FRANK WALSH

•••

Sin and
Censorship
The Catholic Church and the Motion Picture Industry

YAU UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW HAVEN AND LONDOH

 CO N TENTS

•••

Acknowledgments
ix

Introduction
1

ONE
In Search 01 Censors
4

TWO
When Irish Eyes Weren't Smiling
23

TH REE
ANew Moral Code
46

fOUR
Disillusion
66
 FI VI
ACatholic Crusade
95

SI x
Botlle of the Bishops
llB

SE V I N
Success
144

I I G HT
The End of the Honeymoon
163

NINI
The Producers Fight Back
188
TEN
"Get Father Devlin"
215
ELIVIN
An Unwelcome Miracle
241
TWELVI
Waning Powers
262

THIRTEEN
The Jesuits to the Rescue
282

FOURTEIN
End of the Rood
307

vi Contents
 Epilogue
329

Notes
335

Bibliogrophy
375

Index
387

Illustrations following
page 180

(ontents vii
 IN DEI

•••

Abortion, 68, 88,242 - 44,249, 281
Adultery, 107-08, 187,272- 73
African-Americans, 174-75
Agnew, Neil, 203-04, 207
All Quitt on the WesuT7I Front, 194
Alter, Karl, 297, 298, 307-09
American Civil Liberties Union, 276
.A..merican Family Association, 330
An AmtriC(l1l Tragedy, 68-69
Anatomy ofa Murder, 292 - 93
And God Created Woman, 301
Andrews, George Reid, 52- 54
AnnaKorrnina, 107- 08, 131
Ann Vicker:r, 82-83
Anti-Communism, 108- 09, 156-62, 175-
76, 194-95,251-52,269-7 1,295,
297
Anti-Semirism, 19,42-43,84-90,101 , 150,
157,173,332
Arbuchle, Fatty, 25, 26, 30,62
Astor Picrures, 296
Babb, Howard Kroger, 195, 196
Baby Doll, 274- 77
Baehr, Ted, 3, 330, 331
Bankhead, T::LIlulah. 72 - 73
Bardot, Brigine, 300
Barren, Wilton, 33, 62
Battle Cry, 268 - 69
Bell, J. Raymond, 312 - ll
Bergman, Ingrid, 225, 236, 249-50
Beyond the Forest, 242-44
Bicycle Thief, The, 250
Birdwell, Russell, 197-99
Birth control, 51, 82, 155 - 56
Birth ofa Baby, The, 154-56
Blachliscing, 95 - 100, 105 , 11 8- 19, 126,
134. Set also "Whitelisting
Blockade, 156, 159- 61
Block-booking, 139, 147
Blue Augel, 137-38, 261
Board of Review. See National Board of Re-
view of Motion PictUres

