Liberation (148 page)

Drawings and paintings
: of C.I. xxix, 270, 478
n
, 504, 519–20, 534, 593, 618, 649, 688; of Irene Worth 40
n
; of Troy Perry 45; of Brooke Hopper 81, 87
n
; of Peter Schneider 84–5; drawing and painting techniques 87, 88, 96, 245, 263, 524, 660; of Salvador Dali 87
n
, 270; of Barbara Stanwyck 96; movie heads series 96, 145, 150, 361, 362, 378; of John Ireland 99; of David O. Selznick 104, 253; of Auden 132; of Andy Warhol 157, 478
n
; compared to Ingres 157, 377, 378; nudes 157, 362, 547, 550, 599; of Peter and Clytie Alexander 157, 203, 377; of Penny Little 182; of David Mosley 185; of Michael York and Pat McCallum York 238, 254, 493, 658; of Bob Ennis 243; of Bumble Dawson 244, 245; of Bryan Forbes 256; of Sarah Standing 256; of Elton John and Bernie Taupin 259; of Harry Rigby 259; of Rob Matteson 264, 269; of Margaret Leighton 270; self-portraits 270; of Virgil Thomson 270, 377; of Dan Price 288; of Jim Charlton 305; of Renate Druks 309, 496; of Celia Clark (Birtwell) 347; of Peggy Lloyd 354; of Katharine Hepburn 362; of Montgomery Clift 362; of Norman Mailer 362; of Norton Simon 363, 374, 378, 411; of Charles and Muff Brackett 364–5; of Candy Darling 374; of Gregory Evans 374; of Nancy Reagan 374; of Stravinsky 377; of Nicholas Wilder 378, 499; of Howard Warshaw 381; of Randy Kleiser 381; bought by National Portrait Gallery, London 391,
777
; of Bette Davis 397, 400, 478
n
; of Alice Faye 403, 458–9; of Jane Powell 403; of John Schlesinger 413; of John Collier 415; of Joan Crawford 422; compared to Schiele 460, 552; of Ingrid Bergman 474; of Jonathan Fryer 485; of Ralph Williams 491; of Rick Sandford 491, 497, 505, 550, 681; of Ian Whitcomb 492; of Mark Andrews 492; of Bill Bopp 493; of Don Cribb 493, 506; of George Raya 493; of Philippa Foot 495–6; of Bob Dootson 496; of Werner Pochath 496; of Jean Santoro 497; of David Dambacher and Gene Martin 499, 501, 637, 664; of Gilbert Haacke 501; of Greg Harrold 502; of Douglas Chapin 504, 507, 520; of Scott Velliquette 504; of Carol Hines 505; of Warren Neal 508; of Wayne Sleep 513; of Stephen and Natasha Spender 514; of Mary Montague 515; of A.J. Ayer 516; of Louise Fletcher 528; of Mark Valen 550, 552; of Paul Sorel 550; of Divine 573, 574; of Keith Baxter 584; of Armistead Maupin 597; of William Burroughs 597; of Muff Brackett 598; of Cici Huston 607; of Henry Green 607; of Stuart Timmons 619; of Joan Plowright 631; of William Wyler 639; Mariposa Portraits of gay and lesbian leaders 650–51; of James White 669; of Jerry Stille 669; of Jim Teel 669; of Kiki Kiser 669; of Dan Turner 687

Exhibitions and shows
: group show at Billy Al Bengston's studio (1970) xix, 88, 104, 107–8, 109; Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles (1974) xix-xx, 361, 362, 407, 408–9, 416, 434, 445, 447, 449, 453, 456, 460–61, 467; (1977) 545, 547, 548, 549–50, 550–51, 551–2; Irving Blum's gallery, Los Angeles (1970) 3, 7, 14, 16, 18, 23, 47, 64, 69, 81, 87, 123; joint show with Ed Ruscha at Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco (1970) 118, 121, 123, 125; joint show at San Pedro Art Gallery (1971) 153, 157; Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park (1973) 293, 345, 358, 359, 361–3, 364, 366, 374–5, 376–8, 380, 411, 427; (1979) 609; New York Cultural Center (1974) 375, 397, 412, 414, 416, 419, 421, 426, 430; Dootson-Calderhead Gallery, Seattle (1975) 487; Texas Gallery, Houston (1979) 545, 609; Redlands (1979) 608; Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles (1980) 621, 626, 629, 630; Robert Miller Gallery, New York (1980) 646, 649–51, 652–3, 665; Pierce College, Woodland Hills (1981) 669; West Beach Café (1981) 673; group show at Newport Beach art museum (1981) 674–5

Publications
:
Last Drawings of Christopher Isherwood
xxix, 688;
see also
“Frankenstein: The True Story”;
October

