Hollywood Madonna: Loretta Young

Contents

CONTENTS Preface ix 1. Life without Father 3 2. The Creation of Loretta Young 10 3. LORETTA TALKS! 18 4. Sacrificial Wives, Shop Girls, and Proud Proletarians 26 5. Loaned Out 39 6. Last Days at Warner’s 48 7. Darryl Zanuck’s Costume Queen 53 8. The Men in Her Life 65 9. Heeding the Call of the Wild 71 10. The Great Lie 79 11. Return from the Ashes 88 12. Addio, Darryl 103 13. The Price of Freedom 112 14. Loretta Goes to War 125 15. “Age cannot wither”(but Hollywood Can) 132 16. Thrice Blessed: A Reunion, a Replacement, and an Oscar 139 17. The Return to Fox—and Zanuck 154 18. Slow Fade to Small Screen 163 19. Radio Days 170 20. Another Medium, Another Conquest 186 21. The Road to Retirement 207 22. A New Life 218 23. The Last Reel 230 VIII C O N T E N T S Notes 245 Filmography 256 Major Radio Appearances 259 Major Television Appearances 261 Index 262 ...