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by Marc Eliot

Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The, 85, 161, 286–91

  Mao Tse-tung, 144, 272

  Marcus, David “Mickey,” 302–3

  Marin, Edwin L., 134

  Marked Man, 170n

  Marshall, George, 81, 87, 110, 284, 294

  Marshall, Nancy Buck, 34

  Martin, Charles G., 333

  Martin, Dean, 202, 217, 227, 258, 259, 300

  Martin, Pete, 21n, 29

  Martin, Strother, 320n

  Martinez, Ben, 150

  Marvin, Lee, 248, 286, 289, 290, 295–96, 310, 323n

  Marx, Groucho, 279

  Mascot Pictures, 59–60, 66

  Massen, Osa, 105

  Massey, Raymond, 106

  Matthau, Walter, 323n

  Maugham, Somerset, The Circle, 111

  Maupassant, Guy de, “Boule de Suif,” 78

  Mayer, Louis B., 45, 72n, 96, 106, 110

  Maynard, Ken, 61, 62, 63

  Mayo, Archie, 63n

  Mayo, Virginia, 223

  McBride, Joseph, 66, 73n, 103, 170, 244, 268

  McCarey, Leo, 2, 90

  McCarten, John, 243

  McCarthy, John Jr., 203

  McCarthy, Joseph, 187, 249

  McClean, Donald, 228n

  McCoy, Tim, 63, 172

  McCrea, Joel, 115, 234

  McCullough, O. J. and I. J., 268n

  McGann, William, 123

  McGowan, J. P., 23, 60

  McGuiness, James Kevin, 188

  McLaglen, Andrew, 193, 212, 296, 300n, 318, 321

  McLaglen, Victor, 30, 40, 41, 71, 72, 79, 175, 200, 203, 219, 231

  Mclintock!, 64n, 193n, 283, 286, 296–97

  McQ, 327

  McQueen, Steve, 235, 323n, 327

  Meek, Donald, 83

  Men Are Like That, 57

  Menjou, Adolphe, 154

  Men Without Women, 41–42

  Merrill, Gary, 248

  Merv Griffin Show, 308

  Method acting, 163–65, 220, 249, 344

  Metty, Russell, 280

  MGM, 27–28, 45, 71, 121, 138, 141, 171n, 221n, 232, 233, 251–52

  Midnight Cowboy, 1, 5–6

  Miles, Vera, 237, 287, 290, 291

  Milestone, Lewis, 90, 128

  Milford, Gene, 218n

  Milius, John, 244

  Milland, Ray, 116, 119, 126, 250

  Millard, Oscar, 220

  Miller, David, 124, 125

  Miller, Ron, 314

  Mineo, Sal, 279, 280

  Minnelli, Vincente, 203n

  Mirisch Company, 303, 304

  Misfits, The, 270

  Missouri Traveler, The, 248

  Mister Roberts, 159n, 229n, 232, 234

  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 87, 90, 129

  Mitchell, Thomas, 79, 82, 83, 86, 90–91, 104

  Mitchum, Christopher, 324

  Mitchum, Robert, 213, 228, 249, 305, 306, 310, 324

  Mix, Tom, 23, 24, 28–29, 30n, 31, 45, 58n, 110

  Modern Screen, 115

  Mogambo, 232

  Monogram Pictures, 64, 66, 67n

  Monroe, Marilyn, 227, 271

  Monterey Productions, 161, 162

  Montgomery, Robert, 120, 142–43, 149, 152

  Moore, Robin, 308, 314

  Moorehead, Agnes, 222

  Moran, Lois, 40–41

  Morocco, 45, 51, 109

  Morrison, Charlie (restaurateur), 219

  Morrison, Clyde “Doc” (father), 13–19, 20, 22, 27, 63, 116

  death of, 77–78, 138

  divorce of, 34, 324

  and Marion (son), 16–17, 20, 22, 36, 118

  marriage to Florence, 34

  marriage to Molly, 14, 95

  Morrison, Eugenio (Mexican star), 126

  Morrison, Florence Buck (Clyde’s second wife), 34

  Morrison, John (ancestor), 13

  Morrison, Marion (grandfather), 13–14

  Morrison, Marion Robert:

  as adult, see Wayne, John

  birth and childhood of, 14, 15–23

  as “Duke,” 21–22, 39–47, 75

  early studio jobs of, 27–30, 39–43, 101

  name changed to John Wayne, 44, 47

  name changed to Marion Michael Morrison, 15

  Morrison, Mary “Molly” (mother), 14–16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 34, 36, 63, 138, 324

