A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940
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Starnes, Joe, 735
Starr, Jimmy, 362, 536
Stars in Your Eyes (Gregg, Miller and Rothwell), 764
Stars over Broadway (1935), 449, 460
State Fair (1933), 395
Steers, Larry, 641
Steichen, Edward, 96
Stein, Philip, 690, 691
Steinbeck, John, 428
Stella Dallas (1925), 573, 579–80, 580, 611, 615, 616, 618–19, 620, 621, 621, 622–24, 622, 631, 634, 663, 664
Stella Dallas (1937), 573–74, 576, 579, 580–86, 583, 597–98, 609, 610, 611, 615–16, 618–20, 624–27, 628–36, 630, 635, 637–38, 640, 641, 646, 661, 662, 663–64, 666, 669, 677, 689–90, 693, 698, 703, 704, 707, 708, 709, 875
Stella Dallas (Lux Radio Theatre performance), 676, 676, 709
Stella Dallas (Prouty), 573, 611, 612–13, 615, 616–18, 638, 663, 664
Stella Davis (Gribble and Purcell; play), 613–14, 615
Sten, Anna, 376
Stephanoff, Bob, 631
Stephens, Arzelia Morgan, 4
Stephens, Isabelle Morgan, 4
Stephens, Mary Oliver, 4
Stephens, Thomas, Jr., 4
Stephens, Thomas, Sr., 4
Stepping High (Markey), 339
Sterling Film Company, 329
Sternberg, Josef von, 249, 322, 323, 652, 661, 783
Stevens, Abby Spencer, 4–10
Stevens, Brian Stanwyck, 654, 655, 798
Stevens, Byron E., 3–15, 8, 16–18, 36, 342
Stevens, Caryl, 654, 655
Stevens, Catherine “Kitty” Ann McPhee, 3–15, 8, 16–19, 124, 245, 245
Stevens, Elizabeth Zilker, 64, 65, 122–24, 245, 245, 549
Stevens, George, 440, 446, 447, 447, 448, 453, 461, 547, 582, 719
Stevens, Joseph, 4–7
Stevens, Laura Mildred “Millie,” 6–14, 8, 16–22, 24, 25, 27, 32, 33, 59, 126, 245–46, 245, 267, 343, 415, 586, 673, 674
Stevens, Mabel Christine, see Vaslett, Mabel Christine Stevens
Stevens, Malcolm Byron, 3, 10–15, 14, 16–19, 17, 25–27, 36, 64, 65, 122–24, 245, 245, 246, 342, 424, 453, 454, 468, 469, 470–72, 480, 549–50, 586, 649, 654, 751
Stevens, Melville, 5
Stevens, Ruby, see Stanwyck, Barbara
Stevens, Sylvanus, 5
Stevens, Viola Maud, see Merkent, Viola Maud Stevens
Stevenson, Edward, 314
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 64, 855
Stewart, Donald Ogden, 124, 519, 736
Stewart, Gloria, 837
Stewart, James, 542, 590, 594, 631, 682, 685, 697, 737, 764, 802
Stiller, Mauritz, 316
stock market crash of 1929, 147, 150, 177, 190
Stokowski, Leopold, 507, 701
Stolen Fruit (Niccodemi), 54
Stone, Dorothy, 359
Stone, Eleanor, 318
Stone, Ellis, 312, 318
Stone, Fred, 443
Stone, Grace Zaring, 311–12, 315, 318, 319, 320–21, 850
see also Vance, Ethel
stooge acts, 103–4
Storm at Daybreak (1933), 369
Storm in a Teacup (1937), 671
Story of Louis Pasteur, The (1936), 700
Story of the Waltz, The, 346
Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The (1939), 737
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 746
Straight, Place, and Show (1938), 708
Strand Roof, 33, 36–37, 37, 42, 45
Strand Theatre, 33, 47, 209, 242
Strange Interlude (1932), 331, 357
Strange Interlude (O’Neill), 357
Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The (1946), 880
Strasberg, Lee, 772, 772
Strauss, William H., 768
Straw, The (O’Neill), 696–97
Street of Chance (1930), 386
Street Scene (1931), 624
Strickling, Harry, 733
Strickling, Howard, 480, 671, 728
Strictly Dishonorable (Sturges), 803
Stringer, Arthur, 292, 299, 304
Stroheim, Erich von, 160, 562, 624
Stromberg, Hunt, 142, 179, 513, 562, 703, 826
Stromberg, Mrs. Hunt, 179
Strong Men, The (1926), 160
Strouse, Irving, 403
Struggle, The (1931), 530
Stuart, Mary, 522–23
Sturges, Preston, 607, 801, 802, 803–4, 805, 811, 812, 813, 815, 816, 821, 822–23
Submarine (1928), 158, 160, 166, 258
Sullavan, Margaret, 436, 541, 594, 649, 764, 824, 831
Sullivan, Ed, 784
Summerville, Slim, 287–88
Sunador (horse), 657
Sun Beau (horse), 653, 657
Sunrise (1927), 144
Sunset Boulevard, 144, 187
Sunset Plaza Apartments, 655
Sun Valley, Idaho, 669, 670
“Sure-Fire Dancers of Today,” 35
Susan and God (1940), 824, 850
Sutherland, Eddie, 142, 542
Sutherland, John, 832
Suttner, Bertha von, 684
Swan, The (Molnár), 587
Swan Lake (ballet), 699
Swanson, Gloria, 30, 166, 205, 387, 448, 562, 582, 606, 742
Swarthout, Gladys, 805
Swerling, Jo, 162–65, 178, 195–96, 206, 216, 256, 269, 274, 275
Swim Princess, The (1928), 150
Swingalong Farms, 568
Swing High, Swing Low (1937), 801, 802, 807, 819
Swing Time (1936), 523, 536, 649
Swiss Home Guards, 855
Sylvia Scarlett (1935), 711
Taishoff, Claire, see Muller, Claire Taishoff
“Take Me Away,” 303
Talbot, Lyle, 299, 331, 334, 349, 357
talent scouts, 183
Tale of Two Cities, A (1935), 660
Talker, The (1925), 92
talking pictures, 99–100, 128, 129–30, 136, 167–68, 182, 191
Talmadge, Constance, 128
Talmadge, Natalie, 129
Talmadge, Norma, 67, 128, 129, 135, 136, 188, 343, 851
Tamiroff, Akim, 756, 784
Tamme, William, 119
Tampico, 269, 308
Tanganyika, 511
“tank town” circuit, 74
Tannen, Julius, 156
Taradash, Daniel, 776
Tarkington, Booth, 628
Tarnish (1924), 166
Tarzan Escapes (1936), 487, 598
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), 487, 511–12
Taste of Evil, The (1971), 903
Tattle Tales (1932–1934), 247–49, 327, 342–43, 344, 345, 347–48, 349, 358, 359–60, 361, 362, 364, 367, 373, 392, 475, 673, 866
Taylor, J. O., 160–61
Taylor, Laurette, 54, 71, 92, 357, 579, 851
Taylor, Robert, 446, 476–81, 477, 478, 482, 483–86, 486, 487–95, 488, 490, 491, 493, 496–97, 501, 504, 505–6, 506, 507, 508–9, 510, 513–14, 515, 516, 517–18, 520, 536–37, 548, 551–52, 554–55, 556–60, 562, 563–65, 564, 566, 567, 569, 571, 571, 572, 573, 574, 577–78, 584, 586, 590–92, 591, 593, 594–95, 596, 597, 598, 633, 643, 647, 648, 650, 652–53, 656, 657, 658–59, 660, 662–63, 665–67, 667, 669, 670–71, 672, 675–76, 680–82, 683, 685–87, 686, 688, 690, 695–96, 697, 698, 703, 705, 707, 714, 722–24, 725, 730, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736–37, 754, 758–60, 761, 776, 778, 780, 781, 782–83, 783, 787–89, 791, 789, 794, 795, 796, 797–98, 797, 798, 799, 800–801, 823
