The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild (63 page)

Levien, Sonya,
44
,
46
,
50
,
254

Levine, Ken,
178
,
254

Levinson, Chris,
166
,
254

Levinson, Richard, and William Link,
136
,
166
,
167
,
174
,
254

Levitt, Al and Helen,
115
,
254

Levy, Emanuel,
202
,
203

Lewis, John L.,
46

Lewis, Jon,
110

Libeled Lady
,
52

Liebman, Max,
128
,
141

Life of Riley, The
,
129

Life with Louie
,
298n26

Lilly, Courtney,
6
,
195
,
224
,
254

Link, William, and Richard Levinson,
136
,
166
,
167
,
174
,
254

Lipsitz, George,
85

Liquid Television
,
204

Little Foxes, The
,
38

Little Orphan Annie
,
57

Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The
,
35

Livier, Ruth,
229
,
254

Loew’s Inc.,
64

Loh, Sandra Tsing,
7
,
254

Lone Star
,
157

Looney Tunes
,
80

Loos, Anita,
32–33
,
45
,
57
,
254

Lord, Stephen,
145
,
254

Loretta Young Show, The
,
40

Lorimar,
177
,
181
,
201

Los Angeles Examiner
(newspaper),
52
,
93

Los Angeles Times
(newspaper),
52
,
182
,
224

Lost
,
212
,
219
,
221

Lost Weekend, The
,
42

Lou Grant
,
182

Love, Jasmine,
24
,
255

loyalty oaths,
101
,
104–105
,
109
,
133
; loyalty board proposal,
129
,
287n38

Lubitsch, Ernst,
42
,
121
,
164
,
255

Lucas, George,
157
,
255

Ludwig, William,
16–17
,
20
,
41–42
,
73
,
83
,
84
,
147
,
255

Lumet, Sidney,
111

Lynch, David,
157
,
164
,
192
,
202
,
255

Macbeth
,
164

MacDougall, Ranald,
133
,
255

MacEwan, Walter,
58

Macpherson, Jeanie,
44
,
255

made-for-television movies.
See
television films

Mad Men
,
194
,
238
,
304n18

Magnificent Yankee, The
,
96

Mahin, John Lee,
52
,
55
,
93
,
255

Make Room for Daddy
,
134

Male and Female
,
44

Maltese Falcon, The
,
74
,
100

Maltz, Albert,
69–70
,
98
,
112
,
255

Man Behind the Badge, The
,
12

Manchurian Candidate, The
,
3

Man from Frisco
,
111

Mangan, Mona,
195–196
,
210
,
215

Manhattan
,
157

Manhunter
,
192

Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The
,
42

Mankiewicz, Herman,
36
,
37
,
55
,
255

Mankiewicz, Joseph,
25
,
26
,
44
,
255

Mann, Denise,
208
,
265

Mann, Michael,
192
,
255

Mann, Thomas,
79

Mannix
,
168

Mannix, Eddie,
64
,
83–84

Manoff, Arnold,
111
,
255

Manual for Writers
(SWG and OWI),
75–76
,
77

Man Who Knew Too Much, The
,
139
,
160

Marcus, Ellis,
151
,
255

Marcus Welby, M.D
.,
169

Margolis, Ben,
98

Marion, Frances,
35
,
44–45
,
49
,
57
,
255

Markes, Larry,
108–109
,
255

Mark of the Vampire
,
35–36

Mark of Zorro, The
,
45

Marnie
,
151

Marshall, Gary,
177
,
178
,
255

Martel, Jay,
255

Martha Raye Show, The
,
127

Marx, Christy,
207
,
256

Marx, Groucho,
100
,
113

Marx, Karl,
30
,
96

Marx, Samuel,
29–30
,
256

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
,
177

Mary Tyler Moore Show, The
,
159
,
167
,
175
,
176
,
178
,
180–181

M*A*S*H
(movie),
114

M*A*S*H
(TV series),
5
,
167
,
175
,
181

Master Race, The
,
69

Mathis, June,
44
,
256

Mathison, Melissa,
192
,
256

Maude
,
127
,
156
,
178
,
181

Maugham, W. Somerset,
256

May, Elaine,
17
,
256

Mayer, Louis B.,
20
,
28–31
,
42
,
44
,
47
,
49
,
54
,
57
,
60
; during World War II and blacklist era,
68
,
78
,
96

