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AAbbott, Gregory, 453Abduction, 85, 155, 298Abominable Snowman, 617, 618, 639Abominable Snow Rabbit, The
(1961), 617–618Abou Ben Boogie (1944), 485Academy Award, 379, 462, 465, 489,
497, 580, 591Ackroyd, Jack, 210Adair, Olive, 107Adams, Dorothy, 498Adams, Hazel, 113Adams, Jimmie, 117, 184, 223, 231, 326Adamson, Ewart, 256, 318, 450Adams, Samuel, 338Adler, Felix, 202, 478, 506, 512, 533,
534, 548, 568, 588, 590, 593Advance and Be Mechanized (1967), 642Aesop’s Fables, 142, 150, 173, 176, 179,
237, 243, 255, 263, 265, 267, 276, 287, 315, 320, 326, 330, 346, 350
Africa, 31, 106, 230, 292, 294, 298, 306, 326, 331, 334, 342, 348, 355, 427, 444, 495, 579, 600
African, 21, 51, 146, 186, 261, 292, 300, 306, 327, 374, 378, 382, 429, 517, 536, 613
African Adventure, An (1927), 217African-American, 18, 19, 44, 62, 95,
108, 118, 138, 151, 153, 159, 161, 176, 186, 188–190, 192, 193, 197, 199, 201, 211, 215, 221, 224, 230, 233, 242, 246, 256, 270, 280, 353, 400, 417, 428, 435, 439, 456, 471, 477
African Dodger, The (1931), 280Africa Speaks–English (1933), 334Africa Squeaks (1940), 444Aitken, Spottiswoode, 37Aladdin, 89, 120, 177, 183, 322, 419,
429, 520, 625Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
(1939), 429Aladdin, Jr. (1922), 143–144Aladdin’s Lamp (1947), 511Aladdin’s Lantern (1938), 419Aladdin Up-To-Date (1917), 89Alberni, Luis, 294Albert, Elise, 96Albertson, Arthur, 59Albertson, Frank, 423Alchemist, 389Alchemist’s Hour-Glass (1936), 389Alexander, Claire, 98Alfalfa’s Aunt (1939), 429–430
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654 INDEX
Alias Aladdin (1920), 120Ali Baba Bunny (1957), 595Alice Doll, 132, 133Alice’s Mysterious Mystery! (1926), 203Alien, 522, 565, 583, 609All Bound Round (1917), 113–114Allen, Barbara Jo, 506, 535Allen, Heck, 484, 516, 521, 568, 569,
575, 581Allen, Robert, 470All Gummed Up (1947), 511–512Alligator, 337, 379, 497, 615, 617, 622All Star Freaks (1926), 203All Work and No Pay (1942), 463Aloma of the South Seas (1926), 203Alt, Al, 186, 187, 200Altar, 19, 57, 59, 154, 370The Amazon, 353Ames, Elsie, 449, 450Among the Cannibal Isles of the South
Pacific (1918), 108Ancient Egypt (1939), 430Anderson, Augusta, 39Anderson, Mary, 171And so Tibet (1964), 628Andy Panda, 445Angel Puss (1944), 485–486Animated cartoon, 3, 71Animated film, 110, 123Ankers, Evelyn, 569Ankrum, Morris, 486, 498, 528, 529Another Goldwyn-Bray Comic
(1920), 120Another Wild Idea (1934), 357Anthony, William, 225Antique Antics (1933), 334Anzilotti, Cosmo, 638Apartment Wanted (1922), 144Ape, 2, 100, 134, 140, 196, 319, 323,
342, 343, 347, 381, 408, 451, 501, 545, 558, 624
Apes of Wrath (1959), 605Ape Suzette (1966), 638Aping Hollywood (1931), 280Appleby, Dorothy, 450Arabian, 105, 595, 608Arabian Nightmare, An (1920), 121Arabiantics (1928), 225
Arbuckle, Roscoe (Fatty) (aka William Goodrich), 296
Arctic Giant, The (1942), 463–464Ardell, Alice, 206, 211Ardell, Alyce, 211Arlton, Frank, 154Armetta, Henry, 257Armstrong, Louis, 321Arnold, Phil, 516, 532, 588Aroma of the South Seas (1926), 203Arrow Maiden, The (1915), 7Arthur, Johnny, 223, 412Asbury Park Murder Mystery
(1931), 280Asher, Max, 17, 31, 32Ashe, Warren, 315Ashley, Arthur S., 41Astair, Marie, 184Astroduck, The (1966), 639Astrologer, 78, 209, 230, 251, 252, 253,
271, 272, 355, 377, 400Astrology, 579Astronomeows (1928), 225Astronut, 617, 624, 628–630,
635–637Astronut Woody (1966), 638–639As You Like It (1925), 191Ates, Roscoe, 328, 451Atkins, George, 611, 615A-Tom-inable Snowman, The
(1966), 639Attic of Terror, The (1937), 401–402Attorney, 14, 94, 304, 325, 566, 632Atwell, Roy, 145, 152Atwill, Lionel, 249Aubrey, Jimmy, 535Auer, Florence, 273, 521, 593Austin, Frank, 268, 291, 328, 357Austin, Jere, 59Austin, Lois, 535Automaton, 31, 499Avery, Fred (Tex), 389, 406, 414, 455,
465, 467, 484, 516, 521, 531, 534, 538, 543, 545, 552, 553, 568, 569, 575, 580, 581, 586
Axe, 47, 178, 507, 535, 559Aylesworth, Arthur, 282Ayres, Agnes, 115
655 INDEX
BBabbit and Costello (Cartoon
Characters), 508Babes in the Woods (1925), 192Babes in the Woods (1932), 312Bach, Alwyn, 405Bachman, Charles, 220Backus, Jim, 573Badger, Clarence, 17Badger, Clarence C., 52Bad Luck Blackie (1949), 530–531Bagdad/Baghdad, 74, 119, 121, 194,
216, 225, 520Baggot, King, 70, 72, 73, 82, 498Bailey, Andre, 202Bailey, Harry, 245, 266, 287, 320Bailey, Sherwood, 299Bailey, William, 295Bainbridge, Sherman, 19, 51Baird, Leah, 42Baisley, Barnes, 622Baker, Edward (Eddie), 115, 150, 151,
170, 327, 328, 355, 546, 582Bakshi, Ralph, 632Baldwin, Earl, 539Baldwin, Walter, 471Ball, Lucille, 396Balloon, 165, 181, 201, 225, 238, 352,
373, 375, 377, 378, 547, 575Balloon Land (1935), 377–378Bangsberg, Lester, 245Banker’s Daughter, The (1933), 334Banks, Monty, 174Bara, Theda, 208Barbera, Joseph, 469, 514, 516, 604Bard, Ben, 250Bare, Richard (aka Richard L. Bare),
528, 566Barker, Bradley, 25Barks, Carl, 476Barnett, Vince, 382Barnum Was Wrong (1930), 257Barnyard Frolics (1917), 90Baroemo, Chase, 244, 245Barrington, Herbert, 61Barry, Eddie, 108, 129, 247Barrymore, Lionel, 435Barry, Patricia, 521Barry, Phyllis, 425Bartay, Barbara, 582, 585
Barty, Billy, 250, 324Barty, Jack, 370, 371Baruch, Andrew, 534Basil, Nick, 257Basquette, Lina, 306Bat, 211, 231, 239, 243, 263, 269, 277,
283, 291, 312, 313, 335, 340, 344, 364, 412, 416, 450, 452, 464, 469, 478, 482, 488, 497, 501, 546, 588
Bat, Freddy, 635Baton, Stuart, 8, 331Bats in the Belfry (1942), 464Bauer, Eli, 620, 630, 632, 635Bayne, Beverly, 35Beal, Frank, 32Beanstalk/bean stalk, 205, 292, 334,
341, 361, 489, 498, 500, 519, 616, 632
Bean Stalk Jack (1933), 334–335Beanstalk Jack (1946), 500Beans the Cat, 379, 397Beard, Betty Jane, 251, 277Beard, Matthew “Stymie,” 299, 322,
335, 342, 361, 368, 369, 373Beast, 26, 49–51, 166, 213, 222, 258,
267, 357, 486, 613Beast, The (1927), 217Beauchamp, Clem, 191, 221, 222,
224, 233Beaudine, Harold, 152, 184, 223, 231,
263, 273Beaudine, William, 68, 82, 91, 101Beauty and the Beast (1934), 357Beckett, Scotty, 361, 369, 373, 384Beck, Jackson, 542, 544, 548, 551, 556,
566, 571, 579, 580, 585, 591, 597, 601, 607
Beddoe, Don, 450Bedford, Barbara, 425, 430, 485Bedlam in Paradise (1955), 578Bed Time (1923), 164Bedtime Bedlam (1955), 579Bedtime Worries (1933), 335Beebe, Ford, 128Beebe, Marjorie, 288, 289, 294Beery, Wallace, 51, 92Belasco, Jay, 184Believe It or Not (1931), 281Believe It or Not (1932), 312Bella, Blanche, 100
656 INDEX
Bell, Arthur, 154, 156, 157, 161Bell, Emma, 30, 38Bell, Rex, 340Bell Smith, James, 199Bell, Temple, 154Belmore, Lionel, 243Bemis, Jim, 180Be My King (1928), 225–226Benchley, Robert, 364, 393, 394, 431Benedict, Kingsley, 35Benedict, Tony, 643, 645Benham, Harry, 25Bennet, Spencer Gordon, 287, 295,
303, 328Bennett, Alma, 290Bennett, Bruce, 450Benny, Jack, 431, 435Benson, Clyde, 34Benton, Curtis, 60, 331Beresford of the Baboons (1919), 114Berg, Bill, 495Bergen, Edgar, 334Bernard, Harry, 283, 299, 335, 342Bernds, Edward, 501, 503, 509, 516,
521, 524, 535, 537, 538, 546, 577, 582, 590
Berner, Sara, 359, 489Bernie, Ben, 435Berthelet, Arthur, 89Bertino, Al, 615, 620Beryl Coronet, The (1922), 144Besserer, Eugenie, 32Betty Boop, 269, 281, 312, 313, 321,
324, 327, 335, 336, 340, 341, 347–349, 351, 371, 426, 439
Betty Boop, M.D. (1932), 312Betty Boop’s Crazy Inventions
(1933), 335Betty Boop’s Hallowe’en Party
(1933), 335–336Betty Boop’s Museum (1932), 313Betty Boop’s Penthouse (1933), 336Betz, Matthew, 387, 388Bevan, Billy, 199, 202, 213, 214,
238, 352Beverley, Joan, 157Beware (1925), 192Bewitched Bunny (1954), 569Beyers, Clara, 64Bible, 30
Big Bad Wolf, 358, 359, 376, 542Big Bad Wolf (1934), 358–359Big Game Haunt (1968), 645Big Top Murder (1932), 313Billion Dollar Limited (1942), 464–465Billy Boy (1954), 569Billy the Kid, 558Bilson, George, 515Bimbo (cartoon character), 266, 269,
277, 281, 290, 291, 293, 312, 313, 321, 324, 327, 335, 336, 340, 341, 349, 351
Bimbo’s Initiation (1931), 281Bing, Herman, 387Binns, George, 97Biograph, 8, 10, 28, 29, 39, 60, 61Bird in the Head, A (1946), 500–501Birth of a Notion (1947), 512Bison (studio), 19, 36, 51, 67, 107Black cat, 51, 58, 89, 142, 150, 225,
257, 268, 373, 375, 420, 440, 484, 485, 515, 519, 530, 534, 550, 560, 579, 608, 611, 612
The Black Cat, 375, 385, 612Black Cats and Broomsticks (1955), 579Black Cat, The (1960), 612Black magic, 60, 279, 489Black Magic (1924), 176Black, Maurice, 343Black, Preston, 381, 387, 395Black Sherlock Holmes, A (1918), 108Black Spider, The (1931), 281Black Widow, The (1931), 281–282Blake, Ben, 375Blake, Marie, 429, 430Blake, Pamela, 514, 515Blanc, Mel, 430, 626Blane, Sally, 315Bletcher, Billy, 62, 230, 342, 359, 361,
369, 403, 422, 438, 460, 476Blimp Mystery, The (1930), 257Blind/blindness, 46, 58, 71, 630Blind man, 46Bliss, Lela, 582Blitz Wolf (1942), 465Bloch, Robert, 629Blow Out, The (1936), 389Bluebeard, 217, 376, 388, 506, 531Bluebeard’s Brother (1932), 313Blue, Ben, 356
657 INDEX
Blue Racer, The, 649Bluto, 382, 397, 433, 434, 444, 501,
509, 510, 517, 519, 526, 575, 596, 597
Blystone, Stanley, 212, 483, 584Blyth, Ann, 569Bobby Bumps, 114Bobby Bumps and the Hypnotic Eye
(1919), 114Bobby, The Magician (1917), 90Bogard, Delia, 250, 324Bogart, Humphrey, 455Bogus Ghost, The (1916), 61Bohnen, Roman, 462Boland, Eddie, 46, 120, 138, 139, 150,
212, 318Bolder, Robert, 51Bold King Cole (1936), 390Boley, May, 290Bombay Buddha, The (1915), 7–8Bomb Voyage (1967), 643Bonavita, Jack, 41, 48Bond, Ford, 419Bond, Tommy, 335, 342, 361, 423Bone Sweet Bone (1948), 520Boniface, Symona, 483, 503, 516Bonomo, Joe, 278Boo (1932), 313–314Boob and the Magician, The (1915), 8Boo, Boo Theme Song! (1933), 336Boo Bop (1957), 595–596Boobs in the Night (1943), 476–477Boogie Woogie Man Will Get You if You
Don’t Watch Out (1943), 477Boo Hoo Baby (1951), 544Book Agent, The (1921), 134Boo Kind to Animals (1955), 579–580Book Shop, The (1937), 402Bookworm, The (1939), 430Bookworm Turns, The (1940), 444Boo Moon (1954), 569–571Boo Ribbon Winner (1954), 571Boos and Arrows (1954), 571Boos and Saddles (1953), 558Boo Scout (1951), 544Bootlegger, 166Booze, 13, 138Bosché, William, 592, 608Bosko, 282, 336, 396, 402
Bosko and the Cannibals (1937), 402Bosko Shipwrecked! (1931), 282Bosko’s Mechanical Man (1933), 336Bostock, Gordon, 246Boteler, Wade, 320Bottles (1936), 390Bourne, Larz, 533, 544, 545, 550,
557—552, 563, 577, 584, 591—587, 599, 601, 603, 604, 607, 616, 617, 621, 624, 625, 627—624, 636, 638
Bowers, Charles, 216Bowsky, Willard, 371The Boy Friends, 283Bracey, Sydney, 64Bradbury, James, 77Bradley, Estelle, 206, 211, 216Brady, Ed, 183Brain, 52, 56, 70, 390, 444, 462, 477,
500, 501, 506, 522, 538, 557, 615, 620, 626, 632, 647
Bram, Horace, 247Brasno, George, 372, 373Brasno, Olive, 373Brasno, Richard, 373Brasselle, Keefe, 569Brave Little Bat, The (1941), 452Brave Ones, The (1916), 62Bray, J.R., 80Bray Photograph, No. 433
(1920), 121Bray Photograph, No. 442
(1920), 121–122Brecher, Egon, 425Breese, Edmund, 353Brendel, El, 395, 457, 459, 461, 473,
476, 477, 499, 538Brent, Lynton, 381, 450Brian, David, 569Brice, Monte, 185, 350Bridal Night (1930), 257–258Bride of Frankenstein, 381Bride of the Monster, 627Bring ’Em Back a Lie (1935), 378Bring ’Em Back Half Shot (1932), 314Broadhurst, Ethel, 139Broadwell, Robert B., 71Brock, Lou, 446Broderick, Helen, 300, 301
658 INDEX
Brodie, Buster, 231Broncho (studio), 46Brooke, Tyler, 208, 210Brooks, Roy, 127Broom-Stick Bunny (1956), 587–588Brother from Outer Space (1964), 628Brower, Richard, 16Browne, Betty, 256Brown, Joe E., 376Brown, Phil, 388Brunette, Fritzi, 37, 66Bruno-Averardi, Franco, 458Bubble Trouble (1953), 558–559Buchwald, Sam, 497, 530, 533, 537,
542, 544, 548, 601, 606Buck, Frank, 314, 378, 502Buckham, Hazel, 57Buckingham, Thomas, 209Buck Rogers, 491Buddha, 7, 33, 99, 276Buddy, 136, 190, 210, 265,
359, 378Buddy in Africa (1935), 378Buddy’s Theatre (1935), 378Buddy the Detective (1934), 359Buddy the Gob (1934), 359Bugs Bunny, 465–467, 469, 470, 478,
491, 504–506, 520–522, 536, 540, 547, 551, 552, 557, 560, 566, 569, 582, 583, 585, 588, 595, 602–605, 608, 612, 615, 617, 624, 625, 627, 628, 634
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942), 465Bulleteers, The (1942), 465–466Bull Fright (1955), 580Bum Voyage (1934), 359Burgess, Dorothy, 295, 296, 340Burglar, 16, 31, 100, 159, 170, 277,
282, 335, 425, 521, 539, 546, 572, 578
Burglar to the Rescue, A (1931), 282Burial, 428Buried City, A (1915), 8Buried treasure, 74, 251, 287Burke, Franke, 47Burke, Johnny, 252Burke, Joseph, 114Burke, Peggy, 65Burkett, Bartine, 138
Burn/burned/burnt, 41, 44–46, 52, 59, 60, 245, 272, 278, 367, 533, 610
Burness, Pete, 573Burnett, Jessie, 71Burnford, Paul, 491Burns, Neal, 119, 165Burns, Robert, 223Burns, William J., 278, 280–282, 286,
288, 293, 294, 297, 298, 301–304, 307
Burress, William, 343Burroughs, Eric, 417Burstein, Louis, 62Burton, John, 425, 458, 469, 612, 615Burt, Willard, 123Busch, Mae, 368, 370, 371Bushman, Francis X., 73Buster Brown, 241, 249Buster’s Nightmare (1925), 192–193Buster’s Spooks (1929), 241Butcher’s Nightmare, The (1917), 90Bute, Mary Ellen, 450Butler, 27, 35, 47, 48, 75, 76, 82, 113,
114, 135, 189, 190, 192, 215, 231, 247, 267, 268, 307, 326, 370, 410, 411, 498, 509, 619
Buzz Buzzard, 551, 561Buzzell, Edward (Eddie), 259, 285, 286Bye Bye Bluebeard (1949), 531Byron, Walter, 343By the Old Mill Scream (1953), 559
CThe Cabin Kids, 399Caesar’s Ghost (1922), 144–145Cage Fright (1952), 549Cagney, James, 385Cairo, 8, 21, 134, 136, 273, 391Calhoun, Patrick, 89Calico Dragon, The (1935), 379Call a Cop! (1931), 282–283Callahan, Cordelia, 136Call for Mr. Caveman (1919), 115Call of the Sea, The (1927), 217–218Calloway, Cab, 324, 348, 351, 366, 402Call the Wagon (1923), 165Calvert, E. H., 73Calvert, Steve, 546, 567, 569, 582
659 INDEX
Cambodia, 304, 305Came the Dawn (1928), 226Campus Murder Mystery, The
(1932), 314–315Cannibal, 39, 45, 69, 80, 91, 97, 108,
139, 141, 210, 213, 225, 226, 241, 243, 258, 261, 267, 278, 282, 293, 306, 321, 322, 331, 334, 342, 348, 367, 382, 396, 402, 422, 426, 460, 467, 508, 512
Cannibal Capers (1930), 258Cannibal Islands (1934), 360Cannibal Isle, The (1929), 241Cannibalism, 2, 299Cannibal King, The (1915), 8–9Cannibals and Carnivals (1918), 109Cannibals Once (1931), 283Canning the Cannibal King (1917), 91Cannon, Raymond, 277, 591Cannon, Robert, 591Cantor, Eddie, 342, 385Capps, Eddie, 401, 402Capra, Frank, 202Captain Schmideo, 594, 595Caretaker, 27, 225, 314, 449, 450, 611Carleton, Robert, 199Carlisle, Mary, 286Carl, Richard, 231Carlson, Flo, 329Carney, Robert, 270Car of Tomorrow, The (1951), 544–545Carrick, Allyn B., 319Carroll, Terry, 313Carrossella, George, 202Carson, James B., 262Carter, Richard, 206Cartoonist’s Nightmare, A (1935), 379Cartoon Travesty on the Raven, A
(1942), 466Cartwright, Peggy, 164Carver, Louise, 178, 191Carver, Lynne, 445Carver, Ron, 615Case of Identity, A (1922), 145Case of the Cold Storage Yegg
(1963), 623–624Case of the Elephant’s Trunk, The
(1965), 631Case of the Missing Hare (1942), 466
Case of the Red-Eyed Ruby (1961), 618Case of the Screaming Bishop, The
(1944), 486Case of the Stuttering Pig, The
(1937), 403Casey’s Ghost (1916), 62Casket, 65, 76Casper Comes to Clown (1951), 545Casper Genie (1954), 572Casper’s Birthday Party (1959), 605–606Casper’s Spree Under the Sea
(1950), 537Casper Takes a Bow-Wow (1951), 545Casper the Friendly Ghost, 435, 497,
530, 533, 537, 542, 544, 545, 548–551, 554, 556–559, 561, 563, 564, 566, 571, 572, 577–581, 584–586, 589, 591–593, 596–606, 609
Cass, Maurice, 423Castle, 11, 211, 248, 281, 312, 334,
344, 357, 379, 390, 441, 469, 504, 522, 532, 549, 557, 588, 603, 611, 615, 618, 619, 627, 634
Castle, Joan, 356Castles for Two (1917), 91Castle, William, 629Cat, 23The Cat and the Canary, 246, 315The Cat Creeps, 314The Cat Creeps (1930 feature film), 314Cat, Dog & Co. (1929), 242Catlett, Walter, 35, 348, 349, 451Cat’s Canary, The (1932), 315Cat’s Nightmare, The (1931), 283Cat that Hated People, The
(1948), 520–521Cavanaugh, Hobart, 310Cavanaugh, W. E., 46Cave, 92, 151, 159, 164, 185, 186, 211,
214, 256, 263, 301, 324, 351, 368, 504, 581, 595, 604, 627
Cave Club, The (1930), 258Caveman, 115, 149, 159, 176, 185, 430,
431, 444, 448, 526, 585, 647, 648Caveman, Charley, 256Cave Man, The (1924), 176–177Cave Man, The (1934), 360Cavender, Glen, 256
660 INDEX
CBS Films (studio), 621, 624Cecil, Edward, 39Cecil, Nora, 356Ceder, Ralph, 256, 318Celebrity (studio), 367, 392Cemetery, 76, 167, 198, 218, 238, 250,
276, 277, 299, 304, 308, 313, 340, 345, 356, 359, 461, 499, 554
Centaur (studio), 41, 48, 71Ceylon, 310Chalmers, Thomas, 249Champ Steps Out, The (1951), 546Chandler, Raymond, 528Chandu the Magician, 317, 328,
337, 340Chaney, Lon, 157, 277Chaney, Norman “Chubby,” 251, 277Chaplin, Charlie, 159, 377Charles Gounod (1928), 226Charles Urban’s Movie Chat, No. 45
(1921), 134–135Charley Caveman, 256Chase, Budd, 67Chase, Charley (Charles Parrott), 128,
159, 210, 325, 357, 385, 401, 425Chatterton, Thomas, 43Chaudet, L.W., 88Chemistry Lesson (1922), 145Chemist, The (1920), 122Chemist, The (1936), 390–391Cherche le Phantom (1968), 645Chertok, Jack, 418, 430Cheval Mystery, The (1915), 9Chevret, Lita, 295Childress, Alvin, 489Chills and Fever (1930), 258–259Chilly Willy, 610, 645Chimp/chimpanzee, 69, 70, 84, 85,