  Morrison, Robert (great-grandfather), 13

  Morrison, Robert Emmett (brother), 15–16, 22–23, 24–25, 36, 39, 62, 77, 145, 324

  Morrison Agency, 58–59, 64, 96

  Mother Machree, 30, 31, 39, 70

  Motion Picture Academy:

  formation of, 73

  see also Academy Awards

  Motion Picture Democratic Committee (MPDC), 105

  Motion Picture Herald, 116, 172, 197, 227, 334

  motion picture industry:

  “Big Five” and “Little Three,” 221n

  censorship in, 87, 151, 191

  CinemaScope, 217, 222, 232, 233, 242n

  Cinerama, 271, 294, 297

  color films, 102, 118, 199, 233, 288

  distribution in, 66, 161

  early evolution of, 23–25

  in Hollywood, see Hollywood

  independents in, 249

  Magnafilm, 45

  “oaters” (westerns), 32, 86, 234–35, 257

  residual rights, 173, 196

  serials, 59–60

  singing cowboys, 45, 65

  and television, 172, 198, 234–35, 243, 248, 249

  3-D, 213

  Todd-AO, 272, 280, 288

  transition to sound, 30, 41, 45

  VistaVision, 242–43

  Motion Picture Industry Council, 186

  Motion Picture Patents Corporation, 46

  Motion Picture Production Code (Hays Code), 151

  Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors Association (MPPDA), 151

  Moulin Rouge, 203n

  MPA (Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals), 3, 5, 129–30, 149–50, 152–54, 169, 172, 173, 186, 191, 204n, 295

  MPAC (Motion Picture Artists Committee to Aid Republic Spain), 105, 191

  Muni, Paul, 150

  Munsen, Ona, 116

  Murchison, Clinton and John Dabney, 268n

  Murder, Inc., 280

  Murnau, F. W., 104

  Mutiny on the Bounty, 72n

  My Darling Clementine, 157–58

  Nagel, Conrad, 203

  Natwick, Mildred, 175

  Neal, Patricia, 196, 297

  ’Neath the Arizona Skies, 64n

  Negulesco, Jean, 161

  Nelson, Ricky, 258, 259, 271, 305

  Never on Sunday, 280

  Newcom, James E., 91n

  New Deal, 101

  Newman, Paul, 309n, 323n

  Newsweek, 207, 228, 334

  Newton, Robert, 218

  New York Daily News, 216, 309, 334

  New Yorker, The, 202, 277

  New York Film Bulletin, 167, 259

  New York Herald Tribune, 161, 290

  New York Post, 88, 334

  New York Times, 88, 98, 118, 124, 161, 167, 171, 179, 202, 208, 243, 259, 270, 274, 276, 290, 304, 309, 316, 321

  Nichols, Dudley, 42, 44, 72, 73, 74, 78, 79, 82, 103, 104, 107, 205

  Nichols, Mike, 318, 329

  Nicholson, Jack, 1–2, 323, 334

  nickelodeon, 23, 24

  Ninotchka, 87, 90, 195

  Niven, David, 4

  Nixon, Richard M., 190, 280, 295, 324, 325

  Noah’s Ark, 40

  Nolan, Kathleen, 337

  Nolan, Lloyd, 79

  Nolan, Valora, 307

  North to Alaska, 274, 283–84, 285

  Nor’wester, The (boat), 219, 272, 294

  Novak, Kim, 271

  Nugent, Edward, 115

  Nugent, Frank S., 88, 159, 174, 188, 203, 229, 235–36, 253

  Oberon, Merle, 116

  O’Brien, Edmund, 258n, 289

  O’Brien, George, 42, 58, 88nr />
  O’Brien, Pat, 149

  Observer, The, 244

  Oconoa, Peta, 236

  O’Flaherty, Liam, 70

  Of Mice and Men, 90

  O’Hara, Maureen, 6, 147, 188–90, 193, 197, 199, 200, 203, 209, 232, 240, 251–52, 296–97, 324, 337, 340

