by Dan Callahan
Letters, The, 212
Levant, Oscar, 9, 11, 73
Lewin, Albert, 165
Lewis, Jerry, 81
Lewis, Joseph H., 4, 211
Lewis, Robert, 102
Lindsay, Earl, 8
Little Foxes, The, 99, 135
Litvak, Anatole, 173, 174, 175, 176
Locked Door, The, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17
Lombard, Carole, 70, 75, 109
Long Day’s Journey Into Night, 99
Longstreet, Stephen, 121
Losey, Joseph, 59
Lost Lady, A (film), 58
Lost Lady, A (novel), 58
Lubitsch, Ernst, 115, 134
Lund, John, 161, 163
Lupino, Ida, 147
Lyon, Ben, 38
Mack, “Uncle Buck,” 7, 86
Mack, Willard, 10, 13, 14, 103, 193
Mackaill, Dorothy, 36
MacMurray, Fred, 111, 142, 143, 183, 185, 196, 218
Mad Miss Manton, The, 70, 116, 138
Madsen, Axel, 3, 6
Magnani, Anna, 221
Magnificent Ambersons, The, 59, 172
Magnificent Obsession (1935), 74
Magritte, René, 197
Mahler, Gustav, 149
Main, Marjorie, 88, 89
Majors, Lee, 210
Maltese Falcon, The, 141, 155
Mamoulian, Rouben, 103, 163
Man and Superman, 84
Man with a Cloak, The, 164, 165
Mancini, Henry, 217
Mandel, Maria, 149
Mann, Anthony, 4, 186, 191, 192, 193, 195
Mann, Thomas, 178
Manners, David, 26, 28
March, Fredric, 129, 131
Maree, Morgan, 219
Marion, Frances, 83
Markle, Fletcher, 165
Marquand, John P., 125
Marshall, George, 63
Marshall, Herbert, 65
Marshall, Tully, 136
Marvin, Lee, 207
Marx, Harpo, 96
Marx, Marion, 74
Marx, Zeppo, 74
Mary of Scotland, 100
Mason, James, 126
Mason, Sarah Y., 88
Mate, Rudolph, 90
Mathews, Carole, 161
Matthau, Walter, 158
Maugham, W. Somerset, 9
Maverick Queen, The, 199
Mayer, Louis B., 75
Mayo, Archie, 56, 57
Mazursky, Paul, 102
McBride, Joseph, 17, 20, 29
McCarey, Leo, 110
McCrea, Joel, 42, 58, 64, 65, 189, 200
McCullough, Colleen, 213, 214
McDaniel, Hattie, 68
McKinley, William, 74
McNally, Stephen, 156, 157
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 23, 26
Meehan, John, 23
Meeker, Ralph, 166
Meet John Doe, 33, 35, 104
Menjou, Adolphe, 26, 27, 28, 103, 127
Merriam, Charlotte, 38
Merrill, Dina, 212
Merrill, Gary, 167
Message to Garcia, A, 63
Mestayer, Harry, 15
Metropolis, 104
Mexicali Rose, 5, 15, 16, 21, 24, 138
Michaels, Beverly, 126
Midler, Bette, 81
Mildred Pierce, 121
Milestone, Lewis, 151, 152, 153
Milhauser, Bertram, 57
Milland, Ray, 134, 190
Miller, Nolan, 211, 213, 219
Mills, Juliet, 139
Milner, Victor, 192
Minciotti, Silvio, 105
Miracle Woman, The, 23, 24, 27, 29, 32, 34, 35
Miranda, Carmen, 81
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 90
Mizzy, Vic, 77
Monroe, Marilyn, 104, 105, 106, 222
Moonlighter, The, 196
Moore, Colleen, 46
Moore, Juanita, 167
Moorehead, Agnes, 170, 172, 173, 174, 177
Moran, Lois, 83
Moreau, Jeanne, 157, 221
Morgan, Dennis, 71, 72
Morgan, Frank, 59
Mori, Toshia, 30
Morrow, Vic, 206
Morse, Wilber, Jr., 11
Mouchette, 6, 23, 115
Moxey, John Llewellyn, 212
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 28, 33
