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INDEX

Page references in
boldface
refer to illustrations

AAA,
see
American Authors Authority Aaron Spelling Productions,
177

ABC network,
170
,
174
,
180
,
189
,
212
,
214

above-the-line workers: accounting difficulties,
91
; contractual difficulties,
31
,
58
,
120
.
See also
screenwriters

Academy Awards: 1936,
50
,
276n83
; 1957,
112–113
; 1958,
114–115

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS),
32
,
42–43
,
47–50
,
121

Action in the North Pacific
,
76

Adaptation
,
4
,
235

adaptations,
33
,
91
,
165
,
237

Adelstein, Jonathan S.,
217

Adventures of Sam Spade, The
,
139

advertising and sponsorship,
35
,
75
,
124
,
162
,
212
,
225

Affiliated Committee for Television,
124

AFL-CIO,
210

AFTRA,
see
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

ageism,
169

agency, personal,
165
,
233

Akil, Mara Brock,
236
,
244

ALA,
see
Authors League of America

Alert
,
108

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(aka
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
),
42
,
97

Algiers
,
91

Alice in Wonderland
,
26

All About Eve
,
25

Allen, Fred,
136

Allen, Jay Presson,
151
,
244

Allen, Woody,
136
,
157
,
165
,
244

Alley, Robert,
266

Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP),
11
,
115
,
152
,
161–163
,
170
,
187
,
189–190
,
196
,
209
,
213
; and 2007–2008 strike,
218–220
,
222–227

Alliance of TV Film Producers,
143
,
145–146

All in the Family
,
2
,
127
,
141
,
156
,
175
,
179
,
181

All the President’s Men
,
6
,
156

Ally McBeal
,
6

Amazon.com,
235

Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles,
97

American Authors Authority (AAA),
90–94
,
96
,
101
,
237

American Federation of Musicians,
187

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA),
10
,
18
,
115
,
187
,
215–216
,
228

American Graffiti
,
157

American Idol
,
205

American Legion,
98

American Society of Cinematographers,
43–44
,
274n25
,
277n123

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP),
91

American Writers Association,
see
American Authors Authority

American Writers Congress,
79

America’s Most Wanted
,
205

America’s Next Top Model
,
213–214

Amos & Andy
,
286n5

AMPAS,
see
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Amy
,
180

ancillary markets,
155
,
187
,
191
,
199
,
207

Anderson, Christopher,
139

Anderson, Paul Thomas,
202
,
244

Anderson, Wes,
202
,
244

Animal Crackers
,
54

animation: film,
80
,
88
; television,
23
,
198
,
199
,
204–205
,
226
.
See also
cartoonists

Annie Hall
,
157

anticommunism.
See
communist allegations and Red Scare

anti-Semitism,
70
,
100

Apartment, The
,
42
,
101

Apocalypse Now
,
157

Armstrong Circle Theater
,
138

Arnaz, Desi,
120

Arnold, Thurman,
102

Arrested Development
,
6
,
229

Article XII, Guild bylaws,
51–54

asset management,
238

Association of Motion Picture Producers,
71

A-Team, The
,
214

Atkins, Dante,
223

audiences: attendance trends,
103
,
120
,
185
,
206
; boycott threat,
100
; changing tastes and opinions,
153
,
177
,
231
; fragmentation in 1990s,
201–202
,
204
,
208
; Internet preference of,
212
; live,
125
,
127

Auerbach, John,
195
,
244

August, John,
239
,
244

auteur theory,
16
,
160
,
161
,
165
,
166
,
192
,
208
,
239

authorship issues,
12–16
,
33
,
42
,
44
,
64
,
112
,
115
,
140
,
146–147
,
149
,
160
,
162
,
165
,
237–239
,
273n21
; television and,
88
,
119
,
125–126
,
130–131
,
141
;
TSW
and,
88
,
90–92
.
See also
creative control; pseudonyms

Authors Guild,
91

Authors League of America (ALA),
33
,
51
,
54
,
57
,
94
,
117–118
,
130–132
,
134

Avatar
,
240

Avedon, Barbara,
181–182
,
244

awards,
243

Axelrod, George,
3
,
191
,
244

Babbitt, Art,
80

Bacall, Lauren,
100

Balaban, Barney,
144

Ball, Lucille,
120

Barbash, Bob,
8
,
244

Barnouw, Erik,
12
,
244

Barrymore, Lionel,
29

Bartholomew, Freddie,
29

Barton Fink
,
157
,
234–235

Basic Instinct
,
156
,
192

Bass, Ronald,
22–23
,
192
,
219
,
240
,
244

Batman: The Animated Series
,
298n26

Beavis and Butthead
,
204

Beery, Wallace,
29

Behind the Rising Sun
,
96

Being John Malkovich
,
4

Being Mary Jane
,
236

Belkin, Gary,
5
,
244

below-the-line workers,
31
,
61
,
80–82
,
84–85

Ben-Hur
(1925),
42

Ben-Hur
(1959),
126
,
138

Benson
,
178
,
184

Berg, Gertrude,
122
,
140
,
244

Berlin Express
,
78

Bernie Mac Show, The
,
219

Bernstein, Walter,
1
,
107
,
111
,
230
,
244

Bessie, Alvah,
36
,
69
,
76
,
98
,
112
,
244

Best Years of Our Lives, The
,
161

Betamax,
141

Beverly Hills Cop
,
210

Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills,
59

Bewitched
,
179

Biberman, Herbert,
69
,
244

Bielby, Denise,
182
,
265

Bielby, William,
182
,
265

Big Brother
,
205

Big Fish
,
239

Big Parade, The
,
36

Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles,
42

Bioff, William (“Willie”),
80

Birth of a Nation, The
,
160

blacklisting,
2
,
18
,
49
,
50
,
51
,
71
,
73
,
84
,
92
,
99–102
,
106–115
,
118–119
,
129
,
130
,
133
,
235
; economics of,
110
.
See also
graylists; Hollywood Ten

Black Writers’ Caucus (WGA),
184

Blair Witch Project, The
,
203

Blankfort, Michael,
112
,
244

Blinn, William,
174–175
,
244

Blockade
,
91

blockbusters,
171
,
172
,
185
,
203
,
240

Blue Dahlia
,
90

Blue Velvet
,
157

Blu-Ray,
141

Bob Newhart Show, The
,
175

Boddy, William,
127
,
136–137

Body and Soul
,
85
,
88

Bogart, Humphrey,
100
,
103

Bonanza
,
125
,
140

Bonnie and Clyde
,
17

Boogie Nights
,
202
,
203

Bordwell, David,
89

Boren, Charles,
148
,
161–162

Born Innocent
,
174

Boulle, Pierre,
114
,
115

Boulware, Bill,
184
,
245

Bourbon Street Beat
,
145

Bourne Identity, The
,
230

Bowman, John,
219
,
245

Boys Town
,
42

Boyz n the Hood
,
202

Brackett, Charles,
42
,
52
,
102
,
121
,
234
,
245

brands and branding,
165
,
197
,
202
,
207–208