Charteris, Leslie, 698
Chase and Sanborn Hour, The (radio show), 696, 724, 764
Chase Me (horse), 657
Château Frontenac (Quebec), 670
Chatterton, Ruth, 84–85, 92, 126, 191, 205, 246, 288, 289, 291, 318, 328, 339, 360, 362, 396, 424, 580–81, 582, 610, 622
Chauffer, Frank “Frankie,” 27, 29
Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941), 832
Chekhov, Anton, 773
Chelsea, Mass., 7–11
Cherryman, Rex, 68, 75, 76, 79, 80, 80, 86, 98, 716
death of, 117–18
Chevalier, Maurice, 291, 328, 351, 376
Chicago, 177, 232, 855
“Chicago” Billie Fay, 113
Chicago Herald and Examiner, 163, 461
Chicago Tribune, 19, 521
Chicago White Sox, 761
Children’s Home Society, 326–27, 342
China Clipper (ship), 566
China Seas (1935), 510
Chinatown Nights (1929), 598
Chocolate, Kid, 774
chorus girls, 44
Chouinard Art Institute, 588
Christian Scientists, 647
Christmas in Connecticut (1945), 879
Christmastime, 156–57
Churchill, Winston, 854
Church of the Foursquare Gospel, 214
Church of the Good Shepherd (Beverly Hills), 797
Cicognani, A. G., 400
Cimarron (1931), 289, 699
Circuit, Keith, 63
Ciro’s, 40, 760, 855
Cissell, Bill, 762
Citizens’ Play Jury, 81
Civic Repertory Theatre, 80
Civil War, U.S., 4–5, 620, 744
Claire, Ina, 55, 69, 677
Claridge’s, 671
Clark, Donald Henderson, 358
Clark, Peter, 345
Clark, Robert Sterling, 420
Clarke, Mae, 42–46, 51, 63, 64, 66, 67, 85, 94, 121–22, 132, 266, 304–5, 377, 382–83, 430, 498, 845
Barbara Stanwyck and, 55–62, 56, 140, 141, 292
in Big Time, 140
in Front Page, 233
in Manhattan Mary, 86, 90, 98, 99, 115
marriage to Brice of, 115–16
moods of, 86, 141–42
in The Noose, 68–80, 74
in The Public Enemy, 233–36, 236
Clash by Night (1952), 883
Clemens, Paul, 830
Cleopatra (1934), 741, 749
Close Harmony (1929), 142
Club Anatol, 40, 63, 66
Club Lido, 40
Club Madrid, 86
Club Richman, 40, 126–28, 130
Clurman, Harold, 63, 331, 766, 767, 769, 772, 773, 775
Clute, Chester, 809
Cobb, Bob, 549, 658, 761
Cobb, Lee J., 722, 766, 768, 768, 769, 775, 831
Cochecho Plant Works, 8
Cochecho River, 7–9
Cocoanut Grove, 549, 849
Cocoanuts, The (1929), 411
Cocoanuts, The (play), 426, 466, 467
“Cocotte” (Service), 39
Cody, Lew, 376
Coffee, Lenore Jackson, 180, 486, 510
Cohan, George M., 47, 177, 216, 319, 537
Cohen, Emanuel, 596
Cohen, Harold, 23
Cohen, Mabel, 23, 25, 50
Cohn, Harry, 178, 179, 182, 194, 195, 216, 307, 308, 644, 657, 720, 724, 775, 804
Capra and, 160, 268–69, 321
Fay’s proposal to regarding Stanwyck’s hiring, 143–44, 250–51, 605
Golden Boy and, 764, 766, 769, 770–71, 776–77
Ladies of Leisure and, 150–51, 161–62
The Miracle Woman and, 214, 215, 228
miserliness of, 145–46, 264, 315, 721
personality of, 145
and Stanwyck’s Columbia contracts, 144, 177, 183, 211, 246, 247, 249, 253, 254–55, 262
Cohn, Jack, 144, 158, 307
Cohn, Mrs. Harry, 179
Colbert, Claudette, 431, 432, 435, 436, 460, 500, 519, 587, 596, 713, 745, 749, 756, 761, 802, 803, 807, 814, 819, 823, 835, 841, 858
Colbys, The (1985–1987), 905
Cold Journey, The (Stone), 319
Coldwater Canyon, 508
Colleen (1936), 594
College Humor (1933), 396
Collier, Constance, 643
Collison, Wilson, 710
Colman, Ronald, 136, 329, 439, 458, 580, 597, 622, 622, 623, 653, 835, 837
Colton, John, 82, 194, 279
Columbia Pictures, 143–45, 150, 151, 158, 159–60, 167, 168, 177–78, 206, 215, 222, 227, 238, 244, 245, 246, 247–48, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254, 255, 263–64, 266, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 279, 295, 307–8, 317, 320, 321, 323, 329, 346, 424, 434, 436, 475, 498, 529, 583, 596, 597, 641, 643, 644, 702, 720, 724, 764, 766, 767, 769–70, 776, 795, 804, 857
