Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master (Screen Classics) (112 page)

DeVoe, Daisy,
204

Didion, Joan,
405

Dietrich, Marlene,
59

Dietz, Howard,
221

DiLeo, John,
263

Dillon, Josephine,
182

Directors Guild,
348,
350–1,
427–8

Disney, Walt,
143–4,
213,
214–15,
284–5,
368,
429

Dix, Richard,
95–6

Dolphin,
401,
444

Donat, Robert,
360–1

Doncoeur, Father Paul,
468,
469–72,
475,
478,
496

Donen, Stanley,
79,
209

Don Q, Son of Zorro,
86

Dorsey, Jimmy,
142

Dos Passos, John,
67

Douglas, Helen Gahagan,
427

Douglas, Kirk,
408–9,
505

Douglas, Lloyd C.,
485

Douglas, Melvyn,
244,
426

Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation,
49,
52–4

Downey, Robert, Jr.,
100

Down to Earth,
52,
53,
54,
78

Doyle, Major,
304

Dracula’s Daughter,
267

Dresser, Louise,
109–10

Dressler, Marie,
76,
143,
232

Dreyer, Carl,
458

Dreyfuss, Richard,
421

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,
4,
276,
360,
361–75,
479
; Bergman in,
7,
361–7,
370–4
; sexuality in,
4,
7,
364–6,
370–1
; Tracy in,
361,
363,
366–73

Drury, James,
150

Dubin, Al,
291

Duccini, Ruth,
308

Duchin, Eddy,
230

Duel in the Sun,
163,
475

Dull, Orville,
414

Dumbrille, Douglas,
217

Duncan, Bud,
37

Dunne, Finley Peter,
427

Dunne, Irene,
358,
405,
411–12,
415–17,
419–21

Dunne, Philip,
427–8

Dupont, E. A.,
134

DuPont, Patty,
113,
137

Durante, Jimmy,
177,
258,
386

Durbin, Deanna,
305

Duvivier, Julien,
274–9

Dwan, Allan,
24,
30,
34,
35,
36,
44,
46–51,
58,
76,
169
; Fairbanks and,
46–7,
49,
50–1,
53,
86
; VF and,
31–2,
39–40,
99,
168

Easiest Way, The,
182

Easy Living,
433

Ebsen, Buddy,
294

Eckman, Gene,
377,
379–82,
384

Eckman, Harold,
377

Eddy, Nelson,
275

Edens, Roger,
291

Edison Company,
30,
35,
58

Edmonds, Walter D.,
224,
227

Edmondson, Bill,
192

Edward,
Alan,
198

Edwards, Blake,
353–4

Edwards, Harry,
190

Ed Wynn’s Son
(Wynn),
391

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
72

Eisenstein, Sergei,
422

Ellis, Olin O.,
57,
58,
64

Elser, Frank B.,
224

Emerson, John,
44–5,
48,
49–50,
52,
54,
77,
86–7,
89,
90,
92,
99,
232

Emmy,
216

Empty Hands,
92,
102–4,
109,
145

Erickson, Leif,
480

Eskimo,
180,
211

Essanay Studios,
37

Estabrook, Howard,
151,
155

E.T.,
293

Evan Almighty,
80

Exodus,
408

Eyman, Scott,
205

Face in the Crowd, A,
39

Fairbanks, Beth Sully,
42,
47–8

Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr.,
41,
42,
46,
47

Fairbanks, Douglas, Sr.,
24,
30,
41–55,
89,
119,
143,
148,
211
; childhood and adolescence of,
5,
41,
43
; comic physicality of,
43,
44,
45–6,
48–51,
53,
73,
75–6,
78–80
; death and burial of,
42,
351–2,
353
; D. W. Griffith and,
42–6,
49,
52,
73,
75
; early stage acting of,
41–3
; family background of,
41,
43
; famous smile of,
80,
84
; film producing of,
43,
73,
75–8
; influence of,
43,
72
; Mary Pickford and,
43,
60,
73,
75,
76,
169–70,
173
; physical appearance of,
41,
43
; screen persona of,
4–5,
9,
11,
40,
42,
46–7,
48,
49–50
; VF as cinematographer for,
47–8,
50–2,
55,
58,
72
; VF’s directing of,
4–5,
9,
42,
48–9,
77–86,
113,
144,
170–3,
295,
296–7,
329
; VF’s relationship with,
5,
40,
41,
42,
47,
48–9,
50–1,
55,
60,
62–3,
73,
77,
92,
99,
131–2,
169–73,
174–5,
351–2,
491

