Liberation (153 page)

Hitchcock, Alfred 265;
Family Plot
503;
Frenzy
492;
Jamaica Inn
264;
Rebecca
264

Hitler, Adolf viii, xxv, 158, 265

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
(film) 326

Hoban, Gordon 240, 575, 603,
741
; in
A Meeting by the River
227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 238, 293, 298, 306, 307

Hochberg, Fred (orthopedist) 302, 308

Hochhuth, Rolf,
Soldiers
310

Hockney, David: proposed trip on trans-Siberian railway 4; relationship with Peter Schlesinger 12, 17, 31, 32, 41, 58, 59, 74, 80, 81, 202–3, 206–7, 208, 209–210, 291, 311, 343, 351–2, 649; C.I. socializes with during London trips (1970) 18, 23, 29, 41, 43, 45–6, 49, 51, 55–6, 57, 59, 60, 65, 67, 73, 76, 77; (1976) 510, 511–12, 513–14, 515, 516; appearance and character 26, 31, 80, 84, 158, 209, 210; visits South of France with C.I. 26, 27, 28, 31–4, 36, 37–8, 39, 43, 56; description of C.I. drawing 34; proposed studio at Nid du Duc 37, 38; retrospective at Whitechapel Gallery (1970) 38–9, 41, 43; hypochondria 45–6; C.I. gives copy of Klimt book 56, 58; his glasses 69; views on Don Bachardy's work 73, 157, 210; photographed by Cecil Beaton 74; Kitaj on 76; London flat (Powis Terrace) 76
n
, 312, 314–15, 317, 320, 352; C.I. socializes with in California (1970) 80–81, 81–2; (1973) 311, 313, 343, 346–7, 351–2; (1976) 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 505, 506, 508; (1978) 587, 593, 599; (1980) 626; (1981) 663; (1982) 685–6; attends Gay-in at Griffith Park 82; C.I.'s views on work 84; drawing and painting technique 84, 88; trip to Asia (1971) 149, 158, 188, 208, 209; in California to renew driver's license (1971) 157–8; in Paul Wheeler's journal 190; in Spain 195; break up with Schlesinger 202–3, 206–7, 208, 209–210, 291, 351–2; Bachardy's second choice to spend Christmas with 302; and Ossie and Celia Clark 311, 324, 343, 346–347; on abstract art 313; and Peter Langan 320; Francis Bacon on 324; relationship with Gregory Evans 352, 362; in New York 425–6, 587; and Yves-Marie Hervé 425; draws with Bachardy 499, 501; trip to Catalina with C.I. 500; trip to Australia with Evans (1976) 502, 505; Nicholas Wilder Gallery show 507; London studio 510; trip around England and Scotland with C.I. (1976) 512–514; Bachardy's work compared with 552, 580; and James Corcoran 621; recommends drive from Los Angeles to Denver 647; gives Fred Flintstone watch to C.I. 658–9;
741

Drawings and paintings: of Wayne Sleep x;
72
Drawings
3
n
; of C.I. and Don Bachardy 29, 498, 505;
Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
51; at Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica 81; nudes 465; of Nicholas Wilder 499

Hodges, Thomas 451

Hodgkin, Howard 51

Hodgson, Ralph 114

Hoffman, Dustin 491

Holbein, Hans 552

Holbrook, Hal,
Mark Twain Tonight
502

Holland, Ron 169, 307–8, 509

Hollywood Authors' Club 234

Hollywood Bowl 366, 379, 385–7, 548

Hollywood Reporter, The
(newspaper) 232

Holness, Bob 7

Holt, Hillary (Larry): and Vedanta Society 140, 219, 287, 343, 366, 469–70; birthday greeting to C.I. 276; cancer 458, 469, 470, 482, 486, 498, 567; records narrative of Maupiti love affair 472–3; death 507;
741

Holt, Rinehart and Winston (publishers) 551, 556

Holtz, Sandra (Sandy) 495

Holy Mother
see
Sarada Devi

homosexuality: of C.I. xi, xxiv–xxv, xxix, xxxi, xxxiv, 119, 127, 132, 178, 221, 254–5, 443, 489, 684; in C.I.'s writings xi, xvii, xxiv, xxv, xxix, xxxvii, 129, 132, 231, 296, 322, 530, 556; of Auden xxiv, xxxiv, 372; London gay scene xxxviii, 49, 67, 324; C.I.'s NBC interview on sexuality 17; of Forster 23; homosexual Community Church 45, 154, 183; Evelyn Hooker's research on homosexuals 126, 128, 144, 148–9, 152, 154; and psychoanalysis 129; acceptance of gay bachelors 165; “curing” 175–6; of Gerald Heard 194; legislation on 239, 252, 478, 479, 493
n
, 531, 544, 569–70, 575, 576–7, 586, 587, 590, 594, 599, 600, 611,
693–4
; and Leonardo da Vinci 267–8; sex films 303–4; S.N. Behrman on 389; anti-homosexual views 410, 480, 531, 546, 547, 549, 559, 570–71, 588; Modern Language Association Forum on Homosexuality and Literature 466; C.I. on “heterosexual dictatorship” 522; Gore Vidal on 531;
see also
gay liberation; lesbianism

