by Anne Edwards
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245 “far more serious”: Parsons, p. 161.
246 “aliens, ethnic and”: Perrett, Days of Sadness, p. 87.
247 “a congressional investigating”: Ibid.
“out of real events”: Ibid.
“on the edge of”: Ibid.
“it’s methods… were”: Ibid., p. 93.
248 “more and more worried”: Ibid.
“her Christian duty”: Bread of Life, May 1981.
“he never felt that”: Reagan, Sincerely, Ronald Reagan, p. 139.
249 “It’s good to be here!” DET, November 14, 1941.
“one of the gayest”: Walgreen, p. 297.
“cottage”: Ibid.
“The fall weather”: Ibid.
250 “forthright candor”: Ibid.
“movie-goers of this”: DET, January 26, 1942.
“acknowledged the plaudits”: DET, November 16, 1941.
“Only once before”: Ibid.
251 “While ‘International Squadron’”: DET, November 17, 1941.
“Ronald Reagan”: NYT, November 14, 1941.
“Reagan’s performance”: NYP, November 14, 1941.
“excellently spotted”: Variety, August 13, 1941.
“pulse quickening”: DET, November 16, 1941.
“an original story”: Ibid.
“Each person reacted”: Ibid.
253 “He came back”: PI.
254 “Ann Sheridan”: Warner Archives.
“On Sunday afternoons”: UCLA Oral History Archives.
255 “He’s really not”: Ibid.
“million dollar contract”: Reagan, p. 123.
“Lew Wasserman”: Ibid., p. 121.
“NPM 516”: Documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act.
256 “At noon next”: Time, February 27, 1950.
“limited service—-eligible”: Reagan, p. 132.
“war mongering”: Ibid., p. 338.
(fn) “who sat with a”: Freedom of Information Act.
257 “relating to world”: Ibid.
“If Warner Brothers”: Ibid.
“Warner Brothers receives”: Ibid.
258 “as one of the”: Warner Archives,
(fn) “The Eptstein boys”: Ibid.
259 “high spot in the”: Reagan, p. 122.
“There is quite”: Warner Archives.
“Since we had not”: Ibid.
260 “ ‘Kings Row’ will give”: New Yorker, February 7, 1942.
“Warner Brothers”: NYT, February 3, 1942.
261 “REGRET TO INFORM”: Warner Archives.
“We can’t start”: Ibid.
“If we sent you”: Reagan, p. 125.
(fn) “Reagan scores”: Hollywood Reporter, August 14, 1942.
(fn) “Folks who will”: NYT, September 26, 1942.
(fn) “The critics take the”: Warner Archives.
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265 “with the wiry”: Ibid.
“Never knew a cavalryman”: Ibid., p. 127.
“Colonel Booker, you”: Ibid., p. 126.
266 “Colonel Booker came”: Ibid., p. 127.
“The Colonel didn’t”: Ibid.
“at a giant rally”: Ibid., p.128.
“to buy something”: Warner Archives.
267 “My newly acquired”: Reagan, p. 130.
“I would regret”: Ibid., p. 131.
268 “interviewing and”: Ibid., p. 132.
“produced and paid”: Warner Archives.
269 “July 14, 1941”: War Department files obtained through Freedom of Information Act.
“October 2, 1942”: Ibid.
270 “Release of the”: Ibid.
“an almost reverent”: Reagan, p. 136.
271 “I was in”: NYP, July 28, 1943.
272 “100 men in one”: Wallis, p. 89.
“We [the company]”: Stone, p. 250.
“each time he”: Reagan, p. 141.
“Young fellow, I”: Ibid.
273 “What kind of insignia”: PI, Richard Burdick.
“we rated as stars”: Stone, p. 250.
“animated debate”: PI, Burdick.
274 “a powerful display”: Variety, August 4, 1943.
“It’s socko”: Ibid.
(fn) “Quite frankly”: Freedom of Information Act.
275 “Broadway strollers flocked”: NYT, July 29, 1943.
“the unslackening tempo”: Ibid.
(fn) “Irving came West”: Wallis, p. 89.
276 “I RESENT AND WON’T”: Warner Archives.
“… ARTICLES APPEARED”: Ibid.
“MEAN WHAT I SAID”: Ibid.
277 “swept up”: Reagan, p. 142.
