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The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild

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by Miranda J. Banks

Cannes Film Festival, 90

  Cape Fear, 147, 183

  Capital Cities Communications/ABC, 189, 209

  Capra, Frank, 78, 160–161

  Captains Courageous, 52

  Carol Burnett Show, The, 4, 175

  Carolco Pictures, 156

  Carroll, Bob, Jr., 119, 246

  Carsey-Werner Productions, 177, 184, 198

  Carson, Robert, 186, 246

  Carter, Bill, 205

  cartoonists, 70, 85, 80, 124

  Cartwright Act (1909), 52

  Casablanca, 27, 41, 92, 94

  casting, 125, 144, 166, 184, 189

  Catholic Legion of Decency, 38

  Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors, 169, 200, 214

  Cavalcade of America, 12

  CBS network, 175, 180–181, 189, 195, 200, 205, 209, 221

  censorship, 35, 37, 53, 99, 139, 289n79; during blacklist era, 110–111; loosening of, 139

  Ceplair, Larry, and Steven Englund, 48, 49, 55, 67, 69–71, 85

  CFA, see Committee for the First Amendment

  CGI (computer-generated imagery), 204

  Chamberlain, Jennie and Daniel, 224

  Champ, The, 35

  Chandler, Raymond, 90–91, 246

  Chaplin, Charles, 89, 246

  Charlie’s Angels, 96, 168, 239

  Chase, Borden, 108, 246

  Chayefsky, Paddy, 125, 128, 246

  Cheers, 3, 178, 182–183

  Chernin, Peter, 204, 226

  Cherry, Marc, 219, 221, 246

  Chetwynd, Lionel, 188, 246

  Chicago, 219

  Chicago Tribune (newspaper), 93, 96

  Chicken Little, 7

  Childrens Hospital, 229

  Chinatown, 3

  Christopherson, Susan, 197

  Cimarron, 55

  Cimarron Kid, The, 147

  Citizen Kane, 36, 75

  Clark, Ron, 167, 246

  Clarkson, Patricia, 225

  Clerks, 202

  Cleveland Show, The, 6

  Clinton, Hillary, 221

  Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 192

  Closer, The, 222

  Clueless, 7

  Code of Practice and Procedure, 46

  Cody, Diablo, 237, 246

  Coen, Joel and Ethan, 157, 202, 235, 246

  Coffee, Lenore, 3, 246

  Cohn, Harry, 12, 31, 47, 82

  Colbert Report, The, 225

  Cole, Lester, 30, 69, 92, 96, 101, 111, 246

  Colgate Comedy Hour, The, 118, 127, 136

  collective bargaining, 9, 32, 44, 46–47, 50, 56, 60, 81, 137, 162, 170, 209

  College Humor, 37

  Collins, Richard, 106, 246

  Collins, Scott, 224

  Colt .45, 145

  Columbia Pictures, 12, 31, 64, 82; consolidation, 185

  Columbo, 136

  Combat!, 147

  Comcast, 199

  Comeback, The, 235

  Coming Home, 70

  Committee for Prudent Deregulation, 200

  Committee for the First Amendment (CFA), 98–100, 103

  Communications Act (1936), 201

  communist allegations and Red Scare, 53, 56–57, 67–72, 74, 78–79, 80–81, 84, 91–98, 102–103, 105, 108–110, 129, 130, 132–133. See also Hollywood Ten; “Unfriendly Nineteen”

  composers, 89, 91

  computer-generated imagery (CGI), 204

  Condon, Bill, 219, 247

  Conference of Studio Unions (CSU), 11, 73, 80–85, 96

  conglomeration of media industries, 155, 172, 185, 191, 198–199, 201, 208–209, 214–216; post-2008 strike, 228, 230, 238

  Connolly, John, 215

  consolidation of media industries, 169, 185, 191, 198, 215–217

  contract laborers, 197

  contracts: long-term (seven-year), 4, 39–30, 43, 45, 51, 120, 138, 237; loyalty oaths and, 101; new technology clauses, 40, 141, 197; step contracts, 7

  Conversation, The, 157

  Cool Hand Luke, 6, 12

  Cooper, Gary, 68

  Coppola, Francis Ford, 157, 247

  Copps, Michael J., 217

  COPS, 190

  copyright, 12, 16, 19, 33, 64, 91–92, 126, 141, 147, 149, 160, 237

  Corday, Barbara, 10, 181–182, 199, 247

  Corddry, Rob, 229, 247

  corporatization of media industries, 110, 150, 153, 172–173, 191–192, 198–203, 238

