The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild
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Isaacs, David, 167, 178, 186, 251
It Could Happen to You!, 38
It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, 235
iTunes, 212
Jackie Gleason Show, The, 127, 136
Jailhouse Rock, 112
Jane Eyre, 38
Janofsky, Leonard S., 58
Jarmusch, Jim, 202, 251
Jarrico, Paul, 24, 78, 106, 109, 115, 251–252, 285n167
Jaws, 173, 219
Jazz Singer, The, 53
Jeffersons, The, 184
Jennings, Talbot, 59, 252
Jews and entertainment industry, 24, 96, 100, 110, 186. See also anti-Semitism
JFK, 164
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 237, 252
Johnny Ringo, 145
Johnson, Anne-Marie, 215
Johnson, Nunnally, 36, 42, 252
Johnston, Eric, 66, 68, 71, 89, 100
Jones, Grover, 55, 252
Joy Luck Club, The, 22
Julia, 10, 184, 241
Juno, 203, 237
Just Shoot Me!, 212, 229
Kahn, Gordon, 73, 252
Kaling, Mindy, 236, 252
Kalish, Austin (“Rocky”), 151, 252
Kalmar, Bert, 54
Kanin, Fay, 47, 173–174, 180, 241, 252
Kanin, Michael, 79, 123–124, 128, 150, 173, 252
Kanter, Hal, 10, 151–152, 168, 241, 252
Kasdan, Lawrence, 154, 252
Kaufman, Charlie, 4, 235, 252
Kaufman, George S., 38, 252
Kaye, Danny, 100
Kazan, Elia, 107
Keller, Sheldon, 5, 252
Kelley, David E., 6, 252
Kellogg, Virginia, 129, 252, 287n38
Kelly, Gene, 100
Kemper, Tom, 48
Kennedy, Jim, 222
Kerkorian, Kirk, 153
Kerr, Deborah, 112
Key, Keegan-Michael, and Jordan Peele, 236–237
Key and Peele, 237
Keys, Alicia, 221
Khan, Nahnatchka, 236, 252
Khouri, Callie, 237, 253
Killing, The, 236
Kim, Susan, 23, 220, 253
King, Geoff, 172
King, Michael Patrick, 235, 253
King of the Hill, 204
Kinney National Services, 153
Kinoy, Ernest, 13, 125, 135, 150, 168, 174, 253
Kitty Foyle, 69
Klarik, Jeffrey, 235, 253
Klein, Paul, 152
Knickerbocker Hotel, Hollywood, 28
Knopf, Christopher, 253
Kober, Arthur, 101, 253
Koch, Howard, 92, 94, 253
Koenig, Lester, 87
Kohan, Jenji, 240, 253
Komack, James, 151, 253
Koppelman, Brian, 219, 253
Korean War, 106
Kraszewski, Jon, 125, 139
Kubrick, Stanley, 139, 157, 253
Kudrow, Lisa, 229, 235, 253
Laborers International Union of North America, 187
Lady and Gent, 55
Lady Eve, The, 42, 74
Laemmle, Carl, 31
Land of the Lost, 180
Lardner, Ring, Jr., 24, 27, 34, 36, 84, 92, 96, 109, 111, 114, 253; on the AAA, 91–92, 94; Communist Party affiliation, 67, 69; TSW and, 86
Lasky, Jesse, Jr., 112
Lassie, 107, 111
Last of the Mohicans, The, 4
Las Vegas Story, The, 109
Late Night with David Letterman, 218
Laurel Award, 114, 115
Laverne and Shirley, 177
Lavery, Emmett, 96–97, 253
Law & Order, 166
Law & Order: Criminal Intent, 220
LA Weekly (journal), 224
Lawman, 188
Lawson, John Howard, 44, 45, 57, 69–70, 76, 92, 112, 253, 287n38; and HUAC investigations, 98, 103–104
Lazarus, Erna, 25, 82, 125, 254
Lear, Norman, 2, 4, 127–128, 156–157, 166, 177, 180, 198, 254, 295n66
Lee, Ang, 202, 254
Lee, Spike, 202, 254
Lehane, Chris, 222
Lehman, Ernest, 189, 254
Leight, Warren, 220, 254
Lenard, Kay, 147, 254
Leon Schlesinger Productions, 80
Lesser, Frank, 225, 254
Levien, Sonya, 44, 46, 50, 254
Levine, Ken, 178, 254
Levinson, Chris, 166, 254
Levinson, Richard, and William Link, 136, 166, 167, 174, 254
Levitt, Al and Helen, 115, 254
Levy, Emanuel, 202, 203
Lewis, John L., 46
Lewis, Jon, 110
Libeled Lady, 52
Liebman, Max, 128, 141
Life of Riley, The, 129
Life with Louie, 298n26
Lilly, Courtney, 6, 195, 224, 254