143, 217, 280, 322, 324, 338, 437China, 33, 359Chinaman’s Chance (1933), 337Chinatown, 115, 166, 177, 211,
394, 395Chinese, 33, 115, 166, 210, 329, 372,
394, 419Chiniquy, Gerry, 638, 645, 647,
650, 651Chip and Dale, 574
Chiquita Banana and the Cannibals (1947), 512
Choke/choking, 26, 40, 305Christensen, Doc, 648Christie, Al, 26, 57, 58, 72, 108, 129,
132, 165, 184, 352, 365, 377, 380, 383, 391, 399, 454
Christy, Ann, 249, 264Churchill, Winston, 454Churchyards of Old America (1926), 203Cimber, Alphonse, 558The Circular Staircase (1908), 121Circus, 69, 70Circus (1932), 315Circus Show Up, The (1932), 315Clair, Ethylene, 221Clairvoyance, 69, 70, 121, 233, 247,
280, 301, 313, 315, 327, 356, 381, 416, 467, 475, 545, 551, 579, 584, 618
Clampett, Robert (Bob), 414, 426, 436, 438, 444, 449, 453, 465, 467, 477, 478, 491, 493, 504, 532
Clark, Bobby, 243, 364Clarke, Mae, 314Clark, Frank, 66Clark, Mary, 259Claus, Santa, 335, 375, 484Claws for Alarm (1954), 572Clayton, Ethel, 39, 210Clemens, James, 127Cleopatra, 122, 144, 165, 295Cleopatra (1920), 122Cleopatra and Her Easy Mark
(1923), 165Clever Collie’s Comeback, A
(1916), 62–63Clever Dummy, A (1917), 92Clifford, William, 51, 99Clifton, Elmer, 295, 310Clifton, Wallace C., 37Cline, Edward F., 131, 206Clippety Clobbered (1966), 639Cloak and Stagger (1956), 588Closed room, 44Club Life in the Stone Age
(1940), 444–445Club Pest, The (1915), 10
661 INDEX
Clyde, Andy, 181, 182, 202, 252, 256, 288, 289, 294, 456, 463, 499, 515, 521, 584, 585, 593
Clyde Mystery, The (1931), 283–284Clymer, John B., 33, 121Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
(1943), 477Cobb, Joe, 188, 201, 214, 220, 238,
242, 244, 253, 254Cobean, Sam, 485Cobweb Hotel, The (1936), 391Cochrane, George, 282Cockatoos for Two (1947), 512Coffin, 54, 112–114, 134, 170, 344Cold Shivers (1929), 242Cole Case, The (1932), 316Coleman, Frank, 178Collins, Charles, 417Collins, John H., 34Collins, Monte (aka Monty Collins),
233, 298, 352, 364, 381, 387, 395, 397, 427, 451, 456, 461, 473, 477, 494, 538, 539, 585
Collins, Ray, 313, 317, 329Colonel Heeza Liar, 10, 12, 176, 177Colonel Heeza Liar and the Ghost
(1923), 165–166Colonel Heeza Liar, Ghost Breaker
(Second Part) (1915), 11–12Colonel Heeza Liar, Ghost Breaker
(1915), 10–11Colonel Heeza Liar in the African
Jungles (1923), 165Colonna, Jerry, 493Colorful Cairo (1936), 391Columbia (studio), 157, 247, 258–260,
275, 283, 285, 300, 303, 304, 317, 333, 334, 338, 346, 349, 364, 372, 376, 381, 383, 385, 387, 395, 401, 408, 415, 416, 419, 423–425, 427, 434, 437, 439, 442, 450, 452, 453, 456, 457, 459, 461, 463, 474, 477–480, 483, 485, 486, 488, 493, 494, 498–503, 506, 508, 509, 512, 516, 517, 521, 524, 528, 529, 533–535, 537–539, 542, 546, 548, 559, 568, 573, 577, 578, 582, 584, 585, 587, 588, 590, 593, 599, 600, 611, 629
Comedy, 1, 8Comical, 17, 23, 133, 286, 344, 367,
382, 390, 408, 422Comic Book Land (1950),
537–538Compson, Betty, 72Compton, Dorothy, 359Compton, Joyce, 385Conan, Zoila, 361Condon, Jackie, 164, 188, 201, 214,
220, 238Cones, Armand, 333Congo (1945), 495Conklin, Charles, 82, 86Conklin, Chester, 14, 92Conley, Lige, 159, 162, 186, 189, 191,
192, 215, 216Connelly, Bobby, 90Connelly, Marc, 310Conried, Hans, 458Conway, Jack, 37Cook, Aileen, 394Cook, Clyde, 198, 199, 213Cooke, Al, 256Cooke, Ray, 353Coombs, Guy, 59Cooper, Jack, 174, 201, 256Copper Beeches, The (1922), 146Corby, Francis, 207Coroner, 71, 163, 404Corpse, 15, 54, 63, 75, 198, 228,
291, 356, 395, 401, 402, 484, 498, 509, 528
Corrigan, Ray “Crash,” 427, 478, 521, 535
Cosgriff, Jack, 534Cossar, John, 98, 136Costello, Jack, 497, 508Cottrell, Bill, 363, 388Count Bloodcount, 627Counter Attack (1960), 613Counterfeiter, 34, 62, 104, 137,
499, 584Courtot, Marguerite, 44Coutts, John E., 156Cowles, Jules, 202Cox, Doran, 233Cox, Edward, 78Coxen, Edward, 80
662 INDEX
Crain, Jeanne, 569Crampton, Howard, 15, 27Crandall, Roland, 351Crandall, Suzi, 529Crane Poison Case, The
(1932), 316–317Crawford, Joan, 629Crawford, Lorraine, 600Crawley, Constance, 89Crazy Cruise (1942), 467Crazy House (1931), 284Crazy House (1940), 445Crazy Mixed up Pup (1955), 580Creation’s Morning (1920), 122–123Creature, 54, 79, 103, 113, 116, 141,
265, 267, 279, 281, 298, 336, 352, 382, 395, 397, 432, 472, 493, 520, 531, 616, 628, 634, 638, 639
Creeps (1956), 588Cremate/cremation, 25Crime, 8, 9, 24, 32, 41, 70, 71, 94, 104,
135, 146, 163, 278, 280–282, 286, 287, 290, 307, 310, 314, 315, 325, 330, 337, 394, 411, 437, 479, 486, 521, 593, 602
Crime on Their Hands (1948), 521Criminal, 28, 34, 40, 52, 53, 85, 135,
148, 205, 206, 231, 235, 239, 286, 288, 291, 303, 307, 348, 350, 364, 394, 421, 432, 451, 456, 504, 527, 528, 536, 539, 552, 590
Crittenden, T. D., 67, 107Croaker, 650Croakus Pocus (1971), 648–649Crocodile, 105, 294, 353, 530, 603Croker-King, C. H., 155Crosby, Bing, 375, 435Crowe, Lee, 315Croy, Homer, 8Cruze, James, 25Crystal ball, 258, 262, 317, 341,
452, 515Crystal Brawl, The (1957), 596Crystal Gazabo, The (1932), 317Crystal Gazer, The (1930), 259Crystal Gazer, The (1931), 285Crystal Gazer, The (1941), 452Crystal’s Warning, The (1916), 63–64Cubby Bear, 347, 348, 360, 373
Cubby’s Stratosphere Flight (1934), 360Cuckoo Clock, The (1950), 538Cuckoo Murder Case, The
(1930), 259–260Cuckoo the Magician (1933), 337Culhane, Shamus, 477, 640Cult, 22, 281Culver, Howard, 598Cunard, Grace, 77Cuneo, Lester, 35Curing the Cook (1915), 12Curiosities (1930), 260Curiosities (1931), 285Curiosities (1932), 317Curses! Curses! Curses! (1931), 285–286Curtis, Allen, 17, 52, 86Curtis, Billy, 467Curtis, Dick, 442, 503Curwood, James Oliver, 49, 55Custer, Peggy, 107
DDaffy Duck, 426, 430, 431, 470, 504,
512, 554, 560, 585, 589, 593, 595, 605, 617, 618, 638, 639, 644
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939), 430–431
Dale, Frances, 310Dalton, Cal, 436Dalton, Irene, 141Daly, William Robert, 37, 66Dana, Viola, 48The Dance of the Devil, 284Danch, Bill, 618, 621–623Dancing on the Moon (1935),
379–380Dane, Karl, 284Daniels, Bebe, 75, 117Daniels, Mickey, 164, 188, 201,
283, 334Daniels, Richard, 201D’Arcy, Harry, 446Darien, Frank, 325Dark/darkness, 14, 22, 36, 56, 64, 78,
82, 178, 217, 225, 228, 231, 260, 263, 266, 275, 282, 289, 291, 301, 327, 334, 335, 339, 344, 347, 350, 351, 357, 359, 399, 416, 418, 424,
663 INDEX
429, 484, 487, 494, 517, 529, 534, 536, 538, 542, 549, 566, 568, 586, 620, 633
Darkest Hour, The (1923), 166Dark Magic (1939), 431Dark Shadows (1944), 486Darling, Helen, 129Darling, Jean, 220, 242, 244, 253Darling, Scott, 129Darmond, Grace, 77, 132Darwin, Charles, 87, 114Dassin, Jules, 462Davenport, Harry, 34, 315Davidson, Max, 226, 227, 239,
251, 275Davis, George, 210, 211Davis, James, 151, 234Davis, Nancy, 569Davis, Ulysses, 20Dawley, Herbert, 116, 117Day, Alice, 178, 181, 182, 206Dayton, James, 99Dean, Priscilla, 88Death Attends a Party (1933),
337–338Death Drums of New Guinea
(1934), 360Death House, The (1931), 286Death ray, 352, 461, 483Death Ship, The (1928), 227Death Valley, 453DeBorba, Dorothy, 299, 322, 342Deduce, You Say (1956), 589Deep Boo Sea, The (1952), 550Dees, Buster, 243Defective Detectives (1917), 92De Forest, Lee, 183DeForrest, Patsy, 65de Haven, Carter (Carter DeHaven), 128Deitch, Gene, 576, 620, 621, 623Delaney, Leo, 42Delevanti, Winifred, 100Delf, Harry, 235Delusion, 103, 109, 319, 426Demarest, William, 273DeMond, Albert, 318Demons of the Deep (1938), 419Dena Maison, 77Denning, Richard, 569
Dent, Vernon, 214, 238, 252, 284, 343, 456, 461, 488, 499, 509, 516, 534, 542, 548, 590
Departed Spirits (1920), 123DePatie, David H., 634, 635, 638, 639,
641–643, 645–647, 649–651Deputy Dawg, 617, 621, 624, 626Desert Demons (1933), 338Destination Magoo (1954), 572–573Destination Meatball (1951), 546Destiné, Jéan Leon, 558Destruction Inc. (1942), 467Detective, 7, 35, 46, 49, 53, 62, 63, 73,
78, 82, 84, 85, 92, 110, 111, 125, 136, 144, 146, 148, 153–156, 158, 160, 163, 186, 190, 201, 206, 208, 211, 214, 221, 233, 239, 240, 246, 251, 267, 268, 270, 275, 278, 280–283, 286, 288–291, 293, 297, 298, 302, 306, 307, 310, 311, 316, 317, 326, 328–330, 332, 337, 348, 351, 381, 387, 394, 395, 421, 422, 432, 437, 441, 442, 451, 461, 483, 484, 509, 514, 515, 528, 536, 538, 539, 546, 552, 582, 589
Detectives Wanted (1929), 242–243Detective, The (1930), 260Detectress, The (1919), 115Detektuvs (1932), 317Detiege, David, 634Devil, 2, 13, 14, 64, 72, 82, 90, 118,
134, 172, 200, 202, 216, 238, 239, 244, 246, 250, 261, 289, 301, 310, 360, 364, 371, 380, 411, 412, 422, 430, 483, 499, 529, 533, 542, 581, 591, 626
Deviled Ham (1938), 419–420Deviled Yeggs (1974), 650Devilish Business (1916), 64Devilish Dream, A (1915), 12Devil’s Cabaret, The (1930), 286Devil’s Darling, The (1915), 13Devil’s Feud Cake (1963), 624Devil’s Foot, The (1922), 146–147Devil’s Parade, The (1930), 261Dexter, Elliott, 91De Zemler, Charles (Charles De
Zemler), 484
664 INDEX
Diamond, 66, 67, 119, 162, 221, 230, 298, 301, 620
Dickerson, Dudley, 399, 400, 451, 456, 459, 473, 479, 499, 503, 509, 516, 517, 529, 535, 537, 542, 585, 593
Dillon, Eddie, 67Dillon, John, 295Dime, Jimmy, 458Dingbat Land (1949), 531Dinky Doodle, 177, 183, 192, 196, 197,
204, 205, 208, 209Dinky Doodle in Egypt (1926), 204–205Dinky Doogle and the Magic Lamp
(1924), 177Dinky Duck, 568Dinosaur, 2, 116, 117, 276, 313, 330,
342, 352, 360, 448, 486, 514, 520, 526, 554, 581, 604, 647, 648
Dinosaur and the Baboon, The (1917), 92–93
Dintenfass, Mark, 62Dirty Work (1933), 338–339Disembodied, 312Disney, Walt, 203, 223, 246, 258, 283,
286, 300, 344, 345, 358, 361, 363, 384, 388, 406, 413, 462, 475, 476, 592, 608
Distilled Spirits (1915), 13Ditmars, Raymond L., 319, 321Dizzy Detectives (1943), 478Dockstader, Tod, 621Doctor, 15, 22, 24, 30, 44, 48, 52, 53,
60, 64, 65, 75, 96, 99, 102, 103, 118, 119, 129, 133, 135, 137, 152, 156, 184, 191, 257, 261, 270, 284, 311, 316, 344, 403, 404, 425, 427, 444, 448, 470, 471, 479, 486, 490, 507, 522, 536, 578, 633
Do Detectives Think? (1927), 218–219Dog, 29, 46, 62, 79, 99, 112, 114, 150,
168, 177, 183, 193, 194, 197, 203, 204, 208, 219, 225, 242, 255, 263, 283, 289, 326, 334, 344, 364, 379, 384, 385, 396, 415, 431, 432, 436, 439, 440, 508, 510, 512, 515, 516, 520, 525, 531, 533, 539, 543, 545, 551, 571, 574, 576, 578, 580, 599, 602, 603, 620, 630, 636, 651
Do Gentlemen Snore? (1928), 227
Dogfather, The, 650Dog Gone Modern (1939), 431–432Dogville, 306Doing What’s Fright (1959), 606Doll, 243, 248, 297, 479, 507, 623Doll Shop, The (1929), 243Domino (studio), 16, 43, 47Donald Duck, 406, 407, 410, 411,
420, 476, 486, 487, 492, 493, 495, 496, 502, 556, 574
Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944), 486–487
Donald’s Lucky Day (1938), 420Don, Davy, 65Donnelly, Eddie, 432, 472, 473,
500, 510, 511, 524, 525, 547, 550
Donnelly, Leo, 247Don’t Lie (1942), 467Don’t Spill the Beans (1965), 632Do or Diet (1953), 559Door Will Open, A (1940), 445Dope (drugs), 51, 126, 191Dopey Dicks (1950), 538Dorety, Charles, 138, 221, 480Dorian Gray, 40Doro, Marie, 91Do the Dead Talk? (1920), 123Double Hold-Up, The (1919), 115Dough for the Do-Do (1949), 532Douglas, Gordon, 400, 412, 419, 422Dowling, Sydell, 64Down in Jungle Town (1924), 177Downs, Johnny, 201Down to Mirth (1959), 606–607Doyle, Arthur Conan, 144, 146, 148,
155–157, 160Do Your Stuff (1923), 166Dracula, 292, 333, 346, 376, 385, 432,
433, 569Dracula (1931 feature film), 340Draculina, 634Dragon, 13, 14, 74, 205, 265, 275, 279,
300, 351, 359, 379, 397, 574, 616, 619, 620, 633, 649
Dragon Around (1954), 574Dragon’s Claw, The (1915), 13–14Drayton, Alfred, 157Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (1964), 628–629
665 INDEX
Dream/dreams, 25, 26, 29, 32, 38, 40, 45, 46, 72, 85, 87, 96, 99, 104–107, 111, 113, 116, 117, 120–122, 129, 134, 136, 149, 151, 164, 170, 172, 173, 182, 187, 188, 204, 210, 214, 216, 228, 230, 242, 248, 262, 303, 326, 344, 352, 357, 371, 385, 389, 402, 408, 411, 413–415, 442, 445, 472, 479, 482, 498, 501, 504, 507, 514, 537, 549, 550, 578, 594, 614
Dreams (1940), 445Dream Walking (1950), 538–539Dream Walking, A (1934), 361Drew, Sidney, 98Drink/drinking, 9, 27, 28, 33, 46, 61,
84, 100, 113, 122, 127, 128, 145, 215, 312, 333, 355, 395, 451, 467, 513, 518, 529, 574, 582, 629, 641
Dr. Jekyll, 26, 130, 193, 364, 403, 582, 614
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), 123–124
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947), 512–513
Dr. Jekyll’s Hide (1932), 318Dr. Jerkyl’s Hide (1954), 574Dr. Jittery, 586Droppington’s Devilish Deed (1915), 14Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride (1925), 193Drug/drugged/drugs, 78, 156, 288,
351, 558Drums of Fear (1930), 261Drunk, 18, 113, 250, 279, 319, 325,
388, 518Duck Amuck (1953), 560Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
(1953), 560Ducking a Discord (1916), 64Duck Pimples (1945), 495Dudley, Carl, 425, 458, 469, 598Dudley, Charles, 87Duel in the Dark, The (1915), 14Duffy, J.A., 324Duffy, Jack, 140, 243Dugan, Tom, 298Dukas, Paul, 387Dumb Dicks (1932), 318Dumbrille, Douglas, 331
Dummy, 79, 98, 148, 150, 169, 180, 215, 334, 459, 506
Duncan, Budd, 17, 23, 26, 29, 31, 33, 40, 48, 68, 69, 75, 94, 95, 132, 133
Dungeon, 105, 112, 134, 379, 569Dunham, Phil, 92, 191, 211, 216Dunn, Marie, 136Durante, Jimmy, 351, 376, 435Duran, Val, 395Durkin, James, 291Durvas, Charles, 239Duryea, George, 305Dutch Treat (1956), 589DuWorld Pictures, Inc., 344Dvorak, Ann, 286Dwyer, Marlo, 539Dying Detective, The (1921), 135
EEarle, Edward, 115Earle, Jack, 168, 182Earl, Erma, 43Early, Babe, 96Eason, B. Reeves, 461Eastland Horror (1915), 14–15Eastman, Frank, 288, 289Eaton, Jay, 388Eaton, Pearl, 364Ebbinger, Charles, 65Ebony Film Corporation (studio), 6n13,
95, 108, 111, 112, 123Eclair (studio), 43, 56Eddings, Ruth, 222Edgar Allan Poe (1921), 135Edgar’s Feast Day (1921), 136Edgar the Detective (1921), 135–136Edge, Bob, 458Edison (studio), 12, 16, 28, 34, 38, 48,
72, 93, 113Edmonson, Albert, 75The Ed Sullivan Show, 551Educational (studio), 113, 135,
144–149, 154–158, 161, 162, 164, 167, 200, 203, 205, 206, 212, 218, 219, 222, 224–226, 230, 231, 233–235, 240–242, 248, 252, 278, 280–282, 286, 288, 294, 296, 298, 301, 303, 304, 307, 313, 320, 321,
666 INDEX
335, 338, 342, 343, 352, 353, 355, 363, 365, 368, 377, 380, 383, 391, 394, 395, 399, 417
Edward Peil Jr., 136Edwards, Cliff, 284, 352, 448Edwards, Harry, 168, 247, 322, 452,
456, 461, 473, 474, 499, 585Edwards, Harry J., 298Edwards, John, 23Edwards, Mattie, 23, 54, 111Edwards, Neely, 133, 153, 158, 170,
175, 176, 199, 200, 202, 211, 221, 315
Edwards, Thornton, 141Edwards, Walter, 16Efficiency Experts (1917), 93–94Egan, George, 65Egghead, 406Egypt, 8, 21, 78, 87, 94, 104, 105, 122,
134, 136, 171, 204, 211, 263, 273, 296, 326, 370, 391, 430, 441, 442, 452, 482, 541, 640
Egypt (1917), 94Egyptian, 33, 57, 64, 78, 87, 104, 111,
136, 165, 169, 170, 205, 211, 223, 224, 236, 286, 302, 312, 426, 442, 467, 482, 530, 618, 641, 646
Egyptian Melodies (1931), 286Egyptian Museum in Cairo (1921), 136Egypt, Land of Pyramids (1930), 262Egypt Today (1926), 205Electric chair, 101, 130, 615Electric Earthquake, The (1942), 468Electric/electricity, 42, 65, 94, 101, 130,
148, 166, 178, 237, 307, 315, 320, 372, 381, 468, 557, 598, 615, 640
Electric House, The (1922), 147–148Electrocuted, 42, 494Electronica (1960), 613Electronic Mouse Trap, The (1947), 514Eleventh Dimension, The (1915), 15Eleventh House (1942), 468Elf, 216Elixir, 52, 57, 64, 165Elixir of Life, The (1916), 64–65Elliott, Grace, 292Elliott, Lillian, 325Ellis, Maurice, 417
Ellis, Robert, 20, 44Elmer Fudd, 469, 470, 491, 506,
566, 604Elmquist, Frank, 430Elvey, Maurice, 144, 147, 148, 154, 158,
161, 164Emerald, 99, 263Emory, Gilbert, 201Empty House, The (1922), 148Enchanted City, The (1922), 149Enchanted Flute, The (1929), 243Enchanted Forest, The (1930),
261–262Endfield, Cyril, 491Engele, Moya, 419, 420Engle, Billy, 194English, Leslie, 155Epitaph, 203, 281, 497E. & R. Jungle Film Co. (studio), 70, 85Errol, Leon, 396, 518, 519, 529,
539, 542Essanay (studio), 35, 51, 54, 73, 89, 112Eugene “Porky” Lee, 384, 400, 412,
419, 422, 430Evans, Muriel, 224, 325Evans, Owen, 26Everything Happens to Me (1930), 262Evil charm, 7Evil Sag, The (1917), 94–95Evolution, 87, 319, 451Evolution (1932), 318–319Ex-Cannibal Carnival, An (1918), 109Experiment, The (1915), 16Explode/explosion, 18, 31, 38, 61, 71,
95, 107, 174, 206, 208, 266, 340, 355, 364, 390, 397, 514, 527
Exploring Space (1941), 453Extinct Pink (1969), 647Extra! Extra! (1932), 319Extraterrestrial, 564, 617, 624, 628,
630, 643Eye/eyes, 17, 19, 24, 32, 59, 61, 63, 79,
83, 99, 113, 120, 165, 166, 173, 191, 199, 211, 224, 228, 229, 231, 276, 298, 299, 307, 327, 344, 396, 457, 495, 506, 509, 547, 552, 568, 571, 572, 610, 630
Eyes Have It, The (1945), 495–496
667 INDEX
Eyes in Outer Space: A Science-Factual Presentation (1959), 607–608
Eyton, Bessie, 20, 21, 53, 106
FFable of Pharaoh’s Tomb (1923), 171Facing the Gallows (1931), 287Fahrney, Milton, 13, 98Fahrney, W.J., 99Fairbanks, Douglas, 78Fairbanks, Jerry, 302Fairy/fairies, 52, 54, 71, 91, 96, 107,
119, 142, 152, 168, 205, 212, 215, 255, 262, 340, 347
