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A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940

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by Victoria Wilson

Lady of the Law, The (1919), 41

  Lady of the Tropics (1939), 782–83, 783, 789, 831–32, 843

  Laemmle, Carl, 114, 288, 416

  Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 114, 209, 288, 424

  Lafayette Escadrille, 654

  Lafayette Flying Corps, 230, 608

  Laguna Beach, 732

  LaHiff, Billy, 58, 126

  LaHiff’s Tavern, 58

  Lamarr, Hedy, 761, 782, 783, 789, 832

  Lambert, Eddie, 272

  Lamour, Dorothy, 724

  Lamplight (horse), 657

  Lancaster, Nancy, 655

  Landi, Elissa, 376

  Landon, Alf M., 521, 566

  Lane, Allan, 211

  Lanes Cove, 4–6, 5

  Lanesville, Mass., 4–11

  Lanfield, Sidney, 140, 436, 714

  Langdon, Harry, 133, 160, 267

  Langham, Rhea, 758

  Langner, Lawrence, 776

  Lantz, Walter, 719

  La Plante, Laura, 207, 350

  Lardner, Ring, 359

  Lardner, Ring, Jr., 599–600

  La Reina Theatre, 726

  La Rocque, Rod, 134, 135, 138

  Larrimore, Francine, 75

  Lasky, Jesse, 72, 253, 258, 282, 425, 562, 582, 693, 741

  Last Days of Pompeii, The (1935), 448

  Last Flight, The (1931), 354

  Last Gangster, The (1937), 598

  Last Mile, The (Wexley), 238

  Last of Mrs. Cheyney, The (Lonsdale), 55

  Latonia Championship, 656

  Laughton, Charles, 855

  Laurel, Stan, 251, 446, 701

  Laurel and Hardy, 446, 590

  Laurie, Joe, 289

  Lawrence, Gertrude, 80, 824, 850

  Lawrence, Vincent, 126

  Lawson, John Howard, 356, 385, 827

  Lay Down Your Arms (von Suttner), 684

  League of Nations, 850

  Learned Lady, The (Akins), 554

  Leaves of Grass (Whitman), 229

  Lederer, Charles, 647, 660

  Lederer, Francis, 723, 764

  Lederer, Pepi, 81

  Lee, Dixie, 498

  Lee, Robert E., 5

  Le Gallienne, Eva, 80, 573, 740

  Legion of Decency, 400

  Legs Diamond, 40

  Lehár, Franz, 194

  Lehr, Abe, 579, 584

  Leigh, Vivien, 671, 763, 843–49, 844, 846, 849, 853

  Leisen, Mitchell, 801, 802, 804–7, 811, 812, 813–15, 814, 816–18, 819, 820–21, 820, 822, 823

  LeMaire, George, 51

  Leonard, Robert Z., 412, 699

  LeRoy, Mervyn, 238, 395, 449, 647, 737, 760, 843, 845, 850, 853

  Lessing, Charles, 645

  Lester, Vicki, 728

  LeSueur, Lucille, 44–45, 48

  Letter, The (1929), 662

  Letter from an Unknown Woman (Zweig), 831

  Letters, The (1973), 904

  Letty Lynton (1932), 316, 503

  Levant, Oscar, 92–93, 94, 97, 101, 104, 107, 108, 115, 120

  Levene, Sam, 727, 730, 738, 768, 831

  Lever Brothers, 116, 537

  Levy, Benn, 434

  Levy, Nancy Bernard, 362–63

  Lewin, Al, 802, 821

  Lewis, David, 558, 562, 712, 713

  Lewis, Edith, 397

  Lewis, John L., 421

  Lewis, Robert, 722, 766

  Lewis, Sinclair, 213, 217, 258, 405, 537, 538

  Lewis, Ted, 155

  Lewton, Val, 471

  Libeled Lady (1936), 594, 660

  Liberty, 87

  Liberty Theatre, 25

  Lichtman, Al, 124, 582

  Life of Emile Zola, The (1937), 641, 700, 703, 704

  Life of John Doe, The, see Meet John Doe (1941)