Link, William, and Richard Levinson, 136, 166, 167, 174, 254
Lipsitz, George, 85
Liquid Television, 204
Little Foxes, The, 38
Little Orphan Annie, 57
Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The, 35
Livier, Ruth, 229, 254
Loew’s Inc., 64
Loh, Sandra Tsing, 7, 254
Lone Star, 157
Looney Tunes, 80
Loos, Anita, 32–33, 45, 57, 254
Lord, Stephen, 145, 254
Loretta Young Show, The, 40
Lorimar, 177, 181, 201
Los Angeles Examiner (newspaper), 52, 93
Los Angeles Times (newspaper), 52, 182, 224
Lost, 212, 219, 221
Lost Weekend, The, 42
Lou Grant, 182
Love, Jasmine, 24, 255
loyalty oaths, 101, 104–105, 109, 133; loyalty board proposal, 129, 287n38
Lubitsch, Ernst, 42, 121, 164, 255
Lucas, George, 157, 255
Ludwig, William, 16–17, 20, 41–42, 73, 83, 84, 147, 255
Lumet, Sidney, 111
Lynch, David, 157, 164, 192, 202, 255
Macbeth, 164
MacDougall, Ranald, 133, 255
MacEwan, Walter, 58
Macpherson, Jeanie, 44, 255
made-for-television movies. See television films
Mad Men, 194, 238, 304n18
Magnificent Yankee, The, 96
Mahin, John Lee, 52, 55, 93, 255
Make Room for Daddy, 134
Male and Female, 44
Maltese Falcon, The, 74, 100
Maltz, Albert, 69–70, 98, 112, 255
Man Behind the Badge, The, 12
Manchurian Candidate, The, 3
Man from Frisco, 111
Mangan, Mona, 195–196, 210, 215
Manhattan, 157
Manhunter, 192
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The, 42
Mankiewicz, Herman, 36, 37, 55, 255
Mankiewicz, Joseph, 25, 26, 44, 255
Mann, Denise, 208, 265
Mann, Michael, 192, 255
Mann, Thomas, 79
Mannix, 168
Mannix, Eddie, 64, 83–84
Manoff, Arnold, 111, 255
Manual for Writers (SWG and OWI), 75–76, 77
Man Who Knew Too Much, The, 139, 160
Marcus, Ellis, 151, 255
Marcus Welby, M.D., 169
Margolis, Ben, 98
Marion, Frances, 35, 44–45, 49, 57, 255
Markes, Larry, 108–109, 255
Mark of the Vampire, 35–36
Mark of Zorro, The, 45
Marnie, 151
Marshall, Gary, 177, 178, 255
Martel, Jay, 255
Martha Raye Show, The, 127
Marx, Christy, 207, 256
Marx, Groucho, 100, 113
Marx, Karl, 30, 96
Marx, Samuel, 29–30, 256
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, 177
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The, 159, 167, 175, 176, 178, 180–181
M*A*S*H (movie), 114
M*A*S*H (TV series), 5, 167, 175, 181
Master Race, The, 69
Mathis, June, 44, 256
Mathison, Melissa, 192, 256
Maude, 127, 156, 178, 181
Maugham, W. Somerset, 256
May, Elaine, 17, 256
Mayer, Louis B., 20, 28–31, 42, 44, 47, 49, 54, 57, 60; during World War II and blacklist era, 68, 78, 96
Mazin, Craig, 18–19, 227, 239–240, 265–267
MBA, see minimum basic agreements
MCA, see Music Corporation of America
MCA/Universal, 185
McCall, Mary, Jr., 83, 109, 126, 129, 132, 256, 287n38
McCall, Ross, 212, 227, 256
McCarthy, Joseph, and McCarthyism, 106, 111
McCarthy, Leo, 58
McDowell, Roddy, 62
McGilligan, Patrick, 172, 266
McGuinness, James K., 52, 55, 68, 93, 256
McHale’s Navy, 134
McKenna, Aline Brosh, 233, 237, 238, 256
McLean, John, 195–196, 210–211, 213
McNutt, Patterson, 55, 256
Meadow, Herb, 150, 163, 166, 256
Me and My Gal, 101
Mean Streets, 164
Medford, Harold, 78, 256
Meet Me in St. Louis, 60
Memoirs of a Geisha, 21
Memphis Belle, The, 87
Mendelsohn, Carol, 219, 256
Men in Black, 219
Menjou, Adolphe, 68
merchandising and tie-ins, 192
Meredyth, Bess, 45, 57, 256
mergers, see conglomeration of media industries; consolidation of media industries
Merrie Melodies, 80
Merry Widow, The, 29
