Ball, Lucille, 462, 658, 710, 823
Ballets Russes, 649
Ball of Fire (1941), 877–78
Baltimore, 177
Bancroft, George, 269
Banjo on My Knee (1936), 539, 541–45, 542, 545, 545, 546–49, 550, 551, 559, 563, 571–72, 595, 874
Banjo on My Knee (Hamilton), 545
bank failures, 349, 350–51
Bankhead, Tallulah, 523, 631, 709, 833
Bank of America, 715
Banks, Leslie, 316
Banky, Vilma, 134, 136, 136, 624
Banner, Nellie, 327, 342, 343, 358, 392, 423, 424, 432–33, 444, 445, 448–49, 457, 474, 475, 674
Bannister, Harry, 380, 380, 716, 718
Bannister, Jane, 380
Banton, Travis, 587–88, 749
Barbara Frietchie (play), 70
Barbara Stanwyck Show, The (1960–1961), 900–901
Barbary Coast (1935), 543
Barclay Kitchen, 788
Barnes, Binnie, 537, 855
Barnes, Djuna, 428
Barnes, George, 390
Barnes, Hollis “Holly,” 303, 451–52, 452, 633, 669, 670, 673, 674, 748, 750, 787
Barnes, Howard, 647, 669, 696, 733
Barnes, Jimmy, 452
Baroni, Bert, 687
Barrie, Wendy, 498
Barry, Phillip, 54, 197, 677, 678, 711, 716
Barry, USS, 318
Barrymore, Dolores Costello, 473, 643
Barrymore, Ethel, 71, 80, 100, 127, 189, 198–99, 198, 389, 555, 609, 622–23
Barrymore, John, 47, 67, 92, 155, 176, 198–99, 198, 254, 275, 329, 425, 551, 555, 562, 600, 603–5, 609, 679, 746, 802
Barrymore, Lionel, 190–94, 198–99, 198, 329, 377, 403, 501, 553, 555, 562, 609, 640, 648, 670, 681, 841
Barthelmess, Richard, 114, 154, 176–77, 187, 396, 621
Barton, Ralph, 87
Baskette, Kirtley, 757
Basquette, Lina, 37, 114, 258, 466
Bat, The (Hopwood), 47
Battling Butler (play), 48
Baum, L. Frank, 811
Baum, Vicki, 553
Baxter, Warner, 377, 458, 512, 646, 708, 737
Bay View Church, 6, 9
Bear of Oakland, SS, 498
Beatrice, Nebr., 508, 560, 563–65, 564, 595
Beau Brummel (1924), 47
Beau Geste (1926), 315
“Beautiful but Dumb,” 47
Beauty (pony), 652
Beauty for Sale (1933), 369
Becky Sharp (1935), 547, 770
Bed of Roses (1933), 353
Beebe, Lucius, 597, 784
Beedle, William, see Holden, William
Beer and Blood (Glasmon and Bright), 231, 232
Beery, Ace, 119
Beery, Noah, 176
Beery, Noah, Jr., 732
Beery, Wallace, 212, 273, 329, 385, 395, 439, 458, 458, 460, 497, 546, 562, 640, 657, 723, 736, 737, 827, 832
Beethoven, 217
Beetson, Fred, 176
Beggar on Horseback (play), 47
Beggars of Life (1928), 211, 233, 241, 244, 298, 608
Behind the Scenes (1914), 167
Behrman, Sam N., 78, 845
Belasco, David, 69–72, 69, 71, 73, 74, 162, 163, 167, 448, 614, 614, 742
Belasco Theatre, 508, 764
Belgard, Arnold, 438
Bellamy, Ralph, 261, 264–65, 357, 370, 374, 701, 704
Bellamy River, 8
Belle of the Nineties (1934), 701
Bello, Mrs., 647, 648
Benchley, Robert, 124, 679
Benét, Stephen Vincent, 832
Ben-Hur (1925), 67, 138, 529
Bennett, Belle, 185, 579–80, 580, 616, 618, 619, 622, 623, 624
Bennett, Constance, 55, 179, 210, 246, 329, 351, 353, 388, 413, 436, 541, 657, 677, 758, 855