  Life of the Party, The (1930), 336

  Light in August (Faulkner), 546

  lighting, 69, 135, 166–68

  Lightner, Winnie, 51, 52

  Lightnin’ (1930), 568

  Liliom (Molnár), 587

  Lillie, Beatrice, 291

  Lina Basquette Featurettes, 114

  Lincoln, Abraham, 5

  Lincoln, Caryl, 549–50

  Lindbergh, Charles, 123, 294 508, 586, 854

  Lindbergh baby, 294

  Lindi, Aroldo, 346

  Lindsay, Earl, 33, 34, 36, 42, 45, 46, 51, 59, 142

  Lindsay, Margaret, 449, 694

  Lion and the Mouse, The (1928), 191

  Lipscomb, W. P., 457

  Littell, Robert, 256

  Little, Brown, 684

  Little Caesar (1931), 209, 232, 238, 354, 547

  Little Foxes, The (Hellman), 833

  Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), 340

  Little Shower (horse), 733, 760

  Little Women (1933), 396

  Litvak, Anatole, 695

  Live, Love, and Learn (1937), 679

  Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), 529

  Living Corpse (Tolstoy), 92

  Livingston, Margaret, 144, 145, 207

  Livingstone, Mary, 431, 609, 652, 836–39

  Lloyd, Albert, 468, 474–75

  Lloyd, Frank, 237, 529, 531

  Lloyd, Harold, 177, 385

  Lloyd, Paget, 463, 474, 475

  Lloyd Pan (horse), 658

  Lloyd’s of London (1936), 520

  Locked Door, The (1929), 134, 135, 136, 146, 152–53, 157, 168, 171, 869

  Lockhart, R. H. Bruce, 396

  Loew, Marcus, 38, 129

  Loew’s Inc., 129, 354, 439

  Loew’s Metropolitan Theatre, 40, 147–48

  Loew’s State Theatre, 497, 509, 536, 597, 647, 666

  Loew State Building, 38

  Logan, Josh, 631

  Lombard, Carole, 263, 380, 425, 436, 471, 472, 500, 519, 562, 569–70, 570, 571, 578, 594, 596, 609, 643, 650, 679, 698, 701, 712, 719, 725, 732–33, 733, 758, 787, 799, 801–3, 814, 815, 819, 835, 836, 837, 848, 853

  Lombardo, Guy, 592

  London, Jack, 73, 414

  London Observer, 574

  Lonergan, Lester, 68

  Long, Huey, 376

  Long Lost Father (1934), 603–4

  Long Pants (1927), 160

  Loos, Anita, 80, 129, 353

  Lord, Daniel A., 209

  Lord, Pauline, 91

  Lord, Robert, 299, 395

  Lorraine, Lillian, 34

  Lorre, Peter, 708

  Los Angeles, Calif., 65–66, 132, 156–57, 164, 176–79, 210, 214, 231, 239, 242, 537, 568, 608, 624, 633, 645, 647, 655, 669, 674, 738, 743, 751, 755, 789

  Los Angeles Bureau of Water Works and Supply, 568

  Los Angeles Evening Herald, 248

  Los Angeles Examiner, 179, 210, 226, 251, 279, 291, 408, 425, 759

  Los Angeles–Santa Monica Gun Club, 799–800

  Los Angeles Superior Court, 682, 686, 690

  Los Angeles Times, 305, 572, 739, 767, 827

  Lost Horizon (1937), 704

  Lost Horizon (Hilton), 553

  Lost Lady, A (1924), 401

  Lost Lady, A (1934), 397–401, 399, 404, 405, 408, 415, 646, 709, 872

  Lost Lady, A (Cather), 397

  Lost Patrol, The (1934), 440, 618

  Lotus Eaters, The (1921), 254

  Louise, Anita, 629, 800

  Louise, Ruth Harriet, 728

  Louise of Coburg (stage production), 582

  Louisiana Derby, 658

  Love, Montagu, 336

  Love Affair (1939), 727

  Love at First Flight (1928), 150

  Love Is a Racket (1932), 299

  Love Like That, A, see Breakfast for Two (1937)

  Love on a Bet (1936), 499

  Love on Parole, 710

  Love Parade, The (1929), 757

  Lover, Come Back to Me, 178, 210

  Lowe, Edmund, 71

  Loy, Myrna, 139, 139, 150, 154, 155, 179, 185, 377, 436, 503, 512, 609, 628, 682, 685, 714, 750, 754, 825, 826, 832, 854