  Corey, George, 88, 247

  Cosby, Bill, 198, 247

  Cosby Show, The, 178, 184, 192, 198

  Counter, Nicholas, III, 163, 187, 261n1

  Counterattack, 108, 130

  Craig’s Wife, 83

  Crane, David, 235, 247

  Crawford, James, 160, 162

  Crawford, Oliver, 247

  creative control, 12–14, 16, 40, 140, 192, 201

  creative labor, 1–2, 9, 34, 145, 187, 228

  Creature from the Black Lagoon, 97

  credits, 16–19, 33, 35, 42, 43, 44, 46, 64–65, 148, 159–165, 192–193; during blacklist era, 106–107, 114, 161; possessory credit, 159–165, 209; television, 119, 161

  Critic, The, 298n26

  Crossfire, 107

  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 268

  Cruise, Tom, 22

  CSI, 219

  CSU, see Conference of Studio Unions

  Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The, 21

  Curly Top, 55

  Curtin, Michael, 208

  Cuse, Carlton, 219, 221, 247

  CW, The, network, 213

  Damsel in Distress, A, 38

  Dancing Lady, 48

  Davies, Valentine, 247, 284n129

  Davis, Elias, 5, 184, 210, 247

  Davis, Madeline Pugh, 119, 120, 247

  Day, Felicia, 229, 247

  Day After, The, 174

  Day at the Races, A, 88

  Days of Our Lives, 171

  Day the Earth Stood Still, The, 43

  Dead End, 38

  Deadline Hollywood Daily (website), 223, 224

  Dean Martin Comedy Hour, The, 108

  Defiant Ones, The, 112, 114

  Depression, the, 27–30, 43

  deregulation, 110, 155, 172, 198–202, 216

  Desilu Productions, 119, 133–134

  Desperate Housewives, 212, 219, 221

  Deuze, Mark, 18

  Devil Is a Woman, The, 93

  Devil Wears Prada, The, 233

  DGA, see Directors Guild of America

  Diamond, I.A.L., 66, 101, 155, 247

  Dick Van Dyke Show, The, 117, 152–153, 155, 234

  Didion, Joan, 240, 247

  digital technologies, 228; downloads and compensation, 212; satellite services, 201–202. See also DVDs; streaming media

  Dinner at Eight, 36

  Di Pego, Gerald, 174, 247

  directors, 4, 42, 82, 88, 160–165, 172, 238, 240. See also auteur theory; writer-directors

  Directors Guild of America (DGA), 10, 11, 18, 19, 46, 57–58; postwar era, 115, 142, 146, 160, 162–165, 187, 196, 209, 213; and 2007–2008 strike, 215–216, 220, 223, 225–226, 228

  Disney, Walt, 68, 70, 80, 98. See also Walt Disney Company

  distribution issues, 110, 153, 200

  District, The, 24

  Dmytryk, Edward, 69, 79, 96, 247

  Doctor Doolittle, 152

  Dog Day Afternoon, 12

  Doherty, Thomas, 279n19

  Don’t Trust the B—in Apartment 23, 236

  Dortort, David, 125, 140, 242, 247

  Do the Right Thing, 202, 203

  Double Indemnity, 39, 90, 91

  Douglas, Kirk, 114

  Dragnet, 140

  Dramatists Guild, 91, 117, 128

  Dreamgirls, 219

  Dr. Strangelove, 139, 157

  Drugstore Cowboy, 202

  Dubbin, Rob, 225, 248

  Duffy’s Tavern, 137

  Dumbo, 74, 80

  Dunham, Lena, 237, 248

  Dunne, Philip, 4, 29, 31, 62, 79
, 84, 95, 97–100, 99, 121, 248; on Chandler’s Atlantic essay, 90–91; on origin of Screen Playwrights, 54–55; on screenwriter neglect, 238

  DVDs, 141, 196, 197–199, 204, 207–208; decline of, 229, 230; writers’ presence on, 199, 207

  Dynasty, 180

  Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, 78

  East Side/West Side, 134

  Easy Rider, 164

  Eckstein, George, 167, 248

  Edwards, John, 221

  Elephant Man, The, 157

  Emmy Awards, 174, 180, 215

  Empire Strikes Back, The, 154

  Entertainment Software Association, 217

  Ephron, Nora, 241, 248

  Episodes, 235

  Epstein, Julius, 27, 36–37, 40, 41, 58, 186, 248

  Epstein, Philip, 37, 40, 41

  ER, 197, 210

  Erin Brockovich, 219

  Escape, 75

  Estabrook, Howard, 55, 93, 248

  Eszterhas, Joe, 156, 192, 248

  E.T., 192

  Exodus, 114, 149

  Fabiani, Mark, 222

  Face in the Crowd, A, 75

  Family, 182

  Family Guy, 204

  Fantasia, 80

  Fargo, 203

  Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, 184

  Father Knows Best, 147

  Father of the Bride, 30

  FBI, 98, 115

  F.B.I., The, 158

  FCC, see Federal Communications Commission

  Fearless, 219

  Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 175, 200–201, 214–217

  Fey, Tina, 235, 248

  Fighting 69th, The, 93

  “film by” credit. See possessory credit under credits

  film schools, 153, 172–173

  Financial Interest and Syndication Rules (Fin-Syn), 169, 175, 177, 198–201, 215, 237