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 28, 33
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, 221
Mud Lark, The, 41
Murnau, F. W., 42
Murphy, Mary, 199
My Reputation, 123, 124
Naked Kiss, The, 142
Negulesco, Jean, 128
Nelson, Lori, 180
Neumann, Dorothy, 174
Newman, Alfred, 88
Next Stop, Greenwich Village, 102
Nielsen, Leslie, 212
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 53, 167, 204
Night Nurse, 36, 38, 101, 127
Night to Remember, A, 128
Night Walker, The, 77, 78
Ninotchka, 134
Niven, David, 125
No Man of Her Own, 160, 164
Noose, The, 10, 11, 16, 215
Nothing Sacred, 70
Novak, Kim, 139
Now, Voyager, 81
O’Casey, Sean, 99, 100, 101
O’Connell, Arthur, 212
O’Connor, Una, 101
O’Day, Anita, 137
Odets, Clifford, 102, 104
Of Human Bondage, 64
Olsen, Moroni, 187
O’Malley, Sheila, 139
O’Neil, Barbara, 92
O’Neil, Nance, 18, 22
O’Neill, Eugene, 99
Ophuls, Max, 65
Orry-Kelly, 59
O’Sullivan, Maureen, 179, 180, 182
Oswald, Gerd, 168, 169
Other Love, The, 124, 125
Ottiano, Rafaela, 59
Owen, Seena, 41
Owsley, Monroe, 48
Page, Geraldine, 221
Painting with Light, 199
Pallette, Eugene, 115, 119
Parker, Colonel, 209
Parker, Eleanor, 64, 131
Parkins, Barbara, 121
Parsons, Louella, 207
Patterson, Elizabeth, 114
Pearson, Humphrey, 63
Peron, Evita, 202
Peyton Place, 212
Pidgeon, Walter, 129, 130
Pieces of My Heart, 79
Philadelphia Story, The, 144
Photoplay, 75
Pichel, Irving, 72
Pitts, ZaSu, 15, 49
Plath, Sylvia, 81
Plough and the Stars, The, 99, 100, 101, 188
Polglase, Van Nest, 69
Pollack, Channing, 12
Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1981 film), 221
Postman Always Rings Twice, The (novel) 139, 147
Powers, Tom, 148
Presley, Elvis, 208, 209, 222
Preston, Robert, 156
Prevost, Marie, 18, 23
Prouty, Olive Higgins, 81, 82, 83, 89, 97
Public Enemy, The, 9
Purchase Price, The, 40, 41
Quinn, Anthony, 197
Quo Vadis?, 77, 106
Ragman’s Son, The, 153
Railroaded, 191
Rain, 9
Rainer, Luise, 171
Rains, Claude, 190
Rambeau, Marjorie, 11
Rand, Ayn, 54, 62, 204
Raw Deal, 191
Raymond, Gene, 61, 67
Reagan, Ronald, 197
Rear Window, 160
Red Salute, 61, 63
Redgrave, Vanessa, 61, 221
Remarque, Erich Maria, 124
Remember the Night, 109, 110, 111, 113, 117, 159, 160, 162, 168, 196
Rennie, James, 46
Return from Witch Mountain, 208
Richards, Ann, 174, 175
Ridges, Stanley, 65, 160
Riskin, Robert, 18, 23, 24, 46, 50
Ritter, Thelma, 129
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bsp; River, W. L., 41
Roach, Hal, 70, 186
Robertson, Willard, 110
Robinson, Edward G., 145, 198
Rodgers, Richard, 47
Rogers, Ginger, 19, 138, 222
Roland, Gilbert, 192
Romance, 30
Romantic Comedy, 115
Romero, Cesar, 66, 80
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 18
Roosevelt, Teddy, 74
Rossen, Robert, 151, 155
Rosza, Miklos, 142, 152, 154
Roth, Lillian, 51
Roustabout, 208, 209
Rowland, Roy, 132, 167
Rowlands, Gena, 221
