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56-461: The campaign's objective is to promote the praying of the Rosary by families. Peyton believed that together as a family, in unison praying the Rosary, the family is united before Christ and drawn closer to God. Patrick Peyton was born to an Irish Catholic family, at a time of hardships in the early years of the 20th century. His family were staunchly Catholic farmers, who prayed the Rosary together as

112-480: A Golden Globe Award for the program. Her trademark was a dramatic entrance through a living room door in various high-fashion evening gowns. She returned at the program's conclusion to offer a brief passage from the Bible or a famous quote that reflected upon the evening's story. (Young's introductions and concluding remarks were not re-run on television because she legally stipulated that they not be, as she did not want

168-682: A chaplain for a school managed by the Congregation of Holy Cross in Albany, New York . As a school chaplain in New York, Father Peyton lived a modest life and in his bedroom cell was a small bed, a study table and a painting of the Madonna and Child by Spanish painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo . Peyton was drawn to the painting, which would serve as the main image of the Virgin Mary for

224-502: A World at Peace" for the radio series. They became the mottos for Father Peyton and his organization. Scalpone, who eventually became a vice president for CBS -TV, volunteered with Family Theater Productions for 40 years. In 1947, a Los Angeles outdoor advertising company representative was taken by the slogan, "The Family That Prays Together Stays Together", he heard on the Family Theater radio series. The company offered to put

280-522: A contract by John McCormick , husband and manager of actress Colleen Moore , who saw the young girl's potential. Moore gave her the name Loretta, explaining that it was the name of her favorite doll. Young was billed as Gretchen Young in the silent film Sirens of the Sea (1917). She was first billed as Loretta Young in 1928, in The Whip Woman . That same year, she co-starred with Lon Chaney in

336-528: A large diaspora , which includes over 31 million American citizens , plus over 7 million Irish Australians , of whom around 67% adhere to Catholicism. Divisions between Irish Roman Catholics and Irish Protestants played a major role in the history of Ireland from the 16th century to the 20th century, especially during the Home Rule Crisis and the Troubles . While religion broadly marks

392-494: A perennial favorite, which was remade in 1996 as The Preacher's Wife , starring Denzel Washington , Whitney Houston and Courtney B. Vance . In 1949, she received another Academy Award nomination for her role as Sister Margaret in the comedy drama Come to the Stable . In 1953, she appeared in her last theatrical film, It Happens Every Thursday , a Universal comedy about a New York couple who move to California to take over

448-628: A record number of orders from billboard companies. In 1947, the Diocese of London, Ontario, pioneered the diocesan crusades. The Diocesan Family Rosary Crusade started in Canada with the gathering of pledges from families to commit to the daily prayer of the Rosary as a family unit. The first large-scale Rosary rally was in Saskatchewan, Canada, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel , then under

504-609: A regular practice. As a child, Peyton had inclinations to pursue a vocation as a priest. Due to poverty and the need to help his family earn a living, that pursuit did not bear fruit until he was already in his twenties as an immigrant in the United States. Peyton entered Moreau Seminary at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana . In 1941 he learned that he had tuberculosis . He immersed himself in meditation while praying

560-449: A strong resemblance to Gable, and her true parentage was widely rumored in entertainment circles. When Lewis was 31 years old, she confronted her mother about her parentage; Young privately admitted that she was Lewis's birth mother, stating that Lewis was "a walking mortal sin." Young refused to confirm or comment publicly on the rumors until 1999, when Joan Wester Anderson wrote Young's authorized biography. In interviews with Anderson for

616-578: A struggling weekly newspaper; her co-star was John Forsythe . In 1950 she reunited with Clark Gable for the romantic comedy Key to the City . During production of the film, Gable visited the Young household and spoke with his, and Young's, natural daughter, Judy Lewis , for the only time in Lewis' life. Lewis was fifteen at the time and did not know of Gable's role in her conception. The next year she starred in

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672-531: A very wealthy widow, by 1925. Ida had no children, but wanted to carry on her husband's name; she proposed that she adopt Gretchen's younger brother John Royal Young (1914-1997), educating him to be a lawyer like her late husband. Her brother thus became John Royal Young Lindley (later John R. Lindley), and he became a lawyer. However, as a result he did not remain in close contact with his sisters. Gretchen and her sisters, Polly Ann and Elizabeth Jane (better known as Sally Blane ), all worked as child actresses, but of