Relationship with C.I.
: C.I.'s love for viii–ix, xv, xx, xxxv, xl, 26, 90, 166–7, 287, 353, 363, 446, 556, 557, 565, 663–4, 680, 682, 687; C.I.'s happiness with ix, xx, xxxv, 2, 78, 91, 97, 110, 115, 163, 217, 263–4, 287, 293, 294, 314, 375, 378, 381, 428, 455, 463, 472, 474, 489, 556, 568, 569, 626, 643, 667, 688; physical and sexual aspects ix, xix, xxi, 412, 671, 680, 681; parallels of relationship in their screenplay of “Frankenstein” xvii–xviii; secret animal identities xx–xxi, 201, 276,
693
,
722
,
754
; jealousies and conflicts xxi, xxxiii, 40, 60, 106–7, 247–8, 249, 474, 483, 600, 601, 608, 609–610, 663–4, 675; mutual identification with one another xxi–xxii, 90, 128, 245, 269, 463, 474, 484, 563; C.I. misses while apart 28, 35, 39, 41, 64, 201, 202, 397, 419, 603, 604; eighteenth anniversary of meeting 142, 143; C.I.'s notebook on relationship 156, 157, 166; C.I.'s pride in 162, 375, 380, 421, 485, 650, 660, 669; twentieth anniversary of meeting 341, 451; relationship not viewed as a marriage 411; twenty-second anniversary of meeting 472; their first meeting 544, 592, 615; twenty-seventh anniversary of meeting 626

Bachardy, Glade (Don's mother): birthdays 144, 496; sends C.I. Valentine's card 144; visits C.I. and Don 147; C.I. visits and socializes with 153, 273, 490, 499, 504, 587; and Don's new car 198; suffers attack during Christmas dinner 218; trip to Europe 266, 273, 279; Don buys chihuahua for 352; Don visits for Christmas 411; mental and physical deterioration 555, 557, 587, 662, 687; death of husband 557, 558, 559; providing care for in widowhood 559, 569, 585, 662, 687;
696

Bachardy, Jess (Don's father): helps with repairs and renovations 122, 147; C.I. visits and socializes with 153, 273, 490, 499, 504; and Don's cars 198, 267, 273, 557; at Christmas dinner 218; trip to Europe 266, 273, 279; Don visits for Christmas 411; at Glade's birthday 496; cancer 548, 551, 555; death 557; clearing apartment and settling estate 557, 559;
696

Bachardy, Ted (Don's brother): mental breakdowns 214, 364, 451, 584, 585, 687; at family gatherings 218, 496, 499, 504; at the movies and theater with C.I. and Don 490, 492, 497, 504; drives C.I. and Don to airport 508; and father's illness 548, 555; death of father 557, 558; and care of mother 559, 569, 585; relations with Don 637; on deaths of movie stars 659;
696–7

Bacon, Francis 319, 323–4, 510, 513, 552,
697

Bad Company
(film) 311

Baddeley, Hermione 18, 19,
697

Baeressen, Beverly 279, 506

Baggage
(ballet) 75–6

Bailey, Jeffrey (Jeff) 273, 496,
697

Bailey, Paul 531, 607,
697

Balanchine, George 169
n
, 247
n
,
697–8

Balcon, Jill 515
n

Baldwin, Bob 644

Baldwin, Stanley 330

Ball, William (Bill) 91

Balogh, Endre 234

Balzac, Honoré de 402

Bangladesh 155
n
,
698

Barada 526,
698

Bard, Mr. (Chelsea Hotel manager) 423–4

Barley, Hank 161

Barnett, Jimmy (Sat; Swami Buddhananda) 228, 373, 445, 518,
698

Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery 293, 345, 358, 374–5, 376–7, 497, 609

Barrault, Jean-Louis 78

Barrie, Jay Michael: nurses Gerald Heard through final illness 84, 142, 159, 163, 183; and Peggy Kiskadden 142; and death of Stravinsky 163; and Heard's death 188–90, 199; trip to Trabuco with C.I. 189, 190–92; stays with Clare Boothe Luce in Honolulu 189, 191, 195; and Christopher Wood 191, 511; and Jack Jones 192; refuses proposed
Advocate
obituary of Heard 194; and Margaret Gage 198; moralism 248; on Prabhavananda at Trabuco 248; book on Heard 283–4; offers to pay Larry Miller's medical expenses 469; house in Santa Monica Canyon 614;
698

Barrie, J.M. 12

Bataille, Georges 59

Bates, Alan 585

Baumes, Bud 480

Baxter, Anne 138–9, 181, 274, 519, 594,
698–9

Baxter, Keith 557, 568, 572, 583, 584, 608
n
,
699

BBC: “Late Night Extra” 7; film on Forster 87, 89; film on George Eliot 163; proposed radio play of C.I.'s
A Single Man
176; “Hooray for Hollywood” (“Arena: Cinema” segment) 409, 410–411; Paul Bailey interview of C.I. 531

Beardsley, Aubrey 275

Beaton, Cecil 46–7, 74, 511,
699
;
The Happy Years
173

Beatty, Warren 491, 496

Beaumont, Hugh “Binkie” 46

“Beautiful and Damned, The” (C.I and Don Bachardy; draft television screenplay) 471, 477, 478, 479–80, 481