Columbia Studios, 549
Columbia University, 186, 637
Come and Get It (1936), 543, 583, 737, 767
comedians, 103, 104–5
Comet over Broadway (1938), 694
Common Clay (Kinkead), 497
communism, 182, 696, 735, 736
Communist Party of the United States, 521
Compson, Betty, 16, 216
Concealment, see Secret Bride, The (1934)
Condemned Women (1938), 677, 678, 679, 728
Coney Island, N.Y., 11
Confession (1929), 194
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), 827
Conflict, The (1929), 126, 865
Congo, 511
Congress, U.S., 156
Connelly, James Hargis, 466
Connolly, Bobby, 449
Connolly, Walter, 318, 320, 322, 346, 658
Conquerors, The (1932), 598
Conquest (1937), 641
Conroy, Frank, 54
Conselman, William, 497
Considine, Johnny, 124
Consolidated Enterprises, 129
Constant Wife, The (play), 80
Contented Woman, A (Hoyt), 13
Conway, Jack, 565, 660, 670, 697, 783, 799
Cook, Donald, 244, 339
Cook, George Cram, 716
Cook, Joe, 178
Coolidge, Calvin, 46, 94, 118, 292
Coonan, Dorothy, 600
Cooper, Gary, 136, 142, 420, 507, 543, 546, 590, 596, 627, 640, 641, 643, 663, 681, 697, 745, 745, 761, 763, 777, 799, 832, 837, 856, 859
Cooper, Jackie, 329
Cooper, Prentice, 747
Cooper, Rocky, 837
Coots, J. Fred, 52
Copeland, Nick, 128, 406
Coray, Harriett, 750, 751
Coray, Simon, 751
Cord, Errett Lobban, 656
Corda, Maria, 150
Cornell, Katharine, 53, 55, 92, 417, 833
Cornered, 166
Coronado Yacht Club, 658
Cort, John, 25, 74, 82, 83, 92
Cortez, Ricardo, 197–99, 258, 369, 410
Cort Theatre, 189
Cosmopolitan, 256, 586
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 256
Cosmopolitan Studios, 84, 98
Costello, Dolores, 26, 67, 138, 154, 185, 336
Costello, Helene, 26, 155
Costello, Maurice, 26
Co Step (horse), 760
costumes, 199, 210
Cotten, Joseph, 833
Cotton Club, 40
Counsellor at Law (1933), 603, 604
Counsellor-at-Law (Broadway show), 369, 537
Covici, 428
Coward, Noël, 54, 451, 824, 854
Cowl, Jane, 71, 573, 624
Cradick, Charles, 249, 254, 342, 404, 408, 409, 448, 456, 475, 680, 683, 689, 690, 691, 692, 740
Cradle Song, 805
Craig, Richie, 361
Craig, Richie, Jr., 344, 358, 376
Cram, Mildred, 449, 486
Crawford, Cheryl, 772
Crawford, Joan, 55, 205, 212, 237, 263, 278, 289, 316, 329, 367, 383, 385, 387, 3
96, 413, 425, 479, 499, 512, 518, 546, 549, 644, 646, 660, 665, 675, 685, 720, 724, 736, 762, 824, 841, 850
in The Gorgeous Hussy, 502–7, 505, 506, 783
marriage of Franchot Tone and, 433, 486, 501, 502, 507, 641, 642–43, 672–73, 734
Stanwyck and, 433, 486, 486, 507, 707, 734
Crawford, Marjorie, 240, 241, 251
Creel, George, 418
Crews, Laura Hope, 54, 370, 555, 562
Crime (play), 85
Crime of Dr. Forbes, The (1936), 459
Crime of Passion (1957), 886
Cripp, Jerry, 33
Crisp, Donald, 531
Cromwell, John, 142, 269, 541–42, 542, 547–48
Cromwell, Richard, 225
Crosby, Bing, 384, 396, 420, 504, 640, 657, 657, 687, 732, 763, 794, 832, 853
Crosby, Ronnie, 373
Crosland, Alan, 99
Crothers, Rachel, 824, 850
Crowd Roars, The (1938), 722, 723, 733
Crowe, Eileen, 528
Crusader (horse), 760
Cry Wolf (1947), 881
Cukor, George, 286–87, 501, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 562, 571, 572, 573, 598, 603, 678, 711, 801, 843, 850, 855
Cummings, Constance, 315, 434
Cure, The (1917), 345
Curtis, Charles, 341
