Hollywood Madonna (54 page)

hospitalization of,
202
–3

and Jean-Louis (
see
Jean-Louis)

marriage to Tom Lewis,
87

marriages of,
66
–67

multipicture deal with Harry Cohn,
116
–17,
123

name change from Gretchen,
10
–12

as observant Catholic,
44
,
67
,
80
,
86
,
222
,
224
,
225
,
235

obsession with image,
220
,
235

post-career activies,
221
,
222

and Tyrone Power (
see
Power, Tyrone)

as radio actress,
170
–85

recipient of Louella Parsons award,
85

reconciliation with Harry Cohn,
166

refuses
Lloyds of London
role,
101
–2

return to Zanuck,
138
,
154
–62

roles rejected,
101
,
187
,
218
,
219

salaries of,
11
,
12
,
13
,
22
,
23
,
69
,
110
,
141
,
167

as screwball heroine,
122
,
174

smoking habit of,
76

on stardom,
142

and James Stewart (
see
Stewart, James)

suit against NBC,
220

and Edward Sutherland (
see
Sutherland, Edward)

“swear box” of,
82
,
153

as television actress,
206
,
210
–17,
225
–29

as visitor of churches,
222

and Hal Wallis,
140
–43

and Grant Withers (
see
Withers, Grant)

Young, Polly Ann (sister),
3
,
12
,
111
,
149
,
234
,
244

Young, Robert,
58
,
60
,
179
,
183

Young and Rubicam,
86
,
185

Zanuck, Darryl: background of,
53
–54,
57
–58

on
Café Metropole
,
98

on
Come to the Stable
,
156

as controversial producer,
58

favorites of,
93
–94,
112
–13

and
Half Angel
,
162

notes on
Love Under Fire
,
99

on Louella Parsons radio show,
84
–85

Tyrone Power–Loretta romance,
68
–69,
97
,
107

role in “adoption” scenario,
80

strained relationship with Loretta,
102
,
107
,
111
,
123

and at Warner’s,
53

and
Wilson
,
224

Zoo in Budapest
(1933),
48
–49

Zukor, Adolph,
48

Table of Contents

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

1. Life without Father

2. The Creation of Loretta Young

3. Loretta Talks!

4. Sacrificial Wives, Shop Girls, and Proud Proletarians

5. Loaned Out

6. Last Days at Warner’s

7. Darryl Zanuck’s Costume Queen

8. The Men in Her Life

9. Heeding the Call of the Wild

10. The Great Lie

11. Return from the Ashes

12. Addio, Darryl

13. The Price of Freedom

14. Loretta Goes to War

15. “Age cannot wither”(but Hollywood Can)

16. Thrice Blessed: A Reunion, a Replacement, and an Oscar

17. The Return to Fox—and Zanuck

18. Slow Fade to Small Screen

19. Radio Days

20. Another Medium, Another Conquest

21. The Road to Retirement

22. A New Life

23. The Last Reel

Notes

Filmography

Major Radio Appearances

Major Television Appearances

Index