Hollywood Madonna (47 page)

13
“weekly check,” “That’s up to God,” “Interview,”
Jane Ardmore Papers, box 28, folder 14, Margaret Herrick Library, Special Collections.

14
“her talent as an actress”
: rev. of
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
,
New York Times
, 28 May 1928, 23.2.

14
“the finest speaking voice”
: Hedda Hopper Collection, #3622, USC, Cinema–Television Library.

16
“stupid and useless,” “he even threw a chair”
: Anderson,
Forever Young
, 39.

16
“hot fudge sundae”
: Loretta Young, “I Like (These) Men,”
Movieland
, August 1945, 62.

16
“First National, then Associated First National”
: David Cook,
A History of the Narrative Film
, 4th ed. (New York: Norton, 2004), 38, 170; Clive Hirschhorn,
The Warner Bros. Story
(New York: Crown, 1979), 59.

17
“often until 3
:30 a.m.”: Jane Ardmore Papers, Box 28, folder 14, Margaret Herrick Library, Special Collections.

Chapter 3. LORETTA TALKS!

18
“a major player in the movie business”
: see Cari Beauchamp
Joseph P. Kennedy: The Hollywood Years
(New York: Knopf, 2009).

18
“created his own”
: ibid., 59.

21
“for which First National paid”
:
The Squall
, story file, #222A, USC, Warner Bros. Archives.

22
“big bucks for a seventeen-year-old”
:
Loose Ankles
, ibid.

23
“she received $4500”
:
The Truth about Youth
, file 2723B, USC, Warner Bros. Archives.

23
“dissatisfied with the way”
: A. Scott Berg,
Goldwyn: A Biography
(New York: Ballantine, 1989), 141.

Chapter 4. Sacrificial Wives, Shop Girls, and Proud Proletarians

26
“a third of the audience”
: Eileen Bowser,
The Transformation of Cinema, 1907–1915
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990), 2.

26
“free admission to prenoon shows”
: Russell Merritt, “Nickelodeon Theaters, 1907–1914: Building an Audience for the Movies,”
The American Film Industry
, ed. Tino Balio, rev. ed. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985), 96.

27
“the woman’s picture”
: On the genre and its broad range of character types, see Marjorie Rosen,
Popcorn Venus
(New York: Avon, 1973),
Chapters 3
–
5
; and Molly Haskell,
From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies
, 2nd ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987), 153–88.

32
“extreme cruelty”
: Ronald L. Davis,
The Life and Image of John Wayne
(Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998), 110.

38
“politically confused”
: Andrew Bergman,
We’re in the Money: Depression America and Its Films
(New York: Harper Colophon, 1971), 97.

Chapter 5. Loaned Out

39
“CBC had become Columbia”
: on CBC’s transformation into Columbia Pictures Corporation, see Bernard F. Dick,
The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row: Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures
(Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1993), 31–57.

39
“great cast,” “breastworks”
: Frank Capra,
The Name Above the Title
(New York: Vintage, 1985), 134.

39
“original title”
: Joseph McBride,
Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), 231.

41
“Borzage has been labeled”
: Herve Dumont,
Frank Borzage: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Romantic
, trans. Jonathan Kaplansky (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006), 10–11.

42
“I don’t feel,” “Nearly 2000 years ago”
:
Los Angeles Times,
18 February 1934, A8.

44
“I proved,” “He made you believe”
: Dumont,
Frank Borzage
, 198.

44
“She was never interested”
: Judy Lewis interview, 1 June 2008.

46
“The first writer”
:
Midnight Mary
, MGM Collection, #932, USC, Cinema—Television Library.

Chapter 6. Last Days at Warner’s

48
“The new name was”
: Bernard F. Dick,
Engulfed: The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood
(Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001), 10.

49
“‘There was a honeymoon’”
: Sharon Rich,
Sweethearts: The Timeless Love Affair—On Screen and Off—between Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond
(New York: Donald Fine, 1994), 186.

Chapter 7. Darryl Zanuck’s Costume Queen

53
“the studio had suffered a net loss”
: Clive Hirschhorn,
The Warner Bros. Story
(New York: Crown 1979), 112.

53
“RKO reported a loss”
: Richard B. Jewell, with Vernon Harbin,
The RKO Story
(New York: Arlington, 1982), 56.

54
“to create a new studio, Twentieth Century”
: George F. Custen,
Twentieth Century’s Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Culture of Hollywood
(New York: Basic Books/Perseus, New York, 1997), 177–78.

63
“In 1932, Fox reported”
: Glendon Allvine,
The Greatest Fox of Them All
(New York: Lyle Stuart, 1969), 152.

63
“In 1935, Twentieth Century”
: Custen,
Twentieth Century’s Fox
, 194.

63
“mortal sin”
: Lewis,
Uncommon Knowledge
, 442.

Chapter 8. The Men in Her Life

65
“I have been in love”
: Gladys Hall, “I Have Been in Love Fifty Times,”
Motion Picture
, October 1933, 51.

65
“I like men”
: Loretta Young, “I Like (These) Men,”
Movieland
, August 1945, 38.

66
“alimony suit”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 9 Feb. 1930, A3.

67
“Loretta initiated divorce proceedings”
:
New York Times
, 3 July 1931, 26.