  O’Keefe, Dennis, 130

  Oklahoma!, 229n

  Olivier, Laurence, 106, 120, 161

  Olsen, Nancy, 208

  O’Neal, Tatum, 334

  O’Neill, Eugene, 103, 104

  Only Angels Have Wings, 124, 129, 162

  On the Town, 180n

  On the Waterfront, 175, 218n

  Operation Pacific, 196, 297

  Ophul, Max, 291

  Ornitz, Samuel, 100

  OSS (Office of Strategic Services), 120–21, 122, 131

  Ostrow, Leo, 64

  O’Toole, Peter, 1

  Outlaw, The, 166

  Pacino, Al, 334

  Padgin, Jack, 48

  Paley, William S., 234

  Pallete, Pilar, 255–56, 260, 267, 297, 302, 303, 305, 310

  and Academy Awards, 4–5, 6, 8, 279, 280, 340

  as actress, 210–11, 271

  and children, 5n, 212, 245, 285–86, 303–4, 326, 330

  memoirs of, 111, 122, 330

  relationship of Wayne and, 210–11, 212, 218–19, 222–24, 250, 251, 252, 253–54, 255, 258, 280, 304, 327, 328, 330

  separation from, 5n, 326–27

  and Wayne’s films, 255, 271, 285, 293, 296, 315, 318

  and Wayne’s health, 298–99, 329–30, 336–37, 340

  wedding of Wayne and, 5n, 211, 223–24

  Palmdale, California, 17–19

  Palmer, Betsy, 232

  Panama, Inc., 253

  Paradise Canyon, 64n

  Paramount Pictures, 45, 52, 57, 110, 117, 146n, 221n, 284, 288, 300, 310

  Parker, Cecilia, 65–66

  Parker, Eddie, 48n

  Parker, Fess, 177, 212, 236, 247, 262

  Parks, Larry, 191–92, 205, 294

  Parrish, Robert, 141, 234

  Parsons, Louella, 112, 146, 172, 194, 207, 215n

  Pasternak, Joe, 110

  Patch of Blue, A, 300n

  Patton, 324

  Payne, John, 47

  Peabody, Jack, 50

  Peck, Gregory, 6, 169–70, 180, 181, 228, 234, 303, 333

  Perils of Pauline, The, 23

  Peru, Wayne’s trip to, 209–11

  Philadelphia Story, The, 106, 107

  Photoplay, 197–98

  Piaf, Edith, 219n

  Picnic, 229n

  Pinocchio, 106

  Pittsburgh, 125, 126, 172

  Platt, Louise, 82

  Playboy, 3, 154, 245, 325

  Polanski, Roman, 319

  Pomery, Allen, 48n

  Ponti, Carlo, 253–54

  Portis, Charles, 318–20

  Post, Ted, 323

  Postal, Florence, 50

  Powell, Dick, 220, 222

  Powell, William, 193n

  Power, Tyrone, 96, 111n, 120, 209

  Power, Tyrone Sr., 48, 52

  Preen, Sidney, 138

  Preminger, Otto, 279, 297–98

  Presley, Elvis, 247, 309n

  Price, John, 251

  Pride of the Yankees, 162

  Production Code Administration (PCA), 87

  Pryor, Thomas M., 179

  Puccini, Giacomo, Madame Butterfly, 110

  Quantrill’s Raiders, 98

  Quiet Man, The, 6, 64, 188, 190, 193n, 198–201, 202–3, 231, 240

  Quinn, Anthony, 135, 203n

  Rackin, Martin, 260, 283, 284

  Rafelson, Bob, 323, 329

