Hollywood Madonna (49 page)

180
“Joyful,” “Sorrowful”
:
The Holy Rosary: Mysteries and Meditations
(Conception, MO: The Printery House/Conception Abbey, 2004).

181
“a network made up of four stations”
: Christopher H. Sterling and John M. Kittross,
Stay Tuned: A Concise History of American Broadcasting
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1990), 157–58.

181
“to kneel and recite”
: Father Patrick Peyton,
All for
Her, 125.

181
“Gladys advised her”
: Joan Wester Anderson,
Forever Young
(Allen, TX: Thomas More, 2000), 218.

181
“Loretta presented her”
: ibid., 41.

182
“Loretta may well have had a vision,” “Medjugorje solidified”
: ibid., 261, 264.

182
“her Noble Contribution”
: Loretta Young,
The Things I Had to Learn, as Told to Helen Ferguson
(Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961), 249–50.

183
“Then, when you get them”
: Father Patrick Peyton,
All for Her
, 126.

183
“proved an essential cog”
: ibid., 129.

183
“The family that prays together”
: ibid., 144.

183
“The inaugural program”
: available through
Audio Classics Archive
(
www.audio-classics.com
). This invaluable archive includes many
Family Theater
broadcast CDs. For specifics, contact [email protected].

184
“the finest feminine speaking voice”
: Loretta Young,
The Things I Had to Learn
, 252.

185
“By 1949”
: Charles Higham,
Hollywood at Sunset
(New York: Saturday Review Press, 1972), 67.

Chapter 20. Another Medium, Another Conquest

186
“
Holiday Hotel”:
The title was soon changed to
Don Ameche’s Musical Playhouse
; see Tim Brooke and Earle Marsh,
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present
(New York: Ballantine, 2007), 621.

187
“never get another script,” “next natural step”
:
Chicago Tribune
, 6 December 1989, 7.

187
“Producer Jerry Wald”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 10 March 1960, B9.

188
“I can give a better”
: Dean Jennings, “Indestructible Glamour Girl,”
Saturday Evening Post
, 28 May 1960, 108.

188
“Loretta felt they were friends”
: “Loretta Young and Television,” publicity release, n.d., Hal Humphrey Collection, USC, Cinema–Television Library.

189
“[Loretta Young] has succumbed”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 18 September, 1952, 30.

189
“Loretta and Lewis splitting the stock”
: Lewis,
Uncommon Knowledge
, 246.

190
“I am not going to interfere”
: Hal Humphrey,
The Mirror
, 24 June 1953, 35.

190
“It’s hard to explain”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 6 May 1953, 32.

191
“for spiritual reasons”
:
USA Today
, 11 December 1989, 03D.

191
“tops,” “end this affair”
:
Photoplay
, November 1948, 6, 8.

191
“A producer”
: ibid.

191
“These letters seemed”
:
Movieland
, December 1945, 14+.

192
“ambiguous replies”
:
Movieland
, March 1948, 8+.

201
“Loretta was honored”
: For a list of her awards, see Loretta Young,
The Things I Had to Learn, as Told to Helen Ferguson
(New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961), 246–54.

201
“In fall 1953”
: William Manchester,
The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932–1972
(New York: Bantam, 1975), 473–513.

202
“she was rushed to St. John’s Hospital”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 11 April 1955, 1.

203
“abdominal adhesions”
: ibid., 1 July 1955, 26.

203
“finally discharged”
: ibid., 2 August 1955, 11.

203
“Finally, I have”
: Lewis,
Uncommon Knowledge
, 277.

203
“called her own meeting”
: ibid.

203
“It was awfully hard”
: Gregory Speck, “Loretta Young,”
Interview
, May 1987, 63.284; “her weekly schedule”:
Loretta Young Production Schedule, July–March Inclusive
, Helen Ferguson Public Relations, Hal Humphrey Collection, USC, Cinema–Television Library.

205
“seeking control of Lewislor”
:
Hollywood Citizen-News
, 14 March 1958, 13.

205
“he agreed to relinquish”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 8 April 1958, 88.

205
“He filed suit”
:
Los Angeles Mirror
, 14 March 1958, 10.

205
“finally dismissed”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 16 March 1966, D18.

205
“with Loretta receiving a dollar”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 21 August 1969, C2.

205
“nice,” “tough”
: Lewis,
Uncommon Knowledge
, 344–45.

205
“dreadful profession”
: ibid., 296.