387
Boston, 28, 39, 62
Boycotts, 102,114-17, 127,276,283
Boyle, Hugh, 19,88,92,104,121,127
Breast-feeding, 88
Breen,joseph I., 54. 55, 59, 62, 76. 93, 94,
96-99, 102, 103, Ill, 114, 116, 118-20,
122- 26,129- 31,137-39,147-50,153,
157-60,169,170,173- 75, 178,186-87,
190- 91,197,210,211,223-25,227,
229,262,272,277-79,284,318,320;
and Anna Korenina, 107-08; anti-
Communism of, 108-09, 157-60; anti-
Semitism of, 84-87, 101; and Back
So·eet, 170- 71; and Beyond the Forest,
242 - 44; and The Fn:nch Line, 263 - 66;
and Gone with the Wind, 148-50; and
Joho T. McClalfeny, 191, 195; and Th,
Meny Widow. 109- 1Oj and The Moon
and Sixpence. 184-85; and The Moon Is
Blue, 258- 60; and Production Code,
63-64,75,8 1-83,88-89,101, 147- 48;
and Production Code Admin istration,
104- 07, 137, 148; and Rebecca, 164-65;
and David O. Selznick, 202-04, 206-
07, 231 - 32; and Strange Cargo, 167-68;
and A Strteuar Named Desire, 244-45;
and This Thing Called Love, 168-69
Burke,john]., 11, 13-18,27,31-33,39,
52,53,277
Cagney,]immy, 71,108,220
Cal/ahatls and the Murphys, The, 36-45
Cantwell,lohnJ., 39, 81 - 82, 84-90, 92,
94-96,98, 104,122, 125, 127-29, 131,
132,136, ISO, 173, 198,201,203,204,
206,217, 225
Captain from Castil/" 221-22
CAJlA.See Code and Rating
Administration
The Cardinol, 311-13
Cassidy, james E., 92,122
Catholic Action, Ill , 147. 170
Catholic Film Institute, 277
Censorship legislation. Sre Legislation,
censorship
Chaplin, Charlie, 37, 194
Chicago, 7, 8,10,28,54-58, 105,119- 36
Childbi,th, 88, 149
388 Index
Children, effects of films on, 75
Christian Film and Television COmmission,
330,333
Cleopatra, 31 1
Clergy. portrayal in films. 202, 225, 231,
326
Code. See Production Code
Code and Rating Adminisrration (CAJlA),
324,327, 328
Cohn, Harry, 106
Columbia Picrures, 50. 86, 106, 169, 312-
13
Commission on Training Camp Activities
(CTCA), 11 , 12 , 14, 15
Confessions ofa Nazi Spy, 158
Congress, U.S., 9, 138-39, 159
Conneil, Francis, 283 - 87, 289, 299, 301
Coogan,] ackie, 27
Co"igan, Joseph, 86, 134,142,227
Coughlin, Charles E. , 103, 132
Crawford, joan, 72 , 167
Criminal content, 6, 70-72, 128
Cronin, A.j., 230, 231, 233
Crosby, Bing, 293
Crowthe" Bosley, 164, 250, 251,317
C71J.Sades, 160
CTCA. See Commission on Training Camp
Activities
Cudey, MichaelJ., 96, 99, 118, 135
Cushing, Rich"dJ., 284, 312, 313
Daly,Joseph, 135, 138-43, 157,224
Dampg,dGoods,I53-54
Davis, Bene, 174, 243
DeMiJle, Cecil B., 11 ,24,52-54,72,78,
160,215-17,255-57
Detroit, 121, 125, 140-41
Devil Is 11 Woman, The, 123-24
Devlin,Joho, 128-29, Ill , 132, 137, 139-
40,170,194,198,201,217-22,225-33,
237,240,253,297
Diamond, I. A L., 315
Dietrich, Marlene, 73, 123, 137
