Hollywood Madonna (52 page)

Ladies in Love
(1936),
90

Lady from Cheyenne
(1941),
123
–24,
129

Lady in a Corner
(TV movie),
228
–29

Lake, Veronica,
125
,
127
,
130

Lamarr, Hedy,
175

Lanchester, Elsa,
145
,
146
,
157

Lasky, Jesse,
48

Laugh, Clown, Laugh
(1928),
13
,
14
–15

Leave Her to Heaven
(1945),
112

Lee, Roland V.,
49

Leibman, Ron,
226
,
227

Leonard, Robert Z.,
6
,
7

LeRoy, Mervyn,
11
–12

Lewis, Christopher Paul,
87
,
181
,
222
–23

Lewis, Judy,
7
,
203
,
205

“adoption” of,
81
–83

appearance of,
239
,
240

birth of,
80

childhood of,
80
,
87

as cruise ship lecturer,
242

estrangement from Loretta,
241

falsified background of,
81

as graduate of Antioch University,
239

inspiration for name,
80
–81

learns truth about birth father,
209

marriage and divorce of,
239
–49

as radio actress,
238

as stage actress,
239

as television actress,
238

as television producer,
239

Lewis, Peter Charles,
87
,
183

Lewis, Tom: attempt to cancel
The Loretta Young Show
,
203

and
Cause for Alarm!
,
165

courtship and marriage to Loretta,
186
–87,
231

estrangement and divorce from Loretta,
204
–6

and Father Peyton,
181
,
183
,
231

as radio producer,
86
,
177
,
231

as TV producer,
189
–90

Lewislor Productions,
189

Life Begins
(1932),
30
–31

Life of Jimmy Dolan, The
(1933),
31
–32

Lindley, Angus and Ida,
7

Lombard, Carole,
173

London, Jack,
71
–72

Longenecker, Robert,
183

Lonsdale, Frederick,
23

Loos, Anita,
46

Loose Ankles
,
21
–22

Lord, Robert,
37
,
38

Loretta Young Show, The,
13
,
69
,
188
–200,
206
,
212
,
219
–21,
232

Los Angeles Film Exposition (FILMEX),
223

Lourdes,
210
–12

Love Is News
(1937),
96
–97,
112

Love Letters
(radio version),
175
,
176

Love under Fire
(1937),
98
–100

Loy, Myrna,
21
,
22
,
23

Lucas, Paul,
51

Luce, Claire Boothe,
155
,
156

Lucky Jordan
(1942),
126

Lux Radio Theatre
,
79
,
86
,
171
–73,
174
–76,
190

Lyons, Ben,
10

MacDonald, Jeanette,
49

MacMahon, Aline,
32
,
36

MacMurray, Fred,
171
,
213

Magnificent Flirt, The
(1928),
11
,
13

Manners, David,
22
,
23
,
30
,
50

Man’s Castle
(1933),
41
–44

Mansfield, Jayne,
113

March, Fredric,
120
–22,
123
,
149

Marcus, Larry,
166

Markey, Gene,
46

Marusia,
190

Mason, James,
214

Mason, Pamela,
214
,
215

Mason, Portland,
214
,
216

Maté, Rudolph,
211

Mayer, Louis,
139
,
154
,
163
,
187

Mayo, Archie,
31

McCrea, Joel,
91
–92

McNeile, H. C. (“Sapper”),
56

Medjugorje,
182

Men in Her Life, The
(1941),
119
–20

Menjou, Adolphe,
97

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM),
14
,
44
,
47
,
89
,
163
,
165
,
186
,
223

Midnight Mary
(1933),
44
–46

Milland, Ray,
117
–18,
123

Millard, Oscar,
157

Miller, Arthur,
240
–41

Miller, Marilyn,
10

Mitchum, Robert,
152
–53

Mohr, Hal,
50

Mommie Dearest
,
235

Monroe, Marilyn,
10
,
113
,
232

Moore, Colleen,
10
–12,
16
,
19

Moore, Pauline,
91
,
92

Moorehead, Agnes,
137
,
237

Morris, Richard,
210
,
211

Montalban, Georgiana,
192
,
215
,
243

Montalban, Ricardo,
192
,
203
,
243

Mother Benedict Duss,
157
,
158
–60

Mother Dolores Hart,
160

Mother Is a Freshman
(1949),
154
–55

Mourning Becomes Electra
(1947),
148
–49

Movieland
magazine,
191
,
192

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939),
147

Murray, Ken,
188

Murray, Mae,
6
–7

Mutual Broadcasting System,
181
,
183

My Mother’s Keeper
,
235

My Three Sons
,
213

Myra Breckinridge
(film),
221

Nader, George,
192
,
193

Nagel, Conrad,
25

Naish, J. Carrol,
34
,
50

National Conference of Christians and Jews,
224

National Legion of Decency,
73
,
74
,
80

Naughty but Nice
(1927),
11

Neame, Christopher,
228

Neuman, Theresa,
208

New Deal,
38

New Loretta Young Show, The
,
213
–19

Niblo, Fred,
183

Nichols, Dudley,
148

Nicol, Alex,
167

Night to Remember, A
(1943),
122
–23,
132
,
213

1950s popular culture,
202

Niven, David,
68
,
91
,
116
,
140
,
141
,
144
,
145

Normand, Mabel,
74

North, Sheree,
113

nuns in films,
155
,
157

Oakie, Jack,
231

Oland, Warner,
56
,
63

Old Maid, The
(radio version),
172

O’Neill, Eugene,
148

Only Way, The
(1919),
6

Osborne, Robert,
244

Padre Pio,
208
,
209

Pagliacci
(opera),
15

Palette, Eugene,
118

Paramount Pictures,
53
,
125
,
139
,
144

Paramount Publix,
48

Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky,
48

Parsons, Louella,
83
–85,
178
,
237

Partos, Frank,
132

Paula
(1952),
123
,
166
–67

Perfect Marriage, The
(1947),
140
–41

Perry, Fred,
78

Perry, Joan,
116

Peyton, Father Patrick,
179
–81,
207

Philadelphia Story, The
(radio version),
173

Photoplay
magazine,
26
–27,
193

Pichel, Irving,
134

Pitts, Zazu,
14
,
156

Platinum Blonde
(1931),
39
–41

Play Girl
(1932),
28
–29

Poe, James,
166

Poitier, Sidney,
189
,
224

Pope John Paul II,
208

Pope Pius XII,
208
,
209

Potter, H. C.,
147

Power, Tyrone,
65
,
68
–69,
90
,
93
,
100
,
106
–8,
112
,
230

President Vanishes, The
(1935),
14

Preston, Robert,
124

Primrose Ring, The
(1917),
6

Priory of Regina Laudis,
156
,
159

Private Lives
(film),
100

Private Number
(1936),
92
–93

Production Code,
44
–45,
63

Production Code Administration (PCA),
73

Radio City Music Hall,
19
–20,
120
,
149

Raft, George,
33

Ramona
(1936),
94
–95,
199

Rank, J. Arthur,
135

Raphaelson, Samson,
140
,
141

Rappe, Virginia,
147

Rathbone, Basil,
93

Raymond, Gene,
48
–49

Reed, Donna,
155

Rettig, Tommy,
166
,
167

Right of Way, The
(1931),
25

Riskin, Robert,
39
,
40
,
41
,
162

RKO Radio Pictures,
19
–20,
24
,
47
,
53
,
135
,
146
,
148
,
151
,
163