Leachman, Cloris, 472–473
Lebedeff, Ivan, 147
Lee, Christopher, 544–545
Lee, Richard, 566, 568
Lee, Robert N., 107
Leeds, Barbara, 429
Le Gallienne, Eva, 10–11
“Legendary Ladies” (Town Hall series), 533–534
Legion of Decency, 131, 140, 218, 393–394, 405–406, 458
Leigh, Vivien, 186, 221, 249, 517
Leighton, Margaret, 483–484
LeMaire, Charles, 419
LeRoy, Mervyn, 69
Leslie, Joan, 346–347
Lester, Bruce, 272
Letter, The (film), 163, 268–273
Letter, The (Maugham), 268, 271
Levine, Joseph E., 502, 508–510
Lewis, David, 216, 266
Liberatore, Ugo, 504
Library, The (screenplay), 456–461
Light, James, 15
Lindsay, Margaret, 106–107, 123, 189
Little Foxes, The (film), 288–295
Little Gloria, Happy At Last (TV film), 561–562
Litvak, Anatole, 203–204, 210–211, 215, 216, 241, 258, 264–267
Loder, John, 312, 316, 329, 335
Logan, Joshua, 536–538, 554
Lombard, Carole, 184
Lonely Life, The (Davis), 497, 578
Loos, Anita, 141
Lord, Phillips, 38–39, 41
Lord, Phillips (wife of), 38–39, 41
Lord, Robert, 120, 246, 247
Lorring, Joan, 358, 360–363
Lowry, Dick, 571
Luciano, Lucky, 159–161, 163
Lucky Strike Hit Parade, 328
Ludwig, Emil, 97–98
Lukas, Paul, 321–322, 324
Lundigan, William, 238, 239
Lupino, Ida, 327–328
Lynn, Betty, 401, 412, 416
Lynn, Jeffrey, 262
Macauley, Richard, 132–133
MacCorkindale, Simon, 547–549
MacDougall, Ranald, 400
MacGregor, Casey, 360–361
“Madame La Gimp” (Runyon), 484–485
Madame Sin (TV pilot), 531
Maltese Falcon, The, 149–150, 305
Mamoulian, Rouben, 23
Maney, Richard, 422
Mangano, Silvana, 529
Mankiewicz, Joe, 418–422, 424, 426–428
Mannin, Bruce, 411, 415–416
Mannix, Eddie, 141
Man Who Came to Dinner, The (film), 296–299
Man Who Came to Dinner, The (Hart), 296
Man Who Played God, The (film), 51–56
Marasco, Robert, 540
Marked Woman (film), 159–163
Marlowe, Hugh, 422, 424
Marquette, Jacques, 540
Marshall, Herbert, 270, 291, 452
Maslin, Janet, 545
Maugham, Somerset, 109–112, 113, 268
Mayer, Louis B., 32, 401–402
Mayo, Archie, 123, 145, 147, 173
McCallum, David, 557
McCarthy, Joe, 456
McClelland, Doug, 223–224
McClintic, Guthrie, 187
McClure, Doug, 531–532
McCord, Ted, 400
McDaniel, Hattie, 302, 327
McDowall, Roddy, 562, 565
McGill, Barney, 96
McHugh, Frank, 44, 84, 95, 99–100, 101
McLaglen, Victor, 143
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 542
Meek, Donald, 20–21
Menace, The (film), 41–44, 51
Merrill, Barbara Davis. see Hyman, Barbara Davis Sherry
Merrill, Gary
autobiography by, 578–579
career of, 430, 552
characteristics of, 420, 429–431
divorce proceedings, 471, 481–482
as father, 431, 443–444, 446–448, 482, 552–553
marriage to Davis, 429, 436, 448–449, 454, 470–471, 483
onscreen with Davis, 419–420, 428, 433–437
on stage with Davis, 480–481
Merrill, Margot, 431, 446–448, 552–553, 584
Merrill, Michael, 431, 444, 446, 448, 481–482, 508, 552–553, 566, 588
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 28, 141, 174, 181, 183–184, 307, 352, 401–402
Mildred Pierce (film), 353
Mills, John, 571, 572
Milton–Anderson School of the Theatre, 11–12
Mishkin, Leo, 429
Miss Bette Davis Sings (album), 473
Missing Men (Ayers & Bird), 96
Miss Moffat (Logan), 358, 536–538, 554
Mitchell, Margaret, 154, 177–178
Mohr, Hal, 323–324
Monroe, Marilyn, 424, 426
Montgomery, Douglass (Kent), 37, 154
Montgomery, Robert, 400, 401–404
Mooney, Martin, 134
Moorehead, Agnes, 514, 518