  Lubin pictures, 618

  Lub
itsch, Ernst, 166, 183, 562, 588, 589, 624, 661, 687, 805

  Lucas, Nick, 839

  Luce, Clare Boothe, 852

  Lucky Baldwin ranch, 687

  Lucky Night (1939), 754, 826, 843

  Lummox (1930), 258

  Lupino, Ida, 800, 828

  Lusitania (ship), 456

  Lux Radio Theatre (1936–1954), 537–38, 597, 676, 676, 679, 697, 709–11, 743, 763–64, 828, 847, 851, 854, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895

  Lux Toilet Soap, 116

  see also Stanwyck, Barbara, product endorsements of

  Lynn, Mass., 7

  Lynne, Sharon, 549

  Lyon, Ben, 160, 211, 273

  Lyons, Arthur, 144, 424, 430–31, 440, 473

  Lyric Theatre, 22

  MacArthur, Charles, 163, 261, 603, 604, 730, 782, 828

  MacArthur, Douglas, 420

  McAvoy, May, 99

  McAvoy, Mickey, 722

  McCall, Mary, 410

  McCall, Mary, Jr., 405

  McCarey, Leo, 158, 678, 679, 687, 701–2, 703–4, 719

  McCarthy, Charlie, 704, 724, 764

  McCay, Winsor, 52

  McClintic, Guthrie, 82

  McClure’s Magazine, 19

  McCormick, John, 473, 601, 606–7, 606

  McCoy, Horace, 554

  McCrea, Frances Dee, 391

  McCrea, Joel, 329, 377, 387–92, 387, 391, 425, 478, 530, 542, 543, 548, 549, 563, 567–68, 571, 579, 583–84, 584, 587, 590, 597, 643, 739, 745–46, 745, 751, 755, 755, 756, 763, 784, 852

  McDaniel, Hattie, 500, 730, 738, 849

  MacDonald, Jeanette, 384, 413, 432–33, 512, 648, 685, 687, 697, 800

  Macfadden, Bernarr, 58

  MacGuire, Gerald, 419–20

  Machinal, (Treadwell), 129

  McHugh, Jimmy, 548

  McIntyre, Robert, 586

  Mack, James “Buck,” 25–26, 126, 128, 189, 392–93, 406, 468, 473, 650, 656, 662, 663, 674, 675, 725, 726, 727, 788, 796, 799, 841

  Mack, Willard “Bill,” 67–71, 72, 85, 95, 134, 137, 140, 169, 186, 192, 265, 267, 386, 492, 717, 742, 778, 841

  The Noose, 73–80, 83

  Mackaill, Dorothy, 157, 254

  Mackaye, Dorothy, 331

  McKinley, William, 455, 457, 593, 595, 596

  McLaglen, Victor, 595

  McLarnin, Jimmy, 278

  McLeod, Norman, 824

  MacMurray, Fred, 430, 431, 432, 441, 446–47, 479, 537, 542, 593, 679, 686, 734, 762, 763, 797, 799, 801–2, 806, 807, 808, 811, 812, 813, 815, 817, 818–21, 818, 819, 820, 822, 841, 847, 852

  McPhee, Elizabeth, 6

  McPhee, George, 6

  McPhee, Malcolm, 6

  McPherson, Aimee Semple, 214

  Macy, Dora, 236

  Madame Butterfly (album), 505

  Madame Curie, 710

  Madame Du Barry (1934), 395

  Madame Peacock (1920), 76

  Madame Walewska, see Conquest (1937)

  Madame X (1937), 191, 580–81, 610

  Madam Satan (1930), 805

  Mädchen in Uniform (1931), 342

  Madden, Al, 799

  Madden, Owney, 40

  Made for Each Other (1939), 802

  Made on Broadway (1933), 382

  Mad Genius, The (1931), 339

  Mad Hatter (horse), 656, 760

  Madison Square Garden, 566, 684, 833

  Mad Miss Manton, The (1938), 710, 714, 724, 727–30, 727, 728, 729, 738, 756, 784, 876