MGM, 3, 8, 20, 28–31, 42, 47, 49, 52; 64, 83, 100, 111, 121, 153; Screen Cartoonists Guild and, 80; Screen Playwrights and, 55, 68
Michael Clayton, 230
Midnight Cowboy, 70
Mildred Pierce, 91
Miller-Milikis-Boyett Productions, 178
Mills, Mike, 215
Mindy Project, The, 236
minimum basic agreements (MBA), 17, 32, 61, 130, 148–149, 159, 162, 182, 191, 210, 220; MBA of 1942, 64–65, 73, 83, 101
Miracle on 34th Street, 88
Miracolo, Il, 289n79
Miramax, 173, 185, 202–203, 298n25
Mirisch, Walter, 113
Miss Evers’ Boys, 1
Mission: Impossible, 3
Mission to Moscow, 107
Mississippi Masala, 19
Mitchell, Margaret, 165
Monaster, Nate, 118, 137–138, 150, 256
Monkees, The, 180
Monsieur Verdoux, 89
Montgomery, Robert, 60, 68
Moon Is Blue, The, 133
Moonves, Leslie, 205
Moore, Joan and Burton, 8, 20, 266
Moore, Mary Tyler, 159, 167, 175–177
Moore, Sam, 130, 288n42
Morris, Edmund, 188–189, 256
Moss, Carlton, 97, 256
Moss, Frank, 147, 256
Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals (MPAPAI), 68, 81, 84, 98
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), 18, 68, 71, 81, 84, 85, 100–101, 105, 112, 200
Motion Picture Code, 48, 49
Motion Picture Industry Council, 129
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), 37
Motion Pictures Producers Association, 49, 57
Moyers & Company, 220
MPAA, see Motion Picture Association of America
MPAPAI, see Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals
MPPDA, see Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Mr. Lucky, 69
Mrs. Miniver, 88
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 95, 108
Mr. Winkle Goes to War, 88
MTM Enterprises, 177–178, 181, 184, 201
MTV cable network, 204
Mummy’s Curse, The, 36
Murder, She Wrote, 136
Murphy Brown, 219
Murray, John Fenton, 134, 256
Music Corporation of America (MCA), 140
Mutiny on the Bounty, 42, 75
Myers, Kimberly, 236
My Favorite Year, 234
My Name Is Earl, 212
My So-Called Life, 216
MySpace, 214
Mystery Train, 202
My Sweet Charlie, 174
Naked City, 6, 139, 169
naming names, 97, 106, 107–108
Nanny, The, 179
Nashville, 237
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 236
National Board of Review, 94
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA, 1933), 48–50
National Labor Relations Act (1935), 170
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), 50, 52, 57–61, 64, 69; postwar era, 118–119, 130, 131–132, 133, 170, 190, 214
National Telefilm Association, 140
Navasky, Victor, 102, 108
Nawrocki, Paul, 210
Nazism, 74, 279n19
NBC network, 178, 180–181, 190, 198, 200, 202, 215, 228
NBC Nightly News, 205
Negro Soldier, The, 97
Netflix, 229, 235
Neuman, E. Jack, 151, 257
Newcomb, Horace, 266
New Line Cinema, 202
New Media Writers Caucus, 217
news and documentary writing, 189, 195, 205, 215
News Corporation, 200, 211
newsreels, 75
New York Times (newspaper), 33, 71, 142, 225
Niblo, Fred, Jr., 93, 257
Nichols, Dudley, 36, 50, 53, 56, 58, 257, 287n38
Nielsen ratings and surveys, 174–175, 225
Night at the Opera, A, 38, 52
Ninotchka, 39
NLRB, see National Labor Relations Board
Noose, The, 95
Norman, Marc, 75, 171–173, 185, 191, 211, 219, 257, 266
North, Edmund, 43–44, 137, 150, 257
North by Northwest, 189
Notorious, 37
novelists and screenwriting, 13, 38–39, 88, 90
Nugent, Frank S., 116, 257
Obama, Barack, 221
Objective, Burma!, 36
Oboler, Arch, 79, 89, 257
Ocean’s Thirteen, 219
Odets, Clifford, 107–108, 257
Office, The, 225
