The patriarch (1881 1924)
"Go Hollywood, young man!" (1924-29)
"Mediocrity is not my lot" (1932-35)
The best years of our lives (1946)
The name above the title (1947)
"What is this thing I do to women?" (1947-50)
Hollywood fights back (1947-57)
Period of adjustment (1950-53)
Home and abroad: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953-57)
Ruin and recovery (1964-72)