American Titan: Searching for John Wayne (62 page)

Miller, David, 124, 125

Miller, Ron, 314

Mineo, Sal, 279, 280

Minnelli, Vincente, 203n

Mirisch Company, 303, 304

Misfits, The,
270

Missouri Traveler, The,
248

Mister Roberts,
159n, 229n, 232, 234

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,
87, 90, 129

Mitchell, Thomas, 79, 82, 83, 86, 90–91, 104

Mitchum, Christopher, 324

Mitchum, Robert, 213, 228, 249, 305, 306, 310, 324

Mix, Tom, 23, 24, 28–29, 30n, 31, 45, 58n, 110

Modern Screen,
115

Mogambo,
232

Monogram Pictures, 64, 66, 67n

Monroe, Marilyn, 227, 271

Monterey Productions, 161, 162

Montgomery, Robert, 120, 142–43, 149, 152

Moore, Robin, 308, 314

Moorehead, Agnes, 222

Moran, Lois, 40–41

Morocco,
45, 51, 109

Morrison, Charlie (restaurateur), 219

Morrison, Clyde “Doc” (father), 13–19, 20, 22, 27, 63, 116

death of, 77–78, 138

divorce of, 34, 324

and Marion (son), 16–17, 20, 22, 36, 118

marriage to Florence, 34

marriage to Molly, 14, 95

Morrison, Eugenio (Mexican star), 126

Morrison, Florence Buck (Clyde’s second wife), 34

Morrison, John (ancestor), 13

Morrison, Marion (grandfather), 13–14

Morrison, Marion Robert:

as adult,
see
Wayne, John

birth and childhood of, 14, 15–23

as “Duke,” 21–22, 39–47, 75

early studio jobs of, 27–30, 39–43, 101

name changed to John Wayne, 44, 47

name changed to Marion Michael Morrison, 15

Morrison, Mary “Molly” (mother), 14–16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 34, 36, 63, 138, 324

Morrison, Robert (great-grandfather), 13

Morrison, Robert Emmett (brother), 15–16, 22–23, 24–25, 36, 39, 62, 77, 145, 324

Morrison Agency, 58–59, 64, 96

Mother Machree,
30, 31, 39, 70

Motion Picture Academy:

formation of, 73

see also
Academy Awards

Motion Picture Democratic Committee (MPDC), 105

Motion Picture Herald,
116, 172, 197, 227, 334

motion picture industry:

“Big Five” and “Little Three,” 221n

censorship in, 87, 151, 191

CinemaScope, 217, 222, 232, 233, 242n

Cinerama, 271, 294, 297

color films, 102, 118, 199, 233, 288

distribution in, 66, 161

early evolution of, 23–25

in Hollywood,
see
Hollywood

independents in, 249

Magnafilm, 45

“oaters” (westerns), 32, 86, 234–35, 257

residual rights, 173, 196

serials, 59–60

singing cowboys, 45, 65

and television, 172, 198, 234–35, 243, 248, 249

3-D, 213

Todd-AO, 272, 280, 288

transition to sound, 30, 41, 45

VistaVision, 242–43

Motion Picture Industry Council, 186

Motion Picture Patents Corporation, 46

Motion Picture Production Code (Hays Code), 151

Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors Association (MPPDA), 151

Moulin Rouge,
203n

MPA (Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals), 3, 5, 129–30, 149–50, 152–54, 169, 172, 173, 186, 191, 204n, 295

MPAC (Motion Picture Artists Committee to Aid Republic Spain), 105, 191

Muni, Paul, 150

Munsen, Ona, 116

Murchison, Clinton and John Dabney, 268n

Murder, Inc.,
280

Murnau, F. W., 104

Mutiny on the Bounty,
72n

My Darling Clementine,
157–58

Nagel, Conrad, 203

Natwick, Mildred, 175

Neal, Patricia, 196, 297

’Neath the Arizona Skies,
64n

Negulesco, Jean, 161

Nelson, Ricky, 258, 259, 271, 305

Never on Sunday,
280

Newcom, James E., 91n

New Deal, 101

Newman, Paul, 309n, 323n

Newsweek,
207, 228, 334

Newton, Robert, 218

New York Daily News,
216, 309, 334

New Yorker, The,
202, 277

New York Film Bulletin,
167, 259

New York Herald Tribune,
161, 290

New York Post,
88, 334

New York Times,
88, 98, 118, 124, 161, 167, 171, 179, 202, 208, 243, 259, 270, 274, 276, 290, 304, 309, 316, 321