Mazin, Craig,
18–19
,
227
,
239–240
,
265–267

MBA,
see
minimum basic agreements

MCA,
see
Music Corporation of America

MCA/Universal,
185

McCall, Mary, Jr.,
83
,
109
,
126
,
129
,
132
,
256
,
287n38

McCall, Ross,
212
,
227
,
256

McCarthy, Joseph, and McCarthyism,
106
,
111

McCarthy, Leo,
58

McDowell, Roddy,
62

McGilligan, Patrick,
172
,
266

McGuinness, James K.,
52
,
55
,
68
,
93
,
256

McHale’s Navy
,
134

McKenna, Aline Brosh,
233
,
237
,
238
,
256

McLean, John,
195–196
,
210–211
,
213

McNutt, Patterson,
55
,
256

Meadow, Herb,
150
,
163
,
166
,
256

Me and My Gal
,
101

Mean Streets
,
164

Medford, Harold,
78
,
256

Meet Me in St. Louis
,
60

Memoirs of a Geisha
,
21

Memphis Belle, The
,
87

Mendelsohn, Carol,
219
,
256

Men in Black
,
219

Menjou, Adolphe,
68

merchandising and tie-ins,
192

Meredyth, Bess,
45
,
57
,
256

mergers,
see
conglomeration of media industries; consolidation of media industries

Merrie Melodies
,
80

Merry Widow, The
,
29

MGM,
3
,
8
,
20
,
28–31
,
42
,
47
,
49
,
52
;
64
,
83
,
100
,
111
,
121
,
153
; Screen Cartoonists Guild and,
80
; Screen Playwrights and,
55
,
68

Michael Clayton
,
230

Midnight Cowboy
,
70

Mildred Pierce
,
91

Miller-Milikis-Boyett Productions,
178

Mills, Mike,
215

Mindy Project, The
,
236

minimum basic agreements (MBA),
17
,
32
,
61
,
130
,
148–149
,
159
,
162
,
182
,
191
,
210
,
220
; MBA of 1942,
64–65
,
73
,
83
,
101

Miracle on 34th Street
,
88

Miracolo, Il
,
289n79

Miramax,
173
,
185
,
202–203
,
298n25

Mirisch, Walter,
113

Miss Evers’ Boys
,
1

Mission: Impossible
,
3

Mission to Moscow
,
107

Mississippi Masala
,
19

Mitchell, Margaret,
165

Monaster, Nate,
118
,
137–138
,
150
,
256

Monkees, The
,
180

Monsieur Verdoux
,
89

Montgomery, Robert,
60
,
68

Moon Is Blue, The
,
133

Moonves, Leslie,
205

Moore, Joan and Burton,
8
,
20
,
266

Moore, Mary Tyler,
159
,
167
,
175–177

Moore, Sam,
130
,
288n42

Morris, Edmund,
188–189
,
256

Moss, Carlton,
97
,
256

Moss, Frank,
147
,
256

Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals (MPAPAI),
68
,
81
,
84
,
98

Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA),
18
,
68
,
71
,
81
,
84
,
85
,
100–101
,
105
,
112
,
200

Motion Picture Code,
48
,
49

Motion Picture Industry Council,
129

Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA),
37

Motion Pictures Producers Association,
49
,
57

Moyers & Company
,
220

MPAA,
see
Motion Picture Association of America

MPAPAI,
see
Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals

MPPDA,
see
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America

Mr. Lucky
,
69

Mrs. Miniver
,
88

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
,
95
,
108

Mr. Winkle Goes to War
,
88

MTM Enterprises,
177–178
,
181
,
184
,
201

MTV cable network,
204

Mummy’s Curse, The
,
36

Murder, She Wrote
,
136

Murphy Brown
,
219

Murray, John Fenton,
134
,
256

Music Corporation of America (MCA),
140

Mutiny on the Bounty
,
42
,
75

Myers, Kimberly,
236

My Favorite Year
,
234

My Name Is Earl
,
212

My So-Called Life
,
216

MySpace,
214

Mystery Train
,
202

My Sweet Charlie
,
174

Naked City
,
6
,
139
,
169

naming names,
97
,
106
,
107–108

Nanny, The
,
179

Nashville
,
237

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),
236

National Board of Review,
94

National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA, 1933),
48–50

National Labor Relations Act (1935),
170

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB),
50
,
52
,
57–61
,
64
,
69
; postwar era,
118–119
,
130
,
131–132
,
133
,
170
,
190
,
214