Dinneen, FitzGeorge, 54- 60, 62, 64, 65,
77,81,83-84,86,87,91,103-06,120,
125- 26, 128- 30, 132- 35
Divorce, 146, 169, 170, 195,268
Doctor Iltld the Girl, The, 242
Donnelly, Gerard, 78, 91,137 , 147
Don'ts and Be Carefuls, 47-49, 55 , 56, 58 ,
60,63,66
Drmhle Indemnity, 187
Dougherry, Cardina l, 43-44, 10 1, I l l,
115- 17, 127,135, 152,198,211
Dougherty, Eugene, 324
Driscoll, Michael 0., 21 1, 265
Drug trafficlcing, 278
Duel in the Sun, 201-10
Dunne, Philip, 148,218,219
Eisenhower, Dwight, 270, 271
End of the Road, 13- 18
Episcopal Comminee on Motion Pictures,
88,89, 91-93 , 95,96, 104, Ill , 11 5,
127 - 28, 132, 138, 142, 154, 180, 192,
193,199,268,300,301,309,310, 317,
323,326
"Fallen woman" films, 72-73
Fall River (Massachusetts), 122 - 23
Fanner's Daughter, Th e, 194-95
Finnigan's Ball, 44-45
Fisher, Edward, 282 - 83
Fit to Fight (Fitto Win) , 13-1 8
Foery, Wa iter A., 178,275 -76
Fonda, Henry, 15 9
Ford, Father John, 287-90
Foreign-language films, 246-5 5
Forever Amber, 210- 14
For Whom th, Bell Tolh, 175-76
Fosdick, Raymond, 11, 13 - 14
Fox. See Twentieth Cenrury-Fox
Fox Movietone, 51
Franco, Francisco, 156, 158, 159
French Line, The, 263-66
Gable, Clark, 72, 73, 76, 11 4, 167
Gallaghee, Michael)., lOO, 135, 138
Gangster films, 70- 72, 128
Carbo, Greta, 171 - 72
Gardm ofAllAh, The, 50, 226-28
Getlein, Frank, 254, 283
Gillis, James, 90, 119
Ginsburg v. New York, 323
Going My w"y, 229- 30
Gold, Harry, 198-99
Index 389
Goldwyn, Samuel, 86, 90, 107, 131, 191,
279,320
GQt/t with the Wind, 148- 50
Gorman, Edward, 12 2-24
Graves, Frank, 154- 55
G,'eatest Show on Em'th, The, 255-57
Geiffith, D. w., 25
HaJsey, Sruart and Company, 59, 60
Hand , Learned, 17
HarJow, j ean, 73,125
Harris, james, 30 1-04
Harrung, Philip T., 318
Hawaii, 325
Hayes, Carleton, 89- 90
Hayes, Patrick, 54-58, 64, 65, 93, I l l, 126,
128, 130, 134-3 6,143,144,146
H ayes, Paul, 262, 264, 265, 280, 288, 319-
20,3 29
Hays, wm, 34-35, 48-49, 51, 54, 67,
69,70,73,74,78,79,81,96,99,101 ,
103- 07, 109- 11, 113- 17, 123-24,
126, 135, 136, 138, 140, 147, 153, 159,
164,165,169,1 72 .173, 184,224,279;
and An American Tragedy, 68-69;
anti-censorshlp campa ign of, 26-29;
anci-Communism of, 108-09; appoint-
ment of, as head of MPPDA, 26; and
The Callahans and the Murphys, 36, 39-
41,43,45; and Chicago Legion, 55-58;
death of, 266; and Cecil B. DeMille, 52;
"formula" of, 30-31; and gangster films,
7 1- 72; and Gont with the Wind, 149;
and Daniel Lord, 76-77; and Charles
McMahon, 31-32, 34-3 5; and New
York list, 130; and Production Code, 60,
6 1,63-65,75-76,85; retirement of,
190; and Studio Relations Comminee,
47, 76
Hearse, Wtlliam Randolph, 55, 74, 139