Fakir, 16, 117, 223, 273, 276, 631, 632
Fakir, The (1915), 16Fallberg, Carl, 626Falling Hare (1943), 478Fall of the House of Usher, The
(1928), 227–229Falstaff (studio), 51, 63, 81Fanny in the Lion’s Den (1933), 339Fanny’s Wedding Day (1933), 339Fanny Zilch, 334, 339, 340, 348, 380,
415, 417Fantasia (1940 feature film), 363Farley, Dot, 121, 480, 515, 525Farmer Al Falfa, 145, 150, 173, 266,
307, 384, 398, 408, 409, 507Farm of Tomorrow, The (1954), 575Fast Freight (1929), 243–244Fatal Note, The (1932), 319Faucit, Ursula, 236Faust, 64, 226, 244, 354Faust (1929), 244–245Faust (theme), 13, 64, 72, 226Faye, Randall, 238Fay, Hugh, 133Fazenda, Louise, 292, 293F.B.O. (studio), 211Fear (1916), 65Feet of Mud (1924), 177Feist, Felix E., 364, 394, 418, 423,
434, 445Feld, Fritz, 438, 439Felix in the Bone Age (1922), 149
Felix the Cat, 140, 149, 167, 205, 219, 225, 230, 234, 235, 239, 275, 279, 390
Felix the Cat in Blunderland (1926), 205Felix the Cat Switches Witches
(1927), 219Felix the Ghost Breaker (1923), 167Fener, Walter, 395Fenner, Walter, 352Ferrell, Cullum Holmes, 169Fiddle Faddle (1960), 613Field, George, 78, 80Fields, Joseph, 365Fields, Stanley, 306Fields, W.C., 644Fife, Shannon, 20Film Guild (studio), 229Fine Arts (studio), 67Fine, Larry, 427, 442, 478, 479, 483,
488, 489, 494, 498—495, 512, 521, 524, 528, 532, 534, 537, 538, 548, 559, 567, 577, 578, 582, 584, 587, 588, 590, 599, 600
Finlayson, James, 194, 208, 219, 244, 331, 401
Finlayson, Jimmie, 199, 208, 210, 230Fire, 14, 23, 28, 30, 39, 45, 46, 50, 52,
73, 76, 83, 87, 99, 103, 107, 128, 132, 142, 144, 159, 171, 183, 186, 212, 213, 231, 242, 258, 270, 278, 279, 304, 320, 321, 361, 363, 371, 376, 385, 386, 429, 457, 471, 520, 540, 549, 568, 584, 600, 649
Fire Worshippers (1930), 262–263First Bad Man, The (1955), 581First Round-Up, The (1934), 361First 100 Years, The (1924), 177–179Fishback, Fred, 117Fisher, Budd, 203, 214Fisherman’s Nightmare (1947), 514Fisherman, The (1931), 287Fistic Mystic, The (1946), 501Fitzgerald, James A., 62FitzPatrick, James A., 226, 262, 271,
430, 454FitzPatrick Pictures (studio), 226,
251–253, 262, 269, 271, 272Flagg, Steven (aka Michael St. Angel), 529
668 INDEX
Flagpole Jitters (1956), 590Flames, 41, 60, 87, 99, 169, 216, 364,
568, 585, 612Flavia Arcaro, 13Fleischer, Dave, 122, 139, 164, 188,
190, 197, 266, 269, 277, 281, 293, 312, 313, 321, 324, 327, 335, 336, 349, 351, 355, 367, 371, 372, 380, 382, 391, 392, 397, 421, 426, 429, 432, 434, 439, 444, 450, 458, 459, 461, 463, 465, 466, 468, 473, 476
Fleischer, Max, 121, 164, 172, 188, 190, 192, 197, 266, 269, 293, 313, 324, 336, 351, 355, 397, 398
Flint, Helen, 284Flip the Frog, 260, 301, 315, 337,
351, 352Flirty Sleepwalker, The (1932), 320Flop Secret (1952), 550Flowers, Bess, 401Flugrath, Edna, 145Fly, 188, 240, 245, 265, 287, 300, 320,
335, 336, 350, 368, 478, 501, 503, 512, 612, 627, 629, 630
Fly Frolic (1932), 320Fly Guy, The (1931), 287Fly Hi (1931), 287Flying carpet, 493, 530, 541, 651Flying Cups and Saucers (1950), 539Flying horse, 625Flying saucer, 625
See also Flying-saucer; SaucerFlying Sorceress, The (1956), 590Fly in the Ointment, The
(1943), 478–479Fly’s Bride, The (1929), 245Foiled (1915), 17Foiled (1931), 288Foiled Again (1935), 380Fold Up (1924), 179Food and Magic (1943), 479Foray, June, 587Forbes, Harry, 230For Crimin’ Out Loud (1956), 590Ford, Charles E., 421Forde, Victoria, 26, 57, 58Ford, Francis, 77Ford, Gene, 222Foreman, Grant, 123
Forgotten Island, The (1932), 320–321For Rent–Haunted (1922), 149Forrest, Allan, 57, 315For the Love of Tut (1923), 167Fortune Hunters (1946), 501–502Fortune teller/fortune-telling, 96, 185,
209, 318, 501, 596Fortune Tellers, The (1915), 17Foster, Douglas, 471Foster, John, 245, 264–266, 276, 287,
315, 320, 326, 330, 437, 441, 444, 447, 448, 472, 473, 482, 491, 497, 498, 500, 501, 504, 507, 510, 511, 514, 524, 525, 530, 531, 538, 610
Foster, John (Mannie Davis), 264, 265, 276, 315, 326, 330
Foster, Phoebe, 263Foster, Warren, `465, 508, 520–522,
540, 547, 566, 605Fourth wall, 406, 560, 622, 625Fowler, Lottye, 56Fox (studio), 122, 123, 125, 134,
169–171, 179, 193, 196, 199, 203, 205, 209, 214, 222, 243, 254, 255, 466, 547, 637
Fox and Crow, 509Fox, Jimmie, 394Fox, Johnny, 151, 152Fox News, No. 18 (1925), 193Fox News, No. 60 (1924), 179Fox, Virginia, 137, 148Fox, Wallace, 270Foxy Flatfoot (1946), 502Foy, Bryan, 185, 217, 227, 237,
285, 315Foy, Charles, 439Fraidy Cat (1942), 468–469’Fraidy Cat (1951), 546Fralick, Allan, 52Fralick, Freddie, 61Framed (1931), 288France, Herminia, 123Francis, Eugene, 459Franey, William, 17, 65, 82,
86, 91, 101Frank Duck Brings ’Em Back Alive
(1946), 502Frankenstein, 2, 333, 336, 346, 365,
375, 376, 381, 385, 388, 395, 396,
669 INDEX
432, 433, 438, 440, 455, 463, 501, 504, 541, 587, 620, 628, 631, 640
Frankenstein (1931 feature film), 313, 314, 327, 381, 388, 456
Frankenstein (novel by Mary Shelley), 421
Frankenstein’s Cat (1942), 469Frankenstein’s Monster, 2, 336, 346,
375, 376, 381, 388, 395, 432, 433, 438, 440, 455, 501, 504, 541, 587, 620, 628, 640, 641
Franken-Stymied (1961), 618Frantz, Dalies, 445Franz, Joseph, 19, 23Fraser, Phyllis, 378Fraternity Mixup, A (1926), 205–206Frazee, Edwin, 109“Freak,” 17, 184, 260, 280, 329Freaks (1915), 17Freddy Bat, 635Frees, Paul, 568, 608Freleng, Friz (aka Isadore Freleng), 357,
359, 370, 400, 422, 430, 470, 532, 536, 547, 566, 574, 577, 583, 605, 615, 624, 634, 635, 638, 639, 641–643, 645–647, 649–651
French, George B., 214, 220French, Lloyd, 338, 370, 435Fresh Lobster, The (ca. 1928), 230Fresh Vegetable Mystery, The
(1939), 432Friday the 13th (1921), 137Friday, the Thirteenth (1922), 150–151Friday the 13th/thirteenth, 128, 150,
197, 359, 420, 440, 484, 534, 560, 608
Friendly Ghost, The (1945), 496–497Friendly Ghost, The (1946), 502Friendly Spirits (1935), 380Fries, Otto, 185, 189, 191, 216, 342Frightday the 13th (1953), 560–561Fright from Wrong (1956), 590–591Fright to the Finish (1954), 575Frighty Cat (1958), 601Frilby Frilled (1916), 65Frogland (1924), 179Frohman Amusement Corporation
(studio), 120Frozen Bride, The (1946), 503
Fuerberg, Hans, 239Fuller, Dale, 97Fuller, Mary, 60Full O’ Spirits (1920), 124Fulton, Helen, 40Fulton, Jack, 350, 352Fu Manchu, 388, 421Funeral, 27, 41, 46, 128, 272Funeral March of a Marionette (Alfred
Hitchcock Presents), 648Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
(1942), 469Futrella, Jacques, 70Futter, Walter, 260, 285, 333Futuritzy (1928), 230
GGabby Gator, 622, 623Gable, Clark, 455Gaddis, Pearl, 19Galaxia (1960), 614Gallagher, Toy, 235Gallop, Frank, 497, 530, 533Galloping Ghosts (1928), 230Galvez, Fernandez, 29Gamble, Fred, 88Gandy Goose, 432, 433, 448, 472, 482,
487, 488, 498, 501, 504, 507, 531, 538, 539, 541
Gang/gangster, 13, 24, 64, 137, 161, 187, 188, 199, 215, 222, 236, 238, 242, 258, 259, 288, 294, 297, 298, 302, 304, 306, 317, 319, 322–324, 328, 332, 346, 348, 384, 399, 429, 430, 460, 478, 479, 482, 494, 499, 526, 527, 536, 631, 650
Gannon, Raymond, 378Gardner, Helen, 33Gar, Ed, 237Gargan, Edward, 542Garvin, Anita, 212Gas, 35, 37, 94, 95, 161, 202, 208, 257,
329, 352, 363, 384, 393, 478, 490, 522
Gaston, Mae, 71Gaumont American (studio), 80, 115Gayety (studio), 127Gaylen, Diana, 363
670 INDEX
Gear, Luella, 25Gebhart, George, 81Gee, Ernest, 438Gem of a Jam, A (1943), 479Gemora, Charles, 289, 298, 327, 328,
359, 381General Film Company (studio),
503, 507Genie/genii, 143, 322, 334, 411, 500,
520, 572, 588, 625, 629–631Genocide, 473George, Henry W., 226, 248George, Nick, 574Geraghty, Carmelita, 199Gerald McBoing! Boing!, 591Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo
(1956), 591Gerald, Pete, 77Germ of Mystery, The (1916), 66Geronimi, Clyde, 474Get Along, Little Zombie (1946), 503Getchel, Sumner, 235, 249Getting Ahead (1965), 632Ghosks Is the Bunk (1939), 433–434Ghost, 2, 11, 18–20, 23, 24, 31, 44, 47,
51, 61, 62, 82, 86, 88, 90, 94, 95, 98, 111, 115, 121, 125, 126, 128, 133, 137, 138, 144, 153, 154, 158, 159, 167, 174, 192–194, 197, 199, 203, 207, 211, 212, 214, 223, 231, 232, 239, 242, 245, 258, 263, 264, 266, 267, 270, 273, 275, 277, 286–290, 298, 308, 309, 312, 322, 324, 333, 335, 336, 340, 341, 346, 347, 353, 356, 363, 368, 371, 372, 380, 385, 390, 396, 403, 406, 407, 417, 420, 423, 424, 432–436, 446, 447, 450, 454, 456, 469, 471, 472, 477, 484–488, 499, 501, 502, 515, 517, 527, 529, 533, 537, 539, 540, 542, 544–546, 548, 549, 551, 554, 556, 557, 559, 561, 563, 564, 566, 570, 575, 578, 580, 581, 584, 586, 590, 591, 595, 597, 601, 603, 606, 609, 611, 619, 621, 627, 629, 631, 640, 644, 645, 648, 650
Ghost Buster (1952), 550Ghost Fakirs, The (1915), 18Ghost Hounds (1917), 95
Ghost of a Chance, The (1919), 115Ghost of Bingville Inn, The (1915), 18Ghost of Folly, The (1926), 206Ghost of Honor (1957), 596–597Ghost of Slumber Mountain, The
(1919), 116–117Ghost of the Jungle, The (1916), 66–67Ghost of the Town (1952), 551Ghost of the Twisted Oaks, The
(1915), 18–19Ghost Parade (1931), 288–289Ghosts (1917), 95Ghosts (1929), 245Ghosts and Flypaper (1915), 19–20Ghost ship, 368, 371, 372, 485Ghost story, 154, 212, 214, 385,
396, 575Ghost Talks, The (1949), 532–533Ghost to Ghost Hookup (1937), 403Ghost town, 289, 363, 454, 477, 487,
488, 644Ghost Town (1944), 487–488Ghost Town Frolics (1938), 420Ghost Towns (1931), 289Ghost Treasures (1941), 453Ghost Wagon, The (1915), 19Ghost Wanted (1940), 446Ghost Writers (1958), 601–602Ghoul, 621Giant, 163, 164, 207, 212, 242, 292,
322, 323, 327, 329, 334, 338, 342, 347, 348, 361, 368, 369, 386, 402, 405, 419, 458, 481, 489, 500, 514, 519, 527, 530, 537, 598, 609, 614, 616, 635, 640, 641
Giantland (1934), 361Gibbons, Floyd, 401–404, 434, 435, 441Gibbs, Paton (aka Robert Paton
Gibbs), 44Gibson, Hoot, 115, 128Gibson, Jim, 163Gibson, Tom, 101Giebler, Al, 425, 461Gift of the Fairies, The (1917), 96Gilbert, Billy, 298, 299, 328, 356, 382Gilbert, C. Allan, 72Gilbert, Dick, 349Gilbert, Earl, 394Gilbert, Earle, 391
671 INDEX
Gilbert, Lewis, 161Gillett, Burt, 258, 346, 390, 396,
406, 435Gillmer, Reuben, 100Gillstrom, Arvid E., 105, 257, 343Gilman, Fred, 219, 223Gilmore, Art, 524, 528Gilmore, Helen, 98, 170, 194Gilstrom, Arvid, 105, 257, 343Girl and the Mummy, The (1916), 67–68Glendening, Ernest, 389Glendinning, Ernest, 263Glenn, Roy, 489Globe (studio), 100G-Man Jitters (1939), 432–433Go and Get It (1920), 132Go Chase Yourself (1948), 521Goddess of Spring, The (1934), 362–363Godsoe, Harold, 494Godzilla, 649Goethe, 279, 354, 387Going Great (1925), 193Golden Hen, The (1946), 503–504Golden Pagoda, The (1930), 263Gold Ghost, The (1934), 363Goldin, Sidney M., 28Gold Seal (studio), 64Goldstone, Duke, 507Goldwyn (studio), 112, 121, 136Goldwyn, Samuel, 342Goodford, Jack, 611Good Little Monkeys (1935), 380Goodman, Daniel Carson, 39Goodness! A Ghost (1940), 446–447Good Scream Fun (1958), 602Good Spirits (1925), 194Goodwin, Harold, 209Goodwins, Leslie, 396, 397Goofy, 213, 256, 270, 289, 406,
502, 552Goofy Birds (1928), 230–231Goofy Ghosts (1928), 231Goofy Groceries (1941), 453Goonland (1938), 421Goons from the Moon (1951), 546Goose Flesh (1926), 206Gorcey, David, 317Gordon, Bruce, 139Gordon, Dan, 468, 473, 476, 481
Gordon, Harris, 40Gordon, Richard, 350Gore, Rosa, 373The Gorgon, 414Gorilla, 100, 113, 149, 202, 205, 211,
213, 227, 239, 247, 257, 263, 267, 270, 279, 289, 290, 294, 298, 304, 306, 324, 327, 331, 333, 335, 343, 349, 355, 356, 359, 378, 381, 386, 427, 434, 438, 439, 444, 451, 453, 463, 475, 476, 478, 486, 487, 501, 517, 521, 525, 529, 534, 535, 539, 540, 545, 546, 558, 567, 569, 579, 582, 605, 610, 611, 620, 626, 633, 638, 645
Gorilla Hunt, The (1939), 434Gorilla My Dreams (1948), 521Gorilla Mystery, The (1930), 263Gossamer (Cartoon Character), 505,
557, 634Gouch, John, 83Goulding, Alf, 115, 126, 144, 152, 168,
318, 329, 356, 378Gould, Manny, 303, 334, 343, 376,
385, 408Governess, 146, 158Grab the Ghost (1920), 125Graham, Walter, 184Grainger, Mabel, 278Granby, Joseph, 64Granger, Dorothy, 268, 296, 320, 328,
331, 519, 529, 539, 542, 584, 585Grant, Cary, 455Grant, Helene (aka Helena Grant), 355Grant, Joe, 388Grant, Lawrence, 314Grant, Valentine, 19Grave, 7, 11, 34, 51, 61, 128, 136, 148,
167, 238, 255, 299, 313, 340, 345, 416, 461, 491, 497, 529, 540
Grave Laughter (1945), 497Graves, Robert, 223, 396Graveyard, 2, 11, 86, 203, 210, 231,
238, 250, 255, 277, 291, 305, 392, 416, 485, 529
Graveyard of Ships (1936), 392Gray, Bob, 104, 105Gray, George, 256, 290Gray, Gilda, 203, 256, 290
672 INDEX
Gray Horror, The (1915), 20Gray, Robert, 45Great Experiment, The (1915), 20–21Great Experiment, The (1934), 363–364Great Hokum Mystery, The (1932), 321Great Mystery, The (1920), 125Great Pie Mystery, The (1931), 289–290Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946), 504Great Poochini, The, 552, 553Great Ruby Mystery, The (1915), 21–22Great Who-Soo-It, The (1952), 551Greedy Humpty Dumpty (1936), 392Green, Dee, 587Green Idol, The (1915), 22Green Line, The (1944), 488Greenwood, Winifred, 78Gremlin, 478, 493Grey, John, 365, 372Grey Rider, The (1923), 167Gribbon, Eddie, 318, 480, 494Gribbon, Harry, 288–290, 370Grief in Bagdad (1925), 194Griffith, Beverly Howard, 87Grindé, Nick (aka Nick Grinde),
286, 359Ground Hog Play (1956), 591–592Grounds for Murder (1930), 263Grover Jones, 132Guard, Kit, 233, 298Gubitosi, Mickey, 460, 467Guided Mouse-ille (1967), 643Guilfoyle, Paul, 330, 471, 486Guillotine, 343, 423, 476, 531, 582Guiol, Fred, 194, 219Gulliver’s Travels (novel by Jonathan
Swift), 569Gum Shoes (1935), 381Gun, 50, 87, 118, 163, 237, 282, 284,
294, 464, 469, 484, 501, 504, 515, 528, 529, 556, 595, 618, 644
Guy Blaché, Alice, 61Gypped in Egypt (1930), 263–264Gypsy, 65, 216, 230, 264, 488Gypsy Life (1944), 488Gypsy Life (1945), 497
HHabeas Corpus (1928), 231–232Haber, Heinz, 592
Hackett, Charles, 244, 245Hackett, Raymond, 314Hades, 64, 132, 286, 364, 400Hagney, Frank, 499Hahn, Manny Nathan, 302Hair-Raising Hare (1946), 504–505Hair-Raising Tale, A (1965), 632Haiti, 285, 299, 333, 354, 417, 454,
578, 598Haiti, Land of Dark Majesty
(1941), 454Hale, Dale, 649Hale, Edward, 94, 95Haley, Jack, 328, 329, 356Halfwitch, Honey, 635Hall, Ben, 232, 240Hall, Charlie, 328, 368, 401Hall, Eddie, 394, 395, 417Hall, Emmett Campbell, 38Hall, Frederick, 399Hall, George, 78Hall, Harold R., 218Hall, Helen, 399Halligan, William, 315Halloway, Carol, 83Hallowe’en (1930), 264Halloween (1931), 290Halloween/Hallow’een/Hallowe’en,
189, 219, 239, 264, 290, 335, 530, 548, 551, 556, 587, 601
Hall, Walter R., 156Halton, Charles, 302Ham and Preparedness (1916), 68Ham and the Experiment (1915), 22–23Hamilton, Jack, 46Hamilton, John, 284, 310, 311,
315–317, 329–332Hamilton, Lloyd V., 23, 29, 31, 40, 48,
68, 69, 75, 94, 95, 141, 206, 211, 212, 247
Hamilton, Shorty, 104, 105Hammons, Earle W., 296Hampden, Walter, 14Hampton, Grace, 331Hampton, Hope, 217, 218Ham the Explorer (1916), 69Hand, David, 345, 384, 388, 408Hand Is Pinker than the Eye, The
(1967), 643Hands of Destiny (1941), 454
673 INDEX
Hannah, Jack, 493, 495, 502, 556, 574, 618, 622, 623
Hanna, William, 469, 514, 516, 533, 555, 563, 590, 604
Hanold, Marilyn, 600Hansel and Gretel, 312, 340, 551, 569Hansel and Gretel (1923), 168Hansel and Gretel (1933), 340Hansel and Gretel (1952), 551Hansen, Juanita, 92Happily Buried (1939), 434Happy Haunting Grounds (1940), 447Happy Hooligan, 96, 112Happy Hooligan in a Trip to the Moon
(1917), 96Hardaway, Ben, 378, 436, 477Hardeen, 394Hardy, Oliver, 23, 62, 105, 208, 218,
219, 230, 231, 267, 268, 338, 367, 368, 370, 371, 401
Hare-Abian Nights (1959), 608Hare Brained Hypnotist, The
(1942), 469–470Haredevil Hare (1948), 522Harem, 105, 120, 121, 180, 194, 211,
216, 482, 511, 541, 651Harem Follies (1924), 180Harem-Scarem (1922), 151Hare Remover (1946), 506Hare-Way to the Stars (1958), 602–603Harlan, Otis, 76, 77Harlem, 353, 417, 429, 477Harman, Hugh, 336, 380, 390,
444, 470Harolde, Rolf, 516Harringdine, Chase, 215Harrington, George, 161Harris, James, 28Harris, Ken, 608Harris, Nick, 295Harrison, Ben, 303, 334, 343, 376, 383,
385, 408Harrison, Saul, 16, 28Harriton, Chuck, 640Hart, Sunshine, 189Hart, Walter, 486Harvey Films (studio), 561Harvey, Harry, 480, 519, 529Harvey, John Joseph, 169
Hash House Mystery, A (1917), 96Hashimoto Mouse, 614, 620, 627Hassell, George, 278Hassle in a Castle (1966), 639–640Hasty Hare (1952), 551–552Hat Box Mystery, The (1947), 514–515Haunted (1915), 23Haunted (1916), 69–70Haunted Attic, The (1915), 23Haunted Bell, The (1916), 70Haunted Cat, The (1951), 547Haunted Hat, The (1915), 23Haunted Heiress, A (1926), 206–207Haunted Hills (1924), 180Haunted Homestead, The (1927), 219Haunted Honeymoon, The
(1925), 194–195Haunted house, 10, 18, 19, 23, 35, 36,
62, 95, 121, 153, 157, 171, 176, 187, 191, 194, 197, 199, 207, 212, 214, 224, 226, 232, 237, 242, 245, 246, 249, 251, 256, 257, 270, 273, 289, 293, 296, 298, 348, 396, 403, 421, 423, 434, 436, 447, 456, 467, 471, 472, 484, 499, 527, 534, 535, 584, 587, 609
Haunted House (1925), 195Haunted House (1939), 434–435Haunted House of Wild Isle, The
(1915), 23–24Haunted House, The (1918), 109Haunted House, The (1922), 151Haunted House, The (1929), 246Haunted House, The (1930), 264–265Haunted Mouse (1965), 632–633Haunted Mouse, The (1941),
454–455Haunted; or, Who Killed the Cat?