in Broadway Melody of 1936, 478, 494, 659
in Camille, 501, 518–19, 551, 554, 556, 558, 571, 573
childhood and adolescence of, 481–82, 488
in The Crowd Roars, 722–24, 723, 733
and Dion, 797–98
in Escape, 843
family background of, 480–82, 487
fans’ mobbing of, 485, 509, 567, 591, 662, 668, 671
at FDR’s 55th birthday celebration, 590–92
in first New York visit, 508–9
in first Paris trip, 680<
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in Flight Command, 832
Gable and, 665–66
on Good News of 1938 (radio show), 697
in The Gorgeous Hussy, 501–7
in His Brother’s Wife, 510, 513, 517–18, 519, 536–37, 593
hunting and fishing by, 799–800
in Lady of the Tropics, 782–83, 831–32, 843
in Lucky Night, 754, 826, 843
in Magnificent Obsession, 476–78, 493, 494
Mayer and, 480, 483–84, 681, 782
mother’s relationship with, 489, 490–92, 686–87, 790
in Personal Property, 580, 590, 597, 647
in Private Number, 497, 842
in publicity tours, 520
in Quo Vadis, 497
in Remember?, 824–26, 830, 843
San Fernando Valley ranch of, 723–24
San Fernando Valley ranch sold by, 759–60
slipping popularity of, 832, 842–43
in Small Town Girl, 478, 486–87, 497, 598
in Society Doctor, 493
in Stand Up and Fight, 737, 738–39, 754, 843
Stanwyck’s moods and, 496–97
Stanwyck’s romance with, 548
sudden stardom of, 476–79, 480
in There’s Always Tomorrow, 537
in This Is My Affair, 594, 595
in Three Comrades, 683, 685, 696, 723
in Times Square Lady, 493–94
in visit to Beatrice, 563–65
in Waterloo Bridge, 843–47, 844, 846, 853
in A Yank at Oxford, 659, 660, 665, 667, 671–72, 680, 681, 695–96, 714, 846
“tea dances,” 31
Teale, Raymond, 89
Technicolor, 133, 139, 149–50
Technicolor Motion Picture Corp., 133
Telegram, 79
Tele-View theater, 828
Temple, Shirley, 420, 439, 510, 590, 685, 710, 736, 832
Temple B’nai B’rith, 562
Ten Cents a Dance (1931), 190, 194–201, 210, 213, 369, 422, 870
Ten Commandments, The (1923), 134, 150, 741
Tenderloin (1928), 336
Tendresse, La (Bataille), 622
Ten Million Ghosts (Kingsley), 631
Tennessee, USS, 24
Test Pilot (1938), 660
Tetzlaff, Ted, 814, 814, 818, 819
Texaco Star Theatre (radio show), 697
Texas Centennial, 520
Texas Cotton Bowl, 520
Texas Guinan Productions, 41
Thalberg, Irving Grant, 130, 177, 179, 206, 209, 253, 331, 332, 383, 416–17, 416, 497, 513, 529, 530, 546, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 559, 561–63, 561, 649, 705, 712, 731, 804, 843
Thanks a Million (1935), 459
That Certain Thing (1928), 166, 167
Thau, Benny, 826
theater, 88
Theatre association, 724
Théâtre des Variétés, 556
Theatre Guild, 222, 417, 421, 450, 502, 729, 775, 776, 854
Theatrical Artists Representatives Association, 431
Theatrical Syndicate, 72
“The English Pony Ballet,” 35
“The Japanese Sandman,” 27
Theodora Goes Wild (1936), 597, 710
Theodore, Ralph, 94
There’s Always Tomorrow (1934), 537