Nichols, Dudley, 42, 44, 72, 73, 74, 78, 79, 82, 103, 104, 107, 205

Nichols, Mike, 318, 329

Nicholson, Jack, 1–2, 323, 334

nickelodeon, 23, 24

Ninotchka,
87, 90, 195

Niven, David, 4

Nixon, Richard M., 190, 280, 295, 324, 325

Noah’s Ark,
40

Nolan, Kathleen, 337

Nolan, Lloyd, 79

Nolan, Valora, 307

North to Alaska,
274, 283–84, 285

Nor’wester, The
(boat), 219, 272, 294

Novak, Kim, 271

Nugent, Edward, 115

Nugent, Frank S., 88, 159, 174, 188, 203, 229, 235–36, 253

Oberon, Merle, 116

O’Brien, Edmund, 258n, 289

O’Brien, George, 42, 58, 88n

O’Brien, Pat, 149

Observer, The,
244

Oconoa, Peta, 236

O’Flaherty, Liam, 70

Of Mice and Men,
90

O’Hara, Maureen, 6, 147, 188–90, 193, 197, 199, 200, 203, 209, 232, 240, 251–52, 296–97, 324, 337, 340

O’Keefe, Dennis, 130

Oklahoma!,
229n

Olivier, Laurence, 106, 120, 161

Olsen, Nancy, 208

O’Neal, Tatum, 334

O’Neill, Eugene, 103, 104

Only Angels Have Wings,
124, 129, 162

On the Town,
180n

On the Waterfront,
175, 218n

Operation Pacific,
196, 297

Ophul, Max, 291

Ornitz, Samuel, 100

OSS (Office of Strategic Services), 120–21, 122, 131

Ostrow, Leo, 64

O’Toole, Peter, 1

Outlaw, The,
166

Pacino, Al, 334

Padgin, Jack, 48

Paley, William S., 234

Pallete, Pilar, 255–56, 260, 267, 297, 302, 303, 305, 310

and Academy Awards, 4–5, 6, 8, 279, 280, 340

as actress, 210–11, 271

and children, 5n, 212, 245, 285–86, 303–4, 326, 330

memoirs of, 111, 122, 330

relationship of Wayne and, 210–11, 212, 218–19, 222–24, 250, 251, 252, 253–54, 255, 258, 280, 304, 327, 328, 330

separation from, 5n, 326–27

and Wayne’s films, 255, 271, 285, 293, 296, 315, 318

and Wayne’s health, 298–99, 329–30, 336–37, 340

wedding of Wayne and, 5n, 211, 223–24

Palmdale, California, 17–19

Palmer, Betsy, 232

Panama, Inc., 253

Paradise Canyon,
64n

Paramount Pictures, 45, 52, 57, 110, 117, 146n, 221n, 284, 288, 300, 310

Parker, Cecilia, 65–66

Parker, Eddie, 48n

Parker, Fess, 177, 212, 236, 247, 262

Parks, Larry, 191–92, 205, 294

Parrish, Robert, 141, 234

Parsons, Louella, 112, 146, 172, 194, 207, 215n

Pasternak, Joe, 110

Patch of Blue, A,
300n

Patton,
324

Payne, John, 47

Peabody, Jack, 50

Peck, Gregory, 6, 169–70, 180, 181, 228, 234, 303, 333

Perils of Pauline, The,
23

Peru, Wayne’s trip to, 209–11

Philadelphia Story, The,
106, 107

Photoplay,
197–98

Piaf, Edith, 219n

Picnic,
229n

Pinocchio,
106

Pittsburgh,
125, 126, 172

Platt, Louise, 82

Playboy,
3, 154, 245, 325

Polanski, Roman, 319

Pomery, Allen, 48n

Ponti, Carlo, 253–54

Portis, Charles, 318–20

Post, Ted, 323

Postal, Florence, 50

Powell, Dick, 220, 222

Powell, William, 193n

Power, Tyrone, 96, 111n, 120, 209

Power, Tyrone Sr., 48, 52

Preen, Sidney, 138

Preminger, Otto, 279, 297–98

Presley, Elvis, 247, 309n

Price, John, 251

Pride of the Yankees,
162

Production Code Administration (PCA), 87

Pryor, Thomas M., 179

Puccini, Giacomo,
Madame Butterfly,
110

Quantrill’s Raiders, 98

Quiet Man, The,
6, 64, 188, 190, 193n, 198–201, 202–3, 231, 240

Quinn, Anthony, 135, 203n

Rackin, Martin, 260, 283, 284

Rafelson, Bob, 323, 329

Raft, George, 96, 123

Rainbow Valley,
64n

Raines, Ella, 134

Rains, Claude, 90

Ralston, Vera Hruba, 137, 177

Randy Rides Alone,
64n, 67n

Range Feud,
58

Ray, Aldo, 314, 317

Ray, Nicholas, 197, 229n

Reagan, Ronald, 120, 161, 180, 295, 307, 334

Reap the Wild Wind,
119, 171

Rebecca,
106, 107

Rebel Without a Cause,
197, 229n

Red Dust,
232

Redford, Robert, 334

Red River,
161–68, 169, 170, 171, 172, 175, 185, 241, 245, 257, 258, 305, 309, 325, 333