Curtis, Jack, 449
Curtiz, Michael, 138–39, 157, 176, 183, 188, 207, 334, 354, 357, 562, 799
Custer, General, 446
Czechoslovakia, 736, 738, 739
Daddy Long Legs (1931), 251
Daily Mirror, 81, 533
Daily News, 279
Daily Variety, 571
Dale, Bobby, 189
Dale, Esther, 631
Dallas, Tex., 520
Dallas Little Theatre, 554
Daly’s Theatre, 82
Damaged Goods (play), 73
dame aux camélias, La (Dumas), 552–53
Damsel in Distress, A (1937), 703
Dana, Viola, 601
dance halls, 33
Dance of Life, The (1929), 142, 542, 802
Dancing Grenadiers, 297
Dancing Lady (1933), 499, 501
Dancing Mothers (play), 55, 67
Dangerous (1934), 694
Daniell, Henry, 555
Daniels, Bebe, 166
Daniels, William, 502, 556
Danker, Danny, 537, 679
Darjeeling, India, 846
Dark Journey (1937), 671
Dark Victory (1939), 713, 849
Dark Victory (Brewer and Bloch), 709–11, 712
Darryl F. Zanuck Production, A, 186
Da Silva, Howard, 766
Daudet, Alphonse, 502
Daughters of Pleasure (1924), 166
Daughters of the Dragon (1931), 321
Davies, Marion, 81, 127, 191, 275, 316, 387, 519, 624
Davis, Bette, 286–89, 287, 297, 334, 349, 395, 396, 410, 411, 435, 436, 449, 523, 547, 573, 579, 694–95, 697, 712–13, 731, 736, 832, 849, 856
Dawn, Hazel, 46–47, 49
Dawson’s Dancing Dolls, 42
Day, Chico, 817–18
Day, Dennis, 838
de Acosta, Mercedes, 553
Dead End (1937), 703
Dead End (Kingsley), 508
Death in the Afternoon (Hemingway), 668
Death Takes a Holiday (1934), 805
Decision (1958), 900
Dee, Frances, 299, 377, 498, 643
Deeter, Jasper, 716, 717
de Haven, Carter, 65
de Havilland, Olivia, 449, 697, 769, 846, 849
DeLapp, Terry, 767
Delehanty, Thornton, 346–47
Delmar, Eugene, 425
Delmar, Harry, 108, 109
Delmar, Viña, 425, 701
Del Mar Race Track, 657–58, 657, 658
Del Mar Turf Club, 657
Del Monte Lodge, 561
del Río, Dolores, 329, 388
Del Ruth, Roy, 459, 494, 497, 666
DeMille, Agnes, 746
DeMille, Cecil B., 134, 138, 150, 177, 249, 341, 351, 387, 390, 530, 531, 562, 609, 623, 656, 702, 712, 739, 744, 745, 752, 753, 755, 763, 769, 781, 794, 801, 802, 804–5, 823
career of, 741–43, 783–84
directorial style of, 742–43, 745, 749, 752, 753–54
at Lux Radio Theatre, 537, 676, 676, 743, 829, 831
Union Pacific directed by, 739, 740, 743, 744, 746–56
in Union Pacific publicity tour, 782, 784–86
DeMille, Cecilia, 746
DeMille, Constance, 742, 784
DeMille, Katherine, 544, 687, 749
DeMille, Margaret, 746
DeMille, William, 741, 746
DeMille Drive, 744
Demi-Tasse Revue, 37
democracy, 856, 858
Democratic National Convention (1936), 521
Dempsey, Jack, 37, 350
Dempsey, John J., 735
Dempsey, Mary, 803
Denham, England, 846
de Ryther Duan Acklom, Rauff, see Manners, David
Desire Under the Elms (play), 163
Desmond, William, 67
DeSylva, B. G., 99
Detroit Daily, 152
De Valdes, François, 460
de Valera, Eamon, 572
Devil Was Sick, The, see God’s Gift to Women (1931)
Devine, Andy, 609, 732, 799, 800–801
Dewey, John, 306
Dickens, Charles, 269
Dick Powell Theatre, The (1962), 901
Dickstein Bill, 375–76
Dies, Martin, 734, 735–36
Dies Committee, 734–36
Dieterle, William, 358, 405, 407–8
Dietrich, Marlene, 323, 376, 396, 578, 587, 595, 609, 640, 641, 661, 720, 724, 761, 770
Dietz, Howard, 647
Dillinger, John, 517
Dillingham, Charles, 190
DiMaggio, Vince, 762
Dinner at Eight (1933), 395, 417
Dionne Quintuplets, 653
Dirigible (1931), 251
Disney, Walt, 128, 750, 854
Disraeli (1921), 340
Distant Fields, see Married and in Love (1940)
Distraction (horse), 657
Ditchley Park, 655
Divine Woman, The (1928), 413
