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1 Note: Page numbers followed by ‘n’ refer to notes.

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

682 INDEX

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

693 INDEX

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