Honolulu 131, 189, 195

Hooker, Edward 80

Hooker, Evelyn: depression and nervous breakdown 16, 126, 194; on C.I.'s NBC interview on sexuality 17; C.I.'s stay at Brentwood house 37, 152; advises Jo Lathwood 80; C.I. socializes with 80; homosexual-marriage counseling practice 118; moves to Santa Monica 118; proposes collaboration with C.I. on popular book on homosexuality 126, 128, 144–5, 149, 152; research on homosexuals 126, 128, 144, 148–9, 152, 154; at opening of homosexual Community Church 154; and the Spenders 194; ill-health 257, 451; seeks instruction at Vedanta Center 257–8, 261, 451; ethnicity 264; recommends doctor for Don Bachardy 345; guest of honor at Institute for the Study of Human Resources event 439; gift for C.I.'s seventieth birthday 452;
741–2

Hoopes, Ned 211,
742

Hopcraft, Arthur 8
n

Hopkins, John (actor) 27, 28

Hopkins, John (writer),
Find Your Way Home
425, 445

Hopper, Brooke 80–81,
87
, 359,
742

Horne, Collin
see
Wilcox, Collin Hoskins, Basil 44, 394

Hotchkiss, Frank 500

“House That Would Not Die, The” (television film) 115

Houseman, Joan 494, 544,
742–3

Houseman, John: directs
Don Juan in Hell
262; and Elsa Lanchester 262; socializing with C.I. and Don Bachardy 271, 272, 329, 334, 415, 416, 544;
Run-Through
(book) 272; and Lorna Levant 305; at New York performance of
A Meeting by the River
307; acts in
The Paper Chase
308, 313, 391; in London 329, 334;
742–3

Houston, Texas, Texas Gallery 545, 609

Howard, Donald 197,
743

Howards, Kenny 605

Howarth, Donald,
Three Months Gone
44

Hoyningen-Huene, George 270,
743

Hubble, Mother (Yogaprana's mother) 345

Hubrecht, Peggy 517, 594, 596,
743

Hudson, Rock 441

Hughes, Rupert 234

Hull, Harold Stone 106

Hundertmark, Gary 112, 635,
743

Hunt, Marsha 657

Hunter, Allan 198, 677

Huntington Beach, California 406

Hurt, John 557

Hussein, Waris 324, 330, 516,
743

Huston, Celeste (Cici) 395, 444, 480, 607

Huston, John 376, 395, 444,
743–4
;
Fat City
311;
The Kremlin Letter
311;
The Man Who Would Be King
395, 491

Huxley, Aldous: published letters 8; proposed television program on 94; views on meditation 106; and Swami Prabhavananda 110, 374; lectures at Occidental College 234; doctoral student's researches on 244–5; and La Verne seminar and Trabuco 284; pessimism 596; in C.I.'s proposed final volume of memoirs 613, 614, 677; house in Hollywood 614; final illness 680;
744–5

After Many a Summer
556, 557, 560;
Point Counter Point
378

Huxley, Laura (Aldous's second wife) 94, 280, 352, 355, 613, 614,
745

Huxley, Maria (Aldous's first wife) 198,
745

Hyde, H. Montgomery,
Henry James at Home
177, 193

“Hypothesis and Belief” (C.I.; article for
Vedanta and the West
) 560

 

I and Albert
(musical) 318

I, Claudius
(Graves): C.I.'s and Don Bachardy's draft screenplay 3, 38; John Mortimer's stage adaptation 215
n

I Never Sang for My Father
(film) 139

Ibsen, Henrik:
Hedda Gabler
172;
The Lady from the Sea
508

Idaho, criminal code 239

Idiot, The
(film) 311

Illinois, criminal code 239

In Search of Gregory
(film) 139

In Unity
(magazine) 45

In the Year of the Pig
(film) 83

India, election (1971) 155

Indochina
see
Cambodia; Vietnam

inflation 345, 545, 630, 664

Inge, William (Bill) 113,
745–6
; suicide 368, 369

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique 157, 377, 378, 552

Inserts
(film) 506

Institute for the Study of Human Resources 439

Interview
(magazine) 649

Inverness, Scotland 512

Iran 630
n

Ireland 10; Troubles 321
n
, 324, 435,
754

Ireland, John 99

Irene
(musical) 259, 306

Irvine, University of California at 364

Isaacs, Judge 172

Isabel (maid) 136

Isherwood, Beverley (beauty queen) 571
Isherwood, Christopher
:

Finances
: savings xi, 140, 258–9, 670; income from
Cabaret
xii, 312, 420; taxes 26, 133, 234, 237, 239, 431, 567, 670; accommodation expenses in London 70; concerns about economy 81, 181, 196, 345, 630, 664; Hilldale Avenue apartments 140, 271, 463, 493, 503, 522, 540, 543, 544–5, 567; seeks financial advice from Robin French 195, 633; unemployment payments 203, 502, 505, 507, 519; draws up will 220; transfer of money between accounts 238–9, 420, 646; joint tenancy grant deed 239; New York trip costs 309; brother's will and estate 610, 616, 670; Trevor Will Trust 616