“another frantic”: Ibid.
“called an emergency”: LAT, May 21, 1985.
“‘This is our target’”: Ibid.
“one night when Reagan”: Ibid.
“a minute and a half”: Ibid.
“3 a.m.—Post”: Ibid.
(fn) “a flashing smile”: Ibid.
278 “Special instructions”: Ibid.
“DIRECTOR, WAR”: Warner Archives.
(fn) “the war would be”: LAT, May 21, 1985.
279 “Murky and somber”: Morella, p. 9.
280 “archetypical film noire”: Halliwell, Film Guide, p. 402.
281 “wanted two things”: Morella, p. 78.
282 “Michael [the baby]”: Ibid.
“Heavenly H.Q.”: Warner Archives.
“decided to adopt”: LAT, March 25, 1945.
283 “only through the”: Lash, p. 707.
284 “into… the dusty”: Ibid.
“I don’t think”: Ibid.
“These Republican leaders”: Ibid., p. 710.
“at 9 p.m. the”: Ibid., p. 711.
“because of the weight”: Ibid., p. 718.
“a certain degree”: Ibid.
“I am more sorry”: Ibid., p. 721.
285 “Harry, the President”: Ibid.
“Hitler’s fate—or”: Leighton, p. 488.
“All I wanted”: Reagan, p. 159.
“‘It’s all right’” Ibid., p. 161.
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289 “hers up, his down”: Allyson, p. 96.
290 “We speak of her”: Warner Archives.
“DEAR JACK”: Ibid.
291 “I felt a great”: PI.
(fn) “Notes for talk”: Warner Archives.
(fn) “I feel that”: Ibid.
292 “Faulkner, as you”: PI, Alex Gottlieb.
“During the War”: Picturegoer, July 19, 1947.
293 “hemophiliac liberal”: Reagan, p. 160.
“wartime contacts”: LAT, Undated article.
294 “Politicians have asked”: Ibid.
“If Hitler”: Douglas, p. 162.
295 “The first order”: Ibid.
296 “all of them ready”: UCLA Oral History Archives.
“For weeks small”: The Story of the SAG, p. 45.
(fn) “little black pay-off bag”: Reagan, p. 206.
(fn) “to take down”: Ibid.
297 “… the Thirties was”: Schwartz, p. 103.
“Warner Brothers had”: Ibid.
“we find ourselves”: Hollywood Reporter, Undated article.
298 “close down the studio”: Schwartz, p. 205.
“Ever hear of Benedict”: Freedom of Information Act.
“The Alliance’s”: Schwartz, p. 205.
“one really startling”: Ibid., p. 157.
299 “totalitarian-minded”: Freedom of Information Act.
“the dissemination of: Ibid.
“The Alliance’s”: Schwartz, p. 211.
“We don’t believe”: Ibid.
“right-wing”: Perrett, A Dream of Greatness, p. 550.
“Years later”: Schwartz, p. 217.
“Like most of the”: Reagan, p. 160.
300 “blindly”: Ibid., p. 162.
“hell-bent on”: Ibid., p.
163.
“observed that more”: Ibid.
“became a large wheel”: Ibid.
“When I walked”: Ibid., p. 154.
(fn) “infiltrated with Communists”: Ibid.
301 “as inspiring as mud”: Perrett, A Dream of Greatness, p. 56.
“for every shortage”: Ibid., p. 57.
“the fighting Quaker”: Ibid., p. 58.
“communist-dominated”: Ibid., p. 59.
302 “honored”: Reagan, p. 192.
“Jimmy Roosevelt was”: Schwartz, p. 241.
“Everybody who was”: Ibid.
303 “Reagan took a leaf: Ibid.
“It was… ridiculous”: Ibid.
“when he was”: UCLA Oral History Archives.
304 “part of my work”: LAE, September 14, 1958.
“As a result of: Freedom of Information Act.
305 “nearly coming to blows”: Ibid.
“Due to the nature”: Ibid.
“We thought someone”: Reagan, p. 195.
“go in for”: Ibid.
“opened my eyes”: Ibid.
“What are we going”: Ibid.
“stated that”: Freedom of Information Act.
306 “… you referred to”: Hollywood Reporter, Undated article.
“two cliques”: Freedom of Information Act.
“particularly close”: Ibid.
