Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane (130 page)

and Hilton Edwards, 195–97, 202

and
Faustus
, 387n

and Gate Ball, 212–13

and Gate Theatre, 192, 196, 202–3, 208, 213–14, 214, 295

and
Hamlet
, 213, 284–86

influence on Orson, 215–16, 230, 271, 295–96

and
Jew Süss
, 202, 203

and Orson’s acting, 197, 205, 210, 213, 283, 288

and Orson’s immaturity, 207–9, 211

personal traits of, 202, 419

Put Money in Thy Purse
(memoir), 211

as stage designer, 202, 211

and Woodstock summer theater, 273–76, 280, 281, 282, 283–86, 289

MacMahon, Aline, 445, 451

Madame X
(film), 660

“Magic Show, The” (unfinished film), 88, 710, 714, 741, 743, 746

Magie Africaine
(a.k.a.
Dark Rapture
) (film), 589

Magnificent Ambersons, The
(film), 23–24, 107–8, 434, 452, 582, 588, 640, 706, 725, 745

Maloney, Russell, 524–25

Mamoulian, Rouben, 567

Man in the Shadow
(film), 728

Mankiewicz, Herman J. “Mank,” 406, 558, 570–73, 577, 618–21

Academy Award to, 619, 736

biography of,
see
Meryman, Richard

and
The Campbell Playhouse
, 572–73

in
Citizen Kane
cameo, 667

and
Citizen Kane
script, 81, 619, 628–29, 630–32, 633, 634–41, 646, 650–56, 659, 661, 662–63, 664, 666, 675, 680, 693–96, 697–99, 703, 735, 737

film ideas of, 573, 619, 621–27

and William Randolph Hearst, 622–23, 624–25, 652–54, 655, 675–76, 696

and John Houseman, 628–29, 630–32, 650–51, 653–55, 656, 694n

income of, 629

and Lundberg lawsuit, 624, 629, 652–54, 675, 696, 697, 698

and
Smiler with the Knife
, 609, 618, 621, 624, 629, 634

and United Productions, 660

Mankiewicz, Joseph L., 620

Mankiewicz, Sara, 624, 627

Man of Aran
(film), 89, 322, 645

Mansfield, Richard, 94

Man Who Came to Dinner, The
(stage play), 645

Mao Tse-tung, 474

March, Fredric, 622

Marching Song
(John Brown play), 219, 220, 222–26, 227, 229–37, 239, 252, 253, 278, 294, 316, 567, 622

March of Time, The
(radio series), 338, 339, 350, 358, 360, 368–69, 430, 435, 596

Marford, Charles, 199, 200, 202

Mario, Queena, 94, 186

Marlowe, Christopher,
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Dr. Faustus
, 274, 318, 355, 371, 372–73, 376

Marlowe, Julia, 262

“Marseillaise, La,” 78

Marshall, Frank, 746

Marshall, Herbert, 551, 560

Martin, John Dunn, 278

Martyn, Edward, 214

Marx Brothers, 363, 572, 626

Mason, Edith, 94, 162–63, 167–68

Massey, Raymond, 679

Massine, Léonide, 455, 488

Maugham, Somerset, 209

Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York, 363, 365, 368, 370, 373, 387, 388, 391–93, 394, 395, 400

Maxwell, Elsa, 655

Mayer, Louis B., 408, 552, 560, 735

Mayflower
(ship), 12, 15

McBride, Joseph, 419, 745

interview of Orson, 106, 120, 287, 312, 316, 375

McCarthy, Mary, 428

McClendon, Rose, 310, 327, 328, 336

McClintic, Guthrie, 115, 255, 301, 374, 422, 539

and Broadway
Romeo and Juliet
, 293, 297–98, 299–300, 304, 307, 317

and Cornell tour, 253, 254, 258–61, 262–72, 280

and
Jezebel
, 325

marriage to Cornell, 253, 262

and Orson’s acting, 268, 298, 310

McCormick, Harold F., 61, 154–55, 238

McCormick, Robert Medill, 60

McCormick, Robert R. “Bertie,” 237–38, 302, 625

McCormick, Ruth Hanna, 60, 255

McCutcheon, John T., 22, 24, 27, 30, 39, 63, 64, 281

McGovern, Frances E., 55

McIntire, John, 359

McKay, Christian, 420

McKee, Harry, 373, 376

McKinley, William, 183, 639, 654, 662–63, 683

McManus, George, 113

McMaster, Anew, 195, 211

Mead, Catherine Pannill, 102, 105

Me and Orson Welles
(film), 420–21

Medill, Joseph, 302

Meigs, James B., and sons, James Jr., and William, 220–21, 224–25

Meisel, Myron, 745

Melians, The
(stage play), 195, 196

Méliès, Georges, 739

Mencken, H. L., 409

Menken, Helen, 405

Mercury Shakespeare, The
, 606

Mercury Theatre:

