Lew Ayres: Hollywood's Conscientious Objector

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194 notes CHAPTER 1 1. Lewis Frederick Ayres, Selective Service form, order no. 259 (mailed 2/12/1942, received 2/20/1942)-Birth Date 12/28/1908, address-2355 Sunset Plaza Drive, Hollywood, CA. Local Board No. 246 Los Angeles County. National Archives and Records Administration: Records of Conscientious Objectors, Case Files for Conscientious Objectors Who Withdrew Their Objection (1940–1947). 2. Lew Ayres, Reaching฀for฀the฀Butterfly, unpublished autobiography (selected access provided by Dr. Justin Brett Ayres). 3. “Lew Ayres’ Dad in City; Tried to Make Court Reporter of Son,”฀Bismarck฀ Tribune, February 12, 1940, p. 3. 4. Ayres, Reaching฀for฀the฀Butterfly. 5. Ibid. 6. Ibid. 7. Ibid. 8. Discussion with Justin Ayres, December 3–4, 2009. 9. Paul W. Yinger to Lew Ayres, December 1970, in Paul W. Yinger papers. 10. “The Truth about Lew Ayres,” fan magazine, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, University of Wisconsin (Madison), Lew Ayres clipping file. 11. “Minneapolis Recalls Lewis Frederick Ayres II as Pleasant Local Who Refused to Recite in School,” fan magazine, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, University of Wisconsin (Madison), Lew Ayres clipping file. 12. Steven Randis, “A Final Interview with Lew Ayres”฀Films฀of฀the฀Golden฀Age, Fall 1997, p. 20. 13. “Minneapolis Recalls Lewis Frederick Ayres II as Pleasant Local Who Refused to Recite in School.” 14. Ibid. 15. Ibid. notes 195 16. Lew Ayres, interview by James D’Arc, 1978, L. Tom Perry Special Collections , Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Interview with Lew Ayres (MSS OH 852 Folder 1). 17. Lew Ayres, Turner Classic Movies, 1995, http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/ collections/tcm/. 18. Ibid. 19. Ibid. 20. “What Has Life Taught You?,” Lincoln฀Sunday฀Journal฀and฀Star, November 13, 1938, p. E2. CHAPTER 2 1. Interview with Ken Pearson. 2. Lew Ayres and Charles Higham, Reminiscences฀of฀Lew฀Ayres, Hollywood Film Industry Project, 1971, p. 6. 3. Lew Ayres to Ken Pearson, May 11, 1989. Permission granted by Ken Pearson. 4. Reaching฀for฀the฀Butterfly. 5. Lew Ayres, Turner Classic Movies. 6. George Gordon, “Lonely Lew,” Photoplay, May 1930, p. 92, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, University of Wisconsin (Madison ), Lew Ayres clipping file; Reminiscences฀of฀Lew฀Ayres, p. 2. 7. Lew Ayres, Turner Classic Movies. 8. Lew Ayres, 1995. 9. Paul Harrision, “In Hollywood,” Ironwood฀Daily฀Globe, August 26, 1938, p. 6. 10. Lew Ayres, Turner Classic Movies. 11. George, “Lonely Lew,” p. 92. 12. Randis, “A Final Interview with Lew Ayres,” p. 20. 13. Lew Ayres, 1995. 14. Ayres and Higham, Reminiscences฀of฀Lew฀Ayres, p. 2. 15. Randis, “A Final Interview with Lew Ayres,” p. 20. 16. Lew Ayres, Turner Classic Movies. 17. Irving Wallace, “The Amazing Comeback of Lew Ayres,” Coronet, Vol. 25, No. 1, November 1948, pp. 131–35. 18. Lew Ayres, Turner Classic Movies. 19. Ayres and Higham, Reminiscences฀of฀Lew฀Ayres. 20. Ibid., pp. 3–4; Randis, “A Final Interview with Lew Ayres,” p. 20. 21. Randis, “A Final Interview with Lew Ayres,” p. 20. 22. Ibid., p. 21. 23. Richard English, “Nothing Bothers Lew Ayres, Not Even Stardom,” Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, University of Wisconsin (Madison), Lew Ayres clipping file. notes 196 24. “What Has Life Taught You?,” Lincoln฀Sunday฀Journal฀and฀Star, p. E2. 25. Randis, “A Final Interview with Lew Ayres,” p. 21. 26. Ayres and Higham, Reminiscences฀of฀Lew฀Ayres, p. 7. 27. Ibid., p. 6. 28. Ibid., p. 8. 29. Ibid., pp. 3–4. 30. “Garbo Glorious as Ever in ‘Kiss’ Film Yesterday,” November 18, 1929. Clipping collections from Film Study Center: Museum of Modern Art. 31. Pierre de Rohan, “Garbo Handicap: The Kiss’ Poor Vehicle,” Telegraph, November 7, 1929, clipping collections from Film Study Center: Museum of Modern Art. CHAPTER 3 1. George J. Mitchell, “Making All Quiet on the Western Front,” American฀Cinematographer , September 1985, p. 37. 2. Ibid., p. 36. 3. Randis, “A Final Interview with Lew Ayres,” pp. 21–22. 4. Lew Ayres, Turner Classic Movies. 5. Bernard F. Dick, City฀of฀Dreams:฀The฀Making฀and฀Remaking฀of฀Universal฀Pictures (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997). 6. Harold Bloom, Erich฀Maria฀Remarque’s฀All Quiet on the Western Front. (Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1997). 7. Lew Ayres interview by James D’Arc, 1978, p. 5. 8. Mitchell, “Making All Quiet on the Western Front,” p. 37; William Bakewell, Hollywood฀Be฀Thy฀Name:฀Random฀Recollections฀of...