Bennett, Joan, 338, 339, 697, 763
Bennett, Richard, 73
Benny, Jack, 104, 106, 425, 427, 431, 463, 519, 609, 640, 652, 697, 738, 762, 763, 797, 836–41
Benny, Joan “Joannie,” 837, 840, 840
Benny, Mary, see Livingstone, Mary
Benton, Thomas Hart, 303
Berengaria (ocean liner), 667, 669
Berg, J. Frederic, 23
Bergen, Edgar, 704, 724, 764, 835
Berkeley, Busby, 350, 449, 694
Berkeley Square (Broadway show), 537
Berle, Milton, 104–5, 107
Berlin, Irving, 86, 128, 131, 411, 425, 724
Berman, Pandro, 446
Berman, Pandro S., 523, 524, 539, 647, 658, 703, 710, 719–20, 724
Bernard, Nancy “Billy,” 50, 90, 109
Bernds, Edward, 137, 145–46, 168, 171, 172, 263–66, 276, 308, 316, 324
Bernhardt, Sarah, 21, 31, 279, 552, 573
Best & Co., 64
Best Bid (horse), 657
Beverly Hills Tennis Club, 647
Beverly Wilshire, 519
Beyond These Tears, see Remember the Night (1940)
B. F. Porter Estate, 568
B.F.’s Daughter (1948), 881
Bickford, Charles, 653, 746
Big Boy (play), 54
Big Broadcast of 1937, The (1936), 507
Big House, The (1930), 417
Big Parade, The (1925), 412, 583
Big Time (1929), 121
Big Valley, The (1965–1969), 903
Bill (Stanwyck’s chauffeur), 474
Billboard, The, 48
Bill of Divorcement, A (play), 92, 711
Billy Rose’s Backstage Club, 38
Biltmore Bowl, 531, 700, 703, 706, 706
Biltmore Hotel, 31, 176, 531, 531, 706, 706, 707
Biltmore Theatre, 698
Bimberg, Albert, 467
Bimberg, Jessica, 466
Bimberg, Louis, 467
Binyon, Claude, 820
Bioff, William, 643, 644
Biograph studio, 621
Bird of Paradise, 388
Birdwell, Russell, 599, 600
Birth of a Nation (1915), 139, 826
Bischoff, Sam, 145
Bits of Life (1921), 254
Bitter Sweet (operetta), 451
Bitter Tea of General Yen, The (1933), 311–25, 313, 317, 319, 320, 321, 323, 327, 328, 338, 345, 346, 347, 358, 368–69, 417, 685, 871
Black Mask (McCoy), 554
Blair, Aubrey, 641, 643
Blake, Samuel R., 342
Blanc, Mel, 838
Blanchard, Harry, 168
Blandick, Clara, 317, 347
Blane, Sally, 154, 155
Blanke, Henry, 183, 387, 397, 398, 404
Bledsoe, Jules, 348
Bless You, Sister (play), 178, 215–16
Blinn, Beatrice, 768
Bloch, Bertram, 709
Blockade (1938), 827
Blondell, Joan, 185, 186, 207, 211, 233, 289, 396, 413, 570, 594
Blonde Venus (1932), 661
Blore, Eric, 499, 661
Blowing Wild (1953), 884
Boardman, Eleanor, 191
Bobbie, General Manager (Prouty), 611
Bobbs-Merrill, 304, 545
Bodansky, Robert, 194
Bogart, Humphrey, 81, 551, 560, 681, 712, 837, 853
Bogue, Charles, 473
Bois de Boulogne, 855
Boland, Mary, 47
Boles, John, 420, 458, 458, 459, 460, 498, 598, 617, 630, 676, 676
Boleslawski, Richard, 510
Bolger, Ray, 346, 509
Bolger, Roy, 697
Bolton, Guy, 45, 80, 194
Bondage (1917), 353
Bondi, Beulah, 553, 610–11, 702, 811, 813, 814, 815, 819, 821, 847
Bon Pepper (horse), 570
Boob, The (1926), 237
Boom Town (1940), 853