728-827: A wider audience, Peyton arranged for fifteen minutes of air time for families to pray the Rosary on a local radio station in Albany, WABY . In 1945, the Mutual Broadcasting System , the largest radio network in the United States at that time, made available a half-hour to broadcast the Rosary. This was dubbed by Father Peyton as "the opportunity of a lifetime". Mutual's owner Ed Kobak set certain requirements in order for Father Peyton to make his broadcast: On May 13, 1945, Mother's Day , Peyton's program debuted on nationwide radio on Mutual Broadcasting System from its studios in Broadway . The radio broadcast featured

784-424: A year, and her films in the 1940s were among the best regarded and most memorable of her career. In 1946, Young made The Stranger , in which she plays a small-town American woman who unknowingly marries a Nazi fugitive ( Orson Welles ). Welles recalled that the film's producer ordered a close-up of Young during a pivotal scene, a choice that Welles, who directed, considered "fatal" to the scene's impact. Young took

840-553: Is one of the most hated of men." In 1947 , Young won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Farmer's Daughter , a political comedy that required her to learn a Swedish accent. Ruth Roberts, who had coached Ingrid Bergman on how to lose her Swedish accent, taught Young how to gain one. That same year, she co-starred with Cary Grant and David Niven in the romantic comedy The Bishop's Wife ,

896-538: The CBS film No Place Like Home . Young was married three times and had three children. Her first marriage was to actor Grant Withers in 1930. The marriage was annulled the following year. From September 1933 to June 1934, she had a well-publicized affair with actor Spencer Tracy (who was married to Louise Tracy ), her co-star in Man's Castle . In 1940, Young married producer Tom Lewis. They had two sons: Peter Lewis (of

952-616: The Cecil B. DeMille directed historical epic The Crusades (1935). The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival where it received an award for Best Foreign Film. The following year she starred as Lady Helen Dudley Dearden in The Unguarded Hour (1936). The film was directed by Sam Wood and was based on the 1935 play of the same name by Bernard Merivale . In 1938 she played Countess Eugenie de Montijo in

1008-496: The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film . She then starred in her final role, another NBC television film, Lady in a Corner (1989) starring as the editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine. She starred opposite Brian Keith , Roscoe Lee Brown , and Bruce Davison . For her performance she received another Golden Globe Award nomination in the same category losing to Christine Lahti in

1064-645: The Irish Rebellion of 1798 , Catholics and Presbyterians , who were not part of the established Church of Ireland , found common cause. Irish Catholics are found in many countries around the world, especially in the Anglosphere . Emigration exponentially increased due to the Great Famine which lasted from 1845 to 1852. In the United States , anti-Irish sentiment and anti-Catholicism

1120-485: The melodrama Cause for Alarm! (1951) and the comedy Half Angel (1951), followed by Columbia Pictures ' film noir Paula (1952). Also in 1952 she starred in the romance drama Because of You from Universal Pictures . Young hosted and starred in the well-received half-hour anthology television series Letter to Loretta (soon retitled The Loretta Young Show ), which was originally broadcast from 1953 to 1961. She earned three Primetime Emmy Awards and

1176-534: The pre-Code drama Born to be Bad released by Twentieth Century Pictures . This film was rejected by the Hays Office twice before it was finally approved. The next year Young starred opposite Clark Gable and Jack Oakie in the 1935 film adaptation of Jack London 's action adventure novel The Call of the Wild , directed by William Wellman . Also in 1935 she portrayed Berengaria, Princess of Navarre in

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1232-462: The "letter" concept was dropped at the end of the second season. Toward the end of the second season, Young was hospitalized as a result of overwork, which required a number of guest hosts and guest stars; her first appearance in the 1955–1956 season was for the Christmas show. From then on, Young appeared in only about half of each season's shows as an actress, and served as the program's host for

1288-562: The CIA, which saw them as an effective counter to communism. The funding continued until the Vatican was made aware of it and directed Peyton to stop accepting the money. In 1987, Pope John Paul II said, "May the Rosary once more become the accustomed prayer of ... the Christian family." Though there are no Rosary rallies on the scale that Father Peyton had during his lifetime, groups all over

