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INDEX 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 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 227 M. Shingler, When Warners Brought Broadway to Hollywood, 1923–1939, Palgrave Studies in Screen Industries and Performance, https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40658-3 228 INDEX 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.