Hecht, Ben, 107,224
Herx, Henry, 324, 329
Hirsch, Richard, 324, 332
Hitchcock, Alfred, 220
Hidee, Adolf, 158
Hollywood, 25-26, 114
Homosexuality, 244- 45, 27 1-72
Hopper, Hedda, 164,203,2 94
House Un-American Activities Committee, Lady of Burlesque, 185-86
194 Laemm(e, Carl, 33 , 48, 82
Hughes, Howacd, 71,138, 196-201,263- LaUou, WiUiamJ, 223-25
67 LaHy, Francis, 77, 283
Hunchback ofNorre Dame, The, 34 Lamarr, Hedy, 142 , 183
Lost Temptation of Christ, The, 331-32
IF CA. See International Federation of Catho- Lawson,john Howard, 157, 159, 160
lic Alumnae Lee, Gypsy Rose, 152-53, 185
International Federation of Catholic Alum- Legion of Decency, 78, 100-102, 110-15,
nae (IFCA), 33 -35,49-5 1,54,67,95, 11 7,128, 134- 48,150-87,190,192_96,
99- 100,118,119,122,130,131,134- 198-201 ,203-15,219,239- 51,254-
36,324 78,280-322
Interstate v. Dallas, 323 Legislation, censorship, 9, 26-29,49,75,
Irish-Americans, portrayal of, 36-45, 132 78,91,92, 138
Irish Hearts, 38,42 , 44 Lewis, Sindair, 82-83
Lewton, Val, 150, 228
Jazz Singer, Th" 46, 47 Lippmann, Waiter, 71
JOOl1 ofArc, 225-26 Linle, Thomas, 192 - 93,248-50, 256-64,
johnscon, Eric, 190, 191, 198,206,211, 266-75,280,283-87,291,293,297,
242,243,266,277,278,281,321 300-301,304-06,309- 17,3 19,3 20,
John XX1lI, 309 324
Jo1500, Al, 46 UNle Caesar, 70-7 1
Joy, Jason, 29, 35, 45, 47, 48, 54-56, 58, L1oyd, H"old, 37
66- 74,76,88,13 7-38 La/ita, 301 - 06
Juam, 161 - 62 Lombard, Carole, 76
Looram, Mary, 130, 134, 135, 137, 141,
Kalmenson, Ben, 277,314 146, 152- 55,180,205,2 11,2 12,250,
Kansas, 9, 28 264,269,273,280,304,324
Kazan, Elia, 245, 246, 274, 275, 277,314 Locd, Daniel, 52- 54, 59- 62, 64, 65, 68-71 ,
KcJiy, Gmld A. , 284, 287- 90 76-79,81,83,86,87,91,97- 100,104-
Kennedy,]ohn F., 319 06,124- 27,132,167,169,170,215-17
Kennedy, Joseph P., 27, 115 Lubitsch, Emst, 109-10
Keough, Francis, 180, 192 ,2 11 , 240,250 Luthec, ]oseph, 129, 132, 140-41, 160
Kerr, Waiter, 286-87 Lux Film, 249
Keys of the Kingdom, 230-40
King of Kings, 52-54,295 McClaffeny, Edw"d T., 251
Kiss, The, 6 McClaffeny, John T. , 144-47, 152, 154-62,
Kits M, Stupid, lI5 - 17 165- 69, 173-78, 180-86, 191-96, 198,
Klondike Annie, 139-4 1 199,207-09,219,228,239,240,270,
KnrtW Thy Husband, 20- 21 278,299
Krmgo, 30-31 McCleLlan, George B., 7-8
Kramer, Stanley, 183 , 184 McGo1drick, iUta, 33-36, 38, 49-52, 54,
Kcol,]ohnJ.. 310, 323, 325 61 - 63,67,99,130,134,217,226
Kubrick, Stanley, 30 1-05 McGucken,]oseph, 223, 225, 229
Ku Klux Klan, 55, 113 McIntyre,]ames Francis, 253, 259, 278,
294- 95,297,298,308,310
Labor unrest, portrayal of, 108 McMahon, Chades, 20-22, 27-28, 31-36,
La Dolet Vita, 295 - 98 39,40,45, 49,217

