My Autobiography (74 page)

Coal Hole, the (public house, London),
82

Cochet, Henri,
344
,
356

Cocteau, Jean (‘we had a glut of each other’),
380
–82

Cohan Theatre (New York),
326
–7

Conn, Harry (of Columbia Pictures),
183

coincidences, C. on,
343
–4

Collier, Constance,
194
–7,
217
,
420
passim
,

217
,
420

Collins, Josie,
180

Collins, Canon Lewis,
339

coloured photography, C’s ‘abhorrence

of,
278

comedy, distinction from humour,
210

comedy ‘business’, importance of an ‘attitude’ in,
146

Committee on Un-American Activities,
439
,
458

Connelly, Marc,
251

Connolly, Cyril,
428

Coogan, Jackie,
230
–33; ‘sensational’

in
The Kid
,
249
; his earnings,

250

Cooper, Miriam,
156

Copeau, Jacques,
276

costume of C’s ‘tramp’ character,

origin of idea for,
145
; ‘it imbued

me with the character’,
147

Coward, Noël,
473

Cowl, Jane,
257

Coyne, Frank (comedian),
47

Crane, Hart,
244
,
245
–6

Craney-Gatts, Mrs (Amer, millionairess),
186

creativeness,

C’s belief in his,
149
; ‘made films

exciting’,
154

Cripps, Sir Stafford,
388

Crocker, Harry,
284
,
312
,
315
,
415
–16,
452
,
464

Crowninshield, Frank,
243

Cunningham Reid, W.,
359

Cure, The
, Nijinsky watches shooting of,
1
91
–
2

Curtiss, Glenn,
186

dancing lessons, C. gives,
10
,
66

Dando, Arthur (of Karno’s troupe),
139
–40

Dandy Thieves, The
(Karno sketch),
122

Davenport, Dorothy,
154

Davies, Marion,
303
; and W. R.

Hearst,
303
ff.,
319

‘Death Valley Scottie’,
185
–6

Debussy, Claude-Achille,
113

De Mille, Cecil B.,
173
,
218

Depression, the (1930s)

C. and,
324
,
371
; the U.S.A. in,

373

Dexter, Elliott,
226

Diaghilev, Sergei,
192

Dillon Read & Co.,
292

Dog’s Life, A
,
208
,
213
,
218

Dolly Sisters, the (‘sensationally beautiful’),
155

Dolores,
243

Doro, Marie (‘Oh God, she was

beautiful’),
88
–91,
217
–18,
280

Dough and Dynamite
, C directs for

Keystone,
157

Douglass, Major H., C’s interest in his Social Credit scheme,
324
,
350

Doyle, Jack (boxer),
186

Dreiser, Theodore,
429

Dressler, Marie,
157
,
214

Drew, John,
174
,
256

Dukas, Helene (Einstein’s secretary),
316

Duke of York’s Theatre (London), C. plays at,
89
–91,
217

Dunville, T. E.,
46

Durant, Tim,
382
,
407
,
410
,
414

Durant, Will,
448

Duse, Eleonora (‘greatest actress I have ever seen’),
194
,
255

Early Birds
(Karno sketch),
73
,
92

Eastman, Crystal,
280

Eastman, Max,
209
,
244
,
280

Edendale, Los Angeles, Keystone Co.’s studios at,
141
–2 education,

C’s impressions and early experiences

of,
40
–41; ‘I wanted to

educate myself,
123
;
see also

schools

Edward, Prince of Wales,

and W. R. Hearst,
315
; C. stays

with: ‘a charming host’,
356
–8

Eglevsky, André,
447

Eight Lancashire Lads (clog-dancing troupe), C. joins the,
42
–5

Einstein, Albert,
316
–19; weeps at

City Lights
,
327
;
see also
Relativity

Einstein, Mrs Albert,
316
–19

Eisenstein, Sergei,
250
,
319
–20

Eisler, Hanns,
391
–2,
428
,
439
,
442

Elliott, Maxine,
174
,
188

Ellsworth, Elmer,
144
,
153

Elstree: ‘Where’s that?’,
330

Emerson, John (Herbert Tree’s film director),
195

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, C. discovers writings of,
134

empathy in acting, C. on,
255

Emperor Jones
(Eugene O’Neill),

245

Empress Theatre, Los Angeles,

Karno sketch ‘a howling success

at’,
139

Ervine, St John,
278

Essanay Company, C. and,
160
–74;

for list of C’s films
see
p.
478

Eton, C’s impressions of,
346
–8 exhibitors (’ rugged merchants’),
219

Exmouth
(training ship), C’s brother

in,
31
–2

Fadiman, Clifton (of Columbia Broadcasting System),
411

Fairbanks, Douglas, Snr,
195
,
197
200
; and Mary Pickford,
198
,

199
,
288
–90,
372
; and’Liberty

Bonds,
213
–17
passim;
and

Shoulder Arms
,
219
; and film

companies’ mergers,
221
; and

United Artists,
221
–3; with C. at

St Moritz,
360
–61 ; C’s last meeting

with,
388
–9

Fairbanks, Douglas, Junr,
389
,
448
,

467

faith, C. on,
287

family origins, C’s,
16
,
108

fanmail becomes ‘a problem’,
172

Farrar, Geraldine,
181

Fealy, Maude,
184
–5

Fauchtwanger, Lion,
384
,
425
,
428
,

440

Fields family (C’s London neighbours),

94
–6

Fifth Avenue Theatre (New York),
The Wow-wows
a success at,
124
film-cutting, C. on,
149
film-directing, C. and,
152
,
205
–6,