Office of War Information (OWI), 75–76, 78
One Night in the Tropics, 89
On the Waterfront, 75
Oppenheimer, Jess, 118–121, 133–134, 140, 257
oral history, 266–268
Orange Is the New Black, 229, 240
Ordinary People, 6
Ornitz, Samuel, 57, 69, 257
OWI, see Office of War Information
Ox-Bow Incident, The, 86
Oxenberg, Jan, 257
Oz, 195
Painters Union, 81–82
Paint Your Wagon, 152
Palmer, Michael Oates, 7, 257
Palumbo, Dennis, 234, 257
Paper Moon, 6
Paramount Consent Decree (1940), 105, 110, 120
Paramount Pictures, 28, 30, 64, 140, 153, 175, 185, 189, 209, 221, 222
Paramount Vantage, 202
Parker, Dorothy, 38, 59, 257
Parker, Rod, 181–182
Pascal, Ernest, 53, 257
Passage West, 112
Passion Fish, 157
paternalism, 57–58, 178
Patton, 43
Peele, Jordan, and Keegan-Michael Key, 236–237
Perren, Alisa, 203, 266
Perry, Joyce, 180, 257
Perry Mason, 167
Petrie, Daniel, Jr., 210, 257
PGA, see Producers Guild of America
Philadelphia Story, The, 42
Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, 125, 128
Phil Silvers Show, The, 136
Photoplay (journal), 103
Pie
rson, Frank, 6, 12, 149, 157, 163, 167, 182, 240, 257, 304n18
Pinky, 4
piracy, 18
pitching scripts, 14–16; web series, 229, 267, 268
PJs, The, 204
Plastic Age, The (Sagor), 35
Platoon, 164
Platten, John Zuur, 206, 257
Playhouse 90, 125, 149
Play It As It Lays, 240
playwrights, 13, 14, 39, 88, 125, 127
Pocketful of Miracles, 49
Poitier, Sidney, 183
Polanski, Roman, 164, 258
Polonsky, Abraham, 85, 111, 258
Poltergeist, 192
Pork Chop Hill, 183
possessory credit. See under credits
Postman Always Rings Twice, The, 91
Powdermaker, Hortense, 13
Powell, Dick, 133
Powell, Michael, 201, 258
Powell, Richard, 118, 131
Preminger, Otto, 114, 149
Presnell, Robert R., Sr., 87, 258
Pride and Prejudice, 38
Pride of the Marines, 69
Primary Colors, 17
Princess Bride, The, 6, 156
Private Practice, 236
producers, 22, 33–40, 160, 161, 166, 192, 239. See also under screenwriters; Screen Writers Guild; television
Producers Guild of America (PGA), 152, 169–170, 216
Production Code, 37, 110, 139
production studies, 266–267
Prover, Jorja, 21
Pryor, Thomas M., 91
pseudonyms, 17, 107, 109, 111–112, 161. See also fronts
Public Enemy, The, 36
Rabe, David, 258
Rader, Peter, 225, 258
radio and radio writers, 75, 109, 126, 127, 130, 136, 139; music formats, 136, 215
Radio Writers Guild (RWG), 12, 91, 117–118, 129–131, 134–135
Raging Bull, 4
Railroad Porter, The, 183
Rain Man, 22
Raising Arizona, 157
Raising Hope, 212
Rand, Ayn, 93, 258
Rank, J. Arthur, 89
Rankin, John, 94, 100
Rapf, Maurice, 92, 97, 258
Raphaelson, Samson, 53, 75, 258
Rapp, Joel, 151, 258
ratings, 174–185
ratings system, 153
Rawhide, 168
Ray, 215
Reagan, Ronald, 68, 70, 129, 155, 201
reality television, 190, 198–199, 204–206, 213–214, 226
Rear Window, 139, 160
Rebecca, 42
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 35
Recording Arts Coalition, 215
Red Channels (pamphlet), 108, 130
Red River, 108
Reds, 17
Red Scare. See communist allegations and the Red Scare
Red Skelton Hour, The, 134
Reiner, Carl, 117, 128, 152–153, 155, 165, 234, 258
Reiner, Grace, 189, 209, 210–211, 299n43
Reisman, Del, 206, 227, 258
Renoir, Jean, 89, 258
Republic Pictures, 64
reruns and syndication, 117, 122, 126, 140, 141–142, 149, 175, 189, 198, 205
Reservoir Dogs, 202
residuals, 9–10, 12, 17, 122, 143–144, 146, 147, 149, 167, 187–188, 190, 201, 220, 235; digital, 212, 226