Booth, Shirley, 833
bootleggers, 40, 67
Borden, Eddie, 272
Bordoni, Irene, 128, 294
Borzage, Frank, 415, 769
Boston, 228
B
otsford, A. M., 812
Boucicault, Dion, 327
Boulden, Alice, 52
Bourdet, Édouard, 81
Bow, Clara, 67, 275, 351, 549
Bowers, John, 600, 601, 601
Bowman, Lee, 636, 637
Bowman, Patricia, 346
Boy Allies with the Army, 64
Boyd, William, 138
Boyer, Charles, 663, 713, 856
Boylan, Malcolm Stuart, 660
Boys Town (1938), 782
Brackett, Charles, 178
Brady, Alice, 271, 704
Brady, Mathew, 749
Bragg, Caleb, 38
Braithwaite, Laura, 54
Branch, Houston, 244
Brand, Max, 579, 587, 589, 597
Brandt, Carl, 597
Brandt, Joe, 144, 307, 327
breadlines, 182
Breakfast for Two (1937), 646, 658, 660–62, 664, 666, 669, 675, 677, 698, 725, 875
Brecht, Bertolt, 232, 684
Breen, Joseph, 400, 410, 415, 443, 504, 637–38, 696
Breen Office, 513, 515, 547, 553, 637–38
Bren, Milton, 428
Brennan, Walter, 543–44, 544, 549, 571, 856
Brenon, Herbert, 138, 146, 258, 315, 316, 628
Brent, Evelyn, 206, 211, 549
Brent, George, 286, 288, 300, 300, 304, 339, 358, 360, 395, 396, 713, 831
Brentwood Heights, 659, 680, 688, 689
Brewer, George, 709
Brice, Fanny, 6, 70, 86, 115–16, 121–22, 122, 305, 682, 697
Brice, Lew, 115–16, 116, 121, 140, 305
Bride Walks Out, The (1936), 498, 499–501, 500, 508, 509, 510, 519, 536, 660, 874
Bride Wore Boots, The (1946), 880
Bride Wore Red, The (1937), 646, 672
Bridge of San Luis Rey, The (1927), 138
Brief Moment (horse), 760
Bright, John, 232, 356
Bright Lights (1930), 157, 210, 251, 254, 461
Bringing Up Baby (1938), 710
“Bring on the Girls,” 35
Briskin, Sam, 182, 238, 247–49, 498, 499, 509–10, 524–25, 539, 642, 644, 657
British Actors’ Equity, 642
British Columbia, 354
British Penal Laws, 527
British War Relief Society, 855
Broadhurst, 53
Broadway, 40, 190
Broadway (play), 78, 95, 155
“Broadway Battle Cry, The,” 46
Broadway Bill (1934), 220
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), 476, 478, 494, 544, 666, 685
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937), 659, 666, 667, 714
Broadway Nights (1927), 84, 85, 396, 869
Broadway Playboy, 176
Broadway to Hollywood, 386
Broderick, Helen, 499, 500, 500, 509
Brodetsky, Julian, 776
Broken Dishes (play), 287
Bronson, Betty, 138, 185, 624
Brontë, Charlotte, 811
Brontë, Emily, 319
Brook, Clive, 424, 718
Brooklyn, Flatbush, and Coney Island Railroad, 11
Brooklyn, N.Y., 10–11
Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 546
Brooklyn Navy Yard, 24
Brooks, Clive, 251
Brooks, Louise, 144, 193, 207, 211, 233, 298, 433, 466, 549
Brooks, Phyllis, 649, 698
Broun, Heywood, 729
Browder, Earl, 521
Brown, Clarence, 502, 503, 504, 505, 507, 687
Brown, George, 549
Brown, Harry Joe, 410
Brown, Joe E., 349, 396, 420
Brown, Johnny Mack, 413
Brown, Lew, 99
Brown, Nacio Herb, 478