(September 1, 1929), 246Haunted Ship, The (1930), 265Haunted Spooks (1920), 125–126Haunted Symphony The (1916), 70–71Haunt/haunted, 10, 11, 18–20, 23, 35,
36, 42, 53, 62, 65, 69, 71, 72, 89, 95, 102, 104, 120, 121, 132, 149, 153, 157, 171, 176, 180, 187, 191, 194, 197, 199, 206, 207, 212, 217, 219, 224, 226, 229, 232, 237, 242, 245, 246, 249, 251, 256, 259, 264,
674 INDEX
267, 270, 273, 275, 288, 289, 291–293, 296, 298, 309, 332, 348, 392, 396, 403, 420, 421, 423, 424, 433–436, 446, 447, 456, 467, 471, 472, 484, 485, 499, 502, 503, 515, 527, 529, 534, 535, 539, 584, 587, 601, 609, 611, 621, 648
Haunting Dog (1975), 650Haunting Eye, The (1915), 24A-Haunting We Will Go (1966), 638Haunting We Will Go, A (1939), 435Haunting We Will Go, A (1949), 533Haunts for Rent (1916), 71–72Have You Got Any Castles (1938), 421Havrilla, Alois, 392, 400Hawkins, Erskine, 419, 420Hay, Betty, 201Hayes, Billy, 317Hayes, Frank, 388Hayes, Max, 375Hayes, Sidney, 45Hays, Jack, 342Hayward, Lillian, 30, 66Head Hunters and Baby Dolls
(1938), 421Head-hunters/head hunters, 278, 421Headless Horseman, The, 143, 392–393Headless Horseman, The
(1936), 392–393Headline Hunter, The (1937), 403–404Healy, Peggy, 350Hearn, Edward, 142Hearse, 76Heart of Princess Marsari, The
(1915), 24–25Hearts and Flowers (1930), 265Heath, Arch B., 226, 259Heatherley, Clifford, 164Heavenly Puss (1949), 533Heckle and Jeckle, 482, 515, 525, 528,
541, 615Heebee Jeebees (1927), 219–220Heffron, T. N., 77Hegen, Charles, 634Heir/heiress, 27, 42, 96, 114, 158, 170,
180, 273, 494, 497, 509, 550, 603Heir Restorer (1958), 603Heisch, Glan, 625, 636
Hell, 13, 134, 216, 246–247, 362, 364, 371, 420, 465, 533, 577, 624, 650
Hello Mars (1922), 151–152Hell’s Bells (1929), 246–247Hell’s Fire (1934), 364Hells Heels (1930), 266Heming, Violet, 249Henabery, Joseph, 22, 37, 313,
315–317, 325, 329–332, 402–404, 435, 441
Henderson, Dell, 268Henderson, L. J., 60Henley, Hobart, 27, 64Henley, Jack, 356Henry, Gale, 17, 65, 82, 86, 115,
132, 206Henry, William, 418Herbert, Hugh, 250, 328, 438, 503,
517, 529, 538, 542Herford, William, 239Her Haunted Heritage (1928),
232–233Herman, 561, 601Herman, Al, 190, 201, 250Herman, Albert, 250Herman the Catoonist (1953), 561Herring Murder Case, The
(1931), 290–291Hershey, Burnet, 284, 332Her Wedding Night-Mare (1931), 290Herzig, Sig, 231, 365He’s a Devil (1916), 72Hevener, Jerold T., 26Hewitt, Violet, 158Hicks in Nightmareland (1916), 72Hidden room, 387Hide and Shriek (1938), 421–422Hide and Shriek (1955), 581Hiers, Walter, 81, 194Higgins, Robert, 223High and Dizzy (1920), 127High and Dizzy (1950), 539Highlowbrow (1929), 247High Sign, The (1921), 137–138High Spirits (1927), 220–221High Strung (1928), 233Hillebrand, Fred, 352
675 INDEX
Hilliard, Harriet, 315, 333Hill, Josephine, 115, 119, 152Hill, Josephine, 115, 119, 152Hillkurt, Pauline, 629Hill, Robert F., 64Hill, Thelma, 252, 256Hillyer, Lambert, 515Himber, Richard, 383Hindoo Creation, A (1915), 25Hindoo [sic], 7, 8, 22, 25, 39, 44, 46,
63, 209, 223Hindu, 16, 24, 49, 58, 59, 70, 99, 106,
162, 163, 273, 434Hindu Hoodoo, A (1917), 97Hines, Johnny, 161Hip Hip Hypnotism (1920), 127His Baby Daze (1929), 247His Bachelor Dinner (1915), 25His Cannibal Wife (1917), 97His Egyptian Affinity (1915), 25–26His Hare Raising Tale (1951), 547His Little Spirit Girl (1917), 97–98His Marriage Wow (1925), 195–196His New Mamma (1924), 181–182His Phantom Sweetheart (1915), 26His Prehistoric Blunder (1922), 152Hiss and Yell (1946), 506History Repeats Itself (1939), 435Hitch Hikers, The (1947), 515Hite, Les, 411Hit Him Hard (1924), 182Hitler, Adolf, 493Hitler, Adolph, 454Hittin’ the Trail to Hallelujah Land
(1931), 291Hoadley, C. B., 91Hoag, Doan, 462Hoax, 81, 125, 437Hoax House, The (1916), 72–73Hobgoblin, 138–139Hobgoblins (1921), 138–139Hocus Pocus Pow Wow (1968), 645–646Hodgeson, Leland, 291Hodges, Ralph, 542Hodkinson, W.W. (studio), 135, 143Hoffberg-Telenews (studio), 548Hoffman, Jerry, 463Hokus Pokus (1922), 152Hokus Pokus (1927), 221
Hokus Pokus (1949), 533–534Hold that Monkey (1928), 233Hold that Monkey (1950), 539–540Hole Idea, The (1955), 581Holloway, Sterling, 378Holly, Ruth, 174Hollywood Capers (1935), 381Hollywood Magic (1937), 404Hollywood Parade, No. A-8 (1933), 340Hollywood Steps Out (1941), 455Holmes, Ben, 249, 331, 364Holmes, Burton, 94Holmes, Fred, 422Holmes, Gerda, 73Holmes, Rapley, 73Holt, Jack, 77Holton, Lloyd, 71Holubar, Allen, 15, 27Holy Terror, The (1929), 247Honey Halfwitch, 635Hood, Darla, 384, 412, 419, 422, 460Hoodoo, 534Hoodoo (1949), 534Hoodooed (1920), 128Hoodoo’s Busy Day, The (1915), 26Hook a Crook (1955), 582Hooky Spooky (1957), 597Hop Off (1928), 233–234Hopper, DeWolf, 67Hopper, Hedda, 242Hopton, Russell, 315Horne, James W., 56, 213, 277, 401Horning In (1965), 633Horoscope, 251–253, 269, 271, 272,
400, 579Horrible Hyde (1915), 26Horsley, David, 98, 118Hoskins, Allen “Farina,” 188, 201, 214,
220, 238, 242, 244, 251, 253, 277Host to a Ghost (1941), 456Host to a Ghost (1947), 515Hot Cross Bunny (1948), 522Hotel, 23, 92, 151, 152, 168, 233, 270,
292, 308, 309, 381, 382, 391, 433, 434, 488, 539, 572, 586, 598, 599, 615
Hot Ice (1955), 582Hot Scots, The (1948), 522–524Houdini, Harry, 156
676 INDEX
Housekeeper, 75, 246, 268, 326, 498Houseman, Arthur, 368The House of a Thousand Candles
(1905), 153House of a Thousand Trembles, The
(1922), 153House of Fear, The (1915), 27House of Hashimoto (1960), 614House of Horror, The (1915), 27–28House of Magic (1937), 404House of Mystery (1931), 291House of Mystery, The (1917), 98House of Skulls (1946), 507House of Tomorrow, The (1949), 534House of Wax, 566, 568House of Wax (1953 feature film),
566, 568Howard, Cal, 406, 508, 626, 631,
639–641, 644, 645Howard, Curly, 427, 442, 478, 479,
483, 488, 489, 494, 498–501, 509Howard, Esther, 277Howard, Moe, 427, 442, 478, 479, 483,
488, 489, 494, 498–501, 512, 521, 524, 528, 532, 534, 537, 538, 548, 559, 567, 577, 578, 582, 584, 587, 588, 590, 599, 600
Howard, Shemp, 370, 512, 521, 524, 527, 528, 532, 534, 537, 538, 548, 559, 567, 577, 578, 582, 584, 587, 588, 590
Howard, Tom, 38, 280, 308, 309, 383Howdy Doody, 575–576Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat
(1954), 575–576Howe, J.A., 166Howell, Yvonne, 180Howerton, Clarence “Major Mite,” 328Howe, Wallace, 126, 127Howland, Olin, 114Howling Success, A (1923), 168Howling Success, A (1954), 576How to Be a Detective (1934), 364How to Be a Detective (1936), 393–394How to Be a Detective (1952), 552How to Plan a Movie Murder
(1964), 629Hoyt, Leo, 262Hubbard, John, 434
Hubbard, Margaret Carson, 311Hubbard, Wynant D., 292, 300, 311Hudson, Rochelle, 328, 544, 634Huey, Dewey, and Louie, 486, 487, 556Huff, Louise, 38Hughes, Anthony, 329Hugo, Victor, 168Humphrey, Orral, 81Humphrey, William, 42Humpty Dumpty, 392, 563, 606Hunchback, 28, 527, 633The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 376Hunchback of Notre Dame, The
(1923), 168Hunchback’s Romance, The (1915), 28Hungry Astronut, The (1963), 624Hungry Wolf, The (1942), 470Hunter, Edna, 70, 72, 73Hunt, Irene, 82Hunt, Jay, 67Hupp, George, 119Hurd, Earl, 114, 200Hurdy-Gurdy Hare (1950), 540Hurley, Arthur, 262, 301, 310, 311Hurlock, Madeline, 178, 181, 182, 214Hurst, Paul, 56, 183, 202Hurts and Flowers (1968), 646Hutchins, Bobby “Wheezer,” 220, 238,
242, 244, 251, 253, 277, 299, 322Hutchinson, Craig, 150, 152Hutton, Lucille, 92, 222, 236, 242Hyde and Go Tweet (1960), 614–615Hyde and Hare (1955), 582–583Hyde and Sneak (1962), 620–621Hyde & Seek, Detectives (1918), 110Hypno and Trance–Subjects (1915), 28Hypnotic Eyes (1933), 340Hypnotic Hick (1953), 561Hypnotic Monkey, The (1915), 29Hypnotism, 2, 17, 28, 30, 57, 81, 127,
185, 221, 319, 356, 495, 496, 552, 623
Hypnotist, 2, 9, 14, 16, 28, 29, 70, 81, 114, 140, 170, 185, 219, 221, 233, 240, 257, 329, 356, 381, 459, 508, 510, 590
Hypnotized (1952), 552Hyp-Nut-Tist, The (1935), 381–382
677 INDEX
Hypo-Chondri-Cat, The (1950), 540–541
Hytten, Olaf, 343
IIce Scream (1957), 597–598Ichabod Crane, 143, 392Ideal (studio), 319Idle Roomers (1944), 488–489Idol, 7, 22, 48, 99, 106, 162, 618I Don’t Scare (1957), 597If a Body Meets a Body (1945), 497–498If Matches Struck (1924), 182I Heard (1933), 340I Like Mountain Music (1933), 341I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You
Rascal You (1932), 321I’m Afraid to Go Home in the Dark
(1930), 266Imagination (1943), 479–480I’m a Monkey’s Uncle (1948), 524Imp (studio), 8, 15, 28, 70Impatient Patient, The (1942), 470Imperial Pictures (studio), 283In Africa (1930), 266In a Pig’s Eye (1934), 364–365Inbad the Sailor (1916), 73–74Inbad the Sailor (1925), 196Ince, John, 26, 319, 428Ince, Ralph, 26, 319Incredible Stranger, The (1942), 471India, 21, 46, 55, 58, 59, 63, 99, 155,
251, 267, 272, 276, 470, 524, 584, 631
Indian (Native American), 480Indian Signs (1943), 480Information Please, No. 8 (1941), 456Information Please, No. 12 (1941), 457Ingraham, Lloyd, 363Inheritance, 273, 332, 527In Pyramid Land (1919), 117Insane/insanity, 15, 37, 71, 83, 119, 365Inslee, Charles, 26, 33, 92Inspector, The, 638, 641, 643, 645–647Inspector Willoughby, 618, 620, 621,
623, 631In the Moon’s Rays (1916), 73Intimate Interviews (1931), 292Into the Unknown (1931), 292
Invention/inventor, 30, 35, 79, 130, 161, 180, 201, 215, 346, 364, 365, 385, 390, 394, 397, 410, 416, 457, 458, 468, 483, 534, 556, 606, 632, 647
Inventors, The (1934), 365Inventor, The (1937), 405Invisible ink, 139, 546Invisible Ink (1921), 139Invisible/invisibility, 123, 139, 368, 370,
423, 434, 437, 446, 460, 476, 516, 546, 559, 577, 584, 592, 613, 614, 626, 634, 639, 643
The Invisible Man, 376, 421, 438Invisible Mouse, The (1947), 516In Wonderland (1931), 292Ireland, 549, 586Iron maiden, 281Iron Man, The (1930), 266Irving, Washington, 143Irving, William, 92Is Conan Doyle Right? (1923), 168–169Ishii, Chris, 611Ising, Rudolf, 291, 297, 299, 341, 379,
380, 402Island, 24, 34, 45, 46, 69, 74, 91, 97,
104, 108, 109, 119, 141, 210, 213, 225, 282, 299, 320, 333, 354, 355, 360, 396, 397, 421, 428, 437, 454, 460, 566, 610
Is My Palm Red (1933), 341Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
(1964), 629Itching Hour, The (1931), 292–293Itch, The (1965), 633It’s a Living (1937), 405It’s All in the Stars (1946), 507It’s an Ill Wind (1939), 436Ivan the Terrible, 319Ives, Frederick Eugene, 183I Want My Mummy (1966), 640Iwerks, Ub, 203, 246, 258, 260, 301,
315, 337, 341, 351, 352, 360, 364, 367, 378, 386, 392, 416, 424, 434
JJaccard, Jacques, 57Jack and the Beanstalk (1933), 341Jack Frost, 365–367
678 INDEX
Jack Frost (1934), 365–367Jack o’lantern, 290Jackson, Harry, 104Jackson, Wilfred, 283, 300, 347, 349,
363, 412, 413Jacobs, Harrison, 296Jacquet, Frank, 394Jail, 28, 30, 101, 114, 144, 152, 153,
162, 306, 434, 572, 581James “Darling” Hall, 399Jamieson, William E., 209Jamison, Budd, 364, 442, 456, 459,
461, 478, 479Jane Eyre (1915), 29Jane’s Sleuth (1927), 221Jans, Harry, 355Japoteurs, The (1942), 471Jarrett, Arthur, 395Jason, Will, 453Jasper, 19, 20, 44, 471, 472, 480,
489, 507Jasper and the Beanstalk
(1944), 489–490Jasper and the Haunted House
(1942), 471–472Jasper and the Watermelons (1942), 472Jasper in a Jam (1946), 507–508Jasper’s Music Lesson (1943), 480Jeepers Creepers (1939), 436Jefferson, L. V., 66Jefferson, Thomas, 76J. Effingwell Strongheart, 334, 339, 340,
348, 380, 415, 417Jeffrey, George S., 165Jenkins, Allen, 514, 515Jenkyns, Chris, 622Jennings, DeWitt, 306Jerry’s Big Mystery (1917), 98Jerry’s Brilliant Scheme (1917), 98Jeske, George, 170Jewel/jewelry/jewels, 31, 37, 55, 74,
85, 93, 114, 119, 152, 162, 219, 225, 226, 230, 233, 235, 240, 304, 329, 332, 362, 381, 389, 457, 521, 582, 620
Jewel of Death, The (1917), 99Jim Hood’s Ghost (1926), 207Jingle Jangle Jungle (1950), 541Jitterbug Knights (1939), 436–437
Johnson, Edith, 34, 38Johnson, John Lester, 341, 342, 427Johnson, Martin, 108Johnson, Osa, 108Johnston, Dolores, 194John Sutherland Productions
(studio), 512John T. Murray and Vivien Oakland in
Satires (1929), 248Joker (studio), 17, 25, 32, 52,
82, 91, 101Jolson, Al, 264, 375Jonasson, Frank, 56Jones, Charles M. (Chuck Jones), 431,
432, 438, 440, 446, 449, 452, 466, 486, 497, 505, 522, 527, 541, 549, 552, 558, 560, 569, 572, 583, 585, 588, 589, 593, 595, 603, 618, 621, 626, 627, 629, 633, 636
Jones, Edgar, 133Jones’ Hypnotic Eye (1915), 29–30Jones, Johnny, 136, 149José Jiménez, 640Joslin, Margaret, 54, 112Joyce, Alice, 59Joy, Charlie, 133Joyland (1929), 248Joy, Leatrice, 105Joyner, Frances, 39Joyner, Joyzelle, 355Jumpin’ Jupiter (1955), 583Jungle, 21, 30, 48, 51, 66, 67, 87, 91,
99, 114, 117, 139, 166, 202, 207, 217, 222, 234, 248, 258, 267, 321, 331, 353, 355, 382, 427, 502, 517, 600
Jungle Antics (1935), 382Jungle Bungles (1928), 234Jungle Drums (1943), 480–481Jungle Gentleman, A (1919), 117Jungle Heat (1927), 221–222Jungle Jack (1963), 624–625Jungle Jam (1931), 293Jungle Jazz (1930), 267Jungle Jitters (1934), 367Jungle Jitters (1938), 422Jungle Man Killers (1948), 524Jungle Round-Up, A (1926), 207–208Jungle Stockade, The (1915), 30
679 INDEX
Jungle Terror (1930), 267Jurwich, Don, 642Just a Cute Kid (1940), 448Just Another Murder (1935), 382Just Monkeys (1929), 248Just Spooks (1925), 196–197
KKahn, Ci, 243Kalem (studio), 17, 23, 24, 26, 29,
31, 33, 40, 43, 44, 48, 56, 59, 61, 68, 69, 75, 81, 94, 95
Kane, Katherine, 438, 439Kane, Raymond, 395, 417Kannibal Kapers (1935), 382–383Karloff, Boris, 2, 314, 375, 385, 414,
451, 456, 457Karr, Hilliard, 186Kartman, Bob, 212Katnip, 561, 601Katzenjammer Kids, 112, 113Kaufman, Joseph, 39, 247Kaufman, S. Jay, 39, 247Kay-Bee (studio), 47Kaye, Waldo, 419Keaton, Buster, 131, 137, 138, 147,
148, 351, 363, 390, 391, 395, 449, 450, 455, 519
Keep Your Grin Up (1955), 584Kelk, Jackie, 317Kellino, W.P., 100Kelly, Anthony P., 56Kelly, Jim, 168Kelly, Lew, 456, 461Kelly, Patsy, 359, 387, 388Kelsey, Fred, 268, 479, 498, 506, 516Kemper, Charles, 246, 417Kennedy, Edgar, 251, 277, 328, 456,
480, 515, 525Kennedy, Tom, 110, 111, 381, 387, 395,
438, 459, 461, 473, 499, 539, 546, 567
Kenton, Erle C., 151Kessner, Rose, 394, 417Keyes, Frances, 63, 81Keystone (studio), 14, 78, 97Kibrick, Leonard, 373, 384
Kickaroo (1920), 128Kidd, Captain, 209, 388Kid from Borneo, The (1933), 341–342Kid from Mars, The (1961), 618–619Kid “in” Africa (1933), 342Kidnap, 98, 130, 134, 213, 245, 260,
276, 320, 321, 323, 344, 351, 355, 397, 432, 591, 633
Kilian, Victor, 329, 356Kilian, Victor, 329, 356Killing the Killer (1932), 321–322Kimball, Ward, 592, 608Kimmich, Max, 240Kineto Co. of America (studio), 135, 136King, Carleton, 33, 34King, Charles, 225King, Emmett, 287King, Jack, 379, 381, 397, 411, 420,
476, 487, 493King Klunk (1933), 342King Kong, 342, 349King Kong (1933 feature film), 342, 349King Rounder (1963), 625Kingsford, Walter, 332King-Size Canary (1947), 516Kingston, Natalie, 177, 196King Tut’s Tomb (1950), 541King, Zola, 417Kinney, Dick, 502, 552, 615, 620Kinney, Jack, 495, 552Kinney, Martin, 48Kirby, Madge, 8, 64Kirtley, Virginia, 88Kisser Plant, The (1964), 629Klauber, Marcy, 383, 395Klein, Charles F., 239Klein, Robert, 78, 80Kline, Eddie, 110, 137Knapp, Evalyn, 246, 259Kneitel, Seymour, 471, 482, 483, 497,
501, 519, 526, 530, 533, 537, 541, 542, 544, 545, 548–551, 554, 556–559, 561, 563–566, 571, 572, 575, 577–81, 584–86, 589, 591–93, 596–105, 606, 607, 609, 611, 613, 614, 616, 617, 619, 622, 628, 630, 631
Knickerbocker Star Feature (studio), 14, 87, 88
680 INDEX
Knife/knives, 16, 40, 47, 63, 106, 114, 119, 225, 298, 300, 301, 329, 349, 502, 531
Knife, The (1929), 249Knight, 174, 248, 537, 574Knight, Lillian, 202Knocking on Wood (1934), 367Kofoed, Jack, 419Ko-Ko/Koko, 197, 313, 321, 335, 336,
340, 341, 351Ko-Ko Sees Spooks (1925), 197Kongo-Roo (1946), 508Koo Koo Knights (1928), 234–235Kornman, Mary, 188, 201, 214, 283Korn Plastered in Africa (1932), 322Kramer, Searle, 427, 442Krazi-Inventions (1936), 394Krazy Kat, 275, 303, 304, 317, 334,
343, 349, 376, 382, 383, 408, 423Krazy Magic (1938), 423Krazy Spooks (1933), 343Kunkel, George, 20Kuwahara, Bob, 614, 616, 619, 624, 627
LLab/laboratory, 15, 52, 65, 66, 71, 320,
329, 336, 344, 363, 365, 381, 390, 391, 451, 458, 468, 476, 504, 506, 550, 563, 574, 593, 595, 598, 620, 639, 643
La Cava, Gregory, 112, 171Lackteen, Frank, 461, 463, 477, 501,
521, 528, 584Lad an’ a Lamp, A (1932), 322Laddy and His Lamp (1964), 629–630A-Lad in His Lamp (1948), 520Lady Godiva, 532Lahr, Bert, 556Lake, Arthur, 270Lambert, Glen, 356Lamont, Charles, 200, 224, 352, 363Lamont, Harry, 174Lamothe, Julian Louis, 44, 45Lancaster, George J., 289Landis, Cullen, 129Land of the Wends, The (1937), 405Land of Tut-Ankh-Amen, The
(1923), 169
Lane, Lupino, 100, 225, 226, 248Langan, John B., 95Langdon, Harry, 177, 178, 181, 182,
196, 202, 274, 275, 343, 372, 446, 447, 494
Lan,Rita, 331Lansing, Joi, 534Lantz, Walter, 96, 165, 166, 183, 192,
