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Index Abrams, Hiram: sued by Schulberg, 25; reputation as salesman, 26-27; salary, 29, 47; release schedule, 30; relations with exhibitors , 37, 38, 47-48; sales policy, 39, 48-49; urges forming of Allied Producers, 43; relations with producers, 45, 47-49; death of, 68; mentioned, 51, 54 Academy Awards, 68, 134, 138, 179, 190, 207,239-40 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , 118 Admission price discrimination, 103 Ad valorem tax, 223 Agnew, Neil, 210 Aitken, Harry: signs Fairbanks, 18-19; operation of Triangle Film Corporation, 2021 , 23; finances Griffith, 23-24 Aitken, Roy, 24 Alexander Korda Film Productions, Ltd., 154, 157 Allied Artists Corporation, Ltd., 41 Allied Producers and Distributors, 43, 45 Allied State~ Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors, 99-100 American Arbitration Association, 171 American Legion, 214, 237 American Mutoscope and Biograph Company : Griffith's career at, 21-23; mentioned , 6, 8, 14 American Society of Composers and Publishers , 78 American Telephone and Telegraph Co., 75, 78 Anderson, Bronco Billy, 5 Anger, Louis, 65 Anglo-American Film Agreement, 223 Antitrust: government suit against MPPC, 7; FTC investigation of Famous PlayersLasky , 26, 101-102; Chaplin's opinion of UA-MGM merger, 62; RCA threatens suit against AT&T, 79; indictment of Code of Fair Competition, 100-103; Paramount case, 103-104, 170-71, 225-28; Fox-West Coast-UA imbroglio, 113; intervention in Korda stock negotiations, 201 Arbuckle, Fatty, 10, 52 Ardrey, Alex, 216 Arliss, George, 120 Art Cinema Corporation: formation of, 6668 ; acquires Pickford-Fairbanks Studio, 67-68; becomes VA partner, 69; profits, 72; signs Griffith, 85-86; curtails production , 112, 113; liquidation of, 117-18; supports reorganization, 122; sells stock, 125; mentioned, 57, 71, 83, 84, 93, 118, 123, 132 Artcraft Pictures Corp., 16, 17,21,24 Art Finance Corporation, 56-57, 66, 67, 123 Artisti Associati, 167 Ashley, Lord, 94 Ashley, Sylvia: affair with Fairbanks, 93-94 Associated Artists Productions, Inc., 239 Associated Authors, Inc., 43-44 Associated British Cinemas, 220 Associated British Picture Corporation, Ltd., 199 Astor theater, 164 Atherton, Gertrude, 60 Attendance, 63, 96-97, 170, 223-24 [ 305 ] 306 ] Index Bagnall, George, 173, 185, 215, 216 Balaban and Katz Corp., 63 Ballin, Hugo, S9 Bankers Trust of New York, 172, 191,216 Bank of America: pioneers in film industry , 36;-as financier ofVA producers, 87, 120, 140, 152, 174, 175; insists on 100 per cent guarantees, 216; mentioned, 136, 141. See also Bank of Italy Bank of England, 172 Bank of Italy, 44, 52. See also Bank of America Bank of Manhattan, 216 Banks: attitude toward independents, 3539 passim; consider VA a poor risk, 216 Banky, Vilma, 60, 70, 80 Banzhaf, Albert, 27, 29, 50 Bara, Theda, 5 Baresford, Harold, 104 Barnes, Howard, 210 Barry, Joan, 210 Barrymore, Diana, 175 Barrymore, John, 9, 39, 68, 76, 86 Baxter, Warner, 140 Beach, Rex, 60 Beaverbrook, Lord, 41 Beery, Wallace, 44, 120 Belasco, David, 14 Bellamy, Madge, 44 Benjamin, Robert S.: pre-VA career, 233. See also Krim-Benjamin management Bennett, Joan, 140 Benny, Jack, 173 Bergman, Ingrid, 217 Bergner, Elizabeth, 134, 145 Berman, Sam, 41 Bernhard, Joseph, 205 Bernhardt, Sarah, 9 Big Five, 95, 96, 99, 104 "Big Five" Agreement, 76 Biograph. See American Mutoscope and Biograph Company "The Biograph Girl," 8 B.LP. Circuit, 128 Birdwell, Russell, 212, 213 Bischoff, Samuel, 219 Blacklisting, 214 Blair & Co., 72 Blind selling: prevented by consent decree, 171. See also block booking Block, Paul, 56, 66 Block booking: Zukor introduces at Paramount , 10-11; revamped by Pickford, 1416 ; in relation to VA sales policy, 35, 107109 , 188, 227-28; as means of financing, 36; Chaplin's opinion of, 62; analyzed, 101; in relation to shorts, 101; agitation over, 101-102, 170; declared unfair practice , 102; modified by Code of Fair Competition , 102; Disney's resentment of, 114; limited by consent decree, 171; declared illegal, 225 Blue, Monte, 44 Blumenfeld, Joseph, 227 Blumofe, Robert F., 237 Bogeaus, Benedict, 189, 216, 217 Bosworth, Inc., 9 Boyer, Charles, 140, 217 Brennon, Herbert, 68 Bright, D. J., 204-205 Brisson, Frederick, 229 British & Dominions Film Corporation, Ltd., 132, 199 British Board of Trade, 223 British National Films, Ltd., 199 Broadway theater, 227 Bronston, Samuel, 190 Buchanan, Thompson, 43-44 Buckley, Harry, 65, 68 Bunny, John,S Burkan, Nathan: involvement in VA's formation , 27, 29; on production financing, 116-17; elected to executive committee, 127; institutes VA Theatre Circuit suit, 130; mentioned, 35, 44, 65 Burke, Billie, 20 Bushman, Francis X., 5 Bylaws: unanimous vote provisions in, 70, 196-97, 201, 206...

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