Chapter 21. The Road to Retirement

207
“estranged husband, “their estrangement”
:
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
, 10 September 1962, D1.

208
“front-page news”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 28 April 1957, 1.

208
“had assumed an aura”
: Gregory Speck, “Loretta Young,”
Interview
, May 1987, 60.

209
“I must say,” “One could”
: ibid., 63.

215
“shouting orders”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 3 August 1962, C14.

215
“Dear Portland”
: ibid.

216
“nothing dramatic happened”
: ibid., 6 April 1965, 3.

216
“The case was resolved”
: ibid, 17 April 1965.

Chapter 22. A New Life

219
“creative differences”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 12 April 1985, 22.

220
“$559,000”
: ibid., 18 January 1972, 3.

220
“a series of letters”
: ibid., 24 January 1972, B6.

221
“depicts unnatural sex acts”
: ibid., 2 August 1970, B2.

221
“The subject is me”
:
Chicago Tribune
, 31 May 1985, 5.

222
“Each time I pass”
: phone conversation with Donald Spoto, 11 May 2008.

222
“Oh! Don’t sit there!”
: email from Dennis Dolph, former Sony executive and founder of Sony Pictures Classics, 2 January 2010.

222
“God gave me”
:
TV Guide
, 16 May 1959, 19.

223
“career retrospective”
:
Los Angeles Times
, 11 April 1981, D7.

223
“other than actresses”
:
Variety
, 6 June 1988, 8.

223
“Ten of the sixteen”
: Judith Mayne,
Directed by Dorothy Arzner
(Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974), 204.

224
“You … bring your sensitivity”
:
Variety
, 6 June 1988, 8.

224
“braided,” “demanding,” “So tonight”
:
Variety
, 27 June 1988, Loretta Young Clippings File, Margaret Herrick Library.

225
“My belief”
: Peter Swet, “The Secret Strength of Loretta Young,”
Parade
, 28 January 1990, 9.

227
“an awfully big adventure”
: James M. Barrie,
Peter Pan
, in
The Plays of J.M. Barrie
(New York: Scribner’s, 1956 rpt.), 308.

228
“It took out”
: Tom Green, “Loretta Young, Forever a Lady,”
USA Today
, 11 December 1989, 3D.

Chapter 23. The Last Reel

232
“strapless black satin gown”
: Tom Gilatto and Anne Marie Otey, “The Gift of Garb,”
People
, 12 May 1997, 44.

234
“designed by Garrett Van Pelt”
: Donald Spoto, “Loretta Young: The Farmer’s Daughter on Sunset Boulevard,”
Architectural Digest
, April 1994, 216–19.

234
“Tiffany lamps,” “silver crucifix”
: Lena Williams, “At Home with Loretta Young, Life Waltzes On,”
New York Times
30 March 1995, C3.

236
“supposedly did for other actresses”
: conversation with former publicist Walter Seltzer, 31 May 2009.

237
“revealed the names,” “spelled the end”
: Donald Stenn,
Clara Bow, Runnin’ Wild
(New York: Cooper Square Press, 2000), 217, 222.

237
“The headline,” “Colorado senator”
: Samantha Barbas,
The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005), 293, 296.

238
“elephant ears,” “Dumbo”
: Lewis,
Uncommon Knowledge
, 144.

240
“the essence of Mama”
: Jill Spalding,
Only the Best
(New York: Harry Abrams, 1985), Loretta Young Clippings File, Margaret Herrick Library.

241
“If I could talk,” “Daughter of Deception”
:
People
, 18 April 1994, 54.

243
“Wyman converted to Catholicism”
: Lawrence J. Quirk,
Jane Wyman: The Actress and the Woman, An Illustrated Biography
(New York: Dembner Books, 1986), 118, 119.

243
“She was my fairy godmother”
: Bruce Fessier, “Loretta Young remembered as a special friend,”
The Desert Sun
, 17 August 2000, 1.

244
“she was ready to die”
: ibid.

244
“on 7 October”
: James Robert Parish,
The Hollywood Book of the Dead
(New York: Contemporary Books/McGraw-Hill, 2002), 247.

FILMOGRAPHY

C = Columbia Pictures

FN = First National

FFC = Fox Film Corporation

MGM = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

PAR = Paramount Pictures

RKO = RKO Radio Pictures

TC = Twentieth Century

TCF = Twentieth Century-Fox

UA = United Artists

U = Universal Pictures

UI = Universal-International

WB = Warner Bros.

* = uncredited