Ruggles, Wesley, 71
Ryan, Robert, 104, 105, 107, 108, 147, 197, 199, 202
Safe in Hell, 36
Sakall, S. Z. “Cuddles,” 134, 138
Salt of the Earth, 63
Sanders, George, 158, 166, 167, 190
Santell, Alfred, 65, 69
Seitz, John, 142
Schenck, Joe, 12
Schildkraut, Joseph, 104
Schnee, Charles, 192
Scott, Lizabeth, 152, 154
Secret Bride, The, 60, 62
Seiter, William, 75
Shakespeare, William, 99
Shamroy, Leon, 56
Shanghai Express, 29
Shaw, George Bernard, 84
Shearer, Norma, 23, 172
Sherman, Lowell, 17, 23
Shirley, Anne, 39, 87, 93
Shoemaker, Ann, 93
Shopworn, 49, 50
Show of Shows, The, 16
Sign on the Door, The, 12
Silkwood, 220
Silver Cord, The, 64, 74
Simms, Larry, 122
Sinatra, Nancy, 217
Siodmak, Robert, 4, 158, 159
Sirk, Douglas, 4, 124, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 201
Skelly, Hal, 12, 13
Smith, Alexis, 155
Smith, Ella, 3, 56, 142
Snyder, Ruth, 139
So Big!, 39, 40, 43
Some Like It Hot, 134
Sondergaard, Gale, 127
Sorry, Wrong Number, 156, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 220
Spelling, Aaron, 211, 212, 218
St. John, Adela Rogers, 41
Stack, Robert, 125
Stage Door, 70
Stahl, John M., 74
Stallone, Sylvester, 219
Stanley, Kim, 9, 64, 221
Stanwyck, Barbara (Ruby Stevens): acting range of, 54, 60, 77, 84, 99, 110, 115, 116, 121, 124–25, 142, 156–58, 166, 204, 215–16, 217;
bad back of, 26, 198, 219;
biographies of, 3;
childhood of, 5–7, 70;
chorus experience of, 7–8, 44–45;
Dion Fay and, 84–87, 133;
Frank Fay and, 13, 16, 21, 24, 27, 36–38, 41, 48, 61, 68, 73, 76, 144, 147, 149, 189;
first take preference of, 19, 157, 165, 214;
health problems of, 212–13, 219–20;
isolation of, 184, 209–10, 213;
lesbian rumors of, 51, 89, 160, 163, 168–70, 207;
loyalty to her brother of, 78–79;
naturalistic style of, 11, 19, 58, 122, 177, 206, 221, 222;
relation to mirrors on screen of, 32, 63, 65, 95, 115, 116, 162, 178, 180, 200;
relation to other actresses of, 19, 118, 131, 146, 171–72, 174–75, 194, 220–22;
religious faith of, 24;
right-wing politics of, 61–63, 126, 161, 192, 203–4;
stoicism of, 27, 106, 128, 161, 190, 217;
suicide attempt of, 75–76;
Robert Taylor and, 6, 37, 61, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 85, 87, 103, 106, 126, 157, 175, 189;
theater work of, 11–12, 215;
Robert Wagner and, 79–80, 128
Stanwyck, Jane, 11
Star Is Born, A, 36
Starring Miss Barbara Stanwyck, 3
Stein, Gertrude, 51
Stella (1990), 81
Stella Dallas (1925 film), 83, 84, 94
Stella Dallas (1937 film), 9, 39, 65, 69, 87, 88, 98, 112, 115, 171, 182, 221
Stella Dallas (novel), 81, 82, 213
Sterling, Jan, 170
Stevens, Byron (father), 5, 6, 7, 23, 49
Stevens, Byron “Malcolm” (brother), 6, 7, 78, 79
Stevens, Catherine McGee (mother), 5, 6
Stevens, George, 3, 186
Stevens, Katharine, 42
Stevens, Mabel (sister), 6, 7
Stevens, Maude (sister), 6, 7
Stevens, Mildred (sister), 6, 7, 157
Stevenson, Houseley, 156