196, 197, 204, 205, 208, 209, 212, 276, 297, 301, 342, 350, 373, 376, 404, 409, 410, 412, 439, 440, 519, 546, 551, 608, 618, 626, 627, 631, 639–641, 644, 645, 648, 649
La Plante, Laura, 158, 219La Plante, Violet, 219Larkin, George, 37, 55Larrimore, Francine, 13Larriva, Rudy, 639, 642LaRue of Phantom Valley (1921), 139Lathrop, William Addison, 42Laughton, Charles, 435, 439Laughton, Eddie, 488Laurel-Hardy Murder Case, The
(1930), 267–269Laurel, Stan, 193, 199, 218, 231, 267,
268, 338, 367, 368, 370, 371, 401Law, Harold, 385Lawyer, 18, 20, 21, 27, 34, 82, 207,
210, 259, 267, 304, 328, 401, 403Leach, Marjorie, 258Learn, Bessie, 16Leavitt, Douglas, 356Lederer, Otto, 20Lederman, Ross, 194Lee, Duke R., 163Lee, Peggy, 489, 507Lee, Raymond, 119The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 143Lehr, Lew, 321, 437, 514, 517Leighton, Lillian Brown, 70Leonardi, Art, 634Leonard, Jack, 324Leonard, Marion, 14Leonard, Sheldon, 370Lerner, Murray Leon, 558Le Saint, Edwin J., 49Leslie, Helen, 57Les Miserobots (1968), 646Lester, Louise, 81
681 INDEX
Lester, William, 207Let’s Ask Nostradamus (1953), 562–563Levanthal, Jacob F., 183Levant, Oscar, 457Levee, Sidney, 279Levering, James, 56Levitow, Abe, 612, 621, 643, 644Lewis, Mitchell, 227, 529Lewis, Mort, 394Lewis, Sheldon, 199Leyssacc, Paul, 389Ley, Willy, 592Lieb, Herman, 391Lighter than Hare (1960), 615Lightfoot, Morey, 327, 328Lightning, 58, 179, 199, 212, 238, 264,
267, 360, 361, 390, 423, 603Lights Out (1942), 472Lilly, Lou, 486Lincoln, Elmo, 37Lindsay, Hazel, 172Line of Screammage (1956), 592Lingham, Thomas, 56Lingham, Tom, 142Link Missing, A (1925), 197Lion/lioness, 41, 49–51, 79, 87, 106,
121, 134, 139, 146, 151, 177, 258, 266, 292, 339, 408, 440, 475, 495, 502, 507, 566, 571, 589, 591, 606, 620, 624, 646
Lipp, Leo, 389Lipson, Jack “Tiny,” 395Liquor, 50, 76, 98, 128Liszt, Margie, 539Litson, Mason N., 136, 149Little, Anna, 22Little Boo Peep (1953), 563Little Dutch Mill (1934), 367Little Eight Ball aka Lil’ Eight Ball, 435Littlefield, Lucien, 338, 339Little Red Riding Hood, 358, 359, 542Little Red Walking Hood
(1937), 405–406Little, Robert, 481Little Roquefort, 547, 550, 552Live Ghosts (1929), 249Live Ghost, The (1934), 367–368Lloyd, Charles, 357Lloyd, Harold, 75, 117, 125–127, 161
Lloyd, Jack, 189, 191, 211, 216, 222Loback, Marvin, 132, 133Locked door, 146, 572Locked room, 37, 89Logan, Elizabeth, 115Lois Lane, 457, 461, 463–465, 467,
468, 471, 473–476, 481–483London, 40, 99, 157, 332, 619,
620, 633London After Midnight (1927), 277London, Babe, 165, 223, 548Lonergan, Lloyd, 65Lonergan, Philip, 14Lonesome Ghosts (1937), 406–407Lorch, Ted, 442, 483, 498, 524Lord, Del, 110, 202, 214, 238, 256,
290, 320, 349, 356, 381, 395, 442, 452, 456, 459, 461, 463, 473, 477, 479, 483, 488, 499, 517, 528, 529, 542, 584, 585
Lorraine, Harriet, 326Lorre, Peter, 438, 504, 512Lortel, Lucille, 262Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda’s
Predicament (1933), 343Lost Secret, The (1915), 30Lot in Sodom (1933), 343–344Lotta Coin’s Ghost (1915), 31Louis, Will, 54, 62Love at First Fright (July 25, 1941), 457Love, Bessie, 78, 142Love/lover, 7, 9, 15, 17–19, 21–24, 27,
28, 32, 33, 35, 41–44, 47, 49, 50, 52, 54, 57–61, 63–65, 71–73, 77, 78, 80, 82–86, 88, 90, 91, 93, 94, 98, 100, 102, 103, 107, 109, 111, 113–116, 119, 123, 127, 129, 139, 145, 146, 148, 149, 155, 158, 163, 164, 167, 172, 176, 180, 185, 201, 204, 213–215, 218, 221, 230, 237, 253, 260, 262, 264, 276, 282, 284, 289, 306, 307, 323, 330, 337, 391, 419, 434, 448, 479, 486, 521, 526, 544, 614, 648, 651
Lovy, Alex, 445, 608, 610, 612, 627, 644–646
Lowell, Juliet, 394Lubin (studio), 9, 19, 20, 23, 26, 38, 39,
45, 54, 84, 87
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Lucas, Wilfred, 291, 373, 395Luddy, Edward, 180, 191Lugosi, Bela, 2, 292, 340, 375, 385,
451, 493, 568, 569, 611Luke, Crystal Gazer (1916), 75Luna-Cy (1924), 182–183Luno the White Stallion, 624, 625, 628Lupino, Wallace, 225, 226Lynn, Charles (Charles “Heinie”
Conklin), 86, 110, 111, 499, 529Lynne, Ethel, 108Lynn, Eleanor, 423Lyons, Eddie, 26, 57, 72, 88, 104, 107,
114, 118, 140, 167
MMacbeth, 417, 611Macbeth (1937 stage production), 417MacBride, Donald, 329MacCullough, Jack, 123Machette, Paul, 99Mack, Betty, 357Mack, Bobbie, 91Mack, Brice, 552Mack, Gilbert, 584, 603, 609Mackie, Hughie, 121Mack, Roy, 302, 334, 353MacLeod, Elsie, 62MacMackin, Archer, 46MacMillan, Norma, 606, 607, 609MacQuarrie, Frank, 35MacQuarrie, Murdock, 35MacRae, Henry, 51Madame Mystery (1926), 208Mad as a Mars Hare (1963), 625–626Mad doctor/mad scientist, 344, 352,
368, 388, 403, 413, 451, 461, 465, 500, 504, 567, 620, 633, 641, 648
Mad Doctor, The (1933), 344–345Madhouse, 38Mad House, A (1934), 368Madison, Cleo, 36Magic (1929), 249Magical Maestro (1952), 552–553Magic Art (1932), 322Magic carpet, 121, 208, 216, 337, 349,
404, 419, 520Magic Carpet, The (1926), 208
Magic for Home Use (1918), 110Magician Mickey (1937), 407–408Magician’s Daughter, The (1938), 423Magician, The (1926), 208–209Magician, The (1927), 222Magician, The (1929), 249Magic in the Sun (1957), 598Magic lamp, 183, 322, 372, 419,
511, 629Magic Lamp, The (1924), 183Magic/magician, 2, 11, 36, 60, 74, 83,
90, 96, 109, 121, 152, 176, 183, 185, 208, 216, 222, 225, 227, 228, 233, 249, 257, 276, 279, 292, 322, 328, 334, 337, 345, 349, 351, 372, 383, 387, 394, 395, 404, 407, 408, 411, 419, 423, 431, 438, 448, 449, 458, 466, 479, 481, 489, 493, 500, 506, 509, 511, 519, 520, 524, 525, 531, 551, 552, 556, 575, 618, 623, 627, 629, 632, 643, 645, 646, 649–651
Magic Mummy (1933), 345–346Magic of Music, The (1935), 383Magic Pencil, The (1940), 448Magic rug, 74, 225Magic Word, The (1935), 383Magnetic Telescope, The
(1942), 472–473Magoo Meets Frankenstein (1960), 615Maid, 17, 42, 60, 77, 100, 114, 120,
132, 396, 429, 550, 613Mailes, Charles H., 61Maison, Elsie, 77Majestic (studio), 37, 360Malaby, Richard, 296Malchin, Leo, 441Male Man, The (1931), 293Maltese, Michael, 467, 470, 522, 552,
560, 583, 589, 595, 603, 604, 608, 612, 636, 639
Mama’s Little Pirate (1934), 368–369Man About Town, A (1927), 222Mandy, Jerry, 210Man-Eating Sharks (1932), 323Maniac, 166, 218Man in Space (1956), 592Man in the Moon, 96, 265The Man in the Moon, 96, 265
683 INDEX
Mannequin, 356, 388, 459, 479, 499Mann, Harry, 101, 124, 130Manning, Knox, 458Manor (studio), 578Mansion, 45, 95, 126, 228, 268, 288,
403, 406, 451, 484, 490, 494, 497, 501, 509, 515, 527, 536, 611, 641, 643
Man Who Would Not Die, The (1924), 183
Man with the Twisted Lip, The (1922), 153–154
March, Fredric, 331Marcus, Lee, 396Marcus, Sid, 415, 437, 452, 509,
581, 626Marian, Edna, 206, 207Mario, George, 63Markey, Enid, 47Marlowe, June, 298, 299Marriage, 20, 32, 36, 43, 74, 84, 94,
118, 123, 134, 151, 158, 164, 194, 207, 306, 339, 529, 639
Marry Month of May, The (1926), 209Mars, 151, 190, 225, 277, 284, 293,
297, 373, 415, 440, 472, 509, 510, 551, 556, 560, 568, 594, 595, 599, 621
Mars (1931), 293Marshall, George, 222Martel, Doris, 287Martell, Martin, 247Martian Through Georgia (1962), 621Martin, Joe, 87, 117, 134, 139,
140, 177Martin, Owen, 329Marvel, Frank, 612Marvin the Martian aka Marvin Martian,
602, 625Marx Brothers, 351Marx, Harpo, 455, 541Mary Celeste (Ship), 426Mary’s Nightmare (1920), 129Mask/masked, 35, 118, 164, 172, 276,
464, 517, 522, 535, 542, 633Masque Raid, The (1937), 408Matieson, Otto, 239Matson, Russell, 282, 298, 303, 304Maude, Arthur, 89
Maurice, Mary, 42Maxwell, Edwin, 385Mayall, Herschel, 329May Horoscope (1930), 269Mayo, Archie L., 187, 194Mayo, Melvin, 45McBride, Don, 391McCarey, Leo, 232McCarey, Ray, 352, 355McCarthy, Charlie, 334McComas, Kendall, 250, 324McConnell, Gladys, 209McConnell, Mollie, 87, 209McCoy, Harry, 182, 289, 395McCrory (studio), 322McCrory, John R., 322McCullough, Paul, 243, 364McDaniel, Sam, 388McDermott, Jack, 33McDonald, Jack, 49McFarland, George “Spanky,” 322, 335,
342, 361, 368, 369, 373, 384, 400, 412, 419, 430, 460, 467
McGee, Vic, 634McGowan, Robert, 164, 188, 201, 214,
220, 238, 242, 244, 251, 253, 299, 322, 335, 342, 430, 460, 467
McGowan, Robert F., 164, 188, 201, 214, 220, 238, 242, 244, 251, 253, 299, 322, 335, 342, 430, 460, 467
McGrail, Walter, 326McHugh, Frank, 319McKee, Lafayette, 30, 55McKee, Raymond, 171, 242McKennon, Dal, 618, 631McKenzie, Ella, 206McKenzie, Eva, 425McKim, Edwin, 65McKimson, Robert, 508, 512, 520–522,
540, 554, 581, 604, 629, 635, 638, 639, 643, 651
McKinnon, Al, 110McLaren, Norman, 450McLeish, John, 476, 486McLeod, Victor, 420, 429McMackin, Archer, 83McMahon, Doris, 372, 373McNamara, Tom, 164
684 INDEX
McNamee, Graham, 375, 451McNaughton, Charles, 343McNaughton, Harry, 311McVey, Lucille, 98Mead Trial, The (1931), 293–294Mechanical Cow, The (1927), 222–223Mechanical Cow, The (1937), 408–409Mechanical man, 79, 92, 336, 387, 460Mechanical Man, The (1915), 31–32Mechanical Man, The (1932), 323Mechanical Monsters, The
(1941), 457–458Medbury, John P., 285, 333Medium (spiritualist), 48, 86, 97, 168,
300, 301, 319Medium, The (1923), 169–170Medium Well Done (1936), 394Meek, Donald, 284, 310, 311, 316, 317,
325, 329–332Meet Mr. Mischief (1947), 516Mehaffey, Blanche, 194Meins, Gus, 193, 361, 369, 373, 384Melody of Doom, The (1915), 32Melville, Rose, 81Mendel, Jules, 194Mendelsohn, Jack, 628, 631, 632Mental institute, 351Menzies, William Cameron, 279Mephistopheles, 44, 226, 354Mercer, Jack, 526, 537, 544, 545,
548–551, 554, 556–559, 561, 563, 564, 571, 572, 575, 578–581, 584–586, 589, 591–593, 596–606, 609, 617, 619
Mercy, the Mummy Mumbled (1918), 111
Merkel, Una, 494Merlin the Magic Mouse, 501, 643,
645, 646Merlin the Magic Mouse
(1967), 643–644Mermaid, 68, 189, 218, 327, 386Merman, Ethel, 258Merriam, Charlotte, 165, 258Merry Widower, The (1926), 209–210Messinger, Buddy, 136, 168, 190, 191,
210, 224Messinger, Gertrude, 149, 283
Messmer, Otto, 140, 149, 167, 205, 219, 225, 239, 275, 279, 510
Mestayer, Harry, 330Metro (studio), 131, 137, 138, 402Meyer, Carl, 519, 520, 526, 559, 561,
578, 580, 581, 596, 597, 605, 606, 609, 617, 619
Meyers, Harry, 318Meyers, Zion, 524MGM (studio), 217, 243, 260, 284,
286, 298, 306, 315, 337, 351, 352, 355, 364, 367, 379, 380, 388, 390, 394, 396, 416, 418, 419, 422, 423, 425, 427, 428, 430, 431, 434, 444, 445, 453, 454, 458, 460, 462–465, 467, 469–472, 481, 484–486, 491, 498, 514, 516, 521, 529, 531, 533, 534, 538, 543, 545, 553, 555, 563, 564, 568, 569, 575, 581, 590, 604, 620, 621, 623, 629, 633, 636, 639, 642–644
Mickey McGuire, 250, 323, 324Mickey Mouse, 1, 243, 246, 255, 263,
264, 344, 346, 347, 361, 384, 438, 462
Mickey’s Ape Man (1932), 323–324Mickey’s Covered Wagon (1933), 346Mickey’s Gala Premiere (1933), 346Mickey’s Golden Rule (1932), 324Mickey’s Mechanical Man (1933), 347Mickey’s Midnite Follies (1929), 250Microspook (1949), 534–535Middlemass, Robert, 330Middleton, Charles, 286, 477, 483Midget, 247, 323, 327, 329Midnight, 11, 16, 31, 35, 232, 249, 255,
424, 450, 484, 549Midnight at the Old Mill (1916), 75Midnight Blunders (1936), 394–395Midnight Frolics (1938), 423–424Midnight Mystery, A (1916), 75–76Mighty Mouse, 469, 473, 482, 488,
490, 491, 493, 494, 497, 510, 511, 514, 524, 530, 536, 538, 541, 546, 551, 554, 609, 610, 616, 619
Mighty Mouse and the Magician (1948), 524
685 INDEX
Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll and Hyde Cat (1944), 490–491
Miles. Art, 501Milk White Flag, A (1916), 76–77Mill, 75, 334, 367, 412, 415, 435, 502Millarde, Harry, 24, 61Millar, Melvin, 403Miller, David, 425, 458, 469Miller, Jack, 480Miller, John, 23, 295Miller, Rube, 64Miller’s Daughter, The (1934), 369–370Miller, Walter, 326, 328Milliken, Bob, 246Milton Mouse, 243, 276MinA (studio), 13Mind reader, 72Mind Your Business (1929), 250Mineau, Charlotte, 51Minister, 13, 48, 52, 53, 80, 88, 104,
171, 176, 213, 598Minit Men (1960), 615Minnie Mouse, 263Minnie the Moocher (1932), 324Mintz, Charles, 223, 269, 343, 364,
383, 416Misguided Missile (1958), 603Miss in a Mess (1949), 535Missing Genie, The (1963), 625Missing link, 87, 197, 526Missing Link, The (1917), 100Missing Mouse, The (1953), 563Missing Mummy, The (1915), 33Mission of Mr. Foo, The (1915), 33–34Miss Jekyll and Madame Hyde
(1915), 32–33Misunderstood Giant, The (1960), 616Mitchell, Bruce, 12Mitchell, Geneva, 291Mitchell, Howard, 94, 95Mitchell, M. M., 65Mitchell, Rhea, 16Mixed Magic (1936), 395Moan & Groan, Inc. (1929), 251Moan and Groan, Inc. (1930), 269Moans and Groans (1935), 384Moder, Mary, 359Modern Inventions (1937), 410–411Modern Sphinx, A (1916), 78
Moffitt, Jefferson, 202Mohan, Earl, 194Molecular Mixup (1964), 630Molly Moo-Cow, 396Molly Moo-Cow and Robinson Crusoe
(1936), 396Monahan, Dave, 446, 497Monkey, 29, 69, 107, 129, 139, 143,
168, 177, 186, 196, 197, 210, 219, 224, 233, 248, 257, 285, 295, 322, 346, 378, 380, 382, 384, 404, 420, 437, 467, 507, 517, 533, 540, 545, 566, 600
Monkey Business in Africa (1931), 294Monkey glands, 129Monkey Hula (1926), 210Monkey, Maid, Man (1917), 100Monkey Schoolmaster, A (1921), 139Monkey Shines (1920), 129Monkey Shines (1932), 324–325Monkeys Is the Cwaziest People
(1939), 437Monkey-Tone News (1947), 517Monogram (studio), 104, 105Monster, 2, 145, 213, 263, 293, 318,
336, 342, 355, 365, 376, 379, 381, 395, 419, 422, 432, 433, 438, 440, 448, 455, 457, 463, 485, 501, 504, 505, 527, 541, 542, 557, 574, 582, 587, 614–616, 620, 621, 628, 634, 640, 641, 647
Monster of Ceremonies (1966), 640Monsters Crash the Pajama Party
(1965), 633–634Monsters of the Deep (1941), 458Montague, Frederick, 71, 103Montgomery, Frank, 41Moon, 13, 73, 96, 106, 107, 212, 290,
327, 334, 350, 352, 361, 379, 384, 426, 437, 440, 498, 517, 520, 522, 526, 539, 547, 551, 569, 571–573, 612, 614, 638, 642–644
Moon, Arthur, 64Moonlight and Noses (1925), 198–199Moon Rockets (1947), 517Moore, Dickie, 322, 342Moore, Eugene, 40Moore, Mildred, 114, 118Moore, Tom, 44
686 INDEX
Moore, Victor, 103Moore, Vin, 216Moran, Lee, 26, 57, 58, 72, 88, 104,
107, 114, 118, 144Moran, Polly, 226, 239, 284Moranti, Milburn (aka Milburn
Morante), 17, 65, 82, 85, 86, 91, 115, 132
More About Nostradamus (1941), 458Moreley, Jim, 163Morgan, Gene, 226Morgan, George, 163Morgue, 15, 76, 356, 404, 459Morrison, Ernest, 115, 125, 126Morrison, Pete, 185Morrison, Tom, 510, 539, 541, 547,
550, 552, 554, 576, 588, 632Morris Schlanck (studio), 124Morris, Tom, 491Mortenson, Claude, 71Morton, James C., 322, 356, 381,
425, 427Morton, Jay, 476, 481Moser, Frank, 281, 307, 313, 335,
355, 368Mosquini, Marie, 125, 159, 170Moss, Howard, 265Mother Goose, 347, 481, 541, 542Mother Goose Land (1933), 347Mother Goose Nightmare (1945), 498Mother Goose’s Birthday Party
(1950), 541Mouse into Space (1962), 621Mouse Menace (1946), 508Mousemerized Cat (1946), 508Mouse of Tomorrow, The (1942), 473Mouse Trapped (1959), 608Movie Horoscopes (1929), 251Movie Magic (1941), 458–459Movietone News, No. 15 (1951), 547Mowbray, Alan, 493Mr. Hyde, 130, 312, 331, 333, 347,
351, 364, 376, 403, 582, 583Mr. Hyppo (1923), 170Mr. Jarr Takes a Night Off (1915), 34Mr. Magoo, 572, 573, 611, 615Mr. Moto, 437, 438Mr. Twiddle, 586Mr. Vampire (1916), 77
Much Mystery (1926), 210–211Muller, H.L., 231, 234, 240, 241Mullins, Henry (aka Henry Hite), 329Mummy, 8, 33, 43, 52, 57, 64, 67, 76,
87, 94, 101, 104, 105, 111, 113, 114, 122, 134, 167, 170, 175, 204, 211, 240, 273, 286, 313, 326, 337, 345, 370, 376, 441, 442, 481, 482, 485, 530, 541, 640, 641
Mummy Love (1926), 211Mummy o’ Mine (1926)Mummy Strikes, The (1943), 481Mummy, The (1917), 101Mummy, The (1923), 170–171Munster, Go Home!, 642Munster, Go Home! (1966 feature
film), 642Murder at the Bridge Table (1933), 347Murder in Swingtime (1937), 411Murder in the Pullman (1932), 325Murder/murderer, 9, 13, 22, 28, 32, 35,
38, 56, 63, 71, 94, 102, 103, 146, 148, 155, 163, 195, 251, 252, 260, 263, 267, 278, 281, 283, 286, 288, 291, 302, 304–307, 310, 313, 316, 319, 325, 326, 328–332, 337, 347, 350, 382, 401, 411, 418, 429, 456, 457, 462, 481, 483, 484, 486, 491, 506, 509, 514, 515, 528, 535, 536, 581, 612, 629
Murdoch, Henry, 95Murdock, Henry, 81, 152Murphy, Dudley, 215Murray, Charles, 171Murray, Charlie, 110, 340Murray, James, 306Murray, John T., 230, 248, 352, 451Museum, 64, 65, 75, 76, 86, 101, 113,
136, 159, 171, 175, 269, 313, 343, 345, 375, 376, 473, 481, 510, 595, 619, 628
Museum, The (1930), 269Musical Mystery (1931), 294Muskie Muskrat, 617Mussolini, Benito, 454Mutt and Jeff, 122, 123, 125, 197, 203,
211, 214, 216, 245Mutual (studio), 15, 55, 81, 83Myers, Harry, 9, 96, 289, 290, 373
687 INDEX
My Mummy’s Arms (1934), 370Mysterious Jug, The (1937), 411–412Mysterious Mose (1930), 269Mysterious Package, The (1960), 616Mysterious Package, The (1961), 619Mysterious Stranger, The (1925), 199Mystery, 2, 9, 20, 32, 35, 38, 44, 56, 58,