Moorhead, Natalie, 42–44
Moravia, Alberto, 502
Morgan, Dennis, 302
Morris, Wayne, 164, 165–166
Mr. Skeffington (film), 163, 337, 339–344
Mrs. Lincoln (film project), 392–393, 407
Muni, Bella, 124–125
Muni, Paul, 122–125, 225–229, 232–233
Murder With Mirrors (TV film), 571–572
Murfin, Jane, 38–39
Murray, Barbara, 433
Musetto, V. A., 586–587
Myers, Stanley, 557
My Mother’s Keeper (Hyman), 553, 578
My Ten Years in the Studios (Arliss), 53
Nagel, Conrad, 31–33, 454
Nanny, The (film), 518–520
Napoleon (film project), 97–99
Nash, Ogden, 443, 444
Nathan, George Jean, 443
Nazarro, Ray, 104
Negulesco, Jean, 435, 436
Neilan, Mickey, 207–208
Neill, Roy William, 42–43
Nelson, Ham
on Davis’s career, 117
divorce proceedings, 212, 258, 337–338
early years, 7–8, 13, 24, 71–73
on fatherhood, 88–89
marriage to Davis, 73–74, 87–88, 141–142, 155, 156, 159, 199, 210
sexual orientation of, 74–77, 88
temper of, 64–65, 122, 132, 136–137, 192, 201
Newman, Alfred, 419
Newton, Theodore, 86–87
New York Film Critics Award, 428
Nicholson, James H., 526, 528
Nightmare Alley (film), 170
Night of the Iguana, The (Williams), 483–484, 497
Niven, David, 547
Now, Voyager (film), 311–321, 508, 510–511, 533
Now, Voyager (Prouty), 312, 315
Nugent, Frank, 120, 133, 147, 172–173, 175, 246
O’Brien, Pat, 44–47, 95–97
O’Connor, John, 550
Of Human Bondage (film), 67, 109–120, 122, 124, 143–144, 404
Of Human Bondage (Maugham), 109–112
Old Acquaintance (film), 163, 329–336
Old Maid, The (film), 235–247
Old New York (Wharton), 236
Olivier, Laurence, 248–249
O’Neal, Patrick, 483–484
O’Neil, Barbara, 262, 264, 274
On the Waterfront (film), 455–456
Orr, Mary, 418
Orry-Kelly, 62, 100, 120, 247–248, 312, 328
Osborne, Robert, 585–586, 588
Oscars. see Academy Awards
Oswald, Gerd, 526–528
Other People’s Business (film), 38–41
Owsley, Monroe, 91, 93–94
Pallette, Eugene, 122–123, 283
Pangborn, Franklin, 312
Parachute Jumper (film), 83–85, 432
Parsons, Louella, 32
Patrick, Lee, 312
Paul, Elliot, 380–381
Payment on Demand (film), 411–416
Pelgram, Faye, 78–79
Pelgram, Robert, 79, 282
Petrified Forest, The (film), 144–147
Petrified Forest, The (Sherwood), 144–146
Pfeiffer, Dell, 77
Phone Call From a Stranger (film), 435–437
Piano for Mrs. Cimino, A (TV film), 560–561
Pickford, Mary, 456
Plummer, Christopher, 561
Pocketful of Miracles (film), 459, 483, 484–487, 497
Polito, Sol, 247, 312, 314–315, 335, 359
Ponti, Carlo, 502, 504
Possessed (film), 353–354
Powell, Dilys, 295
Powell, William, 99–101
Power, Tyrone, 170
Presnell, Robert, 96
Prinz, LeRoy, 346
Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (film), 246–255
Production Code, 131, 134, 159–160, 270–271, 393–394, 405–406, 411
Prouty, Olive Higgins, 312, 315
Puglia, Frank, 312
Quigley, Martin, 458
Quirk, Jimmy, 39, 63
Rains, Claude, 228, 229–230, 312–315, 340–341, 383–386, 388, 533
Rakoff, Alvin, 520–521
Rapper, Irving, 274–275, 312, 316–318, 330–331, 359, 361–365, 386–387, 431–437, 577
Ratoff, Gregory, 422–423, 426
Raymond, Gene, 91–95
Razor’s Edge, The (film), 170
Reagan, Ronald, 221–222, 319–321, 587
Redgrave, Michael, 524–526
Reed, Oliver, 539–541
Reed, Phillip, 101
Reed, Rex, 223, 558
Rees, William, 120
Reid, Carl Benton, 291, 294
Rennie, Michael, 435
Return from Witch Mountain (film), 544–546
Revere, Anne, 334–335
Reynolds, Debbie, 461, 465–467