  Mad Sue (horse), 760

  Magic Key of RCA, The (radio show), 467

  Magnificent Obsession (1935), 476, 478, 478, 480, 483, 487, 493, 494

  Magnificent Obsession (Douglas), 597, 660, 724

  Magnin, Edgar, 562

  Mahin, John Lee, 421, 486, 599, 783

  Maid of Salem (1937), 819

  Main, Marjorie, 120

  Main Man (horse), 794

  Main Street (Lewis), 537, 538, 709

  Majestic Theatre, 238

  Major Barbara (Shaw), 542

  Major Bowes’ Original Amateur Hour, 838

  Maker, Jessie, 47

  Make Way for Tomorrow (1937), 701–2, 704

  Male and Female (1919), 741, 804

  Malloy, Doris, 386–87

  Mamoulian, Rouben, 766, 767, 770–71, 771, 775–76, 778–79, 780, 787, 794–95, 804

  Mandeville, Molly, 336

  Manhattan Cocktail (1928), 142

  Manhattan Mary (play), 86, 90, 98, 99, 115, 116

  Manhattan Melodrama (1934), 503, 512, 517

  Man I Love, The (1929), 598

  Man in Possession, The (1931), 590

  Man in Possession, The (1937) see Personal Property

  Mankiewicz, Herman, 342, 503

  Mankiewicz, Joseph, 342, 503–4, 506, 646, 660, 685

  Mann, Erika, 850

  Mann, Lew, 103

  Mann, Thomas, 684, 705, 706

  Mann Act, 812

  Mannequin (1937), 660

  Manners, David, 180, 221–25, 221, 223

  Manners, Dorothy, 647

  Mannix, Eddie, 121, 192, 252, 382, 565, 642, 796, 826, 848

  Mansfield, Walda, 49, 115, 118, 382

  Barbara Stanwyck and, 48, 55–62, 57, 64, 65–66, 66, 67, 85, 91, 96–97, 107, 109, 130–31, 133, 142, 292

  on Fay, 104, 105, 108–9, 112

  in move to Hollywood, 117, 121

  name change of, 86

  near drowning of, 66

  in The Noose, 68–80, 74

  Manslaughter (1922), 741

  Mantle, Burns, 52, 360

  Man Who Came to Dinner, The (Hart and Kaufman), 833

  Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1934), 660

  Man Who Played God, The (1932), 288, 339

  Man with a Cloak, The (1951), 883

  Marbury, Elizabeth, 53, 104

  March, Fredric, 41, 384, 439, 523, 552, 599, 607, 608, 643, 647, 698, 700, 712, 746, 777, 799, 851

  March of Time, see Broadway to Hollywood (1933)

  Maré, Rudolph, 624

  Maree, Morgan, 455, 723, 759, 799

  Marie Antoinette (1938), 553, 730–31

  Marigold Cafe, 33

  Marines, U.S., 592

  Marion, Frances, 194, 417, 553, 554, 615, 623

  Markey, Gene, 338, 339, 358, 397, 398–99, 408, 497, 502

  Marks, Sadie, see Livingstone, Mary

  Marlow, Julia, 71

  Marriage Bed, The, 343

  Marriage Circle, The (1924), 166

  Married and in Love (1940), 693

  Marry the Girl, see Bride Walks Out, The

  Marsden, Charles, 357

  Marsh, Mae, 318

  Marshall, Armina, 776

  Marshall, George, 459

  Marshall, Herbert, 498, 640, 661–62, 709, 710, 725, 835

  Martin, Anthony “Tony,” 544, 548

  Martin, Mary, 852

  Marwyck Ranch, 569, 570, 571, 577, 633, 649–53, 650, 651, 652, 654–55, 656–57, 656, 658, 674–75, 674, 676, 682, 683, 687, 692, 693, 695, 698, 707, 723, 725, 726, 732, 733, 734, 759, 760, 794, 797, 798, 799