and Bass Rocks, 530, 546, 547

and Comedy Theatre, 411

Cradle
revival, 415, 429–30, 444

credits to Orson in, 211, 414, 433, 463

critical reviews for, 436, 453, 484, 513–14

decline of, 436, 457–67

finances of, 410, 415, 417, 423, 428, 429, 451, 461, 462, 467, 478, 480, 481, 489–90, 493, 497, 514, 515, 517, 518, 541, 546, 647, 648, 656–57, 659, 701–2

and “First Person Singular,” 458, 459–60, 467–70, 471

and
Five Kings
, 520–23, 541

future plans, 659–60

generation gap in, 465

growing cachet of, 434, 436

Heartbreak House
, 409, 410, 447, 449, 451–53, 458, 461, 463, 466

history of, 413, 481

and Hollywood, 467, 597

and HUAC, 727

“I am the Mercury Theatre” (Welles), 463, 630

idea for, 408–10

Julius Caesar
,
see Julius Caesar

and leftist politics, 415, 495–96, 514

Los Angeles offices of, 605

and
Me and Orson Welles
, 420–21

media stories about, 464–65, 466

Orson as director in, 414–15, 416, 421–23, 434–35, 453, 733

and Orson’s Hollywood contract, 552, 610, 629

“Orson’s slaves” in, 418, 434, 473, 479, 485, 492, 494, 502, 518, 547, 727

partnership breakup, 611–13

photography for, 474–76, 477–80, 481–83

players of, 173, 268, 326, 434, 446–47, 451–52, 461–62, 492, 531, 578, 586, 592, 609–10, 616, 639–40, 664–65, 667, 703–4, 705, 735

preliminary steps to, 404, 409–10

publicity for, 524

and RKO, 605, 629–30, 693, 725

road productions of, 415, 429

Shoemaker’s Holiday, The
, 412, 429, 432–37, 444, 447, 452, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465–66

and “Summing Up,” 460–61, 462

and Theatre Guild, 519, 535

Too Much Johnson
,
see Too Much Johnson

and Worklight Theatre, 444

Mercury Theatre on the Air
, 481, 489, 497–512

closing of, 517

first broadcast of, 471

move to West Coast, 609

official name of, 487

programs for, 485–87, 497, 564

and “War of the Worlds,” 499–512, 513–14, 916

Mercury Wonder Show, The, 640, 642

Meredith, Burgess, 298, 448, 605

and “Fall of the City,” 379

and
Five Kings
, 462, 464, 520, 526, 527, 528, 534, 539, 541–42

in Hollywood, 558, 559, 577

So Far, So Good
(memoir), 541, 542, 543

Merezhkovsky, Dmitri, 276, 287

Merritt, Russell, 287

“Merry Month of May, The,” 432

Merv Griffin Show
,
The
(TV series), 709, 713, 719, 730–34, 736, 737–38, 739, 742

Meryman, Richard (Mankiewicz biographer), 571, 572, 609, 619, 620, 623, 624, 625, 627, 629, 630, 631, 650, 654, 655, 659, 661, 675, 694, 696, 697, 736n

Meyerhold, Vsevolod, 180

Middelschulte, Wilhelm, 40

Mielziner, Jo, 262, 299, 304, 307, 310

Milestone, Lewis, 588

Miller, Ruth, 9, 154

“Millie, the Messy Old Mermaid” (song), 212

Milne, A. A., 116, 156, 452

Milwaukee Art Institute, 83, 84, 97–99, 101–2, 103

Milwaukee Sentinel
, 102, 105, 265

Milwaukee Journal
, 265

Mr. Arkadin
(film), 249, 623, 715, 745

Mr. Pim Passes By
(stage play), 116, 452

Moby Dick
(film), 142, 519, 746

Modjeska, Helena, 30, 262, 302

Mogu of the Desert
(stage play), 211–12

Molière, 180, 207

Molnár, Ferenc, 4, 599, 59n

Moon Rides High, The
(stage play), 210

Moore, Edward “Ned,” 162, 163, 181, 188, 281

death of, 299, 449

as music critic, 94, 154, 226, 239, 299

socializing, 93, 94, 95, 152, 153, 186, 281, 282

and Tavern Club, 152, 174, 251

Moore, Hazel, 163, 181, 188, 226–27, 281

and Dr. Maurice Bernstein, 163, 226, 299, 321, 449;
see also
Bernstein, Hazel Moore

socializing, 93, 94, 95, 153, 186, 281, 282, 321

Moorehead, Agnes, 108, 114, 404, 431, 444, 469, 640, 665, 673

Morcom, James, 477, 522

Morgan, J. P., 653

Morgan, J. P. Jr., 653

Mori, Paola (di Girifalco) (wife), 715

Morley, Christopher, 169n

Morrison, Herbert, 504

Morse, Rev. Rowena, 43

Mortimer, Lee, 561–62

Moskowitz, Sam, 246

Moss, Jack, 725, 726

“Mourn with the Sighing Wind” (song), 78

Mowry, William Jr., 173, 279, 286, 320, 412, 417, 419–20, 434, 480, 492, 521, 668