1344-483: The City in 1950, when Lewis was 15 years old. At this time, Gable visited the Young household and spoke to Lewis for the only time in her life. Young was a life-long Republican . In 1952, she appeared in radio, print, and magazine ads in support of Dwight D. Eisenhower in his campaign for US president. She attended his inauguration in 1953, along with Anita Louise , Louella Parsons , Jane Russell , Dick Powell , June Allyson , and Lou Costello , among others. She

1400-567: The MGM film Laugh, Clown, Laugh . The next year, she was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars . In 1930, when she was 17, she eloped with 26-year-old actor Grant Withers ; they were married in Yuma, Arizona . The marriage was annulled the next year, just as their second movie together (coincidentally entitled Too Young to Marry ) was released. In 1934, she co-starred with Cary Grant in

1456-550: The Rosary. A few months later, doctors discovered that the tuberculosis had disappeared. Peyton attributed his cure to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary . Peyton was passionate over the spiritual welfare of families, especially those living in squalor who were affected by the Great Depression . Upon receiving his first assignment as a newly ordained priest in 1941, Father Peyton was assigned as

1512-516: The San Francisco rock band Moby Grape ); and Christopher Lewis , a film director. Young and Lewis divorced in 1969. In 1993, Young married for the third and final time, to the fashion designer Jean Louis . Their marriage lasted until his death in April 1997. Young was godmother to Marlo Thomas (daughter of TV star Danny Thomas ). A smoker since the age of eight, Young quit the habit in

1568-445: The Stable (1949). She also starred in films such as Born to Be Bad (1934), Call of the Wild (1935), The Crusades (1935), Eternally Yours (1939), The Stranger (1946), The Bishop's Wife (1947), and Key to the City (1950). Young moved to the relatively new medium of television, where she had a dramatic anthology series , The Loretta Young Show , from 1953 to 1961. It earned three Primetime Emmy Awards , and

1624-592: The Sullivan family of Iowa who had lost five sons in the Second World War to lead the praying of the Rosary, followed by a live endorsement from crooner Bing Crosby , patched from Mutual's Los Angeles radio station . Peyton promoted his mission by sending letters and distributing free Rosary beads and prayer pamphlets. He continued to promote the mission using radio but network executives at Mutual wanted to air programs of Father Peyton with more than just

1680-777: The authority of the Benedictines of St. Peter's Abbey , and with the participation of the Bishops of Saskatchewan, where 12,000 attended the rally on September 26, 1948. In Manila in the Philippines , a million people came together to pray the Rosary. There were also large rallies in Birmingham , Bogotá , Bombay , Johannesburg , Madrid , New York City , San Francisco and Nairobi . Starting in 1959, Peyton's activities in Latin America were subsidized in part by

1736-714: The banner of "Family Theater of the Air". The first broadcast was made on February 13, 1947, with guest artists Loretta Young , James Stewart (who was not a Catholic) and Don Ameche . Others who also lent their talents were: Pat O'Brien , Grace Kelly , James Cagney , Bob Hope , Irene Dunne , Gregory Peck , Lucille Ball , Henry Fonda , Rosalind Russell , Jack Benny , Raymond Burr , Barbara Stanwyck , Margaret O'Brien , Helen Hayes , Natalie Wood , Maureen O'Hara , Jane Wyatt , Ronald Reagan , William Shatner , James Dean and Shirley Temple . The Family Theater radio programs continued to air until 1969. The program gave rise to

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1792-479: The book, Young stated that Lewis was her biological child and the product of a brief affair with Gable. Young would not allow the book to be published until after her death. In 2015, Linda Lewis, wife of Young's son, Christopher, stated publicly that in 1998, Young (then 85 years old) told Lewis that Gable had raped her. According to Linda Lewis, Young reportedly added that no consensual intimate contact had occurred between Gable and herself. Young had never disclosed

1848-404: The daughter of Gladys (née Royal) and John Earle Young. She was of Luxembourgish descent. When she was two years old, her parents separated, and when she was three, her mother moved the family to Hollywood . A priest helped Gladys to establish a boarding house as income. Gladys' sister's husband helped the little girls get small parts in silent films for income. Gladys met Ida Botiller Lindley,

1904-458: The delineation of these divisions, the contentions were primarily political and they were also related to access to power. For example, while the majority of Irish Catholics had an identity which was independent from Britain's identity and were excluded from power because they were Catholic, a number of the instigators of rebellions against British rule were actually Protestant Irish nationalists , although most Irish Protestants opposed separatism. In