Health
: hypochondria viii, 46; weight viii, 3, 24, 27, 43, 62, 65, 67, 68, 73, 103, 114, 116, 128, 136, 143, 144, 145, 149, 159, 177, 178, 180, 183, 186, 187, 188, 194, 197, 208, 211, 221, 240, 241, 255, 262, 275, 280, 281, 291, 296, 299, 302, 309, 343, 350, 359, 385, 402, 415, 423, 490
n
, 605, 671, 674, 676; thoughts on aging and mortality ix, xi, xxii–xxiv, xl, 81, 115, 159–60, 161, 213, 278, 286–7, 445, 446, 457, 480–81, 522, 527, 539, 561, 564, 565, 568, 574–5, 578, 604, 611, 641, 643, 658, 665–6, 667–8, 678, 681, 685, 686–7; Dupuytren's Contracture (disease of hand) xix, 86, 113, 545, 546, 551,
723–4
; sore throats and coughs xxiii, xxiv, 212, 213, 214, 220, 223, 345, 350, 393, 446, 492, 509, 510, 596; fear of cancer xxxix, 48, 131, 317, 447, 458, 567; colds 3, 95, 96, 233, 345, 509; gas 3, 140, 141, 181, 182, 624; nosebleeds 13, 19; hangovers 17, 35, 570, 573, 579, 583, 600, 601, 622; depressions 18, 38, 81, 137, 196, 287, 558, 561, 563, 564, 573, 594, 615, 624, 629, 630, 631, 662, 663, 670, 674, 680, 687; stomach aches and intestinal complaints 37, 63, 134, 135, 136, 137, 140, 154, 155, 156, 158, 178, 181, 183, 278, 359, 587, 592, 593, 630, 631, 671, 678; arthritic thumb 79, 203, 403, 536; back problems 81, 216, 217, 220, 221, 355, 356, 478, 479, 494, 626, 674, 676, 678; cholesterol count 86, 491; diets 101, 134, 182; piles 102, 145; rectal bleeding 102, 442; vitamin supplements 128, 142, 177, 601; lump in gut 134, 136, 137, 141, 142, 143, 164; dental work 169, 211, 261, 283, 284, 287, 288, 403, 405, 421, 429, 499, 523; operation on hand 177, 197, 199, 200–202, 203, 204, 205, 212, 214–15, 236; takes antidepressants 177, 458, 564, 568, 662, 663,
721
; psychosomatic bouts 203; varicose vein in mouth 211, 214; tries acupuncture 220, 564; leg inflammation and pain 221, 223, 299, 444, 491, 669, 670, 672, 675; rashes 221, 403, 405, 611, 612; swelling on foot 288, 289, 310, 312, 356, 366, 384, 403, 405, 434, 445, 455, 457; torn ligament in ankle 296, 299, 300, 301, 302–3, 308, 310; lump on thumb 299, 310, 312, 356, 384; small growths removed from nose 353, 582, 600; shortness of breath 384; failing memory 385, 535; sore toe 403, 405; failing eyesight 445, 457, 481, 518, 551, 565, 567, 568, 611, 643, 646, 667–8; hip pains 460, 624, 667; cataracts 481, 667–8; knee problems 527, 528–9, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562–3, 564, 565, 567, 568, 573, 596, 603, 667; raised iodine count 528; takes Butazolidin 528, 590, 676,
709
; takes K.H.3 anti-aging preparation 530,
752
; hair loss 565, 671; sore tongue 568, 569, 584; tries Wittenberg's isometric exercise program 573, 592, 607–8, 611; sprains wrist 589, 590, 591; blood in urine 603; dizzy spells 624; hernia 631, 663, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 676; hurts neck and head in fall 632, 633, 634; wears surgical collar 634; vaccinated for hepatitis 648; injured by burglars 654, 655; loss of sense of taste 658, 671; removal of cyst in mouth 663, 664, 665, 666; nausea 678, 681; prostate cancer 680

Personal life
: reasons for emigration in 1939 xxiv, xxx–xxxi, 398, 408; plans for trip to England (March-April 1970) 4; dislike of flying 5, 8, 39, 77–8; flies to New York en route to England 5, 7; NBC interview on sexuality 17; dreams 23, 40, 114, 206, 212, 213, 237, 275, 352, 416, 419, 472, 480, 522, 543, 573–4, 586, 589, 625, 671, 672; dislike of dogs 42, 95, 182, 481, 580–81; smoking pot 52, 410; returns to California from England 77–8; attends lecture by Shirley Blum 80; contemplates moving house 81; and proposed Writers Guild strike 85, 86; holiday in San Francisco with Don Bachardy (June 1970) 88–9, 90; speech for BBC television film on Forster 89; inherits rights to Forster's
Maurice
92
n
, 199; asked to speak at National Students Gay Liberation Conference 97; visits Ray Unger and Jack Fontan in Laguna Beach with Don 101, 102, 354, 506–7; angered by oil company representatives 102, 250; sixty-sixth birthday 103; visits convalescing Dorothy