Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master (Screen Classics) (113 page)

Fleming, Victor: adventurousness and risk-taking of,
3,
5,
7,
10,
50–1,
92–4,
95,
99–100,
118,
170–5,
179–80,
388–91
; amateur aviation of,
3,
33,
93–4,
119,
159–60,
164,
175,
233,
259–60,
270
; anticommunist political involvement of,
63,
407–8,
425–30,
434–5
; anti-Semitism charged to,
38,
348–9,
433–4
; attractiveness to women of,
5,
7,
8–9,
92,
99,
102,
103,
166,
324,
358
; autobiography of,
14,
17,
22,
24–6,
32–6,
42,
44,
55–6,
61–4,
70,
174,
180,
488
; automobile racing of,
3,
20,
24–9,
33–4,
92,
98,
100,
165
; birth of,
4,
5,
15,
55
; childhood and adolescence of,
5,
15,
16–23,
24,
503
; cinematography of,
4,
5,
11,
34–5,
36–7,
44,
45,
47–8,
51,
52,
57–60,
63–4,
67–74,
75–7,
324
; early jobs of,
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19–20,
25–8,
30–1
; earnings and wealth of,
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165,
170,
176,
177,
286,
358
; education of,
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22–3,
24
; fame and success of,
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9–10,
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102
; family background of,
11–23,
92,
503
; fatherhood of,
3,
31,
37,
93,
235,
270,
284,
316,
445
; first European trip of,
66–73
; first marriage and divorce of,
27–8,
29,
31,
61
; first professional break of,
11,
29,
32,
40
; generosity of,
3,
17–18,
106,
160,
164
; girlfriends and lovers of,
3,
17,
31,
32,
47,
61,
81
–2,
92,
95–6,
99,
102–4,
105,
111,
114,
116–18,
124–9,
131–2,
135–8,
143,
146,
158,
165,
316,
355
; government investigation of,
61–3
; death of,
4,
9,
93,
206,
355,
374,
386,
480,
492–3,
498
; humor of,
144,
193–4,
301–2
; hunting and travel of,
3,
7,
19,
170–4,
179–80,
201,
207,
230–2,
498–9
; intelligence and ingenuity of,
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8,
40,
58,
62
; kidney stones and surgery for,
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177,
204,
207,
229,
234,
235,
248
; last will of,
497–8
; masculinity of,
3,
5,
7,
8,
77,
91,
93,
99–100,
126,
161,
163,
257,
324,
386,
435
; melancholy and brooding of,
3,
6,
322,
338–9
; military training films of,
4,
57,
58
; motorcycling of,
3,
388–91
; mythical Indian heritage of,
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12,
19,
42,
322,
392
; “Old-Time Wild Man” image of,
8–9
; physical appearance and stature of,
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9,
31,
37,
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102,
135,
226,
270–1,
328,
495
; pranks and practical jokes of,
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22,
26,
50–1,
84,
99,
124,
127,
301–2,
329,
491
; second marriage and family life of,
3,
7,
61,
385–9,
444–5
; social life of,
3,
99,
117,
118,
143,
386–91,
491–2
; speech patterns of,
13,
92
; taxi driving of,
26–27
; vigor and physicality of,
5,
7,
8,
20,
50–1,
77,
84,
99–100
; World War I military service of,
4,
11,
22,
26,
54–74

Fleming, Victor, director: artistic achievement of,
5,
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99,
282,
501–4
; child actors and,
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40,
214–18,
249–50,
272–3,
301–2,
339,
347–8,
380–1
; deft handling of sound by,
151–2,
164,
252
; departure from visual orthodoxy by,
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78,
80,
101
; directorial debut of,
48,
77–81
; freshness and modernism of,
5
; as “man’s director” vs. “woman’s director,”
7,
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272,
320,
358
; method and directorial style of,
39,
78–81,
84–5,
133–4,
162,
185–6,
197,
225–6,
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247–8,
332–3,
362,
439–40
; power and authority of,
3,
8,
176,
228,
302–3,
307,
324,
326,
330,
335
; realism and action specialties of,
7–8,
25,
179,
226
; relations of actors and collaborators with,
3,
4–8,
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224,
225–7,
229,
249–52,
272,
277,
298–9,
301–3
; reviews of,
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115,
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135,
140–1,
163,
195–6,
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212–13,
228–9,
253–4,
268,
350,
421,
438
; sensitivity and dedication of,
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39,
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197,
273,
327
; sexuality depicted by,
4,
6,
7,
9–10,
180–1,
186–90,
202
–
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364–6,
370–1,
505
; shaping of actors’ screen personas by,
4–7,
9,
42,
145–6,
150,
225
; technical savvy of,
6,
7–8,
20,
51,
52,
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80,
333–4
; theory of sex as a fight,
401,
443
; work ethic and enterprise of,
18,
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99,
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195,
337