“T-10”: Ibid.
“Communist Infiltration”: Ibid.
308 “In ‘Stallion Road’” Newsweek, April 14, 1947.
(fn) “take care of his”: Warner Archives.
309 “no-strike”: Reagan, p. 157.
“every movie projectionist”: SAG Archives.
“escalating violence”: Ibid.
“The inner nucleus”: LAEHE, December 9, 1953.
“There was an agenda”: Ibid.
(fn) “Three Wise Men”: Reagan, p. 168.
310 “was called to the”: Ibid., p. 199.
“roughly pulled”: Ibid.
“hearing”: Ibid.
“Da Silva clutched”: Ibid.
“of being raided”: Freedom of Information Act.
“I thought he was”: Ibid.
“the [Communist] Party”: Ibid.
(fn) “fitted with a shoulder”: Reagan, p. 200.
311 “It was pretty well”: LAE, September 14, 1958.
“If IATSE puts”: SAG minutes, September 17, 1949.
312 “Reagan had always”: Hedda Hopper, Chicago Tribune, undated.
“Reagan was a”: LAEHE, December 9, 1953.
“blond, affable”: Reagan, p. 206.
“that consideration should”: SAG minutes, October 21, 1946.
“which involved”: Ibid.
313 “in the strongest”: Ibid.
“to fly stars”: Reagan, p. 173.
“burst into tears”: Ibid.
“a jolly, Santa”: Ibid.
“It doesn’t matter”: Ibid., p. 175.
“One of us”: Ibid., p. 173.
“that jurisdiction over”: Ibid., p. 168.
314 “The invitation”: SAG minutes, October 21, 1946.
“round-table”: Ibid.
“[I can tell you]”: UCLA Oral History Archives.
315 “whole strike had been”: Ibid.
“a put-up job”: Ibid.
“I don’t think even”: Ibid.
“would simply refuse”: Ibid.
“The producers, as”: Ibid.
316 “mouth piece”: Ibid.
317 “[He] took to the”: Reagan, p. 208.
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318 “Wet your lips”: Lindfors, p. 150.
“Warners have a picture”: Ibid., p. 151.
“The formula”: Ibid.
319 “I heard one studio”: Ibid.
“bland and smooth”: Ibid., p. 153.
320 “grey, heavy, humid…”: Ibid., p. 155.
321 “Maybe we’ll call”: Undated article.
(fn) ‘“You’ve got two’”: Warner Archives.
322 “RAN PICTURE LAST”: Warner Archives.
323 “KEEP”: Ibid.
“John Van Druten…”: McClelland, p. 134.
“stout citizen”: Chicago Tribune, May 18, 1947.
“Ronald Reagan”: Ibid.
“Our highest aim”: Ibid.
324 “additional dialogue”: LAT, February 23, 1948.
325 “There was a loud”: David and David, p. 17.
326 “I can’t stress”: Warner Archives.
“Who the hell wants”: Ibid.
“Jerry Wald”: Ibid.
327 “a certain quality”: Hollywood Reporter, October 1948.
“anticipation light”: Ibid.
“to eagerly share”: Ibid.
328 “We felt so isolated”: Morella, p. 117.
“Just sitting there”: Ibid.
“Now let us”: LAEHE, March 31, 1942.
329 “I have a very”: Ibid.
330 “conshi camp”: Ibid.
“War was more”: Coronet, November 1948.
“Lew Ayres [is a]”: LAT, April 4, 1942.
“some kind of universal”: LAEHE, March 31, 1942.
331 “He’s one of the”: LAE, October 27, 1946.
“a spiritually”: Irving Wallace, Coronet, November 1948.
332 “They’re up there”: Morella, p. 119.
“he haunted the set”: Ibid., p. 120.
“The Communist plan”: Reagan, p. 186.
333 “Thieves’ Paradise will”: LAT, December 28, 1947.
“burst into the front”: Fagan, Myron C,
“Documentations of the Reds and Fellow Travellers in Hollywood and TV,” 1951.
“some 300 top”: Ibid.
“the Screen Actors”: “A Vital Message for C.E.G. [Cinema Educational Guild, Inc.] Members in California—And Your Friend,” by Myron C. Fagan, 1951.
“There are a number”: Freedom of Information Act.
“a sub-Committee”: SAG minutes, September 12, 1947.