62, 63, 70, 71, 76, 78, 82, 84, 94, 105, 121, 125, 130, 135, 144–146, 148, 154–157, 160, 161, 163, 164, 196, 206, 208, 210, 213, 223, 239, 240, 246, 249, 251, 259, 260, 265, 267, 280–282, 284–286, 288, 289, 291, 293, 297, 301, 302, 304, 306, 310, 313, 316, 317, 321, 329–331, 350, 351, 403–405, 418, 426, 427, 429, 439, 476, 484, 486, 504, 514, 547, 586
Mystery in the Moonlight (1948), 525Mystery Mansion (1928), 235Mystery of Compartment C, The
(1931), 295Mystery of Dead Man’s Isle, The
(1915), 34Mystery of the Flying Saucers
(1951), 547–548Mystery of the Leaping Fish, The
(1916), 78Mystery of the Silent Death, The
(1915), 34–35Mystery of the Tapestry Room, The
(1915), 35Mystery Ship, The (1917), 101Mystery Woman, The (1915), 35–36Mystic Ball, The (1915), 36–37Mystic Jewel, The (1915), 37Mystic Mush (1920), 130Mystic/mysticism, 19, 36, 49, 78, 117,
253, 259, 279, 285, 452, 480, 501Mystic Pink (1976), 650–651Mysto Fox (1946), 509Mysto the Magician, 479, 552, 553
NNadel, Clara, 634Nameless Fear, The (1915), 37–38Napoleon, 70, 359, 364, 380Narcotic, 22
Nathan, Al, 224Navajo Witch (1931), 295Nazarro, Ray, 367, 374Neal, Tom, 514, 515Neanderthal, 625Necromancer/necromancy, 122Neilan, Marshall, 86, 106, 132Nelson, Eddie, 193Nelson, Frances, 15, 27Nelson, Gay, 521Nelson, Jack, 47, 199Nemeth, Ted, 450Nerburn, E. J., 48Nerve Tonic (1924), 184Nervous Shakedown (1947), 517Nesbitt, John, 427, 445, 471, 481, 484,
485, 529Neumann, Kurt, 291, 306, 326Newberg, Frank, 35Newcombe, Warren A., 149, 172Newell, William, 430Newfield, Sam, 241, 270Newlyweds, 69, 70, 157, 216, 217, 257,
449, 450Newmeyer, Fred, 120Newsreel, 1, 3, 15, 171, 172, 179, 184,
321, 373, 385, 427, 437, 451, 547–549, 554, 557, 568, 611, 642
Nichols, Marguerite, 88Nichols, Norman, 68Nicholson, Paul, 315Night, 10, 15, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27,
30–32, 35–37, 40, 43, 45, 47, 49, 50, 52–56, 58, 62, 63, 71, 72, 82, 87, 88, 94–97, 103, 106, 115, 140, 144, 146, 148, 158, 159, 163, 165–167, 178, 188, 198, 199, 202, 205, 219, 226, 232, 239, 243, 246, 247, 250, 255, 257, 258, 260, 264–266, 275, 277, 282, 283, 289, 291, 292, 294, 298, 300, 301, 308, 312–314, 334, 335, 339, 343, 344, 346, 347, 353, 359, 361, 371–373, 376, 382, 385, 399, 401, 411, 412, 415, 416, 418, 420, 429, 434, 435, 438, 450, 453, 456, 459, 462, 478, 484, 487, 494, 507, 517, 526, 529, 538, 542, 546, 548–551, 566, 568, 589, 596, 605, 612, 620, 633
688 INDEX
Nightmare, 2, 23, 41, 43, 45, 121, 136, 187, 230, 283, 303, 313, 314, 334, 344, 357, 376, 384, 390, 402, 442, 443, 472, 540, 566
Night ’n’ Gales (1937), 412Night of Many Shadows (1922), 154Nightshirt Bandit, The (1938), 425Nilsson, Anna, 24Nix on Hypnotricks (1941), 459Noble Bachelor, The (1922), 154Noble, Maurice, 618, 626Nobody’s Ghoul (1962), 621Nolan, Bill, 276, 297Nolan, William C., 112No Monkey Business (1921), 140No More Relatives (1948), 525North Pal (1953), 563–564Norton, Barry, 222Norton Company (studio), 389Norton, Jack, 459Norwood, Eille, 135, 144–148,
153–158, 160, 161, 164Nosferatu, 314Nosferatu (1922 feature film), 314Nostradamus, 425–426, 458, 469,
491, 562–564Nostradamus (1938), 425Nostradamus and the Queen
(1953), 564Nostradamus IV (1944), 491Nostradamus Says So! (1953), 564Not Ghoulty (1959), 609Nothing Matters (1926), 211–212Nova, Hedda, 183, 202Now Hear This (1963), 626Nowland, Eugene, 55Now We’ll Tell One (1932), 325Nuisance, The (1923), 171Nursery rhyme, 498Nursery Rhyme Mysteries (1943), 481Nut Factory, The (1933), 347–348Nutty Network, The (1939), 437
OOaker, John, 71Oakland, Vivien, 248Oakley, Laura, 22O’Brien, Dave, 568
O’Brien, John, 207O’Brien, John B., 207O’Brien, Willis H., 92, 93O’Byrne, Patsy, 214Occult, 24, 46, 169O’Connor, Frank, 480Octopus, 265, 379, 458, 550O’Dea, June, 329O’Dell, Garry, 174Oehman, Rita, 434Of Cash and Hash (1955), 584Ogle, Bob, 625, 636, 651O’Hanlon, George, 528, 566Oh, Mummy! (1927), 223Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (1931), 295–296Oil Can Harry, 334, 339, 340, 348, 380,
415, 417, 536, 554Oil Can Mystery, The (1933), 348Oily Bird, The (1928), 235–236Oily Bird, The (1928), 235Olcott, Sidney, 19Old Barn, The (1929), 251–252Old Grey Hare, The (1944), 491–492Old house, 28, 37, 132, 197, 219, 246,
257, 267, 288, 301, 347, 372, 424, 432, 479, 525–528, 584, 638
Old House, The (1936), 396Old King Cole, 205, 390, 541Old Man of the Mountain, The
(1933), 348Old Mill, The (1937), 412–413Old Mother Hubbard, 334, 335Old Nick, 12Old Seal Film Corporation (studio), 133O’Leary, Patsy, 320Olive in the Madhouse (1915), 38Olive Oyl, 355, 361, 371, 372, 381,
382, 397, 429, 434, 444, 501, 510, 517, 519, 526, 530, 575, 596, 597, 601
Oliver, Guy, 49, 50, 66Oliver the Eighth (1934), 370–371Ollestad, Norman, 512Olmstead, Gertrud, 150Olsen, Moroni, 428Omen, 13, 51, 58, 262, 295, 519Once Upon a Rhyme (1950), 542O’Neal, Anne, 459O’Neal, Peg, 189
689 INDEX
One Awful Night (1933), 348–349O’Neill, Henry, 486One Live Ghost (1936), 396–397One Nutty Night (1930), 270One Quiet Night (1931), 296One Shivery Night (1950), 542One Spooky Night (1925), 199One Spooky Night (1955), 584–585One Wild Night (1925), 199–200On the Pan (1933), 348Opium, 78, 153, 212, 337Orang-outang, 38, 87Orang-Outang, The (1915), 38Orchestra, Creatore, 263Orchestra, His, 263, 321, 340, 348, 411O’Reilly, Larry, 534, 579, 593Orgy, The (1915), 38–39Oriental Ruby, The (1915), 39Orient/Oriental, 22, 25, 34, 37, 44, 49,
63, 120, 211, 216, 251, 259, 501Orr, William T., 569Orth, Frank, 277Oscar®, 221Oscar Mild, 628–630, 635–637O-Solar-Meow (1967), 644O’Sullivan, Maureen, 385Oswald in Mars (1931), 297Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, 276, 287,
292, 323, 333, 376Otto, Henry, 70Otto, Jean, 97Ouija board, 120, 121, 123, 133Our Gang, 164, 187, 188, 201, 214,
219, 220, 238, 242–244, 247, 251, 253, 254, 277, 283, 299, 322, 335, 342, 361, 369, 373, 384, 399, 400, 412, 416, 419, 421, 422, 430, 460, 467
Our Gang Follies of 1936 (1935), 384Out Again, In Again (1917), 101Outcault, R. F., 241Outer Galaxy Gazette (1964), 630Outer space, 384, 547, 609, 614, 616,
621, 629, 639Outer Space Jitters (1957), 598–599Outer Space Visitor (1959), 609–610Out of the Ether (1933), 349Out of the Inkwell (1938), 426Overtones (1928), 236Ovey, George, 98, 127
Owl, 199, 242, 245, 255, 295, 388, 399, 545, 568, 606
PPabian, Jim, 633Pagano, Ernest, 296, 363Page, Elizabeth, 227, 236Painlevé, Jean, 441Painting (artwork), 74, 149, 388, 392,
484, 485, 522, 550, 560, 607, 612Pal, George, 472, 480, 489Pallette, Eugene, 348, 349Palma, Joe, 498, 546, 582, 585Palmer, Harry, 80Palmistry/palm reading, 454, 579Pancho and Toro, 648Pandora’s Box (1943), 482Parade of the Women Soldiers
(1933), 349Paramount (studio), 72, 94, 110, 114,
128, 223, 247, 257, 266, 280, 293, 310, 336, 340, 349, 355, 367, 374, 382, 383, 397, 405, 454, 463, 466, 468, 471, 472, 474, 480–483, 497, 501, 502, 508, 510, 517, 519, 520, 526, 530, 533, 537, 541, 542, 544, 545, 548–551, 554, 556–559, 561, 563–566, 570–572, 575, 577, 578, 580, 581, 586, 587, 589, 591–593, 596–607, 611, 613, 614, 616, 617, 619, 622, 628, 630–633, 635, 640
Paramount News, No. 52 (1951), 548Paramount News, No. 100 (1952), 554Paramount Screen Magazine (1921), 140Parcel Post Pete’s Nightmare (1916), 79Pardon My Nightshirt (1956), 593Pardon My Terror (1946), 509Parker, Ben, 526Parrott, James, 151, 230, 269, 388Parrott, Paul, 150, 151, 157, 158,
166, 170Parr, Thelma, 238Parsons, Harriet, 439Pathé (studio), 10, 11, 96, 112, 115,
126, 127, 130, 139, 142, 149, 150, 169, 171, 172, 176, 183, 184, 194, 195, 213, 214, 222, 236, 237, 246, 259, 261, 270, 279
Pathe News, No. 3 (1923), 171
690 INDEX
Pathe News, No. 20 (1924), 184Pathe News, No. 24 (1923), 172Pathe News, No. 34 (1924), 184Pathe Review No. 5 (1928), 236Pathe Review, No. 13 (1923), 171Pathé Review, No. 82 (1920), 130Pat O’Brien, 385Paton, Stuart, 27Pat Rooney, Jr., 417Pat Sullivan, 140, 149, 167, 225, 230,
234, 235, 239, 275, 279Patterson, Don, 556, 561Payson, Blanche, 168, 256Peace and Quiet (1921), 140Peacock, Lillian, 17, 65, 82, 86, 91Peek a Boo (1930), 270Peekaboo (1957), 599Peggy, Baby (Peggy-Jean Montgomery/
Diana Sera Cary), 168Pemberton, H. W., 13Pemberton, John, 13, 38, 39Pembroke, William, 225Penguin for Your Thoughts
(1956), 593People Born in April (1930), 271People Born in August (1930), 271People Born in December (1929), 252People Born in February (1930), 271People Born in January (1929), 252People Born in July (1930), 271People Born in June (1930), 272People Born in March (1930), 272People Born in May (1930), 272People Born in November (1929), 252People Born in October (1929), 253People Born in September (1929), 253Percival, Cyril, 154Percy, Eileen, 213Percy the Cat, 547, 550, 552Percy the Mechanical Man (1916), 79–80Perez, Marcel, 211Perez, Paul, 256Perils of Pearl Pureheart, The
(1949), 536Perley, Charles, 39Pet cemetery, 499Peter Pan Film Company (studio), 107Peterson, G.C., 12Peters, Tony, 630, 631, 633
Pete’s Haunted House (1926), 212Petrie, Walter, 311Pet Store, The (1933), 349Phantom, 276, 345, 387, 437, 438,
446, 645Phantom Butler, The (1920), 130Phantom Moustacher,
The (1961), 619Phantom of the Horse Opera
(1961), 619–620The Phantom of the Opera
(novel by Gaston Leroux), 421Phantom Outlaw, The (1927), 223Phantom Rocket, The (1933), 350Phantom Ship, The (1936), 397Phantoms, Inc. (1945), 498Phillips, Eddie, 291Phoney Cronies (1942), 473–474Phoney [sic] Cannibal, The
(1915), 39–40Pickaninny Blues (1932), 326Pickett, Ingram B., 138Pickford, Jack, 106Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1915), 40Pierce, Betty, 332Pierce, Tedd, 463, 466, 536, 593, 604,
618, 622, 623Pierson, Leo, 55Pig-A-Boo (1952), 554Pigs Is Pigs (1937), 413Pink of Arabee, The (1976), 651Pink Panic (1966), 640–641The Pink Panther, 634, 635,
640–643, 646, 647, 650, 651Pink Panzer (1965), 634Pink Plasma (1965), 634Pink Sphinx (1968), 646–647Piping Hot (1925), 200Pirate/pirates, 45, 46, 209, 213, 287,
299, 368, 397, 550, 630Pirates Bold (1926), 213Pistol, 24, 39, 152, 408, 528Pitt-Chatham, C., 156Pitts, ZaSu, 91, 328Planetarium, 453Planet Mouseola, The (1960), 616Plan 9 from Outer Space, 627Plastics Inventor, The (1944), 492–493Platt, George W., 46
691 INDEX
Pluto (cartoon character), 344, 346, 362, 363, 384, 474, 475, 495, 496
Pluto’s Judgment Day (1935), 384Plympton, George H., 233Poe, Bonnie, 340Poe, Edgar Allan, 2, 35, 65, 66, 130,
135, 227–229, 239, 462, 466, 538, 612
Poison, 33, 37, 61, 66, 78, 95, 146, 281, 448, 481, 509
Police, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 22, 23, 27, 28, 34, 35, 37, 40, 49, 51, 53, 56, 68, 73, 76, 78, 90, 100, 102, 103, 118, 141, 146, 166, 167, 173, 209, 219, 237, 239, 241, 243, 244, 266, 268, 282, 286, 288, 294, 295, 306, 307, 311, 316, 323, 328–330, 337, 345, 350, 417, 432, 434, 447, 456, 484, 499, 506, 517, 535, 544, 552, 584, 590, 593, 596, 629, 630, 650
Politics/politician, 32, 391Pollard, Daphne, 252, 325, 401Pollard, Luther J., 112, 123Pollard, Snub, 75, 115, 117, 125, 159,
234, 235Polo, Eddie, 163Poor Little Witch Girl (1965), 635Popeye, 355, 361, 371, 372, 381, 382,
397, 414, 421, 429, 433, 434, 442–444, 459, 501, 509, 510, 517, 519, 526, 530, 564, 565, 570, 575, 596, 597, 601
Popeye, the Ace of Space (1953), 564–565
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor (1936), 397–398
Popular Science (1942), 474Porky in Egypt (1938), 426Porky in Wackyland (1938), 426Porky Pig, 389, 403, 414, 415, 426,
436, 438, 444, 448, 460, 508, 526, 527, 531, 532, 549, 554, 560, 572, 583, 589, 593
Porky’s Garden (1937), 414Porky’s Hero Agency (1937), 414Porky’s Movie Mystery (1939), 437–438Porky’s Road Race (1937), 414–415Porter, Zona, 97
Portrait, 40, 42, 50, 201, 244, 359, 505, 522
Possessed/possession, 7, 8, 11, 13, 29, 35, 37, 47, 53, 70, 71, 74, 85, 95, 104, 105, 157, 170, 201, 210, 227, 230, 310
Post, Howard, 632, 633, 635Post War Inventions (1945), 498–499Potel, Victor, 87, 112Powerful Eye, The (1924), 185Power of Thought, The (1948), 525Powers, P.A. (studio), 341Practical Yolk (1966), 641Pratt, Gil, 247, 328Pratt, Hawley, 634, 641–643, 646, 647Prehistoric, 92, 176, 182, 276, 307, 318,
319, 342, 448, 463, 524, 526, 554, 587, 604, 647, 648
Prehistoric Man (1924), 185Prehistoric Perils (1952), 554Prehistoric Pink (1968), 647Prehistoric Porky (1940), 448–449Prehistoric Super Salesman (1969), 648Pre-hysterical Hare (1958), 604Pre-hysterical Man (1948), 526President Roosevelt, 454Prest-O Change-O (1939), 438Pretender, The (1916), 80Prevost, Marie, 110, 111, 340Price, Kate, 100Price, Stanley, 538Priest, 18, 19, 41, 46, 59, 99, 105Principal (studio), 322, 354Priory School, The (1922), 155Prison, 101, 210, 337, 421, 442Prize Pest, The (1952), 554Professor, 8, 15, 29, 33, 40, 41, 43, 52,
57, 58, 79–81, 87, 88, 100, 101, 104, 111, 168, 169, 195, 197, 198, 200, 219, 220, 240, 295, 338, 395, 405, 423, 441, 442, 451, 461, 476, 514, 520, 546, 572, 585, 587, 598, 599, 612, 622, 628
Professor Bonehead Is Shipwrecked (1916), 80
Professor Drizzle, 628Professor Jeremy’s Experiment
(1916), 80–81Professor Schmaltz, 613
692 INDEX
Professor’s Nightmare, The (1915), 40–41
Props and the Spirits (1925), 200Psychiatrist, 586, 628Psychic Phenomenon, The (1916), 81Psychic research, 11Public Ghost #1 (1935), 385Puddy Pup and the Gypsies (1936), 398Puddy the Pup, 398, 402, 415Puffy, Charles, 215–217Pullman Mystery, The (1917), 102Puppetoon, 480, 489, 507Push-Button Kitty (1952), 555Puss ’n Boos (1954), 576–577Pyramid, 94, 117, 205, 211, 262, 286,
312, 317, 350, 391Pyre, 41, 46, 272
QQuestel, Mae, 497, 537, 544, 548—544,
554, 556—553, 561, 563, 571, 572, 577, 580, 581, 586, 589—585, 593, 597—593, 603—599
Quest, The (1922), 155Quiet Please (1939), 438–439Quiribet, Gaston, 182
RRabbit Rampage (1955), 585Raby, J.B., 11, 12Radio Murder Mystery, The (1933), 350Raft, George, 455Rajah’s Sacrifice, The (1915), 41Rajah, The (1919), 117Ralston, Jobyna, 150, 151, 157, 158Ranald, Josef, 454Rankin, Gilman, 545Ranson, Charles, 12, 48Rape, 305Rasch, Albertina, 284, 294Rasinski, Connie, 441, 497, 498, 502,
507, 531, 539, 541, 546, 551, 554, 576, 588, 614, 616, 617, 625, 628–630, 635
Rasputin, 364Rathbone, Basil, 612
Rathburn, Janet, 317Rattfink, 646The Raven, 430, 444, 466Raven, The, 466Rawlinson, Herbert, 22, 130, 132Ray, Al, 179, 387Ray, Charles, 47Ray, Emma, 62Ray, Johnny, 62Raymaker, Herman C., 92, 97Raymond, Sid, 537, 549, 554, 556, 558,
559, 563, 571, 572, 577–579, 585, 591–593, 600
Razeto, Stella, 49Ready, Willing, but Unable (1941), 459Reagan, Ronald, 569Reanimation, 111, 461Reason, James, 634Red Headed Baby (1931), 297Red Headed League, The (1922), 155Red Hot Mamma (1934), 371Redman, Don, 340Red Seal (studio), 182, 203, 215Red Shadow, The (1932), 326Red White and Boo (1955), 585–586Reed, Emma, 253Reed, Katherine, 90Reed, Leslie, 89Reelcraft (studio), 132Reicher, Frank, 91Reid, George Clifford, 278, 280, 282,
288, 298, 303, 304, 307Reid, Marguerite, 20Reincarnation, 87, 89, 144, 145, 228Reincarnation (1915), 41–42Reinhard, John, 13Reisman, Phil, Jr., 534Reliance (studio), 7, 22, 25Republic (studio), 130Reserve Photoplays (studio), 62Resident Patient, The (1922), 156Return of Maurice Donnelly, The
(1915), 42Reunited (1915), 42–43Revenge, 45, 65, 85, 119, 123, 142,
148, 165, 209, 214, 485, 512, 612Revolver, 9, 24, 39, 45, 47, 84, 102,
183, 311, 525Rex (studio), 77, 96
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R. G. Phillips, 108, 111R. Henry Grey, 87Rhodes, Billie, 129Rice, Jack, 480, 515Richardson, Jack, 201Richardson, John J., 202Richard, Viola, 226Rich, Vivian, 81Ridges, Stanley, 451Ridgwell, George, 90Riesenfeld, Hugo, 279Rifenborich Jr., R. P., 84Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 121Ring Leader, The (1931), 297–298Ripley, Robert L., 280, 312Rip Van Winkle, 143, 294Ritchie, Ethel, 152Ritchie, Franklin, 29, 61Ritter, Lloyd Martin, 558Ritter, Tex, 581River Styx, 273RKO (studio), 257, 267, 269, 287, 290,
293, 303, 305, 310, 312, 314, 315, 324, 328, 331, 343, 347, 365, 392, 397, 420, 446, 476, 480, 493, 495, 502, 515, 519, 525, 529, 534, 539, 543, 550, 552, 574, 579
Roach, Bert, 173, 175, 176, 180, 188, 189, 202
Roach, Hal, 75, 115, 126, 127, 139, 150, 159, 188, 194, 201, 208, 210, 214, 231, 238, 242, 251, 253, 268, 277, 283, 299, 322, 325, 327, 335, 338, 342, 357, 361, 368–370, 373, 384, 400, 401, 412, 422
Roadrunner, 639, 642Robards, Jason, 227, 306Roberts, Charles E., 480, 515Roberts, Joe, 131, 137, 148Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
(studio), 108Roberts, Peter, 579Roberts, Stephen, 192, 211, 216, 222,
224, 242, 535Robinson, Bill, 402Robinson Crusoe, 45, 46, 294, 396Robinson Crusoe Jr. (1941), 460Robinson Crusoe Limited (1921), 141Robinson, Edward G., 435
Robinson Gruesome (1959), 610Robinson, Jimmy, 250, 324Robinson, Sam, 108, 112Robot, 2, 92, 266, 323, 327, 336, 347,
352, 381, 387, 388, 431, 457, 460, 476, 498, 514, 538, 555, 557, 566, 607, 613, 615, 616, 618, 619, 622, 630, 641–644, 646