Beckett, Samuel:
Not I
319, 320;
Krapp's Last Tape
320–21

Bedford, Brian 126, 171, 545,
699

Beesley, Alec 40, 42, 46, 197, 213, 228, 302, 325, 511, 680–81,
699–700

Beesley, Dodie Smith: C.I. socializes with in England 28, 40, 42–3, 325, 511; Christian Science beliefs 41, 48; appearance and character 42–3, 325; comments on C.I.'s
A Meeting by the River
46, 70–71; and Keith Vaughan 52; and C.I.'s journals 197; views on C.I.'s
Kathleen and Frank
213; correspondence with C.I. 228, 680–81; Don Bachardy's third choice to spend Christmas with 302; autobiography 441; C.I. speculates on reaction to Conan Doyle 588;
699–700

Between You and Me
46;
A Tale of Two Families
viii, 39, 40–41, 42

Behrendt, Olive 386

Behrman, S.N. 388,
700
;
People in a Diary
251–2, 388–90

Belcher, Muriel 513

Bell, Arthur 221

Bell, Larry xix, 80, 107, 282–3,
700

Bell, Quentin,
Virginia Woolf
358

Bell, Vanessa x, 21

Belur Math, West Bengal, India: headquarters of Ramakrishna Math and Mission xxvi, 109, 124, 155, 363, 418, 464, 482, 486; Vivekananda centenary celebrations xxvii, xxxiii; numbers of monks 137

Bender, Jack 230

Benglis, Lynda 494

Bengston, Billy Al: arranges group show including Don Bachardy xix, 88, 104, 107–8, 109; friendship and socializing with C.I. and Bachardy 84, 112, 135, 182, 188, 204, 216, 233, 240, 243, 302, 381, 385, 427, 476, 490, 494, 497, 500, 502, 505, 519, 520, 533, 558, 559–60, 577, 598–9, 607, 608, 620, 676; motorcycle racing 84, 112; art works 109, 153, 243, 577; Bachardy shows new work to 113, 142–3, 204; trips to Mexico 143, 536, 538; and Bachardy's Municipal Art Gallery show 361–2, 363, 376; relations with Irving Blum 361–2; on “Frankenstein” television film 406; and Bachardy's New York Cultural Center show 419; recommends doctor 479; Corcoran Gallery show 505; birthdays 544, 569; running 559–60, 562, 599; trips to Hawaii 577, 580, 676; views on Bachardy's work 580; warns of effects of Butazolidin 590;
700–701

Bennett, Arnold 613

Bennett, Jill 508, 511, 543

Benson, Robby 492

Bente, Dan 517

Berg, Norman (roofer) 122, 124

Berg, Robert 547

Berger, B. (father of autograph hunter) 299

Bergeron, Douglas 494

Bergman, Ingmar:
Autumn Sonata
591;
Face to Face
520;
The Magic Flute
492;
The Touch
194

Bergman, Ingrid 335, 471, 585, 591,
701
;
The Constant Wife
471, 474; Don Bachardy draws 474;
The Bells of St. Mary's
564

Berkeley, California 353; Vedanta Center 179, 486
n

Berkeley, University of California at 392, 399, 645

Berlant, Anthony (Tony) xix, 107,
701

Berlin, Germany: C.I.'s life in (1930s) xxiv–xxv, 398, 400, 408, 409, 437, 446, 447, 522, 668; stage production of
Cabaret
467

Berlin of Sally Bowles, The
(C.I.; omnibus edition of novels) 465

Bernard, James (Jimmy) 327, 511

Bernheim, Alain 334

Bernheimer, Martin 386

Bernolak, Mark 658

Bernstein, Leonard 134

Bertrand, Marcheline (Voight) 215, 311, 360,
701

Berwick, Keith 570, 571
n

Berwick-upon-Tweed, England 512

Best Years of Our Lives, The
(film) 201

Bhadrananda, Swami
see
Worton, Len Bhaghavad Gita: C.I. and Prabhavananda's translation 64; C.I.'s recording of readings from 541–2, 598, 602, 607

Bhaktiprana (
earlier
Gwendolen Thomas) 420

Bhaskarananda, Swami 518

Bhavyananda, Swami 9, 77, 327,
701–2

Bhuma
see
Johnson, Clifford
Bijou
(sex film) 303–4

Birtwell, Celia
see
Clark, Celia Black, Seymour 495

Black, Steve 268

Black Sparrow Press (publishers) 624

Blackpool, England 163–164

Blair Atholl, Scotland 512

Blakemore, Michael 51
n

Blanch, Lesley 5,
702

Bleasdale, John (decorator) 124, 127, 131

Blenheim Palace, England 512, 532

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
(film) 265

Bloom, Claire 172

Blue Bird, The
(George Cukor film) 449

Blum, Irving: dealer for Don Bachardy xix, xx, 3, 16, 23, 87–8, 108, 122, 123, 157, 177, 204, 358, 359, 361–2, 363, 366, 375, 377, 409; C.I. and Bachardy socialize with 13, 80–81, 218, 359; and Leonard Stanley 113
n
; house and art collection 193; relations with Billy Al Bengston 361–2;
702

Blum, Jason 193

Blum, Shirley 16, 80, 193, 218, 359,
702

Bobo, Wallace 373,
702

Bockris, Victor 597

Boeing 747 (“jumbo jet”) 174, 312, 314

Bogarde, Dirk 40