334 “voluntary statement”: Ibid.
“In support of our”: Ibid.
(fn) “I am not now”: SAG Archives.
335 “The thing that I”: Ibid.
“some definite”: Ibid.
336 “139 So. Camden Drive”: Ibid.
337 “We all thought he”: Ibid.
“the Hon. J. Parnell”: Freedom of Information Act.
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339 “Communists [Jews]”: Perrett, A Dream of Greatness, p. 121.
340 “a windy and cheerful”: Kahn, p. 11.
“injecting Communist stuff”: Freedom of Information Act.
“Ideological termites”: Ibid.
“MR. STRIPLING”: Ibid.
341 “sauntered jauntily”: Time, November 3, 1949.
“Anyone attending any”: Ibid.
“send them back”: Ibid.
“To what extent”: Freedom of Information Act.
(fn) “Adrian was a”: Schwartz, p. 260.
342 “MR. MURPHY”: Freedom of Information Act.
350 “that he is not”: SAG Archives,
“whether or not the”: Ibid.
“The last Guild”: LAT, August 17, 1980.
“Anne Revere”: Ibid.
351 “to improve the wages”: PI, Kim Felner.
“I am sure that”: SAG Archives.
“The Guild’s position”: Ibid.
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353 “With Ronnie and”: Modern Screen, February 1948.
“If this comes”: Ibid.
354 “It’s a very strange”: Photoplay, March 1949.
“unostentatiously”: Undated article by Ruth Waterbury.
“Lew is the love”: Ibid.
“unsurpassingly beautiful”: Morella, p. 133.
355 “In recent months”: LAT, June 29, 1948.
“I suppose there”: Reagan, p. 229.
356 “My first meeting”: Patricia Neal, People, August 10, 1981.
“The day I walked”: PI, Virginia Mayo.
357 “paternal”: PI, Arlene Dahl.
“Gary Cooper”: Ibid.
“I understand”: Ibid.
“We did very little”: PI, Mayo.
“Reagan was supposed”: Newark Sunday Star Ledger, June 28, 1981.
“Eddie got so”: Reagan, p. 233.
“Reagan was a lonely”: Chicago Tribune, November 11, 1980.
358 “Supplies of headache”: LADN, July 3, 1948.
“All actors”: Ibid.
(fn) “A playwright who”: Ibid.
359 “The conference with”: UCLA Oral History Archives.
“The producers”: Ibid.
360 “Ronnie acted like”: Ibid.
361 “successful conclusion”: Ibid.
“They came to”: Citizen News, December 8, 1949.
“One day you should”: McClelland, p. 229.
362 “Dear Jack”: Warner Archives.
363 “A single handed”: Nicholson, p. 154.
364 “Although I was”: Patricia Neal, People, August 10, 1981.
“Because Mike was”: PI, Mayo.
“You probably will”: Warner Archives.
365 “ENGLISH SCHEDULE SET”: Ibid.
“He [Reagan] had really hoped”: McClelland, p. 158.
“while we have,the”: Bertrand Russell, NYT November 29, 1948.
“I think it is”: Nicolson, p.’255.
366 “Toward the end”: William Woods College commencement address, June 1952.
“looking proudly out”: Reagan, p. 241.
“It was a thrilling”: PI, Mayo.
“To the finder”: Warner Archives.
368 “… practically everything”: Ibid.
369 “Working Pat Neal”: Ibid.
“GET PROTECTION SHOTS”: Ibid.
“sunshine and warmth”: Reagan, p. 240.
“a huge success”: Ibid., p. 241.
“On the ride south”: Ibid.
370 “I wished that my”: Ibid., p. 239.
“WHEN I’VE ALWAYS”: Warner Archives.
“pull all the tricks”: Reagan, p. 242.
“I accept this very”: LAT, March 25, 1949.
“most consistent”: Ibid.
371 “escorted by her beau”: Ibid.
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375 “I don’t know what”: MGM Archives.
376 “Lord knows”: Ibid.
377 “the less rebellious”: Variety, September 8, 1949.
“Nancy Davis”: LAT, October 1, 1949.
“all the passion”: PI.
“a straightforward”: PI, Edward Chodorou.
“Nancy Davis”: Variety, March 15, 1950.
378 “Only a second”: NYT, April 23, 1950.