Mueller, Frederick, 119–21, 124, 125–27, 155, 419

Mueller, Mina, 119, 121, 126

Munich Film Museum, 746

“Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The” (radio play), 572

Murdoch, Rev. Marion, 33, 40, 43

Murnau, F. W., 589

Mussolini, Benito, 415, 426, 427

Mussorgsky, Modest, 693

“Mutiny on the Bounty” (radio play), 531

Mutual Broadcasting System, 358, 403–5, 459

My Dear Children
(stage play), 543, 544, 547–48

Nanook of the North
(film), 89, 645

Naremore, James, 744–45, 746

The Magic World of Orson Welles
, 316

National Labor Relations Act (1935), 388

National Political Equality League, 50, 52

National Theatre, New York, 436, 443, 444

Native Son
(film), 660, 727

Natwick, Mildred, 517–18

Nazimova, Alla, 70

Neagle, Anna, 674

Needham, Maurice, 50, 77

Needham, Ray Elizabeth, 50, 72, 75, 77

Negro Cultural Committee, 448

Negro People’s Theatre, Harlem, 310

Negro Theatre Project (Negro Unit), 328–29, 331–37, 339, 341–42, 345–48, 351–54, 356, 363, 386

Neighborhood Playhouse, New York, 381

Neilson, Adelaide, 262

New Deal, 389, 399, 400, 401

Newspaper Guild, 328

Newsweek
, 460

New Yorker
, 254, 524–25

New York Daily News
, 348, 364, 376, 510

New York Evening Journal
, 94, 311, 453

New York Herald Tribune
, 301, 348, 364, 366, 376, 409, 427, 428, 436, 475, 483, 494, 513, 535, 553,

New York Journal-American
, 386

New York Madrigal Society, 433

New York Post
, 132, 348, 361, 376, 427, 574, 591

New York Theatre Guild, 165, 196, 201

New York Times
, 201, 204, 229, 261, 262, 284, 295, 299, 300, 302, 303, 311, 327, 331, 332, 342, 345, 347, 348, 350, 353, 355, 364, 366, 369, 376, 381, 387, 390, 405, 409, 410, 411, 428, 429, 430, 434, 436, 445, 457, 458, 460, 464, 497, 508, 510, 511, 512, 514, 515, 518, 521, 528, 530, 533, 540, 547, 551, 553, 570, 583, 599, 602, 612, 626, 636, 638, 646, 674, 746

New York Urban League, 328, 341

Nichols, Ora Daigle, 503

Nicolson, Leo, 296, 322, 608

Nicolson, Mrs. Lillian, 299, 449

Niles, David, 399–401

Niven, Penelope, 254

Noble, Peter,
The Fabulous Orson Welles
, 86, 110, 113, 115, 118, 122, 125, 129, 151, 168, 170, 181, 206–7, 210, 214, 248, 280, 282, 298, 332, 348, 367, 378

Nolan, Jeanette, 359

Nouryeh, Andrea Janet, “The Mercury Theatre: A History” (thesis), 413, 424, 434, 451, 452, 465, 466, 481, 482, 515, 541

Noyes, Alfred, “The Highwayman,” 84, 85

Nuremberg, Nazi rallies, 414, 427

Ó Ceallaigh, Cathal, 195, 196, 197

Ó Conaire, Michael, 190

Ó Conaire, Pádraic, 188, 190

O’Brien, Edmond, 443, 452

O’Brien, Pat, 647

O’Casey, Sean, 188

Ochs, Adolph, 636

Oenslager, Donald, 366

Of Thee I Sing
(stage play), 226, 231, 232, 622

Okito (Theodore Bamberg), 88, 741

Olivier, Laurence, 258, 417, 531, 532, 558

O’Neal, Charles “Blackie,” 277–78, 277n, 284, 285, 286, 289

O’Neal, Ryan, 278

O’Neill, Eugene, 165, 242, 307, 329

Only Angels Have Wings
(film), 643

On Your Toes
(film), 559

Ordoñez, Antonio, 249, 747

Ordonneau, Maurice,
La Plantation Thomassin
, 472

Orson Welles Commentaries
(radio series), 352

Osborne, Hubert, 230

Other Side of the Wind, The
(film), 740, 742, 746

Ould, Herman, 210

Pageant of the Celt, The
(stage play), 289

I Pagliacci
(opera), 73

Pagnol, Marcel, 214

Panic
(stage play), 305–13, 318, 332, 349, 382, 495

Paper Chase, The
(film), 731

Papi, Gennaro, 154

Paramount Pictures, 481, 540, 571

Paris Vogue
, 104, 151, 151n

Parker, Dorothy, 256, 571

Parlo, Dita, 587, 617

Parsons, Louella O., 560–62, 567, 598, 695, 735

Paul, Edgerton, 173, 279, 286, 360, 361, 366, 369, 373, 417, 492, 521

Peacock Repertory Players (Peacock Theatre, Dublin), 196, 210–11, 213, 214