Divorcee, The (1930), 205, 275
Dix, Beulah Marie, 360
Dix, Richard, 251, 329
Dixon, Harland, 86
Dixon, Miss, 563
Doane College, 564, 565
Dobbin, Helen, 189
Dodd, Claire, 350
Dodsworth (1936), 581, 610, 629
Doerr, Bobby, 762
“Dolores’ Dancing Class of Debutantes and Maids,” 25
Dombey and Son (Dickens), 269
Donahue, Ed, 539
Donaldson, Walter, 86, 382
Donat, Robert, 825
Don Juan (1926), 67, 99
Donlevy, Brian, 595, 654, 746, 751
Don Mike (horse), 794
Donnelly, Ruth, 331, 370, 436
Dooley, Johnny, 189
Doorway to Hell (1930), 232
Dorn, Dean, 563
Dory, Douglas, 708
Doubleday, Page, 281
Doubleday, Russell, 281
Double Indemnity (1944), 879
Douglas, Lloyd C., 476, 478, 597
Douglas, Melvyn, 338, 448, 501, 504, 631, 712
Douglass, Kent, 845
Dove, Billie, 136, 150, 187, 294
Dover, N.H., 7
Downey, Morton, 291, 377
Down Stream (play), 76
Doyle, Katie, 407
Dracula (1931), 222, 787
Dramatists Guild, 252, 356
Dream City (play), 71
Dream of Love (1928), 316
Dream Street (1921), 166
Drei Kameraden (Remarque), 683–84
Dreiser, Theodore, 180, 258
Dressler, Marie, 53, 289, 329, 385, 395, 420, 699
Dr. Monica (1934), 386, 395
Dr. Rucker’s All-Star Comedians, 89
Drunkard, The (Zola), 530
Duchin, Eddy, 504
Dumas, Alexandre, fils, 552
Dumbrille, Douglass, 405
Duncan, Isadora, 30, 286, 803
Dunne, Irene, 212, 388, 462, 476, 477, 478, 507, 597, 660–61, 678, 679, 699, 710, 714, 738, 746, 800, 802, 814, 820, 841
Dunne, Philip, 529
Dunning, Philip, 78
Du Pont, Irénée, 420
Durante, Jimmy, 329, 764
Durbin, Deanna, 832
Durning, Bernard J., 237, 600, 601–3, 602
Duse, Eleonora, 71, 552, 573
Duval, Armand, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555
Dvorak, Ann, 299, 395, 797
Dwan, Allan, 308, 708, 714
D. W. Griffith Corporation, 530
Dyer, Johnny, 101–2
Dynamite (1927), 802, 805
Dynasty (1985), 904–5
Eagels, Jeanne, 163, 280, 555, 624, 662
Eames and Stimson Granite Company, 6
Earhart, Amelia, 123
Earl Carroll’s Vanities, 40, 342
Earl Carroll’s Vanities (Broadway musical), 52
Earl Carroll Theatre, 48, 847
Earl Lindsay’s Revue, 36–37
Eastman, George, 771
Eastman, Max, 668–69
Eastman Film Company, 212
Eastman Theatre, 771
East Side, West Side (1949), 882
Easy Living (Caspary), 804
Eaton, Pearl, 34
Eaton, Peggy, 501, 502–3, 506, 506
Eberhart, Mignon, 405
Ebsen, Buddy, 544, 666, 667
Ebsen, Vilma, 667
Eburne, Maud, 331, 334
Eddy, Arnold, 799
Eddy, Mark Baker, 624
Eddy, Nelson, 479, 484, 512, 648, 685, 697
Edison, Thomas A., 456, 597
Edmonds, Douglas, 254
Edwards, Cliff, 436, 437
Edward VII, King of England, 572, 574, 586
Eiffel Tower, 855
Eilers, Sally, 382, 677, 728
Einstein, Albert, 684
Einstein, Harry, 425
El Capitan Theater, 581
Eldredge, John, 410–11, 514
Eldridge, Florence, 523, 647, 700
election, U.S., of 1928, 118
Eleventh Hour, The (1923), 237, 602
El Fay Club, 40, 41
Eliot, T. S., 428
Eliscu, Edward, 342
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 522, 523
Elks, [Benevolent and Protective Order of], 207
Ellington, Duke, 485
Ellis, Havelock, 142
Ellsler, Effie, 71
Elmer Gantry (Lewis), 213, 217, 228
Embassy Theatre, 209
Emerson, John, 129
Empire Hotel, 90
Empire Theatre, 81, 82, 714
Enemy of Man (1935), 449
Engel, Sam, 354
England, 738
Enjoyment of Poetry (Perkins), 668
En Masse (horse), 657
Enright, Ray, 354
Epstein, Julius, 449, 729
Epstein, Philip, 499, 729–30, 738
Equipoise (horse), 687
A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 Page 119
