 National Recovery Administration Old Maid, The (flm), 13, 76, 164, (NRA), 152, 155 198, 204, 209, 210, 211, 219, Naturalism (naturalistic acting), 2–4, 221 11, 12, 44, 68, 85, 87, 119, 135, Old Maid, The (play), 182, 189, 197, 168, 220 199 Index 235
Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company, 80, 92, 94, 97, 128, 135, 140, 45, 145, 154, 159 189 Orry-Kelly, 143, 192 Porter, Edwin S., 29, 34 O’Neill, Eugene, 74, 137 Powell, Dick, 136, 151, 154 O’Neill, James, 63, 64, 74, 111, 116 Power-Waters, Alma, 82, 83, 98 Pratt, George, 73, 74, 101 Press books, 14, 90, 101, 125, 132 P Prestige pictures, 2, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, Painting the Clouds with Sunshine, 48 70, 72, 89, 91, 95, 105, 128, Palmer, Albert M., 35, 47, 75 135, 143, 151, 152, 153, 181, Panzer, Paul, 47 189, 197, 205, 219, 222–225 Paramount Pictures, 2, 43, 158, Prevost, Marie, 7, 10, 11, 35, 41, 219. See also Famous Players 51–56, 59, 60, 67, 68, 70, 72, Film Company and Famous 73, 76, 92 Players-Lasky Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Parker, Louis, 106, 130 The, 13, 189, 192, 197, 199–201, Pearson, Roberta, 15, 62–63, 74, 226 202–204, 206, 209, 210, 212, Pelswick, Rose, 14, 181, 186, 194, 213, 214, 220, 222, 225 208 Production Code, 173 Peter Ibbetson, 80, 81, 86 Provincetown Playhouse, 190 Peters, Margot, 97, 98, 100, 101, 182 Petrifed Forest, The (flm), 153, 163, 166–168, 176, 186, 220, 225 Q Petrifed Forest, The (play), 12, 163– Queen Elizabeth/Les Amours de la reine 165, 166, 169, 170, 172–174, Élisabeth, 15, 200, 201, 211, 213 177, 180–185, 191, 194 Quirk, Lawrence J., 159 Photoplay (magazine), 47, 48, 60, 185, 186, 197, 198, 210 Photoplays, 3, 6, 9, 19, 20, 29, 33, R 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 61, 63, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO), 165, 70, 72, 76, 80, 81, 85, 86, 88, 167, 174–176, 183, 191 89, 92, 99, 100, 106, 107, 110, Ranous, William V., 47, 130 136, 140, 183, 193, 211, 217 Raphaelson, Samson, 6, 70, 94. See Pickford, Mary, 26, 29, 36, 43, 44, also The Jazz Singer (play) 53, 108 Rapper, Irving, 196, 197, 201, 208, 209 Pictorial acting, 2, 3, 13, 110, Realism (realistic acting), 63, 167, 225 220–222 Repertory companies, 75 Poggi, Jack, 42, 47, 129 Rice, Elmer, 160 Pokorny, Michael, 130, 132, 156, Richard III, 28, 80–83, 96, 97 207, 208, 226 Rich Are Always with Us, The, 141– Popular Plays and Players 143, 152, 157, 206, 210 Incorporated, 9–11, 13, 19, 21, Rich, Irene, 47, 53, 55, 102 22, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32, 48, 76, Rin Tin Tin (Warner canine), 34, 46 236 Index
Robertson Wojcik, Pamela, 47 Singing Fool, The, 94, 218 Robinson, Casey, 8, 191, 197, 198, 210 Skipworth, Alison, 152, 160, 218 Robinson, Edward G., 8, 105, 109, Smith, Albert E., 90 128, 137, 150, 151, 155, 159, So This is Paris, 69, 76 166, 172, 185, 211, 218, 219 Sound (flm sound), 1–3, 5, 6, 8–11, Robson, Flora, 200, 212 56, 79, 89–91, 94, 105, 108, Roddick, Nick, 7, 8, 16, 130, 132, 109, 126, 168, 217, 224 136, 138, 139, 154, 156, 160 Soundtrack, 91, 94, 95, 180 Rogers, Ginger, 136 Staiger, Janet, 15, 74, 132 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (FDR), Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 5, 83, 98, 168 154, 155 Stanwyck, Barbara, 137, 143, 145, Rushmore, Howard, 199, 211 151, 157, 158, 166, 183, 185, 218 Star companies (theatrical), 35, 97, S 105, 106, 128 Sarah and Son, 140 Star company