Bette Davis (56 page)

Provincetown Playhouse, 52, 53, 57,60

Public Enemy, 76

Pygmalion, 151

Quality Street (Barrie), 53

Rachel (Elizabeth Felix), 136, 137

Raffles, 66

Rains, Claude, 189

Rapper, Irving, 187, 189, 192, 201,

202,203, 210, 235 Raum, Chou Chou, 295 Red Cross, 191, 192 Redgrave, Michael, 280 Reinhardt, Max, 48 Reinhardt, Wolfgang, 150 Remarque, Erich Maria, 78 Remick, Lee, 268 Repertory Theatre of Boston, 40 Richards, Marion, 216, 218-20,

222, 227, 229-33, 281 Rich Are Always with Us, The, 87 Right of Way, 300, 307, 308 Riley, Alice CD., 52 Riley, Lewis A., 202, 203, 204,

206 Ripley, Clements, 127 Riverbottom, 174, 194 Rivers, Joan, 326

RKO, 94-95, 97, 99, 100, 218, 222 Robbins, Harold, 273 Robert Lantz Agency, 302, 326 Robertson, Pat, 314 Robinson, Casey, 137, 143-44,

151, 153-54 Robinson, Edward G., 75-76, 103 Rockwell-O'Keefe, 138, 141 Rogers, Anna A., 18-19 Roosevelt, Franklin, 191 Roosevelt, Theodore, 13

Index

Rosenberg, Marion, 302, 306, 322,

325, 326 Rosenberg, Rick, 319, 332 Roshanara, Mile. (Jane Craddock),

37, 38, 39, 59 Ross, Bob, 148 Rubber, Violla, 252

St. Denis, Ruth, 15, 36, 50, 129

St. Just, Maria, 262

St. Mary's School, 50, 53

Sanders, George, 223

Satan Met a Lady, 99

Scapegoat, The, 246

Scarface, 98

Schaefer, George, 300

Science and Health with Key to the

Scriptures (Eddy), 124 Scientific Card Player, 280 Screen Actors Guild, 137 script approval, 76, 96 Seager, Duck, 34 Seastrom, Victor, 75 Seed, 80, 85

Selznick, David, 127, 143, 160 Sergeant York, 111 Sermak, Kathryn:

bequest made to, 326

as Bette's companion, 302-3, 308-9,310,311-13,325-26, 327, 328, 329-32

in Paris, 309, 320, 325 Seven Arts, 267, 271, 272 700 Club, 315 Seventeen (Tarkington), 30, 31, 32,

42,43 Seventh Heaven, 87 Shannon, Peggy, 273, 306, 311, 312, 330

on B.D. Hyman, 306, 308, 313, 319

as Bette's companion, 301, 302, 312 Shaw, George Bernard, 40 Shawn, Ted, 36, 50, 89, 133 Shearer, Norma, 74, 139, 151 Sherman, Hedda Comoro, 199

Sherman, Vincent, 126 Bette's affair with, 192, 194-95,

198-99, 203 Mr. Skeffington directed by, 197 Sherry, Barbara Davis, see Hyman,

Barbara Davis Sherry Sherry, Marion Richards, 216, 218-

20, 222-23, 227, 229-33,

281 Sherry, Skippy, 211 Sherry, William Grant, 211 Bette's marriage to, 207, 210,

216-21,222-23,227-30,

232-33, 239 as father, 212, 227-28, 230, 232,

281,288 second marriage of, 229-33 violent temper of, 208, 216-21 Sherwood, Robert, 99 Shumlin, Herman, 180, 192 Silhouette Shop, 37 Simpson, Marie, see Brown, Robin Sisters, The, 137, 157 Skirball, Jack, 218 So Big, 87

Solid South (Campbell), 68 Sothern, Ann, 321-22, 323, 325 Special Agent, 99 Spelling, Aaron, 307, 311 Stacey, Eric, 201, 202, 203 Stahl, John, 80, 85 Standard Steel Motor Car Company,