67
“I never, I know”
: Gladys Hall Collection, folder 506 (“Loretta Young”), Margaret Herrick Library, Special Collections.

67
“He has given me,” “a rare masculine quality”
: Jack Grant, “Why Loretta Young Broke Up Her Romance,”
Movie Mirror Weekly
, Oct. 1934, 9.

67
“had nothing to do”
: Gladys Hall, “Spencer Tracy’s Love Confession,”
Movie Mirror
, March 1934, 11, 72.

68
“I tried to save him”
: phone interview, 11 May 2008.

68
“there were unconfirmed tales”
: Michael Sragow,
Victor Fleming: An American Master
(New York: Pantheon, 2008), 37.

68
“never lovers,” “common knowledge”
: Graham Lord,
Niv: The Authorized Biography of David Niven
(New York: St. Martin’s, 2004), 62, 71.

68
“fearful of”
: Marc Eliot,
Jimmy Stewart: A Biography
(New York: Harmony Books, 2006), 116.

68
“beautiful”
: Jeanine Basinger,
The Star Machine
(New York: Knopf, 2007), 143.

69
“by setting up a romance”
: Lawrence Guiles,
Tyrone Power: The Last Idol
(New York: Doubleday, 1979), 15.

69
“perfectly terrible”
: Nancy Nelson,
Evenings with Cary Grant: Reflections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best
(New York: William Morrow, 1991), 77.

69
“I don’t mind”
: Warren G. Harris,
Cary Grant: A Touch of Elegance
(New York: Doubleday, 1987), 144.

70
“Loretta idealizes,” “I don’t blame him”
: Constance McCormick Collection, Vol. III. USC, Cinema–Television Library.

Chapter 9. Heeding the Call of the Wild

71
“the dominant primordial beast”
: Jack London,
The Call of the Wild and Selected Stories
(New York: Signet, 1998), 19.

73
“National Legion of Decency”
: Jack Vizzard,
See No Evil: Life inside a Hollywood Censor
(New York: Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, 1971), 35.

73
“sex affair,” “lady friend,” “
The Call of the Wild
,”
American Film Institute Catalog
, F3,
Feature Films, 1931–40
(New York: R.R. Bowker, 1971), 272–73.

74
“Studio contracts contained a morals clause”
: David Bret,
Clark Gable: Tormented Star
(New York: Carroll & Graf, 2007), 24.

74
“George Cukor’s homosexuality,” “producer Anderson Lawler”
: Patrick McGilligan,
George Cukor: A Biography of the Gentleman Director
(New York: St. Martin’s, 1991), 184.

76
“I thought she knew”
: Lewis,
Uncommon Knowledge
, 29.

77
“the tomb … hewn out of rock”
: Donald Spoto,
The Hidden Jesus: A New Life
(New York: St. Martin’s, 1998), 238–39.

78
“He set a cap”
:
The Crusades
, folder five, Paramount Collection, Margaret Herrick Library. Subsequent production details derive from this source.

78
“Loretta has been in ill health”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 22 August 1935, A1.

Chapter 10. The Great Lie

79
“The radio dramatization”
:
Lux Radio Theatre
Collection, Margaret Herrick Library.

81
“You are the glory”
:
Daily Missal of the Mystical Body
, ed. Maryknoll Fathers (New York: P.J. Kennedy, 1956), 1201.

81
“elephant ears”
: Lewis,
Uncommon Knowledge
, 144.

81
“All I know”
: “
The Call of the Wild
,”
American Film Institute Catalog
, F3, 273.

81
“She was identified”
: Lewis,
Uncommon Knowledge
, 71.

82
“On 4 July”
:
Los Angeles Examiner
, 4 July 1937, I, 3.

82
“I am the happiest girl,” “I can’t tell,” “bring herself to disclose”
: ibid.

83
“In one version”
: Box 28, 15, Jane Ardmore Collection, Margaret Herrick Library.

83
“In that account”
: Scrapbook #2, Jane Ardmore Collection, Margaret Herrick Library.

83
“I don’t want them”
:
Los Angeles Examiner
, 20 June 1937, N5.

83
“she was a lesbian”
: Samantha Barbas,
The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005), 153.

83
“Guests could either receive”
: ibid., 186–87.

84
“The day that Liza called”
: Scrapbook #2, Jane Ardmore Collection, Margaret Herrick Library.

84
“Parsons
: So you think”: Program 71, 27 April 1947, folder 8, Louella Parsons Collection, USC, Cinema–Television Library.

85
“Louella never wrote”
: Box 15, folder 426, Hollywood Women’s Press Club Records, Margaret Herrick Library.

86
“Buckner claimed he was innocent”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 2 December 1938, 1.

86
“It would be nice”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 3 December 1938, 2.

86
“I have the fullest expectation”
:
New York Times
, 24 December 1938, 32.

86
“Am I going to marry”
:
Los Angeles Times
. 13 January 1939, A1.

87
“in a spot”
: Box 28, folder 15, Jane Ardmore Collection, Margaret Herrick Library.

87
“iridescent water lily blue”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 1 August 1940, A1.

Chapter 11. Return from the Ashes

88
“Oh, my child”
: Charles Dickens,
Bleak House
,
Chapter 11
(New York: Signet, 1964), 516.