Authors: Donald Spoto
My Way of Life
(Inman and Crawford), 276–77
Nathan, George Jean, 93
Negri, Pola, 5
Negulesco, Jean, 185, 245, 249–50
Nelson, Lillian.
See
Steele, Lillian
Never Say Goodbye
(film), 172
New York City: Christina’s wedding in, 258; Crawford homes in, 233–34, 242–43, 246, 251, 269–70; and Crawford’s adoption of baby, 151, 153; Crawford’s early years in, 17–19, 32; Fairbanks-Crawford trip to, 63, 64, 94; Fairbanks- Crawford wedding in, 63, 64; Steele-Crawford homes in, 233–34, 242–43, 246; theatre in 1920s in, 17–18; Tone-Crawford trips to, 112, 121, 132, 144; Tone theatrical career in, 112
New York Times
newspaper, 43, 49, 82, 199, 214, 274
Nicholson, Kenyon, 81
Night Gallery
(TV show), 275–76
No More Ladies
(film), 118–20, 130, 138
No Sad Songs for Me
(film), 190
Norconian Club (California): Fairbanks and Crawford at, 71
Not Too Narrow … Not Too Deep
(Sale), 140
Nothing Sacred
(film), 44
Novarro, Ramon, 5, 56, 62, 128, 259
nudity, 15, 17
nursemaids/nannies, 154
O’Connor, Donald, 246
Odets, Clifford, 112, 181
Office of the Motion Picture Production Code.
See
censors
Old Acquaintance
(film), 202
Old Clothes
(film), 30–31
Olivier, Laurence “Larry,” 85, 86, 99–100
One in a Million
(musical), 137
O’Neill, Sally, 33
The Only Thing
(film), 31
Oriole Terrace (Detroit), 16–17
Oscar.
See
Academy Awards
Our Blushing Brides
(film), 69–70, 73, 90, 126, 138
Our Dancing Daughters
(film), 56–58, 63, 69
Our Modern Maidens
(film), 63–64, 69
Owsley, Monroe, 83, 130
Page, Anita, 57, 63, 69
Paid
(film), 74–75, 76, 90, 121
Palance, Jack, 216, 217–18
Palmer, Betsy, 228, 263
Panic in the Streets
(film), 216
Paris
(film), 42
Parker, Eleanor, 172
Parker, Suzy, 247, 248
Parsons, Louella O., 30–31, 197
The Passing Show of 1924
(musical), 18, 19
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
(film), 143
Pathé Frères, 24
Patrick, Gail, 120
Pepsi-Cola Company: Crawford on board of, 245, 246, 251; Crawford’s dismissal from, 283; and Crawford’s drinking, 275; and Crawford’s loneliness, 285; Crawford’s public relations efforts for, 231, 234–35, 242, 250, 258, 259, 261, 264, 270, 271–72, 276; Steele as executive at, 229–32, 234, 235, 242; Steele’s borrowing money from, 234, 246; and Steele’s death/estate, 251
perfectionism, 137–38, 198
Pevney, Joseph, 226–27
Peyton Place
(film), 247
The Phantom of the Opera
(film), 46
Phillips, Norman, 81–82
photographs, of Crawford: and Blackglama Mink campaign, 291; and Crawford’s study of her photographs, 120; for
Harper’s
Bazaar,
171; Hurrell’s comments about, 102–3; and MGM commissioning of idealization of stars, 102–3; publicity, 120; of Russell and Crawford, 286
Pickfair (Fairbanks-Pickford home), 54, 64, 71, 73
Pickford, Mary, 24, 45, 51, 54, 71, 73, 124, 128
Pitts, ZaSu, 28
Planck, Robert, 142, 156
poison, box-office, 133–34
poor working girl theme.
See specific film
pornographic film, Crawford’s, 26–27
Porter, Cole, 52, 58
A Portrait of Joan
(Crawford), 151, 250–51, 258
Possessed
(1931 film), 86–90, 95, 131, 187, 203, 216
Possessed
(1946 film), 187–90, 215
The Postman Always Rings Twice
(film), 173
Powell, William, 125, 130
Power, Tyrone, 58
Preminger, Otto, 190, 191, 192
Pretty Ladies
(film), 28–29
Prevost, Marie, 75–76
Prince, Don, 240
Psycho
(film), 260
The Public Enemy
(film), 44, 80
Queen Bee
(film), 228–29, 235, 275
radio: Crawford on, 121, 132
Raft, George, 124
Rain
(film), 97–98, 103, 106, 109, 140, 232
Raleigh Studios, 257
Ramsey Opera House (Lawton, Oklahoma), 6–7, 9
Rapf, Harry, 18–19, 20, 27, 62
Rathbone, Basil, 166
Ray, Nicholas, 224, 226
Ray, Tony, 224
Reagan, Ronald, 195, 200
Rear Window
(film), 220
Rebecca
(film), 166
religion, 148, 291, 292. See also
Susan
and God
Republic Pictures, 224
Reunion in France
(film), 163–65, 166, 220
RKO Pictures, 217
The Road to Edinburgh
(TV show), 228
Robertson, Cliff, 236–37, 238
Robin Hood
(film), 51
Robinson, Edward G., 166
Rockingham Academy (Kansas City), 11, 197
Rogers, Ginger, 180, 186, 201
Romberg, Sigmund, 17, 18
Rooney, Mickey, 124
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 105, 182
rose garden episode, 280
Rose-Marie
(film), 17, 55–56
Roughly Speaking
(film), 175
Rouverol, Aurania, 76–77
Russell, Gail, 259
Russell, Rosalind “Roz,” 139, 148, 175, 206, 212, 285–86