Robot Rabbit (1953), 566Robot Ringer, The (1962), 622Robot Rival (1964), 630–631Robots in Toyland (1965), 635Robot, The (1932), 327Robot Wrecks (1941), 460Rob/robbery, 16, 46, 95, 107, 139,
158, 170, 199, 250, 277, 343, 381, 402, 474
Rocket, 96, 277, 327, 337, 350, 379, 415, 437, 453, 498, 509, 510, 517, 520, 522, 526, 569, 572, 591, 592, 594, 595, 599, 600, 602, 607, 610, 612, 621, 622, 625, 631, 636, 638, 643
Rocket-bye Baby (1956), 594–595Rocketeers (1932)Rocket of the Future (1948), 526Rocket Racket (1962), 622Rocket Squad (1956), 593Rocket to Mars (1946), 509–510Rodney, Earl, 129Rodney, Earle, 141, 289Roessing, Laura, 166Rogers, Charles, 368Rogers, Charlie, 231, 275, 368Roman, 41Rome, 295, 296Romeo and Juliet, 611Rooke, Irene, 155Rooney, Mickey, 250, 324, 346Roper, Jack, 503Roscoe, Albert, 35Rose, Allen, 414Roselli, Rex de, 19, 51, 67Rose, Louis B., 20Rosenbloom, Maxie, 460, 461, 546Rose, Wally, 499Rosley, Adrian, 359Ross, Budd, 105Ross, Joanna, 330
694 INDEX
Ross, Milton, 46Rosson, Dick, 83Ross, Shirley, 388Ross, Tad, 201Roth, Gene, 599Roth, Murray, 237Rottman, Victor, 61Rough and Ready (1924), 186Round Trip to Mars (1957), 599–600Routh, George, 45Rowe, George, 194Royal Pair, A (1924), 186Roy, Cecil, 497, 537, 542, 544, 545,
548, 549, 551, 554, 556–559, 563, 564, 566, 571, 572, 577, 578, 589, 591–593, 596–606, 609
Roy, Helen, 329Rubens, Alma, 78Rubin, Benny, 284, 318, 600Rucker, John, 246Ruge, Billy, 62, 100Running Ragged (1928), 236Russian Rhapsody (1944), 493Russia/Russian, 21, 22, 28, 107, 179,
510, 606, 607, 634Ruth, Roy Del, 182Ryan, Irene, 480Ryan, Jim, 643, 646, 647
SSackville, Gordon, 88Sacred Fires (1930), 272–273Sacrifice, 19, 32, 46, 101, 106, 260, 262,
329, 354, 526Safari So Good (1947), 517Sais, Marin, 56Sambo, 485, 486Sammy’s Semi-suicide (1916), 81Sandifer, Dalton, 599, 612, 620, 623Sandrich, Mark, 233, 257, 331Sands of Egypt, The (1930), 273Sanitarium, 70, 71, 103, 224, 240, 278,
284, 517Santell, Al, 94, 134Santley, Joseph, 295Santschi, Thomas, 20, 21, 30,
53, 55, 139Sarcophagus, 25, 263, 541
Sargent, Epes W., 26Sargent, Jean, 352Sargent, Lewis, 143, 144, 236Sasanoff, Michael, 491Satan, 32, 33, 41, 132, 253, 254, 286,
362, 363, 577, 634Satan’s Waitin’ (1954), 577Saturday’s Lesson (1929), 253–254Saturn, 352, 440, 551Savages, 108, 141, 234, 360, 421, 422Sawing a Lady in Half (1922), 156Sawmill, 373, 380Saw Mill Mystery, The (1937), 415Sax, Sam, 258, 294, 302, 317, 318, 329Sax, Sam, 258, 294, 302, 317, 318, 329Saylor, Sid, 240Sayre, George, 427Scandal in Bohemia, A (1922), 157Scardon, Paul, 33Scarecrow, 90, 283, 366, 439, 471, 480,
568, 581Scarecrow, The (1920), 131Scared Crows, The (1939), 439Scared Silly (1927), 223–224Scared Stiff (1919), 118Scared Stiff (1924), 186–187Scared Stiff (1926), 213Scared Stiff (1928), 237Scared Stiff (1931), 298Scaredy Cat (1948), 526–527Scary Crows (1937), 415Scat the Cat, 616Schade, Betty, 76Schaffer, Milt, 477Schenck, Joseph M., 137, 138Schildkraut, Joseph, 462Schilkret, Nat, 411Schindell, Cy, 512Schlesinger, Leon, 357, 379, 381, 397,
403, 414, 415, 421, 422, 426, 430, 432, 434, 436, 438, 440, 444, 446, 449, 454, 470, 477, 478, 532
Schreck, Max, 314Schrock, Raymond L., 72, 73Schubert, Franz, 595, 596Schwalb, Ben, 419Science Friction (1963), 626Scientist, 42, 66, 80, 96, 115, 135, 175,
189, 197, 213, 231, 233, 274, 352,
695 INDEX
357, 363, 364, 368, 388, 395, 413, 451, 461, 465, 468, 469, 481, 500, 501, 504, 512, 522, 538, 567, 581, 595, 599, 609, 618, 620, 626, 640, 641, 647, 648
Scotched in Scotland (1954), 577Scotland, 46Scotto, Aubrey, 310Scott, William, 520Scrambled Brains (1951), 548Scrappy, 363, 364, 385, 415Scrappy’s Ghost Story (1935), 385Scrappy’s Trip to Mars (1937), 415Screen Snapshots, No. 1 (1939), 439Screen Snapshots, No. 4 (1944), 493Screen Snapshots, No. 9 (1920), 132Screen Snapshots, No. 10 (1922), 157Screen Snapshots, No. 11 (1935), 385Seabrook, Gay, 335Sea Dog’s Tale, A (1926), 213–214Sealskins (1932), 327–328Séance on a Wet Afternoon, 643Seance/séance, 48, 61, 86, 88, 97, 169,
194, 214, 220, 223, 300, 301, 394, 396, 480
Sea of Dreams, The (1923), 172Sears, A. D., 78Secret agent, 60, 644Secret Agent (1943), 482Secret Agent Woody Woodpecker
(1967), 644Secret formula, 115Secret of the Dead, The (1915), 43Secret panel, 115, 177, 197, 201, 214,
242, 281, 337, 451, 528Secret passage, 59Secret room, 76Secret Room, The (1915), 43–45The Secret Weapon, 626Secret Weapon, The (1963), 626–627Sedgwick, Eileen, 107Sedgwick, Josie, 207Seeing Ghosts (1948), 527Seeing Things (1917), 103, 104Seeing Things (1919), 118–119Seeing Things (1930), 273Seein’ Things (1924), 187–188Seer, 209, 272, 458, 469Self-Condemned (1932), 328
Selig (studio), 30, 32, 37, 38, 49, 50, 53, 55, 65, 66, 77, 86, 95, 106, 202
Selig Polyscope, 20, 21, 34, 49Selzer, Edward, 504–506, 512, 522,
527, 531, 532, 541, 554, 558, 560, 569, 572, 574, 577, 583, 585, 588, 589
Sennett, Mack, 110, 178, 179, 202, 238, 251, 252, 256, 288, 289, 294, 320, 323, 332, 382
Sergeant Deux Deux, 645Serial killer, 370Serpent, 19Sessions, Almira, 331Shadow(s), 11, 80, 172, 197, 221, 225,
228, 229, 236, 237, 239, 247, 281, 282, 289, 291, 296, 306, 315, 326, 335, 341, 361, 527, 547, 576, 591
Shadowed by the Devil (1916), 82Shadowed Shadow, A (1916), 82Shadows (1923), 172Shadows (1928), 237Shaefer, Anne, 20Shakespeare, William, 611Sham Poo, The Magician (1932), 328Shannon, Effie, 247Shannon, Frank, 282Shannon, Harry, 356Shark, 323, 419, 458, 634Sharks and Swordfish (1931), 298Sharpe, David, 283Sharples, Winston, 405Shattuck, Ross, 305Shaw, Dick, 493Shay, Alan, 530, 533, 550, 571,
581, 584Shean, Al, 259Sheehan, John, 83, 343Sheik, 180, 209–211, 325, 350, 530Shelton, George, 309, 383, 417Shepard, Elaine, 412Sheridan, Ann, 455Sherlock Holmes, 108, 135, 144–148,
153–158, 160, 161, 163, 164, 190, 203, 235, 239, 254, 257, 290, 337, 341, 343, 347, 359, 432, 486, 589
Sherlock Pink (1965), 635Sherlock’s Home (1932), 328–329
696 INDEX
Sherwood, Yorke, 194Sh-h-h-h-h-h (1955), 586Shields, Arthur, 498Shields, Ernest, 46Shields, Frederick, 354Ship (vessel), 45, 46, 59, 265, 392Ship that Died, The (1938), 426–427Shiver and Shake (1922), 157–158Shivering Sherlocks (1948), 527–528Shivering Spooks (1926), 214Shiver Me Timbers! (1934), 371–372Shiver My Timbers (1931), 298–299Shivers (1934), 372Shootin’ Injuns (1925), 201Shores, Lynn, 338Short Circuit, A (1928), 237Shorty Among the Cannibals
(1915), 45–46Shorty Lays a Jungle Ghost (1917), 104Shorty Unearths a Tartar
(1917), 104–105Should Sleep Walkers Marry?
(1927), 238Should Watchmen Sleep? (1922), 158Showdown (1942), 474Shriek, The (1933), 350Shrimps for a Day (1934), 372–373Shrimp, The (1930), 274–275Shrunken head, 281, 640Shumway, L. C., 45, 84Sicque! Sicque! Sicque! (1966), 641Sideshow, 17, 34, 315, 329, 341,
342, 414Side Show Mystery, The (1932), 329Sidney, George, 340, 430, 463Sidney, Scott, 165Siegel, Bernard, 39, 65Siegel, Louis, 344Silent Man, The (1916), 82Silly Science (1960), 617Silly Superstition (1939), 439–440Silvery Moon (1933), 350–351Simp and Satan, A (1920), 132Simpson, Mickey, 519, 529Sinbad the Sailor, 386Sinbad, the Sailor (1919), 119Sinbad the Sailor (1935), 386Singer, George, 641Singleton, John, 15, 201
Sinister Stuff (1934), 373Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(1929), 254–255Siren (female temptress), 32, 214, 619Sissle, Noble, 353Sitka, Emil, 506, 512, 516, 535, 537,
546, 548, 559, 587, 590, 599, 600Skeleton, 2, 11, 12, 17, 18, 82, 83, 112,
113, 140, 173, 174, 188, 192, 193, 197, 200–202, 205, 212, 214, 226, 227, 234, 243, 246, 255, 263–266, 269, 276, 277, 281, 282, 287, 290, 291, 299, 301, 303, 304, 308, 312, 313, 315, 318, 323, 324, 327, 333, 334, 336, 343–345, 347, 350, 352, 355, 359, 361, 368, 369, 372, 384, 388, 390, 395, 396, 399, 416, 422, 450, 451, 482–484, 486, 499, 520, 522, 523, 527, 529, 532, 541, 542, 550, 551, 566, 567, 575, 580, 613, 615, 618, 640, 641
Skeleton Dance, The (1929), 255Skeleton Frolic (1937), 416Skeletons (1923), 173Skelly’s Skeleton (1916), 82–83Skit the Mouse, 616Skull, 27, 112, 188, 189, 231, 255, 261,
266, 267, 276, 278, 289, 293, 320, 322, 329, 336, 367, 385, 386, 396, 414, 463, 498, 507, 601
Skull Murder Mystery, The (1932), 329–330
Skulls and Sculls (1930), 275Sky Larks (1934), 373Sky’s the Limit, The (1965), 636Slave, 13, 18, 105, 180, 434Slave, The (1917), 105Sleeman, Phillip, 223Sleep, 11, 22, 37, 45, 51, 54, 58, 78, 96,
99, 104, 163, 164, 167, 168, 181, 185, 200, 299, 331, 357, 371, 375, 401, 414, 482, 579, 586, 588, 590, 598
Sleeper, Martha, 190Sleepless Night, A (1948), 528Sleep Walker, The (1942), 474–475Sleepwalk/sleepwalking, see
Somnambulism/somnambulistSleuths (1918), 111
697 INDEX
Slick Sleuths (1926), 214Sliding panel, 138, 171, 184, 186,
372, 509Slippery Slim and His Tombstone
(1918), 111–112Sloman, Edward, 84Smedley, 610, 619, 645Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931), 299Smiley, Joseph W., 20Smith, Alfred Edgar, 417Smith, Billy Ray “Boxcar,” 460Smith, Cliff, 120Smith, David, 30Smith, Frank, 70, 82Smith, Gerald Oliver, 302Smith, Hamilton, 56Smith, Noel Mason, 186Smith, Paul J., 579, 587, 595, 600, 603,
618, 620, 621, 623, 624, 631, 639–641, 644, 645, 648, 649
Smith, Pete, 298, 463Smith, Richard, 202, 217, 220, 221Smith, Sid, 137, 236Smuggler, 78Snake, 18, 140, 207, 260, 279, 316,
338, 397, 404, 649Snap, the Gingerbread Man, 241, 257Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939), 440Sniffles Mouse, 440, 449Sniffles Takes a Trip (1940), 449Sniffles the Mouse, 440, 449Snooks, Baby, 435Snowman, 449, 597, 623Snow Man, The (1940), 449Snow, Marguerite, 25Snow White, 477Snow-White (1933), 351Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 363Sobol, Louis, 350Sockeroo (1941), 460–461Soda Squirt (1933), 351Soldier, 33, 47, 55, 99, 134, 215, 248,
277, 297, 357, 374, 482, 528, 629Sold to Satan (1916), 83–84Solid Tin Coyote, The (1966), 641–642Solitary Cyclist, The (1922), 158Some Detective (1916), 84–85Some Kind of Vampire (1916), 85–86
Some Nightmare (1915), 46Somewhere in Egypt (1943), 482Sommer, Paul, 479Somnambulism/somnambulist, 2, 22,
127, 200, 238, 320, 425, 474, 521, 527, 538, 593
Song of the Voodoo (1931), 299–300The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, 279Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The (1935), 387So’s Your Monk (1927), 224Soul, 13, 32, 44, 46, 47, 72, 80,
83, 84, 87, 124, 215, 244, 265, 283, 630
Soul of Phyra, The (1915), 46–47Soul of the Cypress (1926), 214–215Sourpuss, 448, 472, 488, 504, 507, 511,
531, 537, 538The South, 19, 46, 108South America, 262South Sea/South Seas, 46, 217, 218,
360, 428, 610Souvenirs of Death (1948), 528–529So White, 477So You Want to Be a Detective
(1948), 528So You Want to Be an Heir (1953), 566Space, Arthur, 486Space Mouse (1959), 610Space Ship Sappy (1957), 600Space Varmint, The (1960), 617Spanish, 43, 134, 268, 274, 458Sparber, I. (aka Isadore Sparber), 467,
474, 481, 497, 517, 520, 530, 533, 537, 542, 544, 545, 548–551, 554, 556–559, 561, 563, 564, 566, 571, 572, 577–581, 584–586, 589, 591–593, 596–603, 606, 609
Sparkle (studio), 100Sparks, Ned, 435Spaulding, Russell, 405Spear, Harry, 220, 238, 244Spears of Death (1931), 300Spector, Irving, 614, 622Speedy Ghost to Town (1967), 644Speedy Gonzales, 638, 639, 644Spencer, Fred, 206
698 INDEX
Sphinx, The, 63, 94, 134, 167, 205, 262, 263, 286, 317, 391, 467, 482, 530, 541
Spider, 66, 73, 112, 141, 163, 211, 239, 245, 246, 251, 267, 276, 281, 283, 286, 287, 297, 300, 312, 320, 336, 338, 347, 357, 391, 463, 478, 479, 542
Spider and the Fly, The (1918), 112Spider and the Fly, The (1931), 300Spiders and Their Victims (1921), 141Spiking the Spooks (1921), 141Spirit, 19, 20, 28, 42, 48, 49, 58, 61, 64,
67, 71, 86, 88, 89, 97, 123, 124, 133, 161, 168–170, 173, 188, 189, 200, 209, 213, 446, 447, 471, 477, 488, 511, 518, 532, 578, 640
Spirit of Cabin Mine, The (1919), 120Spirit of the Bell, The (1915), 47Spirit of the Lake, The (1921), 142Spirit of 76th Street, The
(1931), 300–301Spirit photography, 188Spirits (1918), 112Spiritual Elopement, A (1915), 47–48Spiritualist, 48, 58, 75, 86, 168, 214,
223, 301, 319, 418, 449, 450Sponsler, Juanita, 68Spook(s), 11, 19, 23, 86, 90, 115, 125,
126, 132, 141, 149, 151, 158, 159, 174, 176, 188, 189, 198, 201, 207, 211, 212, 214, 223, 238, 239, 245, 257, 259, 275, 289, 290, 308, 323, 348, 353, 372, 396, 416, 422, 429, 436, 450, 468, 472, 478, 488, 509, 523, 527, 588, 621
Spook and Span (1958), 604Spookeasy (1930), 275Spooking About Africa (1957), 600Spooking of Ghosts (1959), 611Spooking with a Brogue
(1955), 586–587Spooki-Yaki (1963), 627Spook Louder (1943), 483Spook No Evil (1953), 566Spook Raisers, The (1915), 48Spooks (1916), 86Spooks (1922), 159Spooks (1923), 173
Spooks (1930), 276Spooks (1931), 301Spooks (1936), 399Spooks! (1953), 567–568Spook Speaks, The (1940), 449–450Spook Speaks, The (1947), 518–519Spook Speaks, The (1948), 529Spook-Spoofing (1928), 238Spook Sport (1940), 450Spooks & Spirits (1923), 174Spook to Me (1945), 499Spooky Hooky (1936), 399–400Spooky Hooky (1937), 416Spooky Romance, A (1923), 174Spooky Spooks (1920), 132–133Spooky Spooks (1925), 201Spooky Swabs (1957), 601Spooky Wooky (1950), 542–543Sprotte, Bert, 328Spunky Skunky (1952), 556Spying the Spy (1918), 112Spy/spies, 22, 30, 33, 50, 112, 471,
483, 491, 510, 526, 533, 580, 596, 614, 636
Stab/stabbed, 24, 40, 57, 107, 119, 276, 329, 512
Stafford, Babe, 332Stafford, H.G., 35Stage Frights (1935), 387Stairs, 35, 71, 125, 148, 166, 228, 275,
406, 432Stake, 41, 60, 480, 600Stalling, Carl, 392, 440Stallings, Vernon, 165, 166Standard Cinema Corporation
(studio), 206Stanley Among the Voo Doo
Worshippers (1915), 48Stanley, Dick, 95Stanley, Helen, 56, 95Stanley, James, 94Starbrite Diamond, The (1931), 301Starlight (studio), 17, 18Starr, Sally, 417Stars Can’t Be Wrong, The (1936), 400Staub, Ralph, 370, 439Steeman, Philip, 322Stensvold, Alan, 511Steppling, John, 83
699 INDEX
Sterling, Edyth, 19Sterling, Edythe, 67Sterling, Merta, 92Sterling, Myria, 61Sterling, Myrtle, 48Stern, Herbert, 229Stevens, Charlie, 78Stevens, George, 283Stevenson, Robert Louis, 53, 123,
133, 193Stewart, Anita, 26Stewart, Dick, 290Stitch in Time, A (1924), 188St. John, Al, 138, 221, 222Stoll Picture Productions (studio), 135,
144, 146–148, 154–158, 161, 164Stoloff, Ben, 250Stone Age, 276, 301, 307, 360, 444,
450, 585Stone Age Error, The (1932), 330Stone Age Romance, A (1929), 255–256Stone Age Romeos (1955), 587Stone Age Stunts (1930), 276Stone Age, The (1922), 159Stone Age, The (1931), 301–302Stone, Arthur, 320Stone, Bernard, 291Stonehouse, Ruth, 142Storch, Larry, 646Storm, 119, 139, 157, 189, 194, 199,
227, 251, 264, 265, 282, 300, 333, 346, 403, 404, 412, 423, 429, 434, 436, 445, 469, 470, 474, 504, 568, 618, 640
Storyart (studio), 123Strait-Jacket, 629Strange Adventure, A (1917), 105–106Strange as It Seems (1931), 302Strange Case of Hennessy, The
(1933), 351–352Strange Case of Princess Khan, The
(1915), 49Strange Case of Talmai Lind, The
(1915), 49–50Strange Case, The (1931), 302Strange Companion (1961), 620Strange, Robert, 317Stranger than Fiction, No. 19
(1936), 400
Strangler, 302, 536Strangler, The (1931), 302–303Strangle/strangulation, 57, 99, 462, 486Stratos Fear (1933), 352Stratton, Chester, 401, 402Streets of Mystery (1930), 276Stuart, Marlyn, 391, 395Stuart, Norman, 326Studio Murder Mystery (1932), 330Stupidstitious Cat, The (1947), 519Suicide, 10, 23, 44, 51, 84, 125, 247,
284, 330, 332, 337, 396, 428, 486Suits of armor, 343, 390, 588Sullivan, Brick, 529Sullivan, Ed, 551Sullivan, Frederick, 129, 141Sultan, 74, 105, 216, 303, 337,
493, 608Sultan’s Birthday, The (1944), 493–494Sultan’s Cat, The (1931), 303Sumner, Fred, 43Sunday Go to Meetin’ Time (1936), 400Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925), 202Superman, 453, 457, 461, 463–465,
467, 468, 471–476, 480–483, 490Superman (1941), 461Super Mouse, see Mighty MouseSupernatural, 36, 86, 445, 473, 480,
499, 519, 579, 603, 634Superstition (1921), 142Superstition of the Black Cat, The
(1934), 373–374Superstition of the Rabbit’s Foot, The
(1934), 374Superstition of Three on a Match, The
(1934), 374Superstition of Walking Under a Ladder
(1934), 374Superstition/superstitious, 2, 25,
113, 128, 142, 367, 374, 439, 484, 485, 519, 534, 579, 608
Superstitious Girl, The (1918), 113Superstitious Sammy (1915), 51Sure Cure (1927), 224Sure-Locked Homes (1928), 239Surgeon, 52, 53, 55, 56, 249, 349,
628, 651Sutton, Grady, 283, 334
700 INDEX
Svengali, 9, 221, 287, 303, 510, 533, 590
Svengali’s Cat (1946), 510Svengarlic (1931), 303Swami, 250, 516Swamp, 217, 651Sweedie’s Suicide (1915), 51Sweet, Harry, 142, 151, 152, 179, 328Sweet Spirits of Nighter (1941), 461Swickard, Charles, 47Swickard, Joseph, 47, 199Swift, Allen, 622Swift Justice (1931), 303Swing You Sinners! (1930), 277Switchin’ Kitten (1961), 620Switzer, Carl “Alfalfa,” 384, 399, 400,