1960-439: The director's side, even getting her agent on the phone to take Welles's side. "Imagine getting a star's agent in to ensure that she wouldn't get a closeup!" Welles later said. "She was wonderful." Critic Richard L. Coe of The Washington Post noted, "The languorous Miss Young has the toughest assignment, being called on to shift from the starry-eyed bride of the early reels to the woman who must know in her heart that her husband

2016-437: The dresses she wore in those segments to make the program seem dated.) The show ran in prime time on NBC for eight years, the longest-running primetime network program hosted by a woman up to that time. The program was based on the premise that each drama was an answer to a question asked in her fan mail . The title was changed to The Loretta Young Show during the first season (as of the episode of February 14, 1954), and

2072-559: The entirety of his Family Rosary Crusade efforts. The Murillo painting was first used as the cover for a pamphlet called "The Story of the Rosary" . Father Peyton discovered his mission in 1942 while reading about the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Soldiers of Lepanto, with no hope of winning the war against the Moors , knelt and prayed the Rosary before a perceived losing battle. The Moors were defeated and pushed back. This incident, attributed to

2128-458: The establishment of Family Theater Productions, which opened offices in Hollywood with the mission of developing Christian family values film, radio, television programs and billboards. A young ad executive and copywriter, Al Scalpone, donated his services to Family Theater in 1947 and wrote the now famous slogan, "The Family That Prays Together Stays Together" as well as "A World at Prayer is

2184-584: The intercession of the Blessed Mother, would serve as the preliminary foundations of establishing the crusade of prayer. Peyton began writing to bishops, priests and Catholic lay organizations about the importance of families praying the Rosary. With the help of the Holy Cross Sisters in Albany and a friend, Father Francis Woods, Peyton began his appeals to promote the praying of the Rosary for all families. In October 1943, in order to reach

2240-407: The mid-1980s, gaining 10 pounds. Young and Clark Gable were the romantic leads of the 1935 Twentieth Century Pictures film The Call of the Wild . Young was then 22 years old; Gable was 34 and married to Maria “Ria” Langham. During filming, Young became pregnant by Gable. Young did not want to damage her career or that of Gable. She knew if her studio, Twentieth Century Pictures, learned of

2296-710: The parties, the opening segment in which Young made her entrance. Young testified that her image had been damaged by portraying her in "outdated gowns". She had sought damages of $ 1.9 million. Young briefly came out of retirement to star in the NBC television film Christmas Eve (1986). The story revolves around an elderly woman played by Young who befriends the homeless and volunteers her time with children, who learns she has an incurable illness and wants desperately to reunite her three grown grand children. Young starred alongside Trevor Howard and Ron Leibman , all three of whom received Golden Globe Award nominations with Young winning

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2352-520: The praying of the Rosary. The example set by Bing Crosby could be repeated with other Hollywood stars pitching the call for families praying the Rosary. Father Peyton journeyed to Los Angeles to recruit stars to volunteer to help promote his cause. In his first trip to California, actress Jane Wyatt would serve as his contact for other celebrities; they become lifelong friends. With the help of Hollywood personalities, Peyton began to produce from Hollywood, family values-oriented radio dramas for Mutual under

2408-458: The pregnancy they would pressure her to have an abortion which she refused to do, considering abortion a mortal sin . Young, her sisters, and their mother devised a plan to conceal the pregnancy and then pass off the child as adopted. When Young's pregnancy began to advance, she went on a "vacation" to England. After returning to California, she gave an interview from her bed, covered in blankets; at that time, she stated that her long movie absence

2464-533: The rape to anyone. Lewis said Young shared this information only after learning of the concept of date rape from watching Larry King Live ; she had previously believed it was a woman's job to fend off men's amorous advances and had perceived her inability to thwart Gable's attack as a moral failing on her part. Linda Lewis said that the family remained silent about Young's rape claim until after both Young and Judy Lewis had died. Young and Gable starred together in Key to

2520-635: The remainder. Minus Young's introductions and conclusions, the series was re-run as the Loretta Young Theatre in daytime by NBC from 1960 to 1964. It also appeared in syndication into the early 1970s, before being withdrawn. In 1972, a jury in Los Angeles awarded Young $ 550,000 in a lawsuit against NBC for breach of contract. Filed in 1966, the suit contended that NBC had allowed foreign television outlets to re-run old episodes of The Loretta Young Show , without excluding, as agreed by