Russian Club (Los Angeles), 85
Sadie McKee
(film), 113, 117, 130, 131, 140
Salamunich, Yucca, 270
Sally, Irene, and Mary
(film), 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 41
Scott, Zachary, 174, 177, 200
screen tests, Crawford’s first, 19
Sears, Heather, 240, 241
Sebastian, Dorothy, 57, 69
Secret Agent
(film), 166
The Secret Storm
(TV show), 272–73
Selznick, David O., 106, 107, 108, 109, 123, 154
Sennett, Mack, 43, 75
Serling, Rod, 275
Seventh Heaven
(film), 141
sexual harassment, 29
Shaw, Peter, 186
Shearer, Douglas, 22–23
Shearer, Norma: Adrian as designer for, 59; as big moneymaking star, 102; cost of films of, 76; Crawford compared with, 80; Crawford as double for, 22; Crawford’s views about, 41, 139; death of, 124; family background of, 22–23; Garbo compared with, 38; in
The
Last of Mrs. Cheyney,
125; love life of, 23; as MGM contract player, 5; and
Paid,
74; post-Thalberg life of, 124; pregnancy of, 74; retirement of, 124, 155, 169; signature look of, 110; and
Susan and God,
144; talents of, 74; and Thalberg, 22, 23, 41, 74, 124; in
The Women,
138, 139, 145
Sheridan, Ann, 219
Sherman, Hedda, 205, 206, 209, 212–13
Sherman, Vincent, 72, 202, 204–6, 208–9, 210, 212–13, 253, 285
Shields, Jimmy, 37, 49, 190, 282, 284
The Shining Hour
(film), 130, 132, 135–38, 141
Shipp, Cameron, 111
Shubert, J. J., 17, 18, 107
Sidney, Sylvia, 112
Siegel, Bugsy, 202
silent films, 41, 50–51, 73.
See also specific
film
Simon, Neil, 279
Smith, Kent, 202, 203
Smith, Madeleine, 95
Smith, Pete, 33, 34, 37, 38
The Snake Pit
(film), 184
Sodom and Gomorrah
(film), 252
Sommer, Edith, 249
sound films.
See
talking/sound films
Spellbound
(film), 182, 184
Spielberg, Steven, 275
Spingold, Frances, 281, 282
Spingold, Nate, 281, 282
Spring Fever
(film), 47–48
Springer, John, 235, 246, 272, 282, 283
St. Agnes Academy (Kansas City), 9–10, 11, 28
Stack, Robert, 251
Stanislavksi, Constantin, 122, 216
Stanwyck, Barbara, 25, 178
A Star Is Born
(film), 44
stardom: and “aging women,” 155; and Crawford as “ex-movie star,” 284– 85; and Crawford as international star, 190; and Crawford as star, 127–28, 263, 267, 287, 288; and Crawford as transition figure, 127–29; and Crawford at Warner Bros., 171; and Garbo-Crawford comparison, 56–57; and MGM- Crawford relationship, 169
Steele, Alfred Nelson, 230, 251
Steele, Alfred Nu: borrowing of money from Pepsi-Cola by, 234, 246; children of, 230, 251; and Christina’s acting ambitions, 239; Crawford first meets, 229; and Crawford’s children, 231, 235, 239, 244; Crawford’s comments about, 232, 233, 235, 244; and Crawford’s loneliness, 231, 236, 271; and Crawford’s public relations efforts for Pepsi-Cola, 234–35, 242; Crawford’s relationship with, 230– 32, 235, 236, 244, 246–47, 248, 249, 271; Crawford’s wedding and honeymoon with, 230–32; death of, 244–45, 248, 249; European holiday of, 238; financial affairs of, 231–32, 234, 245–46, 251, 252; gifts to Crawford from, 258; home of, 233–34, 242–43; as Pepsi-Cola executive, 229–30; personal and professional background of, 229; personality of, 229–30
Steele, Lillian, 229
Steele, Sally, 230
Stein, Gertrude, 52
Stella Dallas
(film), 178
Stephens College, 6, 13–14, 28, 33, 276
Sterling, Ray Thayer, 13, 15, 19
Stewart, Donald Ogden, 155
Stewart, James, 124, 137–38
The Story of Esther Costello
(film), 240–42, 274
Strait-Jacket
(film), 260–62, 264, 270, 271
Strange Cargo
(film), 140–43, 144, 146, 148, 155, 158, 162, 179, 184
“Strange Witness” (TV episode), 243
Strasberg, Lee, 112
Strasberg, Susan, 239
A Streetcar Named Desire
(play), 216
The Subterraneans
(film), 212
Sudden Fear
(film), 216–18, 220, 222, 228, 240
Sullavan, Margaret “Maggie,” 132, 136–37, 149, 170, 239, 259
Sullivan, Barry, 275
Sully, Anna Beth, 51, 54–55, 63, 64
Sunset Boulevard
(film), 149
Susan and God
(film), 144–47, 148, 150, 158, 161, 162, 167, 179
Swanson, Gloria, 5, 45–46, 99, 149, 231
talking/sound films, 41, 50–51, 65–66, 73.
See also specific film
Talmadge, Constance, 23
Tann, Georgia, 150, 191
The Taxi Dancer
(film), 44–45
Taylor, Elizabeth, 169, 220–21
Taylor, Robert, 25, 123, 160
Technicolor, 63, 219–20
television: commercials for, 195; Crawford on, 223, 228, 243, 268, 272–73, 275–76; and decline of MGM, 5