390 Index
McNicholas,lohn T ., 86-89, 92-96, 98-
101,103 , 104, 109- 11 , 115, 119-23,
12 5-28, B1, B3-36, 138-44, 146, 148,
150- 54,156-59,162,17l-75,177
McNulty,lames, 294- 96,300,304- 05,
l08, 309
Maguire. ArthUf, 96, 99-100,106,132,
Ill, B6, 140
Mankiewicz,loseph L., 221, 237-39, lI8
Marian, Frances, 36-38
Maryland, 9- 10, 31
Massachusetts, 26-29
"Massachusetts Plan," 101
Masterson, Patrick, 151, 192 - 94, 196,200,
201,204-14,225,243,249-50,256,
25 7,278
Mmy Widuw, 109-10
MGM, 36-41, 43-45 ,56,67,72,86,88,89,
109, 110, 125, 167, 168, 171 -73,222,
242,267,271 - 74,328
Milliken, Cad, 74, 96, B8, 153
Miracle, The, 250-55
Miscegenation, 108, 279
Mission to Moscow, 176
M()()7l and Sixpence, The, 183 - 85
Moaney, Edward, 135, 138
Moon [, Blu., Th., 261-68
Moore, Edward, 139, 142-43, 144, 146,
151, 153
Mooring, William, 194- 95,203,204,254,
257,269-70,280,286,293,299, l20
Morgan, Helen, 50- 51
Marlian, Felix, 249-50
Motion Picture Association of America
(MPAA), 190,201 ,278,3 01,306,32 1
Motion Picture Committee, 20, 21
Motion Picture Industry Council, 271
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors
of America (MPPDA), 26-32, 35, 39,40,
43,44, 51,54,56,60,72,75,163,178
Movieguide, HO-31
MPAA. See Motion Picrure Associarion of
America
MPPOA. See Motion Picrure Producers and
Distributors of America
Mundelein, George, 34, 54, 55, 57-60, 64,
65,69,77,81,82,84,87, 101, 103-05,
111 , 125-29, Bl, 114, 116
Index 391
Murder, 164-65
Murray,lohn Courtney, 283, 288, 299, 309
Mussolini, Benito, 81
Mutual Film Corporatian v. Illd-usrrial Com-
mission of Ohio, 9
Nabokov, Vladimir, 301, 302
NAMPI. See National Association of the Mo-
tion Picture lnduscry
National Association of the Motion Picture
Industry (NAMPI), 23, 29, 15 7
National Board of Review of Motion Pic-
tures, 8, 9, 16, 18,24,25,37, 155,248
National Catholic Office for Motion Pic-
tures (NCOMP), 318 - 22, 324- 28
National Catholic Welfare Conference
(Newc), 18,20,21,27 ,3 1, H, 39, 49,
52,126-27,192, l08
National Council of Catholic Women, 147
National Council on Freedom from Cen-
sorship, 181
National Industrial Recovery Act, 78, 86
National War Council, 11-14, 16-18
Nazism, 158
NCOMP. SU National Catholic Office for
Motion Pictures
NCWC. SU National Catholic Welfare
Conference
New World Films, 311
New York City, 7-9,17,41-44,130
New York Sr.,e, 24-25, 28, ll, 39, 48
New York State Motion Picture Commis-
sion,25
No Greater Sin, 177-78
NolI,lohn, 88, 90, 91 , B8
Norris, Kathleen, 36, 41
Nudity, l17-18, 325-26; in 19l0s films, 69
OCIC. See Office Catholique International
du Cinema
O'Connell, Wliliam, 90, 92, 101, 105, 114-
16, 127, 135
Odets, Clifford, 157
Office Catholique International du Cinema
(oclc),247
Office of War Information (OWl), 179, 180,
182
Of Human Bondage, 124
O'Hara, AIbert, 232, 236- 39
O'Rara,John, 116, 127
Ohio, 9, 28
Oklahoma, 267
On the Beach, 294-95
Oregon, 29
O'Shea, Daniel, 232, 233
Outlaw, Th" 196-201
OWl. See Office of War Infonnation
Paramount, 60, 68, 73, 74, 79, 86, 107,
123-24,131,137-39,175,183,189,
190,229,244,267,317
Parnm, Thomas, 179-81
Parsons, Wilfrid, 58, 59, 61 - 65, 70, 77-78,
BD, B3, 84, 86, 99, 109, 110, 115, 124-
26, 129,130,133,136, 15B, 217, 227,
232-35,237-40
Pawnbroker, Th" 317-1B
Payne studies, 75, 80
PCA. See Production Code Administration
Peck, Gregmy, 203, 235
Pennsylvania, 9, 24
People of the United States, The, 179- 82
Peoples, S. J., 217
Perlberg, William, 211
Penijohn, Charles, 55, 57- 58, 60,114-15,
125, 169