There’s Always Tomorrow (1956), 885
These Three (1936), 533, 583, 679, 709
These Wilder Years (1956), 886
They Knew What They Wanted (1940), 853
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (McCoy), 554
Thief of Baghdad, The (1924), 805–6
Thin Man Returns, The (1934), 512
Third Degree, The (1926), 138
Thirty-Day Princess (1934), 804
39 Steps, The (1935), 660
This Is My Affair (1937), 593, 594, 595, 596, 647, 654, 703, 875
Thomas, J. Parnell, 735
Thomas Ince Studio, 741
Thompson, Dorothy, 738, 739, 850
Thompson’s West Coast operations, 537
Thomson, Alden Gay, 356
Thomson, Kenneth, 356, 642, 644
Thorn Birds, The (1983), 904
Thorpe, Jim, 447
Thorpe, Richard, 843
Three Blazes, 343
Three Comrades (1938), 590, 685, 696, 723
Three Comrades (Remarque), 683–84
three-D audience glasses, 50
Three Men On a Horse (Abbott and Holm), 581
Three Musketeers, The (1935), 440
Three Sisters, The (Chekhov), 80
Thunder Afloat (1939), 827, 832
Thunderbird (Cheyenne chief), 446
Tibbett, Lawrence, 504
Tick On (horse), 657
Till the Day I Die (Odets), 773
Time, 419, 453, 695, 738, 773, 783–84
Times (London), 358
Times Square Lady (1935), 494
Time Supply (horse), 687
Tin Pan Alley, 32, 86
“Tip Toe Through the Tulips,” 839
Titanic (1953), 72, 883
Tobacco Road (Kirkland), 545
Today We Live (1933), 546
Todd, Arthur, 373
Todd, Thelma, 624
To Have and to Hold (Brown), 744
Tol’able David (1930), 225, 621
Tolstoy, Leo, 804
Tone, Franchot, 433, 446, 449, 458, 486, 486, 487, 499, 501, 502, 505, 507, 510, 562, 593, 641, 642–43, 644, 672–73, 734, 762, 772, 800, 801
Tonight at 8:30 (Coward), 855
Tonight or Never (play), 448
Toomey, Regis, 275
Too Much Harmony (1933), 396
Top Flight (horse), 760
To Please a Lady (1950), 883
Top o’ the Hill, 343
Topper (1937), 824
Top Row (horse), 687
Top’s Boy (horse), 687
Topsy and Eva (1927), 316
Toronto, University of, 222
Torrent (1926), 67, 197
Torres, Peanuts, 155
Torres, Raquel, 138, 155, 179
Tosca (album), 505
Tourneur, Maurice, 67, 237
Tovarich (1937), 596, 711, 713
Tracy, Lee, 78, 140, 299, 384, 658
Tracy, Louise, 657, 700
Tracy, Spencer, 334, 479, 520, 525, 542, 562, 590, 643, 657, 660, 666, 672–73, 681, 682, 685, 687, 697, 700, 703, 730, 777, 782, 783, 832, 841, 848
Trader Horn (1931), 512, 519
Trahan, Al, 376
Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The (1936), 729, 820
Traveling Saleslady (1935), 396–97
Traviata, La (album), 504
Treasure Island (Stevenson), 64
Trespasser, The (1929), 205
Trevor, Claire, 498, 551, 697
Trial of Mary Dugan, The (Veiller), 98, 99, 117, 140, 716
Triangle Studios, 41, 623
Trocadero, 608, 636, 689, 725, 731, 761
Trooper Hook (1957), 886
Tropics, 637
Trotti, Lamar, 593
Trouble in Paradise (1932), 661
True Confession (1937), 679, 819
Tu, Ting-Hsiu “Theodore,” 417
tuberculosis, 123
Tucker, Sophie, 86, 663, 666, 667, 682
Tugboat Annie (1933), 395
“Turnabout” (Faulkner), 546