Red Sky at Evening,
75–76

Reed, Donna, 143, 209

Reed, Rex, 326

Remarque, Erich Maria, 110n

Renaldo, Duncan, 44

Republic Pictures, 66–67, 74, 75n, 76, 77, 97–98, 99, 115–16, 118, 123, 124, 128–29, 134, 137, 144–45, 171, 172, 177–79, 188, 203, 231

Reunion in France,
125

Reynolds, Burt, 235, 249, 334

Rhodes, Orlando, 211, 216

Rich, Frank, 334

Ride Him, Cowboy,
63n

Riders of Destiny,
64–65

Ringo Kid, 79–80, 81, 83–85, 87, 97, 205

Rin Tin Tin, 59, 159n

Rio Bravo,
257–59, 269, 271, 300, 305–6, 323, 333

Rio Grande,
187–90, 193, 194, 213, 234

Rio Lobo,
4, 323–24

Riskin, Robert, 57

Ritter, Tex, 205

RKO-Pathe Studios, 197, 242

RKO Radio Pictures, 145, 147, 197

RKO Studios, 57, 72, 97, 129, 134, 135, 172, 174, 176, 221, 222

Roach, Hal, 110

Roaring Twenties, The,
52, 98

Roark, Garland, 171

Roberts, Julia, 193n

Roberts, Stephen, 63n

Robertson, John S., 30n

Robson, Mark, 180

Rogell, Albert S. “Sid,” 61, 128, 135

Rogers, Ginger, 106, 149, 193n

Rogers, Jean, 76

Rogers, Roy, 83, 98

Rogers, Will, 56, 71–72, 85

Rooney, Mickey, 57, 65

Roos, Bö, 116–17, 126, 153, 178, 189, 256, 267–68, 310

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 101, 106, 119, 141n, 185

Rooster Cogburn,
330–31

Rosemary’s Baby,
319

Rosenberg, Stuart, 280

Rosenthal, Joe, 178

Ross, Frank, 129

Ross, Herbert, 1

Ross, Katharine, 318

Rossen, Robert, 3, 169, 180, 204, 249

Rough Romance,
44

Russell, Gail, 145–47, 171, 214–15, 216

Russell, Jane, 166

Russell, John, 258n

Ryan, Cornelius, 293

Ryan, Robert, 198n

Rydell, Mark, 325

Ryskin, Morrie, 149

Saddle in the Wind,
234

Sadler, Barry, 314

Saenz, Josephine Alicia:

children of, 5n, 62, 69, 80, 248

and divorce, 91, 95, 99, 113, 116, 117, 118, 127, 133–34, 137, 141, 170, 178

Wayne’s relationship with, 35, 36, 43, 56, 63, 65–66, 69–70, 74, 75n, 80, 91, 112, 134, 138, 207, 214

wedding of Wayne and, 61–62

Saftig, Ernie, 210, 228

Sagebrush Trail,
64n

Sahl, Mort, 279

Saint, Eva Marie, 218n, 280

St. John, Mary, 223, 321, 327

Salute,
41

Samson and Delilah,
179n

Sands of Iwo Jima,
3, 174, 178–81, 185, 192

Sarnoff, David, 72n

Sarris, Andrew, 4, 44, 85, 104, 142, 158–59, 167, 238, 291, 328

The American Cinema,
170, 344

and auteurism, 343–44

The John Ford Mystery,
89

“The World of Howard Hawks,” 259

Saturday Evening Post,
21n, 104, 159, 162, 188, 233

Saunders, George, 97

Sawyer, Gordon E., 278

Schaefer, Armand, 60, 63

Schaffner, Franklin J., 324

Schary, Dore, 135n

Schickel, Richard, 162

Schlesinger, John, 1

Schlesinger, Leon, 61

Schnee, Charles, 162, 203n

Schneider, Samuel, 50n

Schulberg, Budd, 175

Schuster, Harold D., 163

Scoggins, C. E., 147

Scorsese, Martin, 238, 244

Scott, Adrian, 136–37

Scott, Ewing, 43

Scott, Martha, 128

Scott, Pippa, 237

Scott, Randolph, 41, 123, 125, 234

Screen Actors Guild (SAG), 73, 101, 105, 149, 173, 180, 192, 295, 337

Screen Guide,
131

Screen Writers Guild, 100, 101, 151, 279, 284

Sea Chase, The,
222–24, 228–29, 247, 271

Searchers, The,
3, 6, 24, 85, 229, 233–45, 247–48, 251, 269, 276, 285, 287, 288–89, 291, 345

Searchers, The (British Band), 245

Sears, Gradwell, 166

Sea Spoilers, The,
76, 172

Seaton, George, 217

Sedgwick, Edward, 58

Seiler, Lewis, 29, 30n, 50, 125

Seiter, William, 97, 129

Seitz, George, 57

Selznick, David O., 80, 81, 90, 107, 233