Rich, David Lowell, 531
Richards, Kyle, 557
Rich Are Always With Us, The (film), 59–62
Right of Way (TV film), 566–568
Riley, Lewis A., 349–350, 367
Ripley, Clement, 188
Riskin, Robert, 484–485
Ritter, Thelma, 419, 427–428
Ritzer, Michael, 533
RKO Pictures, 38–39, 109, 411–416
Robbins, Harold, 508
Robert Milton–John Murray Anderson School of the Theatre, 11–12
Robertson, E. Arnot, 137, 366
Robinson, Casey, 173, 174, 219, 222, 225, 236–237, 265, 312, 315–316
Robinson, Edward G., 97–98, 163–164, 166–167
Robson, May, 484–487
Roemheld, Heinz, 148
Rogers, Ginger, 563–564
Roland, Gilbert, 30, 230–231
Roman, Ruth, 407
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 88, 322–323, 350
Roshanara (dance instructor), 9
Rosson, Robert, 160
Rowlands, Gena, 549–550
Roy, Billy, 362–363
Runyon, Damon, 484–485
Russo, Jimmy, 445–446
St. Johns, Adela Rogers, 17, 32, 95, 133, 185, 356
Sandburg, Carl, 480
Sanders, George, 419, 422–426, 428
Sands, Leslie, 431
Sangster, Jimmy, 518, 521, 532
San Sebastian International Film Festival award, 585–587
Satan Met a Lady (film), 149–152
Scapegoat, The (film), 478–480
Schaefer, George, 566–567, 588
Schiff, Harold, 507, 585, 588, 589
Schoell, William, 303, 409–411, 513, 532
Scientific Cardplayer, The (film), 528–529
Scott, Randolph, 180–181
Scott, Vernon, 497
Scream, Pretty Peggy (TV film), 532
Seed (film), 34–36
Seff, Manuel, 123
Seiter, William, 40–41
Selznick, David O., 178–181, 218
Sermak, Kathryn, 555–556, 569, 571, 573, 578, 585, 587–589
Seven Arts Production, 491, 494–495
Shearer, Norma, 181
Sheridan, Ann, 297–298, 327
Sherman, Vincent, 331–332, 336, 339, 341, 343, 344
Sherry, Barbara Davis. see Hyman, Barbara Davis Sherry
Sherry, William Grant
abusiveness of, 357, 377, 388–390, 398–399, 415
Davis’s attraction to, 351–352
divorce proceedings, 390–391, 411, 429
film character based on, 372
film project recommendations by, 394
relationship with daughter, 390, 449
Sherwood, Robert E., 144–146
Shining Victory (film), 274–275
Shore, Dinah, 327
Shumlin, Herman, 323–326
Sisson, Rosemary Anne, 557
Sisters, The (film), 163, 201–207, 298
Skipworth, Alison, 125, 150
Skirball, Jack H., 411
Skyward (TV film), 550–552
Smith, Kent, 532
Smith, Maggie, 547–549
So Big (film), 57–59
Solid South, The (play), 23–24
Solow, Eugene, 107
Sondergaard, Gale, 270–272
Sordi, Alberto, 528–530
Sothern, Ann, 574, 575, 577
Spaak, Catherine, 503, 504
Spalding, Harry, 557
Special Agent (film), 133–134
Special effects, 378–379
Stack, Robert, 475, 477–478
Stahl, John M., 34–35
Stanwyck, Barbara, 57–58, 91, 92, 345, 379
Stapleton, Maureen, 561
Star, The (film), 437–442, 443
Stars Over America (celebrity patriotic group), 309–311
Stein, Doris, 345
Stein, Jules, 327, 345
Steiner, Max, 219, 220, 224, 243, 245, 271, 312, 314–315, 369, 373–374, 406, 477
Stephenson, James, 269–270, 272–275
Stewart, James, 566–568, 587
Stickney, Dorothy, 465
Stine, Whitney, 93
Stolen Life, A (film), 367–381
Storm Center (film), 456–461
Story of a Divorce, The, 411–416
Strangers (TV film), 549–550
Streetcar Named Desire, A (film), 433
Stricklyn, Ray, 465–467, 468–474
Sullavan, Margaret, 180–181, 197–198, 294
Sullivan, Barry, 391, 411–412, 414–415, 481
Swanson, Gloria, 168–169, 428
Sweet, Blanche, 35, 208
Talbot, Lyle, 106, 107–108
Tallichet, Margaret, 197–198
Taplinger, Bob, 281