Turn Back the Clock (1933), 369
Tuskegee Singers, 346
Twelvetrees, Helen, 278, 329, 677
Twentieth Century (1934), 402, 804
Twentieth Century (Hecht and MacArthur), 604
20th Century Corporation, 545, 546
Twentieth Century-Fox, 439, 452, 455, 456, 457, 458, 462, 497, 498, 529, 539, 541, 542, 543, 545, 546, 571, 583, 587, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 633, 642, 643, 646, 647, 679, 697–98, 703, 708, 714, 724, 727, 730, 746, 825, 852
20th Century Pictures, 354, 355, 439
Twenty Grand (horse), 687
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932), 333, 334
Twist, John, 448
Two-Gun Girl (1918), 41
Two Mrs. Carrolls, The (1947), 880
two-reelers, 166, 211–12, 214–15
U-boats, 832
Uganda, 511
Ulric, Lenore, 555
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1927), 20, 316
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Stowe), 20
Under a Texas Moon (1930), 132–33, 138, 139, 143, 176
Under the Flag, 660
Under Two Flags (1936), 460, 596
Union Depot (1932), 289
Union Pacific (1939), 739, 740, 743, 744–45, 745, 746, 747–56, 752, 753, 763, 780, 781–82, 783–87, 784, 786, 802, 831, 876
Union Pacific Railroad, 549, 740, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 781, 785, 786
Union Station (Omaha, Nebr.), 784, 785
United Artists, 124, 128–29, 137, 146, 152, 253, 258, 316, 318–19, 329, 354, 434, 438, 439, 530, 582, 598, 631, 641, 643, 783, 832
United Automobile Workers of America (UAW), 640
United Booking Office, 112
United Mine Workers, 421
Universal Film Company, 67, 114, 144, 524, 537, 549, 583, 597, 710, 764, 787, 804
Universal Pictures, 256, 288, 297, 304, 416, 446, 476, 481, 831, 845
Universal Studios, 643
Unknown Purple, The (1923), 412–13
Untouchables, The (1962–1963), 902
Uplifters Club, 762
Upstage (1926), 275
Urban, Joseph, 34, 348
U.S. Steel Corporation, 352
Vajda, Ernest, 553, 647
Valentine, Dudley S., 463
Valentino, Rudolph, 29, 136, 390, 466, 578, 649, 851
Vallée, Rudy, 425
Valli, Virginia, 211
Van, Billy B., 51
Van, Gus, 295
van Alst, Dorothy, 37, 46, 49–50, 466
Vance, Ethel, 843, 849, 850
Vanderbilt, Mrs. William “Willie” K., 33, 127
Vanderbilt, William, 230
Van Dine, S. S., 144
Van Dyke, Woodbridge Strong “Woody,” 377, 494, 510–13, 511, 515–17, 519, 536, 560, 562, 590, 660, 685, 737, 826, 847
Vane, Alida, 346
Vanity Fair, 96, 257
Van Loan, H. H., 67
Variety, 47, 95, 116, 127, 152, 208, 210, 275, 279, 294, 295, 296, 297, 305, 348, 362, 382, 385, 397, 461, 473, 498, 536, 590, 647, 723, 754, 783, 832, 849
Varsity Show (1937), 641
Vaslett, Esther, 25
Vaslett, Eugene “Gene,” 25, 26, 27, 28, 47, 59, 64, 96, 123, 153, 184, 188, 328, 341, 358, 367, 378, 445, 555
Vaslett, Fayette, 25
Vaslett, Giles, 15, 25, 26
Vaslett, Mabel Christine Stevens, 6–15, 8, 16–18, 25, 26, 30, 47, 59, 64, 65, 123, 153, 245, 245, 246, 328, 586
death of, 184
vaudeville, 22, 40, 66–67, 91, 156, 189
Veiller, Bayard, 98, 140
Verdi, Giuseppe, 505