Brown Derby, 187, 518, 549, 566, 761
Bruce, Virginia, 492, 493–94, 493, 601, 604, 687
Brugh, Jacob A. (grandfather), 564, 593
Brugh, Roy, 593
Brugh, Ruth, 563, 593, 686–87, 686, 695, 736, 737, 790
Brugh, Ruth Adela Stanhope, 481, 482, 489, 490–92, 491
Brugh, Spangler Andrew, 482, 483, 488, 490
Brugh, Spangler Arlington “Arly,” see Taylor, Robert
Brugh family, 482, 489
Brunswick Records, 176
Bryan, Grace, 413
Bryan, Jane, 713
Bryan, William Jennings, 413
Buccaneer, The (1938), 741, 804
Buchanan, Lee, 110, 111
Buck, Gene, 34
Buck, Pearl, 417
Buckingham, Tom, 404–5
Bucks County, Pa., 833–34
Buffalo, 74–75
Buffalo, N.Y., 74–75
Buffalo Bill, 441, 442, 443, 446, 447–48
Buffalo Courier, 74–75
Buffington, Adele, 455
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, 402
Bull Run, Second Battle of, 4
Burbank, Calif., 187
Bureau of New Plays, 775–76
Burgess, Dorothy, 331
Burgess, Gelett, 638
Buried Loot (1935), 493
Burke, Billie, 35, 318
Burlesque (1927–1928) (Watters), 86, 88–99, 94, 95, 101, 104, 108, 114, 117, 119, 120, 126, 129, 142, 185, 542, 605, 673, 716, 802, 865
Burnett, W. R., 209
Burns, Bob “Bazooka,” 702
Burns, George, 102, 103, 105, 643, 837
Burton, Charlotte, 414
Burton, David, 647
Busch, Niven, 708
Bushman, Francis X., 67
Butler, Frank, 441, 442
Butler, Hugo, 845
Butler, Smedley D., 419
Butterworth, Charles, 384
Buzzell, Eddie, 250
Byington, Spring, 856
Byrd Antarctic expedition, 498
Byron, Arthur, 405
cabarets, 66
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The (1920), 589
Cabot, Bruce, 733
Caesar, Arthur, 332
Cafe de Paris, 40
Cafe Lamaze, 763
Cagney, James, 155, 211, 232–34, 236, 238, 247, 263, 289, 362, 384, 424, 470, 478, 507, 551, 581, 642, 643, 736, 832
Cain, James M., 421, 449, 737
Caine, Georgia, 810
Calhern, Louis, 54
Calhoun: County Agent (1964), 903
California, 65, 855
California (1947), 880
Calleia, Joseph, 781
Call of the North, The (1921), 412
Calloway, Cab, 485
cameramen, 167, 168, 186
cameras, 134–35, 168
Camillas (softball team), 559–60
Camille (1936), 76, 501, 551–60, 556, 558, 561, 562, 563, 565, 566, 571, 572–73, 573, 699, 712, 780, 787, 811
Campbell, Alan, 599
Campbell, Mrs. Patrick, 613
Campbell Playhouse, The (radio show), 697
Canary Murder Case, The (1929), 144
Candy Kid (horse), 760
Cansino, Rita, 3, 460
Cansino, Señor Angel, 189
Cantor, Eddie, 37, 38, 106, 107, 127, 291, 343, 384–85, 425, 642
Canzoneri, Tony, 774
Capek, Karel, 775
Capitol Theatre, 179, 597, 831
Capone, Al, 127, 232, 327
Capra, Frank, 133–34, 159, 187, 220, 269, 334, 421, 428, 460, 647, 699, 770, 771, 776, 805
as Academy president, 530–32, 531, 700, 702, 703, 764, 849
The Bitter Tea of General Yen, 311–17, 313, 317, 319, 320–25, 327–28, 338, 345–47, 358, 368–69, 417, 685, 871
Flight, 158, 161, 166, 168, 267