412, 419, 422, 430Sword, 166, 180, 194, 229, 298, 389,
476, 614, 623Sylvester, 526, 572, 574, 577, 583, 614,
615, 650Sylvester, R. D., 158, 526, 527, 572,
574, 577, 583, 614, 615, 650Symphony Murder Mystery, The
(1932), 330–331
TTafuri, Nick, 619Taken for a Ride (1931), 304Talbot, Lyle, 284Talking Pictures Epics (studio), 289, 295Tall, Dark and Gruesome (1948), 529Talmadge, Richard, 199Tannura, Philip, 246Tapley, Rose, 34Tarantula, 163, 338Tarkington, Booth, 135, 136, 317Tarron, Elsie, 215, 217Tarzan, 114, 331, 342, 375, 437, 502Tashlin, Frank, 403, 415, 421Tasmanian Devil, 628Tatum, Rudolph, 108Taurog, Norman, 171, 186, 190, 191,
193, 206, 212, 243Taxi Spooks (1929), 256Taylor, Ferris, 521, 593Taylor, Forrest, 425Taylor, Jacqueline, 361
Taylor, Mae “Buckwheat,” 361Taylor, Ray, 264Teare, Ethel, 17, 26, 29, 33, 48, 61, 95Techno-Cracked (1933), 352Techno-Crazy (1933), 352Tedford, Charles, 524Television, 188, 201, 357, 460, 498,
525, 534, 551, 568, 576, 611, 624–626, 633, 643, 648
Tell-Tale Heart, The (1928), 239Tell-Tale Heart, The (1941), 462Tell Us, Ouija (1920), 133Telstar, 636Temple, 41, 55, 59, 99, 101, 102, 106,
149, 205, 263, 273, 304Temple of Terror, The (1917), 106–107Temple, Shirley, 342Tendlar, Dave, 371, 610, 615, 621,
630, 636Tennant, Barbara, 238Tense Moments from Famous Plays and
Great Artists (1923), 174–175Termites from Mars (1952), 556Terrible Tragedy, A (1916), 86–87Terriss, Tom, 261, 263, 267, 273, 276,
278, 279, 304, 305, 503, 507Terror Faces Magoo (1959), 611Terror on the Midway (1942), 475–476Terrors of the Amazon (1933), 353Terrors of the Jungle, The (1915), 51The Terry Bears, 576Terry, Frank, 127Terry, Paul, 142, 145, 150, 173, 195,
256, 281, 307, 308, 313, 335, 355, 368, 503
Terrytoons (studio), 334, 339, 340, 348, 355, 380, 384, 398, 402, 408, 415, 417, 449, 499, 515, 528, 536, 539, 568, 628–630
Texas Guinan, J. Montgomery Carlyle (aka Jack Carlyle), 120
Thanhouser (studio), 14, 25, 40, 42, 65Thatcher, Eleanor, 355Thatcher, Eva, 223That Night (1928), 239That’s My Mummy (1927), 224That’s No Excuse (1927), 224–225That’s the Spirit (1924), 188–189That’s the Spirit (1933), 353
701 INDEX
That’s the Spirit (1937), 417Thayer, Floyd B., 458Thayer,Otis B., 95Thayer Trial, The (1931), 304Theby, Rosemary, 9, 96, 318Their Bewitched Elopement (1915), 52Then Came the Yawn (1934), 374–375There He Goes (1924), 189–190There It Is (1928), 240There’s Good Boos To-Night
(1948), 529–530They Shall Not Pass Out (1929), 256Thicker than Water (1935), 401Third Dimensional Murder (1941), 463Third-Dimension/3-D, 183, 463, 561,
565, 567, 570Thirteen, 25, 128, 150, 196, 197, 215,
224, 414, 609Thirteenth Man, The (1926), 215Thomas, Billie “Buckwheat,” 361, 369,
373, 384, 400, 412, 419, 422, 430, 460, 467
Thomas, Danny, 569Thomas, Lowell, 421Thompson, Al, 191, 206, 381Thompson, Duane, 194, 199Thom, the Unknown (1931), 304–305Thorne, Lizette, 80Thorpe, Morgan, 28Three Little Pigs, The, 358, 465, 498Three Missing Links (1938), 427Three Pests in a Mess (1945), 499–500Three’s a Crowd (1932), 331The Three Stooges, 332, 369, 426, 427,
441, 442, 455, 459, 477–479, 483, 488, 494, 497–501, 503, 509, 511, 512, 521, 522, 524, 527, 528, 532–534, 537, 538, 546, 548, 558, 559, 567, 577, 578, 582, 584, 587, 588, 590, 600
Thru Thin and Thicket or Who’s Zoo in Africa (1932), 331
Thunder, 368Thunderstrom, 201, 268, 361, 390, 416Tiffany (studio), 257, 262, 263, 280Tiger, 160, 161, 192, 202, 430, 448,
450, 475, 524, 631Tiger of San Pedro, The
(1922), 160–161
Tiger’s Tail, A (1964), 631Timberg, Herman, Jr., 417Time machine, 435, 554, 585Timid Ghost, The (1937), 417Timid Scarecrow, The (1953), 568Tin Ghost, The (1926), 215–216Tin Man, The (1935), 387–388Tiomkin, Dimitri, 284, 286Tipson, Thelma, 330Tipton Steck, H., 89The Toads, 648Toast of the Town, 551Tobin, Genevieve, 385To Boo or Not to Boo (1951),
548–549Toby the Pup, 269, 290Toccata and Fugue (1946), 511Todd, Harry, 54, 112Todd, Thelma, 274, 275, 328, 359,
387, 388To Heir Is Human (1944), 494Tom and Jerry (cat and mouse), 293,
312, 345, 350, 513, 604, 622, 642, 644
Tom and Jerry (human characters), 293, 312, 327, 346, 350, 469, 516, 555, 563, 590, 604, 620–622, 629, 633, 636, 639, 642–644
Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit, The (1962), 622–623
Tomb, 8, 94, 104, 165, 169, 171, 205, 211, 224, 228, 229, 255, 263, 273, 326, 430, 442, 452, 456, 458, 481, 482, 530, 618, 641, 646
Tombstone, 51, 111, 147, 203, 277, 281, 304, 305, 527
Tombstones (1931), 305Tom-ic Energy (1965), 636Tong War, 177To Oblige a Vampire (1917), 107Too Much Elixir of Life (1915), 52Torchy’s Ghost (1922), 161Torchy’s Loud Spooker (1933), 353Tourneur, Jacques, 418, 427, 428, 471Townley, Jack, 296Toyland Premiere (1934), 375Tozere, Fred, 439Trader Hound (1931), 306Tragic Magic (1962), 623
702 INDEX
Trailing Trouble (1924), 190Trance, 28, 216, 240, 451, 459, 508Transatlantic Mystery, The (1932), 332Transylvania, 627Transylvania 6-5000 (1963), 627Transylvania Mania (1968), 647Trapdoor/trap-door/trap door, 76, 105,
137, 184, 186, 192, 206, 209–211, 228, 242, 248, 267, 422, 441, 474
Trapped (1931), 306Travers, Victor, 499Treacy, Emerson, 335Treasure, 43, 55, 74, 94, 155, 161, 169,
171, 172, 240, 251, 287, 304, 368, 369, 397, 453, 550, 595, 627
Treasure Bound (1922), 161–162Tremaine, Beatrice, 114Triangle (studio), 92Triangle Murder, The (1931), 307Trickery (1922), 162–163Trick or Treat (1952), 556Trickster, The (1928), 240Trilby, 303Trilby (novel by George Du Maurier),
65, 510, 536Trimble, Arthur, 193, 241, 249Trip to Mars (1924), 190Trip to the Moon, A (1917), 107Trip to the Sky (1939), 440–441Trouble in Baghdad (1963), 627–628True Boo (1952), 557Truex, Ernest, 380Tryon, Glenn, 194, 305Tucker, Jerry, 299, 335, 369, 373, 384Tucker, Richard, 16Tufeld, Dick, 592Turner, Bill, 463, 497, 510, 530Turner, Doreen, 241, 249Turner, Gil, 615Turner, Lloyd, 520Turner, Otis, 22Turpin, Ben, 51, 54, 90, 92, 110,
111, 378Tut, King, 167, 169, 172, 175, 205,
541, 618Tut! Tut! King (1923), 175–176T.V. of Tomorrow (1953), 568Tweety Bird, 531Twelvetrees, Helen, 314
Twinkle Twinkle Little Telestar [sic] (1965), 636–637
Twin Souls (1916), 87Twins, The (1918), 1132000 B.C. (1931), 307–308Two Curious Dogs, 431, 432Two Headed Giant, The (1939), 441Two Hearts in Wax Time (1935), 388Two Natures Within Him, The
(1915), 52–53Tyer, James, 319Tyrrell, John, 450, 478Tytla, Vladimir “Bill,” 510, 537, 602
UUfa (studio), 207, 208, 217, 322Ugly Dino, The (1940), 450Ullman, Elwood, 425, 442, 452, 456,
459, 477, 488, 494, 521, 528, 546, 577, 582, 584, 585
Uncle, 18, 24, 27, 42, 47, 54, 75, 76, 82, 89, 113, 136, 158, 163, 246, 258, 259, 267, 278, 403, 550
Under a Spell (1925), 202Underground, 24, 33, 238, 304, 345,
351, 451, 483Underground World, The (1943), 483Undertaker, 54, 75, 76, 404Undertaker’s Daughter, The (1915), 54Undertaker’s Uncle, The (1915), 54Under the White Robe (1923), 176Unemployed Ghost, The
(1931), 308–310Unique Film Co. (studio), 82United Artists (studio), 279, 344, 349,
408, 511Universal (studio), 35, 46, 65, 73, 76,
82, 86, 92, 98, 101, 114, 117, 119, 128, 134, 140, 144, 145, 152, 158, 163, 189, 193, 200, 207, 215–217, 221, 223, 225, 233, 237, 240, 241, 248, 249, 260, 264, 266, 270, 276, 282, 287, 291, 292, 297, 298, 301, 302, 306, 314, 315, 318, 323, 325, 326, 333, 342, 350, 373, 375, 376, 378, 400, 410, 412, 420, 421, 428, 429, 435, 438, 440, 451, 484, 485,
703 INDEX
497, 611, 626, 631, 639–642, 644, 645, 648, 649
Universal Newspaper Newsreel, Vol. VI, No. 233 (1934), 375
Universal Newsreel (1940), 451Universal Newsreel (1966), 642Universal Newsreel, No. 715, Vol. 10
(1938), 427–428Universal Newsreel, Vol. 32, No. 24
(1959), 611Up Popped the Ghost (1932), 332Up to Mars (1930), 277Urban, Charles, 135, 143Utmost Isle, The (1931), 310
VVale, Louise, 29, 60, 61Vale, Travers, 29Valkyrien, Valda, 55Valkyrie, The (1915), 54–55Valley of Beautiful Things, The
(1917), 107Vampire, 3, 63, 77, 85, 105, 132, 277,
469, 493, 627, 634, 647Van, Beatrice, 89Van Der Veer, Willard, 459Vane, Denton, 42Van, Gus, 419, 420Vanishing Duck, The (1958), 604Vanishing Private, The (1942), 476Van Sloan, Edward, 314Van Zandt, Philip, 509, 538, 542, 567Vaughan, Dorothy, 471Vaughn, Alberta, 151, 152, 256Vengeance, 18, 55, 59, 347Vengeance of Rannah, The (1915), 55Ventriloquist Cat, The (1950), 543Ventriloquist/ventriloquism, 543Venus and the Cat (1921), 142Vera Vague, 506, 535Verdict, The (1922), 163Vernon, Bobby, 152, 220, 257Vernon, Dorothy, 220, 306Vicious Viking (1967), 645Victim, The (1930), 277Victor (studio), 9Victor (studio), 57, 60, 87, 96
Villain Still Pursued Her, The (1937), 417
Vim Comedy Film Company (studio), 62Vitagraph (studio), 20, 26, 30, 33, 34,
41, 42, 79, 90, 98, 115, 394Vitamin Pink (1966), 642Vitaphone (studio), 236, 237, 245, 258,
261–263, 273, 277, 292, 293, 300–302, 310, 315–318, 325, 329–34, 336, 353, 356, 360, 400, 402, 404
Vivisection, 55Vivisectionist, The (1915), 55–56Vogan, Emmett, 460, 467, 485Vogue (studio), 64Voice in the Night, A (1915), 56Voice of Experience, No. 10 (1936), 401Volcano, 101, 107, 364, 476, 620Volcano (1942), 476von Braun, Wernher, 592Von Zell, Harry, 516, 534, 535Voodoo, 18, 19, 260, 285, 299, 333,
354, 417, 454, 495, 558, 578, 598, 623
Voodoo (1933), 354Voo-Doo Boo-Boo (1962), 623Voodoo Fires (1939), 441Voodoo in Harlem (1938), 428–429Voodooland (1932), 333Vosburgh, Alfred, 20, 81Vulture, 397, 571
WWaffles Kat, 265Walburn, Fred, 460Walcamp, Marie, 51Waldron, John A., 252, 289Walker, Bob, 65Walker, H. M., 188, 201, 220, 232, 242,
251, 253, 268, 277, 299, 328Wallace, May, 342Wallace, Richard, 200, 208, 210Waller, Fats, 402Waller, Fred, 383, 453Wallington, James, 350Wall Street Mystery, The (1931), 310Walpurgis Night (1933), 354
704 INDEX
War, 12, 30, 88, 108, 373, 390, 458, 465, 469, 479, 503, 507, 528, 529, 552, 634
Ward, Chance, 29, 40, 48Ward, Dean, 343Ward, Hap H., 115Warner Bros. (studio), 2, 227, 282, 284,
331, 341, 359, 370, 378, 403, 413, 426, 431, 435, 436, 438–441, 446, 448, 449, 452, 453, 455, 458, 460, 461, 465–467, 470, 477–479, 486, 491–493, 495, 497, 501, 504–506, 508, 512, 520–522, 524, 527, 528, 531, 532, 536, 540, 541, 547, 549, 552, 554, 557, 558, 560, 566, 568, 569, 572, 574, 577, 585, 588, 593, 595, 598, 604, 605, 608, 612, 615
Warner, Jack, 569Warner, Marion, 30, 55Warner Pathé News, (1953), 568–569Warner Pathe News, No. 102
(1951), 549Warner Pathe News, No. 102
(1952), 557The War of the Worlds, 428War of the Worlds, The, 428, 437Warren, Giles, 34Warrenton, Gilbert, 566Warrenton, Lule, 51, 107Was Darwin Right? (1921), 143Washburn, Bryant, 73, 89Washington Irving (1921), 143Watch George (1928), 240Water, Water Every Hare
(1952), 557–558Watson, Delmar, 396Watson, Fanny, 290Watson, Hildegarde, 229Watson, James S. Jr., 227Watson, Lucille, 317Watson, Roy, 41Watson, William, 158, 176, 343, 355,
365, 394, 399, 417Watson, William H., 153, 173, 189Watt, Allen, 67Watt, Nate, 221Wax figures, 159, 340, 343, 376, 408Wax museum, 159, 376Wax Works (1934), 375–376
Wayne, Maude, 97Wearing of the Grin, The (1951), 549Weather Magic (1965), 637–638Webber, George, 395Webber, Melville, 229Webb, Jack, 593Webb, Miles M., 82Webster, Harry McRae, 73Weekend Mystery, The (1931), 310–311Weems, Walter, 237, 331, 343Weird Nemesis, The (1915), 57Weiss Brothers Clarion Photoplays
(studio), 156Welles, Orson, 417, 427, 437Welsh, William E., 15Were Tiger, The (1925), 202West, Billie, 7West, Charles, 37West, Dorothy, 292West, Ford, 235West, Lillian, 87West, Mae, 351, 376, 382West, Roland, 231West/Western, 14, 19, 43, 115,
128, 139, 146, 147, 163, 185, 202, 223, 255, 295, 363, 421, 471, 477, 570, 610, 619
West, William H., 56Wet Knight, A (1932), 333We Want Our Mummy (1939), 441–442We Work Again (1937), 417Whacks Museum (1934), 376Whalen, Harold, 355Whalley, Norma, 164Wham and Eggs (1973), 649What an Eye (1924), 191What an Idea (1932), 333What a Night (1924), 190–191What Darwin Missed (1916), 87What Does 1934 Hold? (1933), 355What Do You Think? (1937), 418What Do You Think?, No. 2 (1937), 418What Do You Think?, No. 3 (1938), 428What Do You Think?, No. 4 (1938), 428Wheeler, Bert, 295, 296When East Meets West (1926), 216When Hell Froze Over (1926), 216When Quackle Did Hide (1920), 133
705 INDEX
When the Mummy Cried for Help (1915), 57
When the Spirit Moved (1915), 58When the Wind Blows (1930), 277Where There’s a Will (1930), 278Which Is Witch (1949), 536Which Is Witch (1958), 605White Goddess, The (1915), 58–59White, Jack, 141, 161, 162, 179, 186,
189, 191, 192, 216, 381, 395, 498, 539, 577, 582, 584, 585, 588, 590, 599, 600
White, Jules, 236, 372, 395, 425, 427, 442, 450, 478, 494, 498, 506, 512, 521, 524, 532–535, 539, 546, 548, 559, 568, 571, 577, 582, 584, 585, 587, 588, 590, 593, 599, 600
White, Leo, 51, 130White man, 30, 109, 183, 199, 311White, Sam, 347White, Thelma, 290Whitman, Gayne, 289, 302, 338, 340,
353, 405, 474Whitman, Velma, 45Who Done It? (1949), 536–537Who Killed Cock-Robbin? (1933), 355Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935), 388Who Killed Who? (1943), 483–484Who’s Next? (1943), 484Who’s Superstitious? (1943), 484–485Why Gorillas Leave Home (1929), 257Wickersham, Bob, 480, 485, 502,
509, 512Wilbur, Crane, 71, 439Wild animal, 21, 30, 50, 51, 234, 294,
353, 444, 631Wild Babies (1932), 334Wild Bill Hiccup (1970), 648Wild Elephinks (1933), 355Wilde, Ted, 194Wild man, 51, 66, 327, 342, 502Wild Night, A (1920), 134Wild People (1933), 355Wile E. Coyote, 639, 641, 642Wilkins Murder Mystery, The
(1930), 278Willes, Jean, 564, 571Williams, Buddy, 168Williams, Charlie, 383
Williams, C. Jay, 41Williams, Clara, 43Williams, Earle W., 26Williams, Josephine, 417Williams, Kathlyn, 49, 50Williams, Larry, 439Williams, Roy, 545, 574Williams, Tudor, 363Williams, Wilhelmina, 417Williams, Zack, 331Willie Whopper, 352, 360,
364, 367Willis, Hubert, 144, 147, 148, 153–158,
161, 164Willis, Leo, 363, 368Willoughby’s Magic Hat (1943), 485Wills, Si, 270Wilson, Ben, 174Wilson, Ben F., 174Wilson, Carey, 418, 425, 428, 445, 453,
458, 469, 491, 562–564Wilson, Clarence, 372, 373, 385, 388Wilson, Roberta, 77Wiltermood, Frank, 87Wimpy, 355, 371, 372, 397Winchester House, 317, 400Winged horse, 624, 625, 633Winifred “Sugar” Hall, 399Winkler, George, 223Winters, Shelley, 569Winton, Jane, 311, 317Wirkus, Faustin, 354Wise or Otherwise (1926), 216–217Witch, 2, 3, 30, 48, 60, 64, 107, 192,
219, 227, 238, 246, 257, 261, 290, 292, 311, 312, 315, 324, 335, 340, 341, 347, 373, 392, 408, 417, 427, 430, 463, 482, 504, 507, 530, 536, 551, 556, 566, 569, 575, 578, 587, 590, 605, 611, 616, 619, 638, 640, 648, 649
Witch Crafty (1955), 587Witch doctor, 30, 48, 261, 311, 427,
507, 536, 578Witch Doctor (1952), 558Witch Doctor (1954), 578Witch Doctor’s Magic, The (1931), 311Witch Hazel, 556, 569, 587, 611,
627, 638
706 INDEX
Witch of Salem Town, A (1915), 60Witch of the Mountains (1916), 88Witch’s Cat, The (1929), 257Witch’s Cat, The (1948), 530Witch’s Tangled Hare, A
(1959), 611–612With the Mummies’ Help (1917), 108With the Spirit’s Help (1916), 88Wizard, 279, 383Wizardland (1930), 278–279Wizard’s Apprentice, The (1930), 279Wolbert, Dorothea, 140Wolf, 359, 376, 405, 406, 470, 488,
531, 541, 542, 554, 556, 559, 569Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, A (1948), 530Wolf! Wolf! (1934), 376Woman of Mystery, The (1915), 60–61Woodard, Julian, 519Wood, Dorothy, 163Woodpecker from Mars (1956), 595Woodpecker in the Moon (1959), 612Woody’s Magic Touch (1971), 649Woody the Giant Killer (1947), 519Woody Woodpecker, 519, 546, 551,
556, 561, 579, 587, 595, 599, 603, 612, 618, 620–623, 626, 638, 640, 641, 644, 648, 649
Woolsey, Robert, 295, 296Woos Whoopee (1930), 279World Cinema Distributing Corporation
(studio), 117Worthington, William, 22, 363Wot a Night (1931), 312Wotta Knight (1947), 519–520Wotta Nitemare (1939), 442–444Wraith of Haddon Towers, The
(1916), 88–89Wray, Fay, 199Wreckety Wrecks (1933), 356Wren, Jenny, 388Wright, Ralph, 495, 556
Wrongorilla (1933), 356Wulze, Harry, 65Wyler, William, 219, 223Wynters, Charlotte, 282
YYach, Elizabeth, 123Yarborough, Barton, 506Yates, Hal, 515, 519, 525, 529, 539,
542, 550Yellow Face, The (1922), 163–164Ygor, 634Yogi, 17, 80, 394Yoke’s on Me, The (1944), 494Yosemite Sam, 608, 615, 624You’ll Be Sorry (1928), 241Young, Bert, 191Young, Clifton, 214Younge, Lucille, 37Young, Harold, 498Young, Joe, 238, 363, 372Young, Joe (aka Roger Moore), 369, 373Young, Joseph, 206Young, Noah, 209, 218, 219, 359Young, Polly Ann, 315Young, Robert Milton, 558Young Sherlocks (1922), 164You’re Next! (1940), 451–452Your Stars for 1935 (1934), 377Yvonne Junior, 108, 112
ZZamora, Rudy, 429Zanzimar, 252, 253, 269,
271, 272Zero the Hero (1954), 578Zippy Zephyr, 630, 631Zombie, 3, 285, 421, 461, 526,
598, 599