Stroheim

Index

Indcx Adorable, 330 Affaire Lafarge, L,' 380-81, 382 Affairs ofAnatol, The (Schnitzler), 6-7 Aitken, Harry, 37,38 Alerte au sud (Devaivre), 458-59 Alibi, L' (Chenal), 381-84 All Quiet on the r#stern Front (Milestone ), 86, 423 Alraune (Rabenalt), 453-57 Alton, john, 430 American Film Institute, reconstruction of Foolish Wives requested by, xi, 142-45 Americano, The, 44 Anderson, Bronco Billy, 21 animals, symbolic use of, 94-95,111, 139-40,152,193,195,196-97, 198,200,205-8,209,210,212, 214,323-24 Anna Karenina (film), 351 Anthony,Walter, 140 Archainbaud, George, 309 Arlen, Richard, 429, 430 Arletty, 450 ArmoredAttack,428 Armstrong, Robert, 309 Army, U.S., 17 Arnand, Michel, 442 Arsene Lupin, 359 Arsene Lupin Returns (script), 359 Arsenic and Old Lace, 98,398,411-16 artistic "rights," defense of, 104 Associated Motion Picture Advertisers , 58 Astor, Mary, 311 As You Desire Me, 97, 312-14, 317 Atwill, Lionel, 331, 375, 378 Auer, john, 352 Austro-Hungarian Empire, 6 Auteur theory, 59 authenticity, 2, 190. See also Stroheim, Erich von: as realist authoritarianism, 11 Avenging Consaence, The (Griffith), 34, 70,114 BachelorApartment, 182 Baeger and Stroheim (hatmakers), 5 Balin, Mireille, 392, 402 Bara,Theda, 67 Barry, Iris, 141, 145 Barrymore,john, ix, 273, 274 Barrymore, Lionel, 355 Baum,Vicki,349 Bazin,Andre,75 Beery,Wallace, 159, 168 Behind the Screen (Goldwyn), 4 Ben Hur, 140 Bennett, Constance, 298, 300, 301 Bennett, joan, 301 Bern, Paul, 306 Bernard, Raymond, 361 501 Bernhardt, Sarah, 37 Berry,Jules, 450 502 Between Two Women (Seitz), 356-59 Bierce, Ambrose, 23 Big Parade, The, 140 Billington, Francelia, 101 Biograph troupe, 26-27 Bioscope, The, 118 Birth ofa Nation, The: class structure in, 163-64; conclusion of, 176; erroneous legends about, xii, 2527 ,28; filming of, xii, 25-27, 28, 190; length of, 157; plot (scenario ) of, 70; re-release of, 140; showings of, 32; success of, 32, 72; symbolic use ofanimals in. 94 Bitzer, Billy, xi, 26 Blind Husbands (film): background music to, 105; casting of. 86, 101-2; cinematic techniques in, 75,77,115,118-19; contract for, 102; cost of, 102; editing of, 1023 , 108; feet in, 89; grotesques in, 89,114, 116; humor in, 73,111: location of, 11,73,102,105.110; numerology in, 94, 111, 116; plot (scenario) of, 19,62,71,105-17; polarity in, 68; premiere of, 103, 105; production of, 57,101; religion and religious imagery in, 90,91,92,111,116; remake planned for (1930), 302-5, 315, 345;re-release of(1924), 108; rescue services in, 96; Stroheim in, 49,61,102,106-7,118,119,127, 249; success of, 105, 120, 121; symbolic use ofanimals in, 94, 111; themes of, 104, 106, 107-8; tinting of, 108; title of, 61,103-4: women's sexuality in, 67,106,113 Blind Love (scenario), 346-49, 438 Bold Impersonation, A, 28 Boleslawsky, Richard, 287 Bondy, Emil (uncle), 15 Boyer,Jean,441 Boys School, 385 Index Brackett, Charles, 418, 419 Brasseur, Pierre, 450 Brent, George, 375 Bride ifFrankenstein, 453 British Board of Censors, 355 British Film Institute (BFI): Foolish Wives print at, 141, 142; Stroheim interview at (1954),84, 441; toast to Stroheim, xvii British Intelligence, 298 Broadway Melody, The, 277 Broken Blossoms, 114,248 Brook, Clive, 297 brothels, ofVienna, 7 Brothers [In the Morning] (play), 19-21, 24-25,97,127 Brown, Karl, xi, 26, 50 Browning,Tod, 39, 355, 356 Bruce,Virginia,356 Buchwald, Art, 460-61 Bunyan,John,148 Burke, Edwin, 320 Burn Witch, Burn! (Merritt), 355 Bush. Mae, 121 Byron,Walter, 276, 280 Cabanne, Christy, 30, 37, 39 Capitol Theater (New York City), 103 Captain Macklin, filming of, 28, 29 Carr, Harry, 239 Caruso, Enrico, ix censorship, 138-39, 142, 143-44,219, 304,308,355,384,448 Central Theater (New York City), 137 Chaney, Lon, 355 Chaplin, Charlie, ix, 68 Cheiro's Complete Palmistry, 93 Chenal, Pierre, 381, 383, 438, 439 Chevalier, Maurice, 398 Chicago Tribune, 107 child abuse, in early films, 56 Christian-Jaque, 384, 385 Christians, Rudolph, 136 Christmas, Stroheim's view of, 17, 90, 178,194,212,325,326,337,356, 371 Index Cinematheque Franyaise: Foolish Wives print at, 141; The ffidding March print at, 246 Cinq jours d'angoisse [Five days offear] (Greville), 394 Citizen Kane (Welles), 206, 432 City, The, 87 Classics ojthe Film (Lennig), x close-ups, 75, 76 "Clothes and Treachery" (de Meyer), 121,127...