Taradash, Daniel, 456–458, 459, 460
Taylor, Liz, 555
Teasdal, Verree, 100, 101
Thank Your Lucky Stars (film), 327–329, 346
That Certain Woman (film), 167–168, 170–173, 217
This ’n That (Davis), 506–507, 578
Thomas, Bob, 497
Thoreau, Henry David, 368
Three on a Match (film), 68–69, 81
Tobin, Genevieve, 34, 35
To Catch a Thief (TV series), 530
Todd, Richard, 450–451
Toeplitz, Ludovico, 154–155
Tone, Franchot, 138–141, 354, 355
Tover, Leo, 413–414, 416
Tracy, Spencer, 79–82, 196
Travers, Henry, 202
Trespasser, The (film), 168–169
Truman, Harry S., 399, 402
Tryon, Tom, 543
Turney, Catherine, 367–368, 378–379, 394–395, 399
Twentieth Century–Fox, 435, 441
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (film), 79–83, 196
Two’s Company (musical), 441, 443–446
Universal Pictures, 24, 28–29, 34–36, 38–42, 47, 190
Ustinov, Peter, 547–549
Valentino Award, 565
Van Ark, Joan, 531–532
Vance, Ethel, 394, 395
Van Druten, Jo
hn, 329, 334
Van Trees, Jimmy, 54, 56, 84
Van Upp, Virginia, 236, 237
Vidal, Gore, 464
Vidor, King, 405–407
Virgin Queen, The (film), 450–455
Vreeland, Bobby, 362
Wagner, Robert, 300–301, 530–531, 588
Wald, Jerry, 353
Wallace, Mike, 552, 563
Wallis, Hal
on Davis as actress, 236–237, 295, 298, 303
on Davis’s feuds, 205–206, 331, 360
on Davis’s sexual activity, 338–339
production decisions of, 174–175, 188, 216–218, 246–247, 266, 275, 283, 286, 312, 323–324
on Shining Victory "gag" scene, 274
Walsh, Raoul, 304, 397
Walter, Eugene, 385
Waring, Richard, 340, 358
Warner, Ann, 131, 205–206, 349
Warner, Jack L.
casting decisions of, 218–219, 237, 246–253, 257–258, 283, 295–297, 321–322, 330–332, 361, 392–393, 499
compassion and respect for Davis, 162, 337, 339, 343, 390, 391, 491
contract negotiations with Davis, 56–57, 153–159, 162, 260–262, 306–307, 411
on Davis’s acting style, 97–98, 123, 166–167, 206, 404
Davis’s attempted seduction of, 130–131
Davis’s confrontations with, 145, 148, 149, 152, 205–206
on Davis’s feuds, 216–217, 354
early years at Warner Brothers, 49–50
financial responsibilities of, 193, 290, 304, 387, 407
Gone With the Wind and, 154, 177–183
“loanout” of Davis and, 109, 123, 178–179
publicity control by, 64, 122, 137, 218, 277, 281–282, 310–311
on Reagan as actor, 320, 321
Warner Brothers
above-the-title billing by, 92, 97, 124, 125, 205, 384
contract with Davis, 56–57, 153–159, 162, 260–262, 306–307, 411
Crawford’s contract with, 345, 352–354
Davis’s dissatisfaction with, 109, 118–119, 129–130, 148–149
history of, 49–51
optioning Jezebel, 187–188
publicity campaign train trip for, 87–88
public memorial service for Davis at, 588
re-issuing of Davis’s films, 162–163
Watcher in the Woods (film), 556–559
Watch on the Rhine (film), 321–327
Waterbury, Ruth, 134–135, 184–185, 196, 197–198, 494
Waterloo Bridge (film), 36–38
Watson, Lucile, 322, 323
Watson, Minor, 409
Watts, Richard, Jr., 68
Waxman, Franz, 332
Way Back Home (film), 38–41
Weidel, Conrad, 328–329
Wellman, William, 57–58
Werner, David, 24–25
Westley, Helen, 262
Westmore, Perc, 55–56, 100, 247, 282, 343–344
Whales of August, The (film), xiv, 574–578
Wharton, Edith, 236, 392
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film), 489–496
Where Love Has Gone (film), 508–511
White Mama (TV film), 553–554
Whitman, Walt, 312–313
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