The American Jewish Story through Cinema

Index

235  index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Abarbanel, Lorraine, 43 Abie’s Irish Rose (1928), 1 Abzug, Bella, 127 Academy Awards, 5, 42, 53, 72 Ackerman, Noah (character), 7, 97, 98, 99, 100–101, 103, 105, 108, 121, 123; and anti-Semitism, 119–120; and Jewish identity, 121–122 Adams, Catlin, 47 Adams, John Quincy, 39 AdL. See Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith Adler, Stella, 114 African Americans, 5, 170, 171, 206n47; and Jews, 47, 174 Air Force (1943), 50 Ajaye, Franklyn, 47 AJc. See American Jewish Committee Aleichem, Sholem. See Sholem Aleichem Allen,Woody, and Jewish identity, 11–12, 145–146 America (Asch), 23, 24, 33 “America” (song), 48–49 American Jewish Committee (AJc), 102; and AdL, 87; and Crossfire, 5, 83–86, 87–92, 95; and Gentleman’s Agreement , 91–92, 93; and “quarantine treatment,” 51–52; and Schary, 83–86 Anderson, Christopher, 125, 145 Anhalt, Edna, 215n35 Anhalt, Edward, 215n35; The Young Lions, 101, 102–103, 105, 111, 112, 115, 124 Annie Hall (1977), 11 Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith (AdL), 51; and AJc, 87; and Crossfire, 86–88, 91, 212n123 anti-Semitism, 9, 55–58, 91, 102, 109, 169–170, 208n2, 221n36; and Crossfire , 5, 50, 73–80; and Gentleman’s Agreement, 3, 4–5, 50, 65, 67–70, 92–96; and Die Gezeichneten, 50; and Hollywood, 73–74; and The House of Rothschild, 2–3, 50, 61–62; and huAc, 62–63, 209n40; in the military , 107–109, 120–121; post–World War II, 51–52, 81–82; as subject of films, x, 2–3, 4–6, 50–53, 53–54, 80–90, 93–94, 215n26; and School Ties, 215n26; and The Young Lions, 98, 119–121, 215n26 Antler, Joyce, 33 Arliss, George, 2, 61 Arnaz, Lucie, 47 Arnstein, Mark: Piesniarze, 22; Der Vilner Balabesl, 22, 43, 205n25 Asch, Sholem, 23, 24, 33 assimilation, 6–8, 17–18, 101–102, 124, 130–131, 171–172; and Avalon, 170– 171; and education, 131–132; intermarriage and, 1, 147, 219n44; and The Jazz 236 • The AmericAn Jewish sTory Through cinemA Singer (1927), 2, 18–19, 21–22, 38–39, 40–41, 42–45, 145; and Jewish identity , 146–147; and Liberty Heights, 170–171, 177–179, 221n50, 221n58 Avalon (1990), 13–14, 130, 146, 152–169, 160, 163, 164, 165, 166, 175, 198; and assimilation, 170–171; criticism of, 160–161; and holidays, represented in, 157–158, 159, 162, 164; and Holocaust , represented in, 162–165; and immigrant experience, 152–153, 170, 178, 185; and Jewish identity, 179; and memory, 168–169, 179–180 Avisar, Ilan, 115 Bach, Steven, 64–65 Baltimore: Levinson and, 13–14, 153, 154– 155, 161, 169, 172, 174, 220n7, 221n60 Bancroft, Anne, 126 Baron, Lawrence, 116, 197, 223n23 Bartov, Omer, 8–9 Basquette, Lina, 29 Beckley, Paul, 100 Begelman, David, 142 Belton, John, xi Ben-Ami, Jacob, 214n10; Grine Felder, 185; and The Young Lions, 101 Berlin, Irving, 18 Besserer, Eugenie, 32, 34, 38 Best Years of Our Lives,The (1946), 52, 76 Bettelheim, Bruno, 11 Beverly, Helen, 44 Biberman, Herbert, 75 Bilbo,Theodore G., 82, 212n104 blackface, 35, 36, 206n47 Blankfort, Michael, 8, 106–107 Bleich, Judah, 43 Bosworth, Patricia, 100, 112 Bowser, Eileen, 76 Boys Town (1938), 55 Brando, Marlon: and Clift, 112, 123, 216n40; in A Flag Is Born, 114–115; and Kazan, 112, 216n44; and Jews, 114–115; and Shaw, 112–115; in The Young Lions, 99, 111–115, 119, 123–124 Breen, Joseph, 84, 208n8. See also Production Code Administration Brice, Fanny, 126, 142; and Jewish identity , 226 Brick Foxhole,The (Brooks), 53–54, 55, 57, 208n13, 209n25. See also Crossfire Brody, Adrien, 174 Brooks, Richard, 53–54, 208n8 Brown v. Board of Education, 6, 170, 173, 203n3, 221n54 Buchenwald (camp), 120 Burnett, Carol, 126 Caine Mutiny,The (1954), 6, 106–107 Caine Mutiny,The (Wouk), 6, 107 Calvert, Lord, 154–156 Cannes Film Festival, 5, 53 Cantor’s Son,The. See Khazns Zindl, Dem Carlisle Hart, Kitty, 63–65, 64, 210n59; and Jewish identity, 64–65 Carr, Steven Alan, 208n7 Cavalcanti, H. B., 160 Chaplin, Charlie, 206n52; The Great Dictator , 3–4, 50 Chicago Censor Board, 86 Chiles, Lois, 136 Ciment, Michel, 53 Civil Rights, 124, 132, 170–171, 174 Clift, Montgomery: and anti-Semitism, 100, 107; and Brando, 112, 123, 216n40; in The Young Lions, 99, 100, 103, 105, 108, 111, 121, 123, 214n10 Clurman, Harold, 114 Codde, Philippe, 187 Cohen, Elliot, 5, 83, 89; and Crossfire...