  Fine, Richard, 38, 43

  Finke, Nikki, 224

  Fireside Theater, 128, 286n5

  Fisk, Catherine, 17, 160, 235

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 38–39, 248

  Five Came Back, 38

  Flip, 184

  Focus Features, 202

  Fontana, Tom, 195–196, 201, 229–230, 248

  Force of Evil, 85

  Ford, John, 62, 74

  Foreign Correspondent, 42

  foreign films. See international cinema

  foreign residuals. See global markets

  Foreman, Carl, 104, 105, 114, 115, 248

  For Me and My Gal, 52

  Foster, Lewis R., 95, 108, 248

  Foster, William, 183, 248

  Fountainhead, The, 93

  Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The, 44

  Fox (film studio), see Twentieth Century–Fox

  Fox Atomic, 298n21

  Fox Entertainment Group, 228

  Fox Network, 185, 190, 200, 204, 211, 221

  Fox Searchlight, 202

  Francke, Lizzie, 45

  Franco, Francisco, 97

  Franklin, Michael, 143, 180

  Frasier, 5, 167

  Frazee, Steve, 146

  Freed, Arthur, 83

  Freedman, Benedict, 134, 248

  Freedman, Hy, 134, 248

  Freeman, Devery, 40, 53, 114, 248

  Freeman, Everett, 59, 248

  Freeman, Y. Frank, 123

  Free World Radio, 75

  French cinema, 89, 93

  French Kiss, 220

  Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The, 184

  Friendly Persuasion, 112

  Froelick, Anne, 248

  From Here to Eternity, 82

  Front, The, 1

  fronts, 111–112

  Fugitive, The, 167

  Full Metal Jacket, 157

  Furia, John, Jr., 10, 248

  Futurama, 204

  Gabler, Neal, 24

  Gaghan, Stephen, 219, 249

  Game, The, 236

  Garcia, Greg Thomas, 212, 249

  Garfield, John, 103

  Garrett, Lila, 179, 249

  Gelbart, Larry, 5, 188, 249

  Gelsey, Erwin, 55, 249

  General Hospital, 171

  George, Terry, 219, 249

  George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The, 118, 131

  Gershwin, Ira, 100

  Get Christie Love!, 184

  Get Smart, 127

  Gibney, Sheridan, 63, 98, 101, 105–106, 107, 108, 249, 287n38

  Gilligan, Vince, 232, 239, 249

  Gilligan’s Island, 157

  Gilroy, Tony, 230, 249

  Girl in Every Port, A, 52

  Girls, 237

  Gitlin, Todd, 265, 267

  global markets, 88, 89–90, 110, 140, 141–142, 144, 147–149, 187, 189–190, 240–241, 304n20

