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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, 88n
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