31,32 Stanwyck, Barbara, 48, 87 Star, The, 235 Steel Magnolias, 327 Stein, Jules, 190, 213 Stephenson, James, 170, 171 Stevenson, Robert, 164, 165-66,

172 Steward, William Crozier, 163 Stewart, James, 300 Stewart, Minnie, see Davis, Minnie

Stewart Stieglitz, Alfred, 15 Stine, Whitney, 303 Stolen Life, A, 204-7, 210, 213

373

Storm Center, 213, 244 Strange Interlude (O'Neill), 52-53 Strangers, 299, 300, 307, 331 Streetcar Named Desire, A

(Williams), 251,252 Strictly Dishonorable (Sturges), 68,

76,82 Sturges, Preston, 68 Sullavan, Margaret, 125, 134, 151 Sullivan, Barry, 220-21 Suramerville, Slim, 81 Sweet Bird of Youth (film), 268 Sweet Bird of Youth (Williams), 251

Tailwagger's Club, 139-40

Taplinger, Bob, 161, 168, 175

Taradash, Daniel, 244

Tarkington, Booth, 30, 32, 42, 79, 99

Taylor, Laurette, 51, 67

Temple Players, 55-56

Terry, Ellen, 53

Thalberg, Irving, 74-75, 157

That Certain Woman, 122

Theatre, 49

Their Anniversary (Riley), 52

These Three, 71, 153

This 'N That (Davis and

Herskowitz), 312-13, 325,

326 This Side of Paradise (Fitzgerald),

32 This Sporting Life, 322 Thompson, Harriet Keyes, 6 Three Comrades, 151 Three on a Match, 92 Toeplitz, Ludovico, 108-14, 115,

118, 120 Toeplitz Productions, 108, 112, 116 Toland, Gregg, 71, 184 Tracy, Spencer, 93 Trenholme, Helen, 97 Trouble in Paradise, 153 Turney, Catherine, 206 Twelve O'Clock High, 220 Twentieth Century-Fox, 221 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, 92-93 Twin Bridges, 276, 295

Two-Faced Woman, 157

"291/' 15

Two's Company, 235, 236, 296

Ulmann, Doris, 23 United Shoe Machinery, 13 Universal City, 76, 77, 78 Universal Pictures, 71 Universal Studios, 68, 78, 79, 80, 81,82,84, 161

Van Every, Dale, 81 Velez, Lupe, 139 Vidor, King, 214, 215 Virgin Queen, The, 244 von Sternberg, Josef, 74 von Stroheim, Erich, 75

Wagner, Robert, 308 Wallace, Edgar, 83 Wallace, Lew, 4 Wallis, Hal, 123, 143 Bette's health problems noted by,

121, 137, 183 Bordertown produced by, 98 in contract disputes, 104, 106,

160, 133 Jezebel produced by, 127, 128,

130, 132, 134 Letter filming and, 163, 164, 171 Now, Voyager produced by, 188,

189 roles assigned by, 121, 136, 137, 146, 147, 151, 155 Walsh, Raoul, 213 War Bond Drive, 190 Warner, Ann, 137, 145 Warner, Jack, 76, 88, 90, 97, 145, 186 agents' negotiations with, 213 Bette placated by, 185-86, 191, 192-93, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202,204-5,210,211 Bette's conflicts with, 97, 102-6, 108-21, 122, 123-24, 156-61, 175, 190-91,213-15, 266-67

Index

Warner, Jack, (com.) on Bette's husbands, 175, 192,

194, 210 loan-outs and, 94-95, 99, 100, 110, 164, 176-77, 183-84 roles assigned by, 97, 101, 136,

137 star billing controlled by, 154-55, 177-78 Warner Bros.: Academy Awards and, 74, 101,

104-5 Baby Jcme distributed by, 268 Bette's conflicts with, 96, 97, 98, 99, 108-22, 136-37, 210-11,336 Bette's departure from, 214-15,

234-35, 336 contracts negotiated by, 75-76, 83,84,89,90,96,99-100, 102-7, 108-111, 123-24, 140-41, 156-58, 160,200-201,213-15 films produced by, 88-89, 92-93,