  Marx, Chico, 426, 427, 430, 466, 562

  Marx, Groucho (Julius Henry), 384, 389, 426, 427, 428, 435, 562, 647

  Marx, Gummo, 426, 426, 427

  Marx, Harpo, 426, 427, 429, 562

  Marx, Karl, 356

  Marx, Manfred, 427

  Marx, Marion, 425, 435, 445, 456, 462, 465, 466, 472, 476, 480, 488, 569, 570, 571, 582, 633, 647, 650, 652, 652, 653, 654, 656, 658, 689, 698, 723, 732, 733, 734, 759, 760, 762

  marriage of Zeppo and, 429–30, 429, 466, 467, 567

  Stanwyck’s friendship with, 430, 431, 436, 443–44, 456, 466, 476, 567, 686, 687, 707, 788

  see also Marx, Zeppo, in Marwyck Ranch venture

  Marx, Miller, 759

  Marx, Minnie Schönberg, 426, 427

  Marx, Sam, 546

  Marx, Zeppo, 445, 462, 488, 633, 647, 653, 654, 658, 675, 687, 689, 723, 734, 760, 762

  comedic talent of, 427, 435


  Fay and, 430, 444

  MacMurray and, 431, 446, 537, 686

  marriage of Marion and, 429–30, 429, 466, 467, 567

  in Marwyck Ranch venture, 568–69, 654, 675

  in Marx Brothers, 425–28, 426

  as Stanwyck’s agent, 440, 455, 462, 499, 537, 582, 583, 759

  Stanwyck’s friendship with, 428–29, 430, 431, 436, 443–44, 456, 463, 476, 499, 537, 567, 568–69, 571, 686, 707, 763, 788

  as theatrical agent, 426, 428, 430–31, 440, 446, 449, 455, 462, 499, 537, 582, 583, 686, 698

  Marx Brothers, 47, 411, 426, 426, 562, 652, 701

  Mary, Queen consort of United Kingdom, 572

  Mary of Scotland (1936), 463, 501, 522, 523, 524, 524, 534, 535, 536, 538, 649

  Mary Stevens, M.D., 369

  Mason, Noah, 735

  Mason, Sarah Y., 273–74, 584, 775

  Mason, Shirley, 600–601, 602, 602

  Masonic Order, 207

  Masonic Temple, 27

  Masquers, Pomona, 552

  Massachusetts, 21

  Massey, Ilona, 853

  Mast, Jane, 82

  master of ceremonies, 106

  Maté, Rudy, 630, 631

  Matinee Idol, The, 224

  Matrimonial Bed, 188

  Matthews, James B., 734–35, 736

  Maugham, Somerset, 80, 245, 279, 404, 661

  Maverick Queen, The (1956), 886

  Maxine Elliott Theatre, 54

  Maxwell House, 697

  May, Edna, 113

  May, Mitchell, 269

  Mayer, Edith, 746

  Mayer, Edwin Justus, 342

  Mayer, Irene, 355, 746

  Mayer, Louis B., 83, 114–15, 129, 176, 191–92, 253, 336, 351, 354, 355, 356, 358, 388, 390, 417, 436, 460, 480, 483–84, 504, 507, 515, 553, 557, 562, 563, 580, 598, 609, 639, 643, 644, 648, 660, 671–72, 681–82, 699, 702, 703, 705, 724, 730, 731, 737, 746, 782, 787, 794, 826, 850

  Mayer, Margaret Shenberg, 114–15

  Mayer Family Fund, 355

  Mayfair Balls, 732

  Maylite (horse), 657

  Mayo, Archie, 184–85, 232, 330, 369, 370, 371, 373, 387, 390, 391, 391, 404, 832

  Mayon, Rita, 189

  Maytime, 553, 703

  Meehan, John, 178, 215, 510

  Meek, Donald, 661

  Meet John Doe (1941), 856–59, 877

  Meet the Mayor, see Fool’s Advice, A (1932)

  Meet the Wife, 47

  Mellon, Andrew, 118

  melodrama, 171, 217

  Melton, James, 449

  Meltzer, Lew, 776

  Memories of My Life (Bernhardt), 31

  Mendelssohn, Felix, 696

  Men in White (Kingsley), 772

  Menjou, Adolphe, 261, 262–64, 265, 266, 329, 384, 599, 601, 607, 609, 766, 768, 781

  Menken, Helen, 81

  Men Without Names, 447

  Menzies, William Cameron, 849

  Mercer, Beryl, 224

  Mercer, Frances, 727, 728, 729

  Mercury Aviation, 743

  Mercury Theatre on the Air, 739

  Merivale, Philip, 71

  Merkent, Al, 25, 26, 27, 59, 65, 328, 329, 343, 358

 

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