Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up

INDEX

461 i n d e x Academy Awards, 205, 234, 257, 341–42 Addams, Charles, 363 Ade, George, 14 Admirable฀Crichton,฀The, 53 Adrian, 316 Affairs฀of฀Anatol,฀The, 78–79, 83, 90, 95 Agee, James, 331–32 Aiguy, Robert d’, Baron, 147 Airplane!, 377 Airport฀1975, 376–77, 382 Albee, Edward, 208 Albert, Edward, 375 Alexandre (butler), 137 Alfonso, King of Spain, 271 Alfred฀Hitchcock฀Hour,฀The, 358 Ali, Muhammad, 380 All฀About฀Eve, 341 Allen, Steve, 359 Allyson, June, 347 Ambition฀of฀the฀Baron,฀The, 14 American฀Girl,฀The, 10 American Society of Cinematographers, 85 American฀Tragedy,฀An, 183 Ames, Robert, 236 Amon, Glory Virginia (GS’s granddaughter Bridget), 385 Amon, Guy (GS’s grandson), 369 Amon, Michelle Farmer. See Farmer, Michelle Amon, Robert (GS’s son-in-law), 344–45, 348, 369–70 Anderson, Brooke (GS’s granddaughter), 355 Anderson, Christopher (GS’s grandson), 320 Anderson, Gloria Somborn. See Somborn, Gloria Anderson, G. M. (Broncho Billy), 13–14, 398n39 Anderson, Robert (GS’s son-in-law), 301 And฀God฀Created฀Woman, 431n58 Anger, Kenneth, 380–81 Arbuckle, Roscoe “Fatty,” 21, 24, 35, 89–91, 168 Armstrong, Louis, 123 Arnaz, Desi, 304 Arno, Peter, 289 Arnold, Edward, 15 Art Cinema Corporation, 169, 194, 198, 208, 213 Ashley, Lady Sylvia, 271, 279–81 Astor, Gertrude, 161 Atkinson, Brooks, 347 Auntie฀Mame, 362 Avedon, Richard, 389 Awful฀Truth,฀The, 48 Ayres, Agnes, 17, 78–79 Bachrach, Ernest, 176 Badger, Clarence, 23, 32, 34, 36, 152 Baker, Josephine, 143 Balaban, Barney, 319, 332–33 Balenciaga, Christóbal, 336 Ball, Russell, 176 Ballet฀méchanique, 173, 410n22 Balzer, Robert, 315, 375 Bankhead, Tallulah, 305, 323, 340, 361, 383 Banky, Vilma, 126, 262, 296 Bardot, Brigitte, 350, 431n58 Barnes, George, 183, 193–94, 235, 412n54 Barrie, J. M., 53, 120, 132–33, 306 Barrymore, Ethel, 406n30 Barrymore, John, 123, 190, 231, 342 i n d e x 462 Barrymore, Lionel, 189–91 Baseball฀Madness, 399n36 Battleship฀Potemkin,฀The, 174, 410n21 Bauchens, Anne, 71 Bava, Mario, 431n58 Bayne, Beverly, 14–15 Beaton, Cecil, 83 Beauchamp, Cari, 259 Beauty฀Tricks฀and฀Truths, 355 Bedard, Pierre, 172, 187, 189–90, 196, 198, 200, 207–8 Beery, Noah, 20, 28 Beery, Wallace, 93, 211, 362, 365, 398n2, 399n26; courts GS, 18–23; GS’s pregnancy , 29–30, 73, 145, 269; marriage to GS, 25–28, 58, 85–86, 88; separation and divorce, 31–32, 40, 44, 53, 60, 66, 171 Belasco, David, 405n2 Ben฀Casey, 358 Benedict, Dirk, 374–75 Bennett, Constance, 237, 240–42, 248, 250, 256, 264–66, 270, 273, 275, 278, 284, 300, 418n77 Bennett, Joan, 248, 256, 270 Beranger, Clara, 227 Bergère, Ouida, 180 Bergman, Ingrid, 326 Berle, Milton, 348 Berlin, Irving, 65, 178, 223, 288 Best, Edna, 291–92, 298 Best฀Years฀of฀Our฀Lives,฀The, 326 Betty฀Crocker฀Show,฀The, 327 Between฀Seasons, 362 Beverly฀Hillbillies,฀The, 358, 367 Beyond฀the฀Rocks, 95–98, 173, 370, 397n34 Bickford, Charles, 72 Bicycle฀Thieves, 350 Bieler, Dr. Henry, 188–89, 204, 258, 352–53, 367–68 Big฀Show,฀The, 340 Birchard, Robert, 51, 73 Birdwell, Russell, 416n91 Birth฀of฀a฀Nation,฀The, 19, 183 Bishop, Joey, 358 Black, Karen, 376 Blackglama, 389 Blackmail, 423n12 Black฀Pirate,฀The, 171 Blackwell, Earl, 363 Bluebeard’s฀8th฀Wife, 115 Bogdanovich, Peter, 252 Bohème,฀La, 168 Boles, John, 171, 174, 186, 294, 410n23 Boleslavsky, Richard, 245 Boone, Pat, 358 Boris Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia, 150 Born฀Yesterday, 342 Borzage, Frank, 40, 152 Bothezat, George de, 175–77 Boulevard!, 359–60, 389, 431n35 Bow, Clara, 262, 315, 381 Bowker, Virginia, 17, 216, 230, 238, 241, 244, 248, 257, 270–74, 285, 312, 319, 331 Bowser, Eileen, 365 Boyer, Charles, 363 Brackett, Charles, 318–21, 324–26, 329, 341 Brando, Marlon, 320, 362 Brantes, Marquise de, 137 Bredin, Lewis, 356–57 Bren, Milton, 343 Brenco Pictures, 343, 345 Brent, Brandon, 341 Brice, Fanny, 123 Bricktop, 271–72 Broadway฀Melody,฀The, 230 Broken฀Pledge,฀The, 19 Bronson, Betty, 133 Brooks, Louise, 18, 23, 165, 232, 262–63, 315 Brown Derby (restaurant), 218, 287 Brownlow, Kevin, 43, 366, 411n30 Burke’s฀Law, 358 Burnett, Carol, 377–78 Burns, Matthew, 45, 89, 217 Bushman, Francis X., 11–12, 14, 19, 152, 352, 397n23 Butterflies฀Are฀Free, 373–75, 382 Byrd, Admiral Richard E., 108 Byron, Walter, 215, 222, 246, 253 i n d e x 463 Calder, Alexander, 316 Callas, Maria, 311 Camille, 191 Cantor, Eddie, 123...