149, 164 independent productions for, 188,

193, 200, 212 Jezebel produced by, 70, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 132 loan-outs made by, 94-95, 97,

176-77, 183 male stars at, 75-76, 83, 93, 150 plot sorces used by, 121 production style of, 87, 128, 157 publicity efforts of, 84, 175-76 Warner Bros. v. Nelson, 113-17 Warrior's Husband, The, 99 Wasserman, Lew, 213 Watcher in the Woods, 302 Watch on the Rhine (Hellman),

192 Waterloo Bridge, 80 Watkins, Linda, 59 Way Back Home, 81 Way Down East, 321 Welles, Orson, 141, 298, 336 Wellman, William, 87

Werner, David, 68, 76, 78

West, Mae, 48, 283-94

West, Nathanael, 159

Westmore, Perc, 155-56, 178, 189

Whale, James, 80

Whales of August, The 321-25, 326

Wharton, Edith, 151,212

What Ever Happened to Baby

Jane?, 265-69 ,271, 272, 326 Where Love Has Gone, 273, 275 White, Clarence, 14-15, 23-24 Whiting, Margery, 21-22, 50 4 'Why Marriages Fail" (Rogers),

18-19 Wicked Age, The,4S Wicked Stepmother, 326-30 Wild Duck, The (Ibsen):

Bette's performance in, 59-60, 61,62-65,83,88

Peg Entwisde in, 40-41, 92 William, Bob, 175 Williams, Emlyn, 201 Williams, Tennessee, 1, 255, 265

casting decisions and, 3, 251-52, 263

direction taken over by, 260

rewrites promised by, 252, 254, 255, 257-58, 259

writing style of, 250, 260, 261 William, Warren, 90 Wilson, Katherine, 51, 234 Wilson, Lois, 85 Wind, The, 75 Windust, Bretaigne, 212 Wing, Faith, 27. 31 Winter Meeting, 212 Winters, Shelley, 262 "Wisdom of Eve, The" (Orr), 221 Wit and Wisdom of Mae West, The

(West), 293 Witch Way, 237, 238, 242, 243 Wolfe, Thomas, 245 Women Love Diamonds, 75 Wood, Audrey, 255-56, 257 Wood, Vernon, 105, 106, 157 Woollcott, Alexander, 53

375

World of Carl Sandburg, The, 247 World War H, Hollywood in, 190-

91 Wright, Gilbert, 193 Wright, Tenny, 127, 137, 150, 198,

205 Wright, Teresa, 182 Wuthering Heights, 134, 141, 163,

164, 167 Wyler, Catherine, 167, 304 Wyler, Leopold, 145 Wyler, Margaret Tallichet (Talli), 167, 168 on Bette's acting, 126, 179, 181 on Little Foxes, 179, 181 marriage of, 141, 145-46, 163, 303-5 Wyler, Melanie, 145 Wyler, Robert, 145 Wyler, William, 71, 191 Academy Awards and, 192 on acting technique, 178-79, 185,

202,261,323,335 AFI tributes and, 298-99 auditions conducted by, 82, 85 Bette's affair with, 126, 131, 134-35, 137, 138, 140, 144, 146, 161, 167-68, 183,303-5 death of, 303

House Divided directed by, 81 Jezebel directed by, 37-38, 70-

73, 124, 125-35, 152, 156,

165, 166-67, 178-79 Letter directed by, 161, 162-73,

178-79, 299 Little Foxes directed by, 176,

178-86, 187-88, 260-61,

323, 335 marriages of, 134, 141, 145-46,

151, 163, 167,303-5 perfectionist tendencies of, 125-

26, 127-28, 132-33, 329 Wyler, William (com.) screen tests conducted by, 82-83,

125 studio interference and, 164, 188-

89 Wuthering Heights directed by,

134, 141, 163, 164, 167

Yellow Jacket, The (Benrimo and

Hazelton), 55, 61 Young, Francis, 23 Yurka, Blanche, 40, 41, 59, 61-65,

83

Zanuck, Darryl, 222 Ziegfeld Follies, 48

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