  Raft, George, 96, 123

  Rainbow Valley, 64n

  Raines, Ella, 134

  Rains, Claude, 90

  Ralston, Vera Hruba, 137, 177

  Randy Rides Alone, 64n, 67n

  Range Feud, 58

  Ray, Aldo, 314, 317

  Ray, Nicholas, 197, 229n

  Reagan, Ronald, 120, 161, 180, 295, 307, 334

  Reap the Wild Wind, 119, 171

  Rebecca, 106, 107

  Rebel Without a Cause, 197, 229n

  Red Dust, 232

  Redford, Robert, 334

  Red River, 161–68, 169, 170, 171, 172, 175, 185, 241, 245, 257, 258, 305, 309, 325, 333

  Red Sky at Evening, 75–76

  Reed, Donna, 143, 209

  Reed, Rex, 326

  Remarque, Erich Maria, 110n

  Renaldo, Duncan, 44

  Republic Pictures, 66–67, 74, 75n, 76, 77, 97–98, 99, 115–16, 118, 123, 124, 128–29, 134, 137, 144–45, 171, 172, 177–79, 188, 203, 231

  Reunion in France, 125

  Reynolds, Burt, 235, 249, 334

  Rhodes, Orlando, 211, 216

  Rich, Frank, 334

  Ride Him, Cowboy, 63n

  Riders of Destiny, 64–65

  Ringo Kid, 79–80, 81, 83–85, 87, 97, 205

  Rin Tin Tin, 59, 159n

  Rio Bravo, 257–59, 269, 271, 300, 305–6, 323, 333

  Rio Grande, 187–90, 193, 194, 213, 234

  Rio Lobo, 4, 323–24

  Riskin, Robert, 57

  Ritter, Tex, 205

  RKO-Pathe Studios, 197, 242

  RKO Radio Pictures, 145, 147, 197

  RKO Studios, 57, 72, 97, 129, 134, 135, 172, 174, 176, 221, 222

  Roach, Hal, 110

  Roaring Twenties, The, 52, 98

  Roark, Garland, 171

  Roberts, Julia, 193n

  Roberts, Stephen, 63n

  Robertson, John S., 30n

  Robson, Mark, 180

  Rogell, Albert S. “Sid,” 61, 128, 135

  Rogers, Ginger, 106, 149, 193n

  Rogers, Jean, 76

  Rogers, Roy, 83, 98

  Rogers, Will, 56, 71–72, 85

  Rooney, Mickey, 57, 65

  Roos, Bö, 116–17, 126, 153, 178, 189, 256, 267–68, 310

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 101, 106, 119, 141n, 185

  Rooster Cogburn, 330–31

  Rosemary’s Baby, 319

  Rosenberg, Stuart, 280

  Rosenthal, Joe, 178

  Ross, Frank, 129

  Ross, Herbert, 1

  Ross, Katharine, 318

  Rossen, Robert, 3, 169, 180, 204, 249

  Rough Romance, 44

  Russell, Gail, 145–47, 171, 214–15, 216

  Russell, Jane, 166

  Russell, John, 258n

  Ryan, Cornelius, 293

  Ryan, Robert, 198n

  Rydell, Mark, 325

  Ryskin, Morrie, 149

  Saddle in the Wind, 234

  Sadler, Barry, 314

  Saenz, Josephine Alicia:

  children of, 5n, 62, 69, 80, 248

  and divorce, 91, 95, 99, 113, 116, 117, 118, 127, 133–34, 137, 141, 170, 178

  Wayne’s relationship with, 35, 36, 43, 56, 63, 65–66, 69–70, 74, 75n, 80, 91, 112, 134, 138, 207, 214