Peyton Place, 291
Philadelphia, 43-44, 115-16
Pickford, Mary, 46
Pius Xl, 77, 145-46, 159,200
Pius XII, 230, 289, 290
Popular Front, 156- 57
Preminger, Otto, 212, 258-60, 280, 292,
293, 311, 312, 32B
President vanishes, The, 108-09
Private Lives ofAdam Pnd Eve, The, 314
Production Code, 81, 85, 86, 88-89, 91,
103-05,137,147,152,163-65,179,
189-91,193,196,202-04,207,225,
231, 241-42, 244, 25B, 277,293-94,
308, 313;Joe Breen and, 82-84,105-
10; directors' reaffinnation of, 75-76;
and foreign films, 247; and gangster
films, 70- 71; and Gone with the Wind,
148-49; industry defenders of, 279-80;
initial Catholic reaction to, 62-65; ini-
392 Index
tial public reaction to, 61-62iJasonJoy
and, 66-74, 76; and Lolita, 301-04;
Daniel Lord and, 97; miscegenation,
prohibition of, 278-79; Wilfred Parsons
and, 77-78; profanity, prohibition of,
175,279; ratification of, 60; revisions of,
281,323-24
Production Code Administration (PCA),
89, 104-07, 109, 110, 114, 125, 148,
154,164,173,174,177-78,183-85,
191, 198,202, 204, 206, 210,211, 21B,
224,242 - 44,260,262,269,270,274,
2BO-81, 317,320, 324
Profanity, 149, 175, 279
Protestant Film Council, 192
Public Enemy, 71
Public Health Service, 179-81
Public Relations Committee, 29-30
Qu,en Christin., 96- 97
Quigley, Martin, 54-56, 67, 69, 74, 75, 78,
80- B3, B5- 87, 91, 94, 101, Ill, 114,
115,117-20,141,145-47,149,153,
157,165,170,172,175, 17B, 196,227,
247-49,253,264,266,269,273-80,
283,284,287,288,297-98,307-12,
314; anti-Communism of, 251; back-
ground, 55; andJoe Breen, 173, 174,
191; campaign for removal of, 299-301;
and Chicago Legion, 120-26, 129- 34,
136; and creation of Production Code,
58-65; and Joseph Daly, 138-39, 142;
death of, 318; and Detroit Legion, 140-
41; and Duel in the Sun, 204-10; and
David Gardon, 162; and Will Rays,
103- 05,190; and Ben Hecht, 224; and
Roward Rughes, 199-200; and Joan of
Arc, 225-26; and Lolita, 301-05; and
Daniel Lord, 98-99; and The Merry
Widow, 109-10; as publisher, 298-99;
and A Streetcar Named Desire, 245- 46;
and Patrick SuIlivan, 288-93; and WaI-
ter Wanger, 159-60
Quigley, Martin, Jr. , 145, 298, 317, 322
Quinn, John, 332
Racial content of films, 5-6, 28, 174-75
Radio City Music Hall, 160,253
Rape, 245
Rebecca, 164- 65
Red-Hended Woman , 73
ReHly, S,lIy, 129, 1l0, 132, 133
Religious content, 215 - 40; during 1920s,
50-54; in The Call1lhans and the Mur-
phys, 36, 37; in early films, 5- 6
Renoir, Jean , 247
Riefensrahl, Leni , 158
RKO, 67, 70, 74, 83, 86,148,157,171,
174,199- 201,219,221,263 - 67
Roach, Hal, 29
Robinson, Edward G., 70, 71
Rockefeller, John D ., Jr., 84-85
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 105
Roosevelc, Franklin D., 77, 120- 21
Roosevelt, Sara Delano, 102
Rosenfield,John, 172, 193
Rossellini, Roberto, 249-52
Russell,],ne, 196- 98,263- 65
St. eyr, Lily, 266
Sanger. Margaret. 51
Say One For Me, 293
Scanlan, Pat, 109, 124-2 5, 132-33
Stariaee, 71
Scarlet Street, 193
Sch,ry, Dore, 190,271 - 73
Schenck,Joe,86, 153,2 23, 225
Schenck, Nicholas, 44, 259
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 241
Schulberg, Ben, 48, 67, 68
Schwegler, Edward, 118, 123 - 25, 131, 132,
136, 145,227, 249
Scully, Willi,m, 192, 199-200, 205, 211,
273-74,278,291,297-300,309,310
Second Vatican Council (Vatican 10, 282,
309, 310, 319, 324
Selznick, David 0., 107- 08, 148-50, 164,
165, 186,201-09,218,222,224-28,
231-37,247
Seven Arts, 30 1, 304, 305
Sex-hygiene and venereal disease films dur-
ing World War I, 11- 18,20- 21; in
