Read The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild Online
Authors: Miranda J. Banks
Levinson, Richard, and William Link,
136
,
166
,
167
,
174
,
254
Lewis, John L.,
46
Lewis, Jon,
110
Libeled Lady
,
52
Life of Riley, The
,
129
Life with Louie
,
298n26
Link, William, and Richard Levinson,
136
,
166
,
167
,
174
,
254
Lipsitz, George,
85
Liquid Television
,
204
Little Foxes, The
,
38
Little Orphan Annie
,
57
Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The
,
35
Loew’s Inc.,
64
Lone Star
,
157
Looney Tunes
,
80
Loretta Young Show, The
,
40
Los Angeles Examiner
(newspaper),
52
,
93
Los Angeles Times
(newspaper),
52
,
182
,
224
Lost Weekend, The
,
42
Lou Grant
,
182
loyalty oaths,
101
,
104–105
,
109
,
133
; loyalty board proposal,
129
,
287n38
Lubitsch, Ernst,
42
,
121
,
164
,
255
Ludwig, William,
16–17
,
20
,
41–42
,
73
,
83
,
84
,
147
,
255
Lumet, Sidney,
111
Lynch, David,
157
,
164
,
192
,
202
,
255
Macbeth
,
164
MacEwan, Walter,
58
made-for-television movies.
See
television films
Magnificent Yankee, The
,
96
Make Room for Daddy
,
134
Male and Female
,
44
Maltz, Albert,
69–70
,
98
,
112
,
255
Man Behind the Badge, The
,
12
Manchurian Candidate, The
,
3
Man from Frisco
,
111
Manhattan
,
157
Manhunter
,
192
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The
,
42
Mankiewicz, Herman,
36
,
37
,
55
,
255
Mankiewicz, Joseph,
25
,
26
,
44
,
255
Mann, Thomas,
79
Mannix
,
168
Manual for Writers
(SWG and OWI),
75–76
,
77
Man Who Knew Too Much, The
,
139
,
160
Marcus Welby, M.D
.,
169
Margolis, Ben,
98
Marion, Frances,
35
,
44–45
,
49
,
57
,
255
Mark of the Vampire
,
35–36
Mark of Zorro, The
,
45
Marnie
,
151
Martel, Jay,
255
Martha Raye Show, The
,
127
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
,
177
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The
,
159
,
167
,
175
,
176
,
178
,
180–181
M*A*S*H
(movie),
114
M*A*S*H
(TV series),
5
,
167
,
175
,
181
Master Race, The
,
69
Maugham, W. Somerset,
256
Mayer, Louis B.,
20
,
28–31
,
42
,
44
,
47
,
49
,
54
,
57
,
60
; during World War II and blacklist era,
68
,
78
,
96
Mazin, Craig,
18–19
,
227
,
239–240
,
265–267
MBA,
see
minimum basic agreements
MCA,
see
Music Corporation of America
MCA/Universal,
185
McCall, Mary, Jr.,
83
,
109
,
126
,
129
,
132
,
256
,
287n38
McCarthy, Joseph, and McCarthyism,
106
,
111
McCarthy, Leo,
58
McDowell, Roddy,
62
McGuinness, James K.,
52
,
55
,
68
,
93
,
256
McHale’s Navy
,
134
McKenna, Aline Brosh,
233
,
237
,
238
,
256
McLean, John,
195–196
,
210–211
,
213
Me and My Gal
,
101
Mean Streets
,
164
Meet Me in St. Louis
,
60
Memoirs of a Geisha
,
21
Memphis Belle, The
,
87
Men in Black
,
219
Menjou, Adolphe,
68
merchandising and tie-ins,
192
mergers,
see
conglomeration of media industries; consolidation of media industries
Merrie Melodies
,
80
Merry Widow, The
,
29
MGM,
3
,
8
,
20
,
28–31
,
42
,
47
,
49
,
52
;
64
,
83
,
100
,
111
,
121
,
153
; Screen Cartoonists Guild and,
80
; Screen Playwrights and,
55
,
68
Michael Clayton
,
230
Midnight Cowboy
,
70
Mildred Pierce
,
91
Miller-Milikis-Boyett Productions,
178
Mills, Mike,
215
Mindy Project, The
,
236
minimum basic agreements (MBA),
17
,
32
,
61
,
130
,
148–149
,
159
,
162
,
182
,
191
,
210
,
220
; MBA of 1942,
64–65
,
73
,
83
,
101
Miracle on 34th Street
,
88
Miracolo, Il
,
289n79
Miramax,
173
,
185
,
202–203
,
298n25
Mirisch, Walter,
113
Miss Evers’ Boys
,
1
Mission: Impossible
,
3
Mission to Moscow
,
107
Mississippi Masala
,
19
Mitchell, Margaret,
165
Monaster, Nate,
118
,
137–138
,
150
,
256
Monkees, The
,
180
Monsieur Verdoux
,
89
Moon Is Blue, The
,
133
Moonves, Leslie,
205
Moore, Joan and Burton,
8
,
20
,
266
Moore, Mary Tyler,
159
,
167
,
175–177
Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals (MPAPAI),
68
,
81
,
84
,
98
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA),
18
,
68
,
71
,
81
,
84
,
85
,
100–101
,
105
,
112
,
200
Motion Picture Industry Council,
129
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA),
37
Motion Pictures Producers Association,
49
,
57
Moyers & Company
,
220
MPAA,
see
Motion Picture Association of America
MPAPAI,
see
Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals
MPPDA,
see
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Mr. Lucky
,
69
Mrs. Miniver
,
88
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
,
95
,
108
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
,
88
MTM Enterprises,
177–178
,
181
,
184
,
201
MTV cable network,
204
Mummy’s Curse, The
,
36
Murder, She Wrote
,
136
Murphy Brown
,
219
Music Corporation of America (MCA),
140
Myers, Kimberly,
236
My Favorite Year
,
234
My Name Is Earl
,
212
My So-Called Life
,
216
MySpace,
214
Mystery Train
,
202
My Sweet Charlie
,
174
Nanny, The
,
179
Nashville
,
237
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),
236
National Board of Review,
94
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA, 1933),
48–50
National Labor Relations Act (1935),
170
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB),
50
,
52
,
57–61
,
64
,
69
; postwar era,
118–119
,
130
,
131–132
,
133
,
170
,
190
,
214