251

film-making, C. on,
250
ff

film plots, basis of C.’s comedy in,

210

First National Films,
203
; disagreement

over
The Kid
,
237
; ‘came to

me-theirhats in their hands’,

241
; ‘I wanted to be rid of them’,

291
,
91
; for list of films
see
p.
479

first stage and film appearances,

C’s
18
,
148

First World War,
158
,
209
; U.S.A.

and,
212
,
223
–4

Fiske, Mrs (Amer, actress),
257

Flower, Sir Archibald,
358

flower-selling, C. tries (as a boy),
60

Folies Bergère, C. plays at the,

108
ff.

Football Match, The
(Karno sketch)

C. plays opposite Harry Weldon in,
98
–101 ; gets Weldon’s part

in,
114

Ford, Miss Rachel (C’s business

manager),
465

Forester’s Music Hall (Mile End

Road, London), C. ‘gets the bird’

at,
95
–6

Fort Belvedere, C. at,
357
–8

fortune-telling, C. and,
129
–30

Foster, Margaret (wife of Dudley

Field Malone),
244

Frampton, George,
268

Frank, Waldo,
244
,
245
,
276

Friganza, Trixie,
257

Fulmuller, Dr von,
353
–4

Furness, Thelma, Lady,
356

Gandhi, Mahatma, Winston Churchill on,
334
; C. meets,
335
–7

Gandhi, Mrs,
470

Garfield, John,
403
–4

Garrick Club (London), famous

men and treacle pudding for C. at,

268

Gatti-Casazza, Giulio,
182

George, Prince (of Greece),
276

George I, King (of Greece), at

Sherlock Holmes
play,
90

George V, King (of England),
271

Geraghty, Tom,
199

Germany, C. in,
275
,
353
‘getting the bird’, C’s only experience of,

96

Getty, Paul,
422

Giannini, A. P. (banker),
186

Giesler, Jerry (C’s lawyer in paternity suit),
417
ff.

Gilbert, John (‘Jack’),
186
,
307

Gillette, William,
82
,
88
–9,
90

Gish sisters, the,
156
glass-blower, C’s job as a,
61

Glyn, Elinor,
200
,
201
–2,
303
,
313
,

315

Goddard, Paulette,
375
ff.; C. marries,

380
; ‘a widening breach’,

382
,
387
,
400
–401

Godowsky, Leopold,
91

Gold Rush, The
,208,
209
,
223
;

original idea for,
299
–300 ; grosses

6 million dollars,
300
; C’s

collapse follows,
300

Goldwyn, Samuel,
226
,
285
; his

assessment of C,
291
golf: ‘a game I loathe’,
102

Goodwin, Nat,
156
; ‘the greatest’,

174
; advises C. ‘keep off Broadway’,

174
,
178

Gordon, Harry (of First National

Films),
241
–3

Gould, Frank J.,
115
,
348

Grauman, Sid,
128
,
134
; his ‘foot-

prints-in-cement’ scheme,
184

Graves, George (comedian),
92

Gray, Tippy,
419
,
420
,
421
,

423

Great Dictator, The
,
386
ff.,
443
;

plagiarism suit over,
445
–6

Greet Hetty (’hundred million dollars’),
222

Green, Mr and Mrs (of the
Sherlock

Holmes
company),
82

Green Room Club (London), H. A.

Saintsbury engages C. at,
77

Greene, Graham,
467

Greenwich Village, C. in,
244
,
245
–7

Griffith, D. W.,
129
; ‘a genius’,
173
;

and film company mergers,
221
;

and time-saving in films,
250

Griffith Brothers, the (trapeze clowns),
47

Guest, Maurice,
180
–82
Gus Edwards’ School Days
(U.S.A.

music hall act),
123

Hackett, Walter,
268

Hahn, Greta,
83

Hamilton, C. E. (Charles Froh-

man’s manager),
77

Hardwicke, Sir Cedric,
408
–9

Harley, Lily (stage name of C’s

mother),
21

Harlow, Jean,
186

Harrington, Tom,
225
–8
passim
,

236
,
249

Harris, Frank,
239
,
280
–81; and

H. G. Wells,
278

Harris, Jed,
255
Harris, Mildred,
226
; C. maries,

227
–8; ‘we were mismated’:

separation and divorce,
236
ff.

Hart, W. S.,
221

Haskil, Clara,
472

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, C. and works of,
135

Hazlitt, William, C. and works of,
135
,
325
,
447

Hearst, Millicent (wife of W. R. Hearst),
305
,
308
–9

Hearst, Phoebe (mother of W. R. Hearst),
304

Hearst, William Randolph,
304
ff.,

319
,
332
,
384

Hearst Productions,
314
Hell’s Angels
(Howard Hughes’ film),
186

Henshaw, Judge (bead of Liberty Bond Committee),
214
–16

Hergesheimer, Joseph,
200

Hill, Charles (C’s grandfather),
16
,

65
–6

Hill, Mrs Charles (C’s grandmother),
16

Hillman, Sidney,
404

Hindrum, Captain (at C’s school),
30

Hirschfeld, Albert,
363
–4

His New Job
(C’s first Essanay