Hollywood Madonna (53 page)

Road, The
,
211
–12

Road to Lourdes and Other Miracles of Truth, The
(DVD),
222

Road to Paradise, The
(1930),
22

Roberts, Ruth,
195
,
213

Robinson, Edward G.,
32
,
35
,
135
,
137

Rogers, Buddy,
49

Rogers, Ginger,
127

rosary,
180
–81

Rossellini, Roberto,
237

Royal, Fanny (grandmother),
4
,
8

Royal, Robert (grandfather),
4
,
8

Ruling Voice, The
(1931),
65

Ruskin, Harry,
189

Ruslew Productions,
189

Russell, Rosalind,
116
–17,
130
,
148
,
149
,
155
,
202
,
207
,
215
,
232

Ryan, Sheila,
221

Sachem, William,
166

Saenz, Josephine,
32

Sale, Richard,
161

Salida, Colo.,
3

Salt, Waldo,
151
–52

Salt Lake City, Utah,
3
,
4
,
5

Sarnoff, David,
18

Scalpone, Al,
183

Scarlet Seas
(1928),
13

Schary, Dore,
146
,
147
,
157
,
163
,
165
,
166

Schenck, Joseph,
54

Shanghai
(1935),
62
–63

Sheen, Bishop Fulton J.,
179
–80,
202
,
208

Shewalter, Robert F.,
189
,
205

Schumann, Robert and Clara,
194

Scola, Kathryn,
46
,
99
,
100

Scott, Lizabeth,
139

Screen Guild Theatre
(radio show),
86

Second Floor Mystery
(1930),
66

Second Honeymoon
(1937),
100

Selznick, David,
135
,
146

Sersen, Fred,
107

Shadow of a Doubt
(1943),
138

She Had to Say Yes
(1933),
51
–52

Sheik, The
(1921),
6

Sheridan, Ann,
127

Show of Shows
(1929),
11

Sidney, George,
163

Sirens of the Sea
(1917),
5

Sister Mary Rose,
198

sitcoms,
187
,
202

Skelton, Red,
186

Skylark
(1941),
140
,
141

Smith, Kent,
166

Spanish Civil War,
98
–100

Speck, Gregory,
209
–10

Spelling, Aaron,
219

Spiegel, Sam,
136
–37

Spitz, Leo,
135

Spoto, Donald,
68

Squall, The
(1929),
20
–21

St. Anne’s Foundation,
82

St. Elizabeth’s Hospital,
81
–82,
88
,
92
,
93

Stanwyck, Barbara,
202
,
215

Stewart, James,
68

Story of Alexander Graham Bell, The
(1939),
109
–11,
221

Stranger, The
(1946),
136
–38,
140
,
146

Stromboli
(1949),
237

Suez
(1938),
106
–7

Sullivan, Barry,
166

Sutherland, Edward,
69
–70,
239

Swanson, Gloria,
150

Taylor, Robert,
92
,
93

Taylor, William Desmond,
74

Taxi!
(1932),
33
–34

Tearle, Conway,
22

Temple, Shirley,
93

Thalberg, Irving,
74

That Wonderful Urge
(1948),
112

Theodora Goes Wild
(radio version),
173
–74

They Call It Sin
(1932),
29
–30

Thomas, Marlo,
181
,
243

Three Blind Mice
(1938),
93
–94

Three Girls Lost
(1931),
32

Tierney, Gene,
112
–13,
123
,
127

Tinney, Joseph, Jr.,
239

Tone, Franchot,
46
,
89

Tong Wars,
34

Too Young to Marry
,
12

Toretto Enterprises,
212
,
216

Tracy, Spencer,
42
,
43
,
67
–68,
216
,
230

Traxler, Charlene (aunt),
5
,
18

Traxler, Ernest (uncle),
5
,
17

Trotti, Lamar,
94
,
110

True Confession
(radio version),
173

Truth about Youth
(1930),
22
–23

Twelve O’Clock High
(1949),
155

Twentieth Century Pictures,
53
,
54
,
62
,
63
,
224
,
231

Twentieth Century-Fox,
33
,
62
,
63
,
84
–85,
93
,
94

Uncommon Knowledge
,
235
–36,
239
,
241
,
242

Unguarded Hour, The
(1936),
89
–90

United Artists,
54
,
115

Universal International,
136

Universal Pictures,
5
,
18
,
123
,
128

Vallee, Rudy,
155

Van Trees, James,
46
,
47

Veiller, Anthony,
137

Venice, Calif.,
80
,
88

Vertigo
(1958),
135

Vidal, Gore,
221

Vidor, Florence,
11

Wald, Jerry,
187

Wallis, Hal,
138
,
139
–43,
195

Wanger, Walter,
114
–16,
128
–30

Ward, Fanny,
6

Ward, Father John,
8

Ware, Darrell,
99
,
100

Warner, Jack,
139

Warner Bros.,
129
,
139
,
193
.
See also
First National

Washburn, Beverly,
214

Wayne, John,
32

Weaver, Marjorie,
91
,
92
,
100

Webb, Millard,
12

Weekend Marriage
(1932),
29

Welles, Orson,
135
,
137
,
138
,
173
–74

Wellman, William,
34
,
35
,
36
–38,
45
,
46
,
47
,
73
,
195
,
230

Werker, Alfred,
59

Werlé (Daniel),
195

Westley, Helen,
59

Whip Woman, The
(1928),
13

Wife, Doctor and Nurse
(1937),
100
–101

Wife, Husband and Friend
(1939),
103
–4

Wilcoxon, Henry,
76

Wilder, Billy,
133
,
237

William, Warren,
12
–13,
35
–36

Williams, Robert,
40

Wilson, Liza,
84

Withers, Grant,
9
,
12
,
66
–67,
231

woman’s picture,
27
–28,
30

Women in Film’s Crystal Awards,
223
–24

Wood, Sam,
89
–90

Woolley, Monty,
145
,
146

Wright, Teresa,
135
,
138
,
143
–44

Wyman, Jane,
193
,
243

Young, Elizabeth Jane (sister).
See
Blane, Sally

Young, Gladys Royal (mother): as boarding house owner,
7

burial place of,
244

conversion to Catholicism,
3

death of,
244

devotion to Virgin Mary,
181

divorce from John Earle Young,
8

as interior decorator,
17
,
92
,
190

marriage to, and divorce from, George Belzer,
8
–9

marriage to John Earle Young,
3
,
4

parents of,
4

phone call from Mervyn LeRoy,
11
–13

reaction to Loretta’s first marriage,
66

role in “adoption” scenario,
78
,
79

Young, Gretchen.
See
Young, Loretta

Young, John Earle,
3
,
5
,
8
,
149
,
150
,
230

Young, John Royal (brother),
5
,
7

as John Lindley,
7
,
87
,
242

Young, Loretta: on acting,
205

“adoption” of Judy,
74
,
81
–83

affair with Clark Gable,
74

appearances on
Family Theatre,
283–85

as Asian characters,
190
,
191

attraction to older men,
230

awards of,
200
,
201
,
223
–24

birth of Judy and subsequent cover up,
80
–81

burial place of,
244

children by Tom Lewis,
87

contract with morals clause,
74

death and funeral of,
243
–44

departure from Fox,
111

devotion to Virgin Mary,
181
–82

early interest in television,
185
–89

education of,
7
–8

fascination with stigmatists,
208
–9

favorite films of,
222

filmography of,
256
–58 (
see also individual films
)

as Gretchen,
2
,
4

guest on Louella Parsons radio show,
84
–85

homes of,
4
–5,
7
,
221
–22