2576-545: The romantic drama Suez starring opposite Tyrone Power . The film was directed by Allan Dwan and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck . During World War II , Young made Ladies Courageous (1944; re-issued as Fury in the Sky ), the fictionalized story of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron . It depicted a unit of female pilots who flew bomber planes from the factories to their final destinations. Young made as many as eight movies

2632-667: The slogan on vacant billboards as a public service. The idea caught on with other advertising companies. Over the years messages included "Troubled? Try Prayer!", "Don't Give Up! Pray. It Works!", "God Makes House Calls", and "God Listens" each one followed by "The Family That Prays Together Stays Together". These messages have appeared on more than 100,000 billboards throughout the country, courtesy of outdoor advertising associations and companies, and have been seen more than 400 million times, according to outdoor advertising associations' estimates. The campaign continues today with three new, contemporary posters designed in 2001, which have received

2688-407: The three, Gretchen was the most successful. Polly Ann Young, Sally Blane, and John R. Lindley all died in their 80s in 1997. John R. Lindley's son, David , became a well-known multi-instrumentalist rock musician. Young's first role was at the age of three in the silent film Sweet Kitty Bellairs . During her high-school years she was educated at Ramona Convent Secondary School . She was signed to

2744-824: The world conduct smaller rosary rallies. After Father Peyton died in 1992, the Congregation of Holy Cross re-organized all component units founded by the Family Rosary Crusade under an umbrella ministry, Holy Cross Family Ministries, which remains committed to the original cause of Father Peyton, to promote and support the spiritual well-being of the family. Holy Cross Family Ministries is based in North Easton , Massachusetts. Irish Catholic Irish Catholics ( Irish : Caitlicigh na hÉireann ) are an ethnoreligious group native to Ireland whose members are both Catholic and Irish . They have

2800-671: Was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in Beverly Hills, California. A devout Catholic, she worked with various Catholic charities after her acting career. Young died of ovarian cancer on August 12, 2000, at the home of her maternal half-sister, Georgiana Young (the wife of actor Ricardo Montalbán ) in Los Angeles, California. She

2856-654: Was a vocal supporter of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan in their presidential campaigns in 1968 and 1980, respectively. Young was also an active member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, with her close friends Irene Dunne , Ginger Rogers , William Holden , George Murphy , Fred Astaire , and John Wayne . From the time of Young's retirement in the 1960s until not long before her death, she devoted herself to volunteer work for charities and churches, together with her friends of many years Jane Wyman , Irene Dunne , and Rosalind Russell . She

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2912-609: Was an American actress. Starting as a child, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953. She received numerous honors including an Academy Award , two Golden Globe Awards , and three Primetime Emmy Awards as well as two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in film and television. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film The Farmer's Daughter (1947), and received her second Academy Award nomination for her role in Come to

2968-605: Was due to a condition she had had since childhood. Young gave birth to a daughter, Judith , on November 6, 1935, in Venice, California . Young named Judith after St. Jude because he was the patron saint of (among other things) difficult situations. Weeks after her birth, Judith was placed in an orphanage. Judith spent the next 19 months in various "hideaways and orphanages" before being re-united with her mother; Young then claimed that she had adopted Judith. After Young married Tom Lewis, Judith took Lewis's last name. Judy Lewis bore

3024-536: Was espoused by the Know Nothing movement of the 1850s and other 19th-century anti-Catholic and anti-Irish organizations. By the 20th century, Irish Catholics were well established in the United States and today they are fully-integrated into mainstream American society with two Irish Catholic Presidents, John F. Kennedy and Joe Biden , having been elected. Loretta Young Loretta Young (born Gretchen Michaela Young ; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000)

3080-679: Was interred in the family plot in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California . Her ashes were buried in the grave of her mother, Gladys Belzer. In 1988, Young received the Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who through their endurance and the excellence of their work helped expand the role of women in the entertainment industry. Young has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame : one for her work in television, at 6135 Hollywood Boulevard , and

3136-581: Was re-run successfully on daytime TV and later in syndication. She also starred in The New Loretta Young Show from 1962 to 1963. Young returned to the small screen in the 1980s starring in two NBC television movies, Christmas Eve (1986), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film , and Lady in a Corner (1989). Young was born Gretchen Michaela Young in Salt Lake City, Utah ,

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