1930s, 153-54; during World War IT,
176- 82; in I"e 1940s, 195- 96
Sexual content, 306; in Battle Cry, 268-69;
breastfeeding, 88; and changing social
Index 393
mores, 189- 91, 193, 196; in Duel in the
Sun, 202-05; in early films, 6, 9,13-17;
in Gone with the Wind, 149- 50; in LAUta,
301 - 06; in The Moon Is Blue, 258-60; in
A Streetear Named Des;n, 244-46; in
Tiwum and His Mate, 89; in This Thmg
Called Lwe, 168-69. See also Abortion;
Birth control
Shaw, George Bernard, 223, 224
Shearer, Norma, 56, 98
Sheen, FultonJ., 158,216
Sheil, Bernard J., 129, 133
Sherwood,Robert,37
Shurlock, Geoff, 152, 171, 183, 184, 192,
197, 203,244,245,258,266,268,269,
272,291,293,299,30 1-04,315,317,
318, 321, 324
Sign of the Crrm, Tht, 78-80
Sinatra, Frank, 222-23
Skouras, Charles, 93-94, 210, 249
Skouros, Spyros, 189, 209- 14,312,321,
322, 327
Stup My Lcvt, 190-91, 278
Smith, AI, lJ5 , 153
Smith, Courtland, 27, 51
Some Like It Hot, 291
Srm ,[Sinbod, 266-67
Sound, introduction of, 46-47
Spanish civil war, 156, 159- 61, 175
Spellman, Francis, 115, 172, 174, 177, 180,
206,210,211,223,225, 250,252,253,
259,264,275,281,284,288,299,305,
J08, 309, 311-12, 322
Stalin,Joseph, 158, 159, 176
Stanwyck, Barbara, 185, 186
Sreiger, Rod, 318
Stillman, David, 304
Storm Centtt; 270- 71
Strange CtlTgo, 167-68
Streeuar Named Desire, A, 244-46
Stromberg, Hunt, 185, 186
Studio Relations Comm..inee, 47 , 69, 71, 72,
76,79
Studios: declining profitability of after
World War 11, 188- 89; subsidiaries of,
301. See also specific stUdios
Sturges, Preston, 182
Suddenly Lort Summer, 293-94
SuIlivan, Ed, 209
Sullivan, Patrick, 288-98, 304, 307-12,
314,315,319 - 22,324- 28
Sullivan, Russell, 101, 114, 115
Supreme Court, 9, 254- 55, 265 , 323
Ta~, Ch"les P., 177- 78
Talbot, Francis X., 33 , 137
Taylor, Wllliam Desmond, 25-26
Tea and Sympathy, 271 - 74
Television, 189
Thalberg, Itving, 47, 48, 60, 73, 89, 109,
110
Thirteen Points, 24, 25, 47
This Thing Called Love, 168-69
Tom ]ones, 315
Tru Grows il1 Brooklyn, A, 219
The Trial of Mmy Dugan, 56
Trotti, Lamar, 68, 72
Twentieth Cenrury-Fox, 55, 57, 67, 70, 73,
76, 86,93, 152- 53,210- 14, 223-24,
235 , 240, 280, 290- 91, 325
Two-Factd Womall, 17 1-73
Un;ted Artists, 122, 159, 160, 185-86, 258-
60,267, Jl6, 320
United States Catholic Conference, 329
Universal Srudios, 82, 86, 120, 332
University Film Productions, 177
Valenti,]ack, 322, 323
11,tican, 64, 145-46,200,228,252
Vatican n. Ser Second Vatican Council
Venereal disease. See Sex-hygiene and vene-
real disease fi lms
Virginia, 28
394 Index
Vizzard,]ack, 242 - 46, 263 , 266, 271 , 274,
292 , 299, 303 , 314,315, 326
Walls Came 71lmb/ing Down, The, 219-20
Walsh, David 1., 114- 15,147
Walsh, Moira, 310- 11
Wanger, Waiter, 156, 159- 60,1 79-82, 193 ,
225, 226, 311
Warner, Harry, 48, 101-02,103, 116- 17, 162
Wam er,Jack, 108, 243 , 246,274,321
Warner, Samuel L., 41
Warner Brothers, 44, 70, 86, 88, 94,107,
116, 165, 166,242- 46,268,274- 77,
314, 320
Wasserman, Lew, 332
West, Mae, 73- 75, 107, llD, 112, 114, 139,
140
Westerns, 25, 20 1
Whireiisting, 118, 119, 134, IJ5.Seea/so
Blacklisting
Wbos Afraid of Virginja Woo/f? 321 - 23
Wi lder, BBly, Jl5 , Jl6
Wi ldmon , Donald, 330, 332
Wilkerson, W R., 89
Wilk.i nson, Lupton A., 113-14, 116
Wil1iams, Tennessee, 244, 245 , 275, 293
Wingate, ]ames, 73 - 77, 79, 82, 83 , 86, 88,
137
Wuenschel, Edward, 232 - 33
Yes My Darling Daughter, 165- 67
Young, Lorcna, 194, 195
Zanuck, Dml'l, 148, 189, 219,221-22,
226,236, 23 7, 247,2 79-80
Zukor, Adolph, 58, 60, 85