I would like to thank my editor Patrick McGilligan for all his help on this book, and also Anne Dean Watkins, who has been a continuous pleasure to work with.
Ned Comstock at USC unearthed a vast amount of material for me, and I thank him profusely for his supreme generosity with time and resources. Rebecca Grant of the Irish Film Institute was an invaluable help too. I much appreciate the assistance of Ian O'Sullivan at the British Film Institute Library, who provided me with newspaper and magazine articles from the BFI archives.
Thank you to Arthur Worboys and Adam Blackie at Picture Productions Ltd. in St. Albans for the promotional and background information they provided. Thanks to Laser Specialist DVD Libraries in South Andrew Street, Dublin, for all the films they ordered, and to Roberta Mitchell at Darker Image Video in Maine for being tremendously obliging in this regard.
The good people at North Staffordshire Press have been consistently accommodating. I wish to thank Jaris Ash in particular for her excellent secretarial skills and also Malcolm Henson and Chris Bailey. Thanks to Sandra Aguilera for articles and production files from the Warner Brothers archives, and to Mark Quigley from the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
David Frasier at the Lilly Library in Indiana provided me with much valuable material, including many letters from Michael Killanin to John Ford. I received assistance from various libraries throughout the British Isles—London, Edinburgh, and Manchester. In Dublin I am indebted particularly to the staff of Pearse Street, Raheny, Coolock and Donaghmede. Paul Wright helped me greatly with The Quiet Man, and I am grateful to the Heritage Center in Cong for pointing me toward productive avenues in this regard.
I would like to thank Kristine Krueger of the Margaret Herrick Library for her diligence in locating material for me, often on very short notice, and particularly for the interlibrary loan facility she set up for me. Thanks to Simon Elliott from the UCLA Library of Special Collections, to Andy Fairhurst, to Chris Smedley of Vicpine Films, to the staff of Rare Movies UK and Loving the Classics, and to Karen Wall for organizing a special showing of Dreaming The Quiet Man for me.
Much thanks to Keith for the books, films, and advice. Thanks to the researchers at the ILAC Center in Dublin for sourcing material for me overseas, and to Sean Carberry. Thank you to all the readers at the University Press of Kentucky who first surveyed my proposal and influenced its subsequent direction. Special thanks to Mary, who has been with me on this project from the beginning, and every step of the way.
I would like to thank the National Film Information Service, the UCLA Theater Archives, and the Library of Congress. Thanks also to Phil Murphy and Gerry Collins, and to Des Duggan, who worked tirelessly behind the scenes, as ever, and was always forthcoming with ideas. Apologies to anyone I've forgotten.