Fairbanks, Ella Marsh,
41

Fairbanks, John,
41

Fairbanks, John, Jr.,
41,
42

Fairbanks, Robert,
41,
42

Falzon, Christopher,
370

Farmer Takes a Wife, The,
224–7,
228–9,
230,
231,
252,
333,
341

Farnum, Dustin,
44

Farrar, Geraldine,
89

Farrell, Charles,
120–1,
128

Farrow, Alfred,
12

Farrow, John,
148

Farrow, Neoma Fleming,
12–13

Faulkner, William,
375

Faye, Alice,
336

Faye, Julia,
168

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
429,
430–3,
434,
444

Feldman, Charles K.,
392

Ferguson, Otis,
212–13,
215,
253–4

Fergusson, Harvey,
148

Ferrer, José,
467,
478–9,
491

Feyder, Jacques,
181,
182,
274

Fidler, Jimmie,
277–8,
416,
483

Fields, Dorothy,
291

Films, development of: action and adventure,
5,
8,
11,
24,
25,
42,
43,
48,
49,
51
; adaptation of novels,
10,
95–8,
100,
104–9,
149–50
; animation,
5,
143–4,
173,
284–5
; auteur theory,
501,
506
; beginning of sound era,
8,
9,
10,
37,
142,
145
; “buddy films,”
The Virginian,

Films,
development of:
(cont.)
148–58,
Captains Courageous,
240–53,
Test Pilot,
256–70
; censorship,
9,
161,
181,
210,
241,
349,
365,
370,
417–21
; comic-book superhero,
43,
53
; documentary,
58,
356–7
; editing,
35
; eroticism and sexuality,
4,
6,
7,
9–10,
180–1,
186–90,
364–6,
370–1,
505
; golden age,
4,
9,
501
; independent,
10,
30,
52–3
; industry politics and,
10,
35
; lighting in,
30,
34,
52,
80,
97,
294
; military training,
4,
57,
58,
59
; musical,
51,
220–3,
282–316
; newsreel,
37,
61,
71,
260
; patents on technology,
30,
35
; realism,
7–8,
9
; special effects,
5,
9,
45,
123,
243,
303,
310
; triple-billing,
44
; Western,
3,
6,
8,
9,
11,
30,
33–7,
52,
59,
76,
83–5,
95–8,
105,
109,
146–58,
193
; World War I,
59,
91,
109

Fitzgerald, F. Scott,
38,
41,
178,
179,
323–4,
340,
358

Fitzmaurice, George,
95

Fleming, Clara West Strouse,
27–8,
29,
31,
61

Fleming, John,
12

Fleming, Lucile “Lu” Irana Nieder-meyer Rosson,
166–9,
235
; character and personality of,
257
; childhood and adolescence of,
166–7
; cooking of,
167,
169,
387
; death of,
498
; first marriage of,
131,
136,
138,
139,
159–60,
167,
168–9,
192
; VF’s relationship with,
3,
17,
61,
136,
169,
192–5,
199,
205,
206–7,
208,
219,
256,
257,
274,
316–17,
392,
423,
454,
483,
492
; Marx Brothers as neighbors,
167
; nickname of,
392–93,
widowhood of,
496–8

Fleming, Sara Elizabeth “Sally,”
3–4,
166–7,
169,
195
; childhood of,
270,
284,
301,
302,
317,
360,
385–8,
392,
445,
492,
495,
497–8
; on Lu Fleming,
206,
207,
219,
392,
463
; on VF,
302,
385–8,
394,
422,
445,
454,
463