flm units, 35, 105, 106, Scarlet Pimpernel, The (flm), 165, 167 128, 191 Scarlet Pimpernel, The (play), 165 Star vehicles, 9, 11, 12, 19, 22, 32, Schatz, Thomas, 100, 154, 160, 207, 34, 75, 128, 135, 136, 139, 140, 208 143, 150–153, 163, 166, 181, Schwartz, Michael, 23, 25, 42 194, 195, 206, 219 Sea Beast, The, 86, 89, 91, 92, 95, 100 Steiner, Max, 192, 193, 197, 210 Searle Dawley, J., 29 Stevens, Ashton, 141, 143, 157 Sedgwick, John, 40, 130, 132, 156, Stock companies, 2, 10, 12, 20, 22, 207, 208, 226 23, 35, 36, 41, 43, 47, 51, 64, Sennett, Mack, 36, 37, 47, 55, 60 69, 71, 76, 79, 106, 135, 149, Shakespeare, William, 22, 28, 80, 82, 150, 159, 206, 210, 218 83, 96, 107, 130, 152, 160, 164, Strand Movie Theatre (aka the Mark 182, 206 Strand Theatre), 138 Sheldon, Edward (Ned), 4, 82, 98 Studlar, Gaylyn, 80, 97, 98 Sherwood, Robert. E., 12, 91, 163, Successful Calamity, A (flm), 160 165, 168, 169, 171–173, 181, Successful Calamity, A (play), 160 184, 186 Svengali, 132, 185 Shingler, Martin, 157, 185, 205–207, Swanson, Gloria, 36, 194, 208 214 Syndicate, The (aka The Theatrical Show of Shows, The, 96, 102, 120, 131 Syndicate), 23, 42 Shubert, Lee, 92 Sikov, Ed, 185, 204, 207, 213 Silent flms, 6, 8, 11, 15, 26, 36, 52, T 66, 71, 75, 81, 94, 102, 108, Talking pictures (aka talkies and talk- 119, 165 ers), 3, 8, 9, 11, 25, 70, 76, 90, Simpson, Ivan F., 7, 109, 110, 113, 92, 96, 105, 108, 119, 120, 126, 115–119, 125, 128, 129, 131, 131, 142–143, 164, 183, 224 222 Tarkington, Booth, 28, 72, 107 Index 237
Tashman, Lilyan, 76, 102 Warner, Harry, 1, 6, 12, 19, 35, 41, Teddy the Dog (Keystone canine), 36, 69, 70, 90, 95, 107, 135, 136, 54, 72, 73 138, 152, 155, 217 Tenderloin, 79, 95, 217 Warner, Jack L., 1, 15, 19, 46, 53, Tess of the D’Urbervilles (flm), 6, 64 69, 76, 101, 155, 156, 159, 160, Tess of the D’Urbervilles (play), 74, 110 191–193 That Certain Woman, 193–195, 208, Warner, Sam, 1, 19, 90, 205 210 Warner Sperling, Cass, 15, 46, 76, Theatre Guild, 164, 199. See also 101, 160 Guild Theatre Wellman, William, 2, 12, 95, 135, Thompson, Kristin, 15, 59–62, 73, 74 138, 139, 141, 143, 154, 157, Tibbetts, John C., 16, 44, 47 158, 206, 224 Times Square, 20, 26, 39, 42 Wescott, Gordon, 143 Torrence, David, 109, 110, 113–115, Westmore, Perc, 192 128, 131, 183 When a Man Loves, 86, 92, 95, 101 Touring theatre companies, 28 Whitely Fletcher, Adele, 198, 210 Travers, Henry, 113, 182, 207 Wild Boys of the Road, 138, 139 Turpin, Ben, 36, 37, 72, 102 Wilde, Oscar, 35 Twentieth Century-Fox, 219 William, Warren, 136 Williams, Raymond, 88, 100, 130 Wilson, Garth, 15, 16, 74, 97 U Wilson, Lois, 102 Universal Pictures, 36, 73, 94, 95, Winter Garden Theatre, 26, 28, 43, 165, 190 92, 137 Winthrop Sargent, Epes, 91, 101 Working Man, The, 206 V Works Progress Administration Valentino, Rudolph, 54 (WPA), 152 Variety, 37, 48, 56 Wyler, William, 189, 192, 193, 195, Vidor, Florence, 46, 53, 54, 61, 72 208, 211, 225, 226 Vidor, King, 54, 61 Vitagraph, 10, 36, 47, 70, 90, 130. See also American Vitagraph Y Company Yurka, Blanche, 44, 190, 206
W Z Wainscott, Ronald H., 31, 32, 45 Zanuck, Darryl F., 46, 95, 102, 138, Wallis, Hal B., 34, 90, 102, 138, 155, 142, 154–157, 191, 206, 219 156, 172, 191, 192, 210 Ziegfeld Follies, 30, 43, 76, 110 Wall Street Crash (October 29, 1929), Ziegfeld Girls, 28 79, 95, 105, 150, 164, 218 Ziegfeld Jr., Florenz, 43 Walsh, Raoul, 53, 101, 165 Zukor, Adolph, 29, 211, 217 Warner, Albert (Abe), 1, 19