Acknowledgments ix A Note on Citations xi Preface 1 Biography 4 The Films (1928–1962) 9 Blue Bottles (1928) 9 Day-Dreams (1928) 10 The Tonic (1928) 11 Piccadilly (1929) 12 Comets (1930) 13 Wolves (1930) 14 Down River (1931) 15 Devil and the Deep (1932) 16 The Old Dark House (1932) 19 Payment Deferred (1932) 22 If I Had a Million (1932) 24 The Sign of the Cross (1932) 26 Island of Lost Souls (1932) 30 White Woman (1933) 34 The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) 37 The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) 40 Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) 42 Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 46 Les Misérables (1935) 49 Rembrandt (1936) 53 Vessel of Wrath (1938) 57 St. Martin's Lane (1938) 59 Jamaica Inn (1939) 62 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) 65 They Knew What They Wanted (1940) 69 It Started with Eve (1941) 72 The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) 75 Tales of Manhattan (1942) 77 Stand By for Action (1942) 79 Forever and a Day (1943) 82 This Land Is Mine (1943) 84 The Man from Down Under (1943) 89 The Canterville Ghost (1944) 92 The Suspect (1945) 94 Captain Kidd (1945) 96 Because of Him (1946) 99 The Paradine Case (1947) 102 Arch of Triumph (1948) 106 The Big Clock (1948) 109 The Girl from Manhattan (1948) 113 The Bribe (1949) 114 The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) 118 The Blue Veil (1951) 121 The Strange Door (1951) 123 O. Henry's Full House (1952) 125 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) 128 Salome (1953) 130 Young Bess (1953) 133 Hobson's Choice (1954) 135 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 138 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 142 Under Ten Flags (1960) 145 Spartacus (1960) 146 Advise & Consent (1962) 150 Shorts and Miscellaneous Films (1930–1952) 154 Unreleased and Re-Edited Films (1937–1959) 157 Film Projects Announced but Abandoned or Rejected (1932–1962) 159 Amateur Stage Appearances (1913–1926) 162 Professional Stage Appearances (1926–1959) 164 Select British and American Radio Broadcasts (1928–1955) 173 Television Broadcasts (1949–1962) 182 Select Audio Recordings (1934–1962) 188 Appendix 1: The Films Listed By Studios 189 Appendix II: The Films Listed By Performers 190 Appendix III: The Films Listed By Cinematographers 192 Chapter Notes 195 Bibliography 203 Index 207