  wedding of Wayne and, 61–62

  Saftig, Ernie, 210, 228

  Sagebrush Trail, 64n

  Sahl, Mort, 279

  Saint, Eva Marie, 218n, 280

  St. John, Mary, 223, 321, 327

  Salute, 41

  Samson and Delilah, 179n

  Sands of Iwo Jima, 3, 174, 178–81, 185, 192

  Sarnoff, David, 72n

  Sarris, Andrew, 4, 44, 85, 104, 142, 158–59, 167, 238, 291, 328

  The American Cinema, 170, 344

  and auteurism, 343–44

  The John Ford Mystery, 89

  “The World of Howard Hawks,” 259

  Saturday Evening Post, 21n, 104, 159, 162, 188, 233

  Saunders, George, 97

  Sawyer, Gordon E., 278

  Schaefer, Armand, 60, 63

  Schaffner, Franklin J., 324

  Schary, Dore, 135n

  Schickel, Richard, 162

  Schlesinger, John, 1

  Schlesinger, Leon, 61

  Schnee, Charl
es, 162, 203n

  Schneider, Samuel, 50n

  Schulberg, Budd, 175

  Schuster, Harold D., 163

  Scoggins, C. E., 147

  Scorsese, Martin, 238, 244

  Scott, Adrian, 136–37

  Scott, Ewing, 43

  Scott, Martha, 128

  Scott, Pippa, 237

  Scott, Randolph, 41, 123, 125, 234

  Screen Actors Guild (SAG), 73, 101, 105, 149, 173, 180, 192, 295, 337

  Screen Guide, 131

  Screen Writers Guild, 100, 101, 151, 279, 284

  Sea Chase, The, 222–24, 228–29, 247, 271

  Searchers, The, 3, 6, 24, 85, 229, 233–45, 247–48, 251, 269, 276, 285, 287, 288–89, 291, 345

  Searchers, The (British Band), 245

  Sears, Gradwell, 166

  Sea Spoilers, The, 76, 172

  Seaton, George, 217

  Sedgwick, Edward, 58

  Seiler, Lewis, 29, 30n, 50, 125

  Seiter, William, 97, 129

  Seitz, George, 57

  Selznick, David O., 80, 81, 90, 107, 233

  Sennett, Mack, 110

  Sergeant, Quay, 207

  Sergeant Rutledge, 237

  Sergeant York, 162, 332n

  Sersen, Fred, 50

  Settle, A. P., 228n

  Seven Sinners, 110, 111–12, 172

  7 Women, 328

  Seven Year Itch, The, 229n

  Shadow of the Eagle, 59–60, 61

  Shakespeare, William, 220, 238, 296

  Shane, 248

  Shaughnessy, Mickey, 274

  Shavelson, Melville, 302, 303, 304, 305

  Sheehan, Winfield “Winnie,” 46, 49, 55

  Sheen, Martin, 273n

  Shenandoah, 300n

  Shepherd of the Hills, 117–18, 284

  Sheridan, Maggie, 165

  Sheriff, Paul, 203n

  Sherman, George, 97, 193n, 324

  Sherwood, Robert E., 107

  She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, 173, 174–76, 180n, 197, 198, 200

  Shootist, The, 332–34

  Shuken, Leo, 91n

  Siegel, Don, 205, 332, 333

  Sight and Sound, 244

  Silverstein, Elliot, 300n

  Sinatra, Frank, 258n, 271, 273, 303, 331

  Sirk, Douglas, 243n

  Six-Gun Cinema, 172

  Skelton, Red, 116, 268n

  Skolsky, Sidney, 278

  Skouras, Spyros, 284, 293

  Slate, Jeremy, 320n

  Small, Edward, 166

  Snake Pit, The, 161

  So Dear to My Heart, 163

  Somewhere in Sonora, 63n

  Sons of Katie Elder, 298, 300

  Sons of the Pioneers, 205

  Sorrell, Herb, 151

  Soul Herder, The, 33

  Sound of Music, The, 300n

  Southern California Prompter, 276–77

  Spartacus, 273n, 280, 303

  Speakeasy, 40

  Spencer, Dorothy, 91n

  Spielberg, Steven, 244

  Spoilers, The, 123, 125, 172

  Stack, Robert, 218

  Stacy, Jim, 319

  Stacy, Pat, 327–28, 329–30, 336, 337

  Stagecoach, 6, 48n, 78–80, 81–91, 95, 96, 97, 99, 103, 110, 118, 120, 134, 145, 157, 162, 172, 185, 198, 205–6, 235, 245, 258n

  Stallings, Laurence, 174

 

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