Fleming, Victoria Sue,
15,
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; birth of,
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; childhood of,
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257,
270,
301,
309,
317,
360,
386–8,
445,
495,
497–8
; on Lu Fleming,
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193–4,
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392,
492
; on VF,
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256,
284,
340,
359,
360,
386–7,
426,
445,
454,
492

Fleming, William Richard Lonzo “Lon,”
11–13,
14–17,
23
; heart condition and early death of,
5,
12,
16–17,
18,
29,
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Floor
Below, The,
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Flying A film company,
30–2,
34–7

Flynn, Errol,
43,
107,
142,
353–4

Flynn, Maurice B.,
100

Foelsch, Richard,
281

Folsey, George,
411

Fonda, Henry,
224–8

Fonda, Peter,
148

Fontaine, Joan,
498

Forbes, Mary,
205

Forbstein, Leo,
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Ford, Harry Chapman,
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Ford, Henry,
18

Ford, John,
9,
117,
185,
225,
228,
231,
236–7,
258,
330,
354,
358,
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401,
403,
427,
499,
501–2

Forgotten Village, The,
356–7

Forman, Tom,
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Fort Sill,
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57,
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Fosdick, Raymond Blaine,
69,
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Fowler, Gene,
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Fox Film Corporation,
228–9,
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241,
285,
336
; VF’s years with,
159–66,
224–5

Francke, Caroline,
199

Frankenheimer, John,
79

Franklin, Chester,
379

Franklin, Dwight,
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Franklin, Sidney,
234,
258,
375–6,
379–83

Frederick, John,
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Frederick, Pauline,
182

Freed, Arthur,
285,
286,
288,
291,
311–12,
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443,
444,
501,
503

Freed, Renée,
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Freeman, Earl A.,
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French Foreign Legion,
119,
162

Freund, Karl,
411

Front Page, The
(Hecht and MacArthur),
178,
201,
202

Fuchs, Daniel,
502

Fung, Willie,
399

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Hollywood—with Jack Paar, A,
304–5

Furthman, Jules,
9,
132,
141,
159,
160,
163,
201,
239,
386,
394

Fury,
240

Gable, Clark,
8,
10,
142,
174,
198–9,
237,
240,
271,
272,
354,
436–42,
498,
499–500
; background of,
181–3
; in
Gone With the Wind,
230,
277,
316–21,
324–5,
329–30,
332,
334,
339–43,
345–7,
360,
440,
442,
504–5
; as “The King,”
9,
260,
319
; lovers and wives of,
182,
324,
351,
354,
404
; physical appearance and charisma of,
5,
181,
184,
199
; in
Red Dust,
6,
181–2,
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196,
262,
324,
440,
499,
505
; rumored bisexuality of,
237,
320–1
; in
Test Pilot,
6,
10,
258,
259,
260–8
; VF’s influence on screen persona of,
5–7,
9,
194,
225,
324,
329–30,
339–40,
342–3
; VF’s relationship with,
40,
317–18,
321,
325,
329,
357,
386–8,
389–91,
494,
495
; in
The White Sister,
197–99
; World War II military service of,
404–5,
436,
441

Gallagher, John,
286

Garbo, Greta,
131,
181,
320,
355,
447,
451,
454

Gardner, Ava,
185,
499–500

Garey, Enoch,
57

Garfield, John,
395–9,
403