Best Years: Going to the Movies, 1945-1946

Index

À nous la liberté (France, 1931; U.S., 1932), 184 Abbott, Bud. See Abbott and Costello Abbott and Costello, 242–46; careers of, 244; popularity of, 297–98 Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (Aug. 14, 1945), 79, 122 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), 242 Abilene Town (Jan. 11, 1946), 52, 293 “Acapulco” (Mack Gordon and Harry Warren), 72 Adams, Jane, 242 Adler, Luther, 204 Adventure (Feb. 1, 1946), 115, 129, 133, 289, 294 “adventure, action pictures” (Gallup category), 243, 262– 65, 318n. 4 Adventures of Don Juan, The (1948), 119 Adventures of Marco Polo, The (1938), 124 Adventures of Mark Twain, The (1944), 216 Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938), 263 Adventures of Rusty, The (Sept. 6, 1945), 260 Affairs of Susan, The (Mar. 28, 1945), 248, 291 Affron, Charles, 311n. 44, 314n. 84, 315n. 91, 318n. 64, 319n. 36, 321nn. 64, 65 Affron, Mirella Jona, 311n. 44, 314n. 84, 315n. 91, 321nn. 64, 65 AFL (American Federation of Labor ), 120 African Americans: and the armed forces, 65, 92, 137, 305n. 11, 310n. 55, 317n. 55; and Atlanta movie theatres, 64; and censorship of Strange Fruit, 144; and the death of FDR, 66; and Detroit race riots, 17; in The Dolly Sisters, 251; exclusion of, 10, 59; in Imitation of Life, 266; influence of performance practice of, 250, 252, 319nn. 21, 22; as performers, 13, 61, 137–38, 250, 252; press of, 60, 65; and race films, 63; in Song of the South, 60; and voting rights, 58, 62; in war work, 35 Agee, James: on The Clock, 35; on Devotion, 264; on Lauren Bacall, 122; on Linda Darnell, 155; on The Lost Weekend, 268; on The Miracle of Morgan ’s Creek, 44; on Tender Comrade, 41 Agony and the Ecstasy, The (1965), 153 Aherne, Brian, 270 Air Force (1943), 98, 111, 305n. 10 Al Schmid, Marine (Roger Butterfield ), 228 Albert, Eddie, 105 Aldrich, Henry (character), 240 Aleksandrov, Grigori, 166 Alexander Nevsky (1939), 313n. 51 “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (Irving Berlin), 252 “All I Owe Iowa” (Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II), 77 All My Sons (Arthur Miller), 99, 316n. 31 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), 103 Allen, Fred, 246 Allen, Grenfread, 305n. 13 Allotment Annies, 43 Allotment Wives (Nov. 21, 1945), 43 Allyson, June, 72, 109, 123, 136, 248, 256; on magazine covers , 131–32 Along Came Jones (July 15, 1945), 129, 291, 302n. 6 Alsop, Joseph and Stewart, 142 Alvin, John, 22 Amami Alfredo (1940), 167 Ameche, Don, 248 America First, 202 American Federation of Labor (AFL), 120 American Guerrilla in the Philippines , An (1950), 99 American Romance, An (Oct. 11, 1944), 19, 41, 44–45, 46–49, 79; advertisement for, 47 Ames, Leon, 258 AMPS. See Army Motion Picture Service Anchors Aweigh (July 19, 1945), 13, 31–32, 72, 98, 103, 117, 247, 254, 290, 294, 302n. 17 And Now Tomorrow (Nov. 22, 1944), 14, 115, 129; advertisement for, 116 And Then There Were None (Oct. 31, 1945), 143 Anderegg, Michael, 301n. 53 Anderson, Dusty, 131 Anderson, Judith, 264, 281 Anderson, Warner, 249 Andrew, Dudley, 315n. 84 Andrews, Dana, 57, 173, 232, 279; career of, 109, 309n. 50; popularity of, 298 Andrews Sisters, 13, 54 “Angel” (Harry Warren and Arthur Freed), 70 Angel on My Shoulder (Sept. 20, 1946), 258, 316n. 8 Angèle (1934), 185 animal pictures. See “wild animal pictures” animation, and live action, 59– 60, 74 Anna and the King of Siam (June 20, 1946), 79, 133, 197, 264, 291, 295 Annabella, 115, 121 “Anniversary Song” (Ion Ivanovici, Al Jolson, and Saul Chaplin), 250 Arden, Eve, 274, 318n. 9 ARI. See Audience Research Institute Arlen, Richard, 317n. 45 Index 323 ■ Index Page numbers of illustrations are designated by italics. Film titles are followed by year of release. For movies in first-run in 1945–1946, the date of the first public screening is provided where available; where unavailable, we provide the movie’s official release date. Index ■ 324 Arletty, 187 Armored Attack. See North Star, The Armstrong, Louis, 13 Army Motion Picture Service, 96–97 Army Pictorial Service, 95, 98 Arnold, Edward, 133 Arnt, Charles, 270 Aroff, Maurice N., 106 Arsenic and Old Lace (Joseph Kesselring), 247 Arsenic and Old Lace (Sept. 1, 1944), 128, 247 Arthur, Jean, 26, 128, 216 Asbell, Bernard, 300n. 20, 303n. 42 Asquith, Anthony, 190 Assignment in Brittany (1943), 183 Astaire, Fred, 70, 127, 130, 138– 39, 249, 258 Atlanta, 5, 48; mourning for FDR in, 66; premieres of Colonel Effingham’s Raid, Gone with the Wind...