Lew Ayres: Hollywood's Conscientious Objector

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237 Index Page฀numbers฀in฀italics฀refer฀to฀illustrations. Academy Awards, 39, 69, 140, 142, 147, 148, 169 Advise฀and฀Consent, 160–62 Alexander, Ben, 18, 21, 47, 55, 92, 153 All Quiet on the Western Front, 16, 17– 24, 26, 30, 31, 32, 38, 40, 59–60, 65, 67, 68, 71, 79, 84, 106, 173, 182, 183, 185 Allen, Irving, 150 Allen, Irwin, 173 Alters฀of฀the฀East, 155–57, 159, 164, 169, 170 Alters of the World, 169, 170, 171, 181 American Legion, 111–12, 116, 117 American Red Cross, 90–91, 97, 108, 116–17, 121, 140, 181, 185 American Sign Language, 143 Armed Forces Radio Services, 133 Armstrong, Robert, 32 Asher, Jerry, 148 Astaire, Fred, 40, 45 Astor, Mary, 109 Atchinson, Evelyn, 79 A-Team, 177 Ayres, Anna, 5, 7, 9–10, 25 Ayres, Irma, 3–4, 6, 97 Ayres, Justin Brett, 164, 181, 182, 184, 185 Ayres, Lewis Frederick: acting abilities of, 21–22, 24, 29, 31–32, 40, 41–42, 43, 65, 68–69, 70–71, 75, 77, 78, 137, 138, 141, 144, 146–47, 153, 162, 157, 173–74, 176; career as a director , 53, 54, 55–56, 144–45, 150, 155–57, 169–70; chemistry with female costars, 32, 36, 37, 40–41, 42, 52, 61–64, 76, 81, 146–47, 165–66; childhood of, 3–7; CURE, involvement with, 158–59, 164, 170–71; death of, 185; Dr. Kildare, character of, 72, 73–75, 80–84, 88–89, 91, 94–96, 116, 120–21, 131, 141, 151–52, 166; education of, 3, 6, 7, 21, 25, 50–51, 52, 56, 92, 93, 140; family and parents of, 3–4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 25, 33, 87, 97, 99, 106–7; fatherhood, 164, 173, 181, 182, 184, 185; friendships of, 18, 20–21, 34, 47, 61, 86, 91, 92, 97–98, 133–36, 148; Diana Hall, marriage to, 162–63, 164, 184; health of, 132–33, 159, 161–62, 181; Lola Lane, marriage to and relationship with, 32–35, 39, 40; memoir, of 134, 182–83; Index 238 Lookout Mountain, association with home on, 59, 85–86, 90, 97, 133, 135, 156, 157–58, 162, 181; personal views of marriage, 39, 40, 49, 61, 86–87, 148, 159, 162; return from war in the Pacific, 133–40; Ginger Rogers, marriage to and relationship with, 39–42, 45–47, 49, 51–53, 55–57, 59, 79–80, 86–87, 90; status as a conscientious objector, 91–93, 97–98, 99–106, 115, 116–18, 121, 158; World War II service, 116–17, 118, 121, 122, 124–33, 139; Jan Wyman, relationship with, 145–49 Ayres, Louis, Sr., 3–5, 87, 99 Bailey, Pearl, 163 Baker, Benny, 63, 64 Bakewell, William (Billy) 18, 20–21, 34, 40, 61, 86, 91–92, 98, 103, 108, 134, 135, 148, 153, 154, 183 Bakewell, William, Jr., 135 Ball, Lucille (Lucy), 57 Balsam, Martin, 163 Banky, Vilma, 23 Barry, Philip, 66, 67, 76 Barrymore, Lionel, 72, 75, 75–76, 80, 81, 82, 85, 97, 120, 121, 151, 152, 157 Battle฀for฀the฀Planet฀of฀the฀Apes, 171, 173 Battlestar฀Galactica, 167 Ben฀Casey, 72 Benchley, Robert, 67 Bennett, Constance, 26 Berkley, Busby, 36, 77 Bern, Paul, 13, 14 Biber, Otto, 20 Bickford, Charles, 143, 145, 147, 155 Big฀News, 14 Bionic฀Woman,฀The, 167–68 Birdwell, Richard, 106–7 Biscuit฀Eater,฀The, 163 Blake, Marie, 73 Blake, Robert, 174 Bogart, Humphrey, 108 Born฀to฀Be฀Bad, 96, 97, 109 Brandt, Max, 72 Brewton, Maia, 179 Broadway฀Serenade, 78–79 Brown, Rowland, 28, 29 Browning, Todd, 31, 32 Burns, Bob, 53 Busch, Niven, 149 Caan, James, 160 Cagney, James, 28, 29 Cagney฀and฀Lacey, 177–78 Calling฀Dr.฀Gillespie, 120 Calling฀Dr.฀Kildare, 80, 81 Campbell, Louise, 64 Capone, Al, 28 Carlisle, Mary, 61, 64, 65 Carnival฀Night฀in฀Paris, 9 Carpetbaggers,฀The, 162 Carroll, John, 86 Carter, John, 133 Carver, Lynne, 73, 74, 81 Chamberlain, Richard, 152 Chandler, Chick, 86 Chaney, Lon, 143 Cladwell, Cleatus, 86 Clark, Henry, 56 Clarke, Mae, 35–37, 52, 55, 56 Clift, Montgomery, 147 Collins, Pat, 18 Columbo (TV), 165 Common Clay, 26, 43 Congress for Universal Religious Exchange (CURE), 158–59, 164, 170–71 Cooper, Gary, 30 Craig, Helen, 141 Index 239 Craig, Nell, 73 Crawford, Joan, 78, 140 Crime฀Nobody฀Saw,฀The, 63 Cross Country Cruise, 44 Cukor, George, 19, 66, 67–68, 69, 109 Culligan...