  Godfather, The, 17, 157

  Goff, Ivan, 96, 249

  Goldbergs, The, 122

  Goldemberg, Rose Leiman, 174, 249

  Golden Girls, 178

  Goldman, William, 6, 156, 172, 211, 249

  Goldwyn, Samuel, 35, 64, 161

  Gone with the Wind, 74, 137, 161, 165

  Goodfellas, 164

  Goodman, David A., 204, 208, 219, 221, 249

  Goodman, Ezra, 93

  Goodrich, Frances, 30, 57, 59, 101, 249

  Good Times, 156, 184

  Good Wife, The, 304n18

  Goodyear Playhouse, 13

  Gordon, Bernard, 78, 249

  Gordon, Ruth, 250

  Gottlieb, Carl, 219, 250

  Go West, 60

  Graham, Garrett, 95, 250

  Grand Illusion, 89

  Grant, Susannah, 219, 250

  Grapes of Wrath, The, 36

  graylists, 108–109

  Grayson, Charles, 89, 250

  Great Gildersleeve, The, 130

  Greaves, William, 183, 250

  Green, Howard, 20, 55, 250

  Grey’s Anatomy, 15, 236

  Griffith, D. W., 160

  Groening, Matt, 204, 250

  Guiding Light, 131, 171

  Guild, The, 229

  Gulf + Western Industries, 153

  Gun Crazy, 112

  Gunn, Mark, 212–213, 220, 227, 250

  Gurian, Naomi, 188

  Gypsy, 101

  Gyssling, Georg, 279n19

  Hackett, Albert, 30, 59, 101, 250

  Hackford, Taylor, 215, 250

  Hal E. Roach Studios, 64

  Haley, Alex, 165, 174–175

  Hamilton, Ian, 47, 266

  Hammett, Dashiell, 38, 59, 107–108, 250

  Hangmen Also Die!, 69

  Hans Christian Andersen, 38

  Happily Ever After, 23

  Happy Days, 177

  Harmon, David, 21, 137–138, 142, 143, 250

  Harris, Susan, 178, 250

  Harrison, Joan, 42, 250

  Harry O, 17

  Hart, Moss, 38, 250

  Have Gun—Will Travel, 150, 155

  Hawaiian Eye, 145

  Hawaii 5–0, 181

  Hayes, John Michael, 139, 159–160, 250

  Haynes, Todd, 202, 250

  HBO cable network, 23, 211, 240

  Hearst, William Randolph, 52, 168

  Heaven Can Wait, 17

  Hecht, Ben, 36, 37, 56, 250

  Hellman, Lillian, 38, 57, 59, 107–108, 251

  Hello, Dolly!, 152

  Henderson, Felicia, 23–24

  Herbert, F. Hugh, 133, 251

  “Hermanos, W.,” 145, 146

  Herskovitz, Marshall, 216, 251

  Hertz, David, 93, 251

  Hesmondhalgh, David, 271n24

  High Anxiety, 167

  High Noon, 104, 105

  Hill Street Blues, 178

  Hilton, James, 88, 251

  Hilton, Paris, 206

  Hitchcock, Alfred, 160–161, 162

  Hoffman, Dustin, 22

  Hogan’s Heroes, 118

  Holiday, 42

  Holland, Charles, 250, 297n2

  Hollywood, 27, 28, 54, 61, 94, 108, 136, 211

  Hollywood Athletic Cl
ub, 54

  “Hollywood Jabberwocky” (Diamond), 66

  Hollywood Quarterly (journal), 94, 281n68

  Hollywood press corps, 93

  Hollywood Reporter (journal), 52–53, 69, 92–93, 102–103, 129

  Hollywood Review (journal), 102

  Hollywood Shuffle, 184

  Hollywood Ten, 18, 67, 70–72, 80, 97–98, 100–105, 149

  Hollywood Writers Mobilization (HWM), 75, 78, 79, 96

  Holofcener, Nicole, 202, 251

  Holt, Jennifer, 185, 200, 266

  Homicide: Life on the Street, 195, 238

  homosexuality and homophobia, 24, 37, 174

  Honeymooners, The, 127

  Hope, Bob, 83

  Hopper, Dennis, 164, 251

  Hotel, 12

  Hotel Rwanda, 219

  House of Cards, 229, 240

  House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 60, 67–74, 78, 84, 92–94, 96–110, 113, 129

  Howard, Bruce, 151, 251

  Howards End, 237

  Howe, James Wong, 88–89

  How Green Was My Valley, 4, 62, 74

  How the West Was Won, 147

  HUAC, see House Un-American Activities Committee

  Huebsch, Edward, 287n38

  Hughes, Howard, 109

  Hughes, Rupert, 54, 68, 251

  Hulu streaming service, 228

  Hume, Edward, 174, 251

  Humphrey, Martha, 179

  Humphries, Reynold, 81

  Hunchback of Notre Dame, The, 44

  Hunter, Ian McClellan, 24, 251

  Huston, John, 100, 121, 251

  Huxley, Aldous, 38, 43, 251

  HWM, see Hollywood Writers Mobilization

  Hyman, Bernie, 53

  hyphenates: in film, 89, 121–122, 150, 160–165; in television, 89, 121–122, 140, 144–145, 151–152, 156–158, 166–171, 177, 197, 218. See also writer-directors; writer-producers

  I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, 20

  IATSE, see International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

  Identity Thief, 18

  Iger, Robert, 226

  Ike, 188

  I Love Lucy, 118–120, 120, 127, 286n5

  In a Lonely Place, 43

  Independent Citizens’ Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions, 96

  Independent Motion Picture Producers Association, 126

  independents: defined, 203; films and filmmakers, 153, 157, 164, 173, 192, 198, 202–203; producers and companies, 64, 71, 80, 125–126, 132, 142, 148, 161, 171–173, 175, 177, 184, 185, 215–216; and threat of deregulation, 200–201

  independent studio business model, 202

  Informer, The, 50

  Inherit the Wind, 112

  intellectual property, 18, 160, 228, 268

  International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), 10, 11, 30–31, 58, 80–81, 85; postwar era, 187, 213, 223

  International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 187

  international cinema, 89–90, 103, 240–241

  Inter-Talent Council, 58, 60

  In the Heat of the Night, 14

  In the Name of the Father, 219

  Intolerance, 32

  iPod, 211

  Irma la Douce, 101

  Ironside, 169

  Isaacs, Charles, 118, 134, 251

 

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