Forbidden (1932), 246–48, 249–50, 253, 255, 256, 259, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 269, 275, 279, 283, 284, 307, 314, 411, 689, 708, 732, 870–71
It Happened One Night, 432, 434–36, 438, 618
Ladies of Leisure, 150–52, 160–75, 173
and Ladies of the Evening, 160–75, 173
at Mack Sennett Studios, 158–59
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Meet John Doe, 856–59, 878
The Miracle Woman (1931), 210, 211, 213, 216, 218–29, 243, 247, 249, 251, 275, 348, 359, 378, 857, 870
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 500, 660, 769
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 857
Platinum Blonde, 250, 253, 262
Stanwyck and, 151–52, 226, 246, 247–48, 265, 266, 268, 309, 315, 323, 492, 605, 635
Submarine, 158, 160, 166, 258
The Younger Generation, 258
Capra, Lucille Warner Reyburn, 267–69, 269
Captain Applejack (1931), 179
Captains Courageous (1937), 700, 703
Captive, The, 80, 82, 83
Cardboard Lover, The (1928), 316
Carlisle, Helen Grace, 180
Carlson, Richard, 764
Carlton Hotel, 592
Carnegie Hall, 30
Carnovsky, Morris, 722, 766, 769
Carpathia (ship), 72
Carradine, John, 596
Carrillo, Leo, 316
Carroll, Madeleine, 784, 819, 828
Carroll, Nancy, 126, 142, 205, 498, 542
Carry Nation (play), 631
Carson, Robert, 598, 599, 600, 605, 608, 609
Carter, Gaylord, 297
Carter, Mrs. Leslie, 69, 279–80, 614, 614
Carter de Haven’s Music Box, 65
Carthay Circle Theatre, 520, 705, 724, 730, 856
Carton, F. Nash, 267
Casa Loma band, 595
Casino Theatre, 47
Caspary, Vera, 804
Cassin, Billie, 433
casting, 199
Catalina championship, 658
Catalina Island, 206, 550
Catalina Island Boys Camp, 799
Cather, Willa, 397–99, 401, 408, 613
Catholic Church, 81
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954), 885
Cavalcade (horse), 687
Cavalcade (play), 855
Cavalry, U.S., 746
CBC, 144
see also Columbia Pictures
CBC Film Sales Company, 158
CBS, 537, 831
Cedar City, 755
Ceder, Ralph, 275
censorship, 81–83, 207–9
Central Casting Bureau, 644
Central Pacific Railroad, 748, 749
Century Opera House, 30
Ce Soir, 736
Chadwick, Helene, 608
Chadwick, Lord, 241
Chained (1934), 501, 503
“Chairman,” 102–3
Chamberlain, Neville, 854
Chamberlain, William, 23
Chamberlin, Clarence, 508
Champ, The (1931), 417, 583
Champagne Waltz (1937), 537
Champs Elysees, 683
Chan, Charlie, 318, 439
Chaney, Lon, 216, 387
Chapin, Margery, 241
Chaplin, Charles, 133, 385, 439, 530, 562, 606, 609, 624, 758
Chaplin, Charlie, 133, 261, 341, 345, 376, 385, 425, 439
Chaplin, Mary, 129
Charles Frohman Inc., 83
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 667–68
Charlie McCarthy Show, The (1937–1939), 889, 890
Charlie McCarthy Show, The (1943), 893
Charlie’s Angels (1980), 904
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