Stewart, James, 73, 191
Stopover, 179
Story of the Late Chrysanthemums, The, 90
Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The, 151, 152, 153
Strasberg, Lee, 66, 158
Streep, Meryl, 220, 221
Stringer, Arthur, 41
Sturges, John, 165, 166
Sturges, Preston, 3, 67, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 134, 154, 160, 162, 173
Sturges, Soloman, 109
Sullivan, Barry, 165, 201
Sunset Boulevard, 134, 222
Suspect, The, 158
Suspicion, 155, 171
Swain, Mack, 15
Swanson, Gloria, 134, 222
Swerling, Jo, 17, 18, 20, 24, 48, 50
“Take It Off The E-String, Play It On
The G-String,” 44
Talbot, Lyle, 41, 59
Tales of Manhattan, 123
Talmadge, Norma, 12
Tarantino, Quentin, 138
Taste of Evil, A, 211
Tattle Tales, 144
Taylor, Robert (husband), 6, 37, 61, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 85, 87, 103, 106, 126, 157, 175, 189
Ten Cents a Dance, 47, 52
Thaxter, Phyllis, 162
There’s Always Tomorrow, 183, 196, 201
These Wilder Years, 132, 133
They Drive By Night, 147
This Is My Affair, 75
Thomson, David, 196
Thorn Birds, The (miniseries) 6, 211, 214, 217
Thorn Birds, The (novel), 213
Three Sisters, 99
Tilton, Martha, 137
Titanic, 79, 128
To Please a Lady, 127
Tobin, Genevieve, 61
Toland, Gregg, 135, 136, 139
Toomey, Regis, 49
Tourneur, Jacques, 4, 207
Towers, Constance, 142
Travers, Henry, 136
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The, 197
Trojan Women, The, 99
Trooper Hook, 200
Turner, Lana, 75, 76
Turney, Catherine, 160
Two Mrs. Carrolls, The, 155
Tyler, Parker, 145
Tynan, Kenneth, 99
Uncle Harry, 158
Union Pacific, 80, 188, 189
Vermilyea, Harold, 176
Vidor, King, 3, 59, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 154
Violent Men, The, 50, 198
Visit, The, 218
Von Sternberg, Josef, 21, 29
Wagner, Robert, 5, 79, 80, 103, 110, 128
Walcott, George, 88
Walk on the Wild Side, 168, 203, 207
Walker, Joseph, 17, 20, 21, 23, 29, 49
Wallis, Hal, 208
Walsh, Raoul, 186
Walter, Francis E., 207
Ward, Rachel, 217
Watson, Lucille, 123
Waxman, Franz, 155, 173, 176, 177, 194
Wayne, John, 51, 54
Webb, Clifton, 128, 129
Welles, Orson, 59, 172, 173
Wellman, William, 3, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 63
West, Mae, 119
White, Pearl, 7, 188, 222
Wild Boys of the Road, 36
Wilder, Billy, 4, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 218
William, Warren, 60
Williams, Tennessee, 99
Wilson, Earl, 73
Wilson, Janis, 151
Winchester ’73, 191
Winninger, Charles, 37
Winters, Shelley, 129
Wise, Robert, 129
Witness to Murder, 166
Woman in Red, The, 60, 101
Wood, Ed, 13
Wood, Robin, 136, 190
Wood, Natalie, 72
Woods, Donald, 121
Woolrich, Cornell, 160, 161
Wyler, William, 110
Wyler, Tami, 110
Wyman, Jane, 171
Wynn, Keenan, 126
You Belong to Me, 67, 70
Young, Loretta, 67, 206
Young, Robert, 62
Young, Victor, 43
Zanuck, Darryl, 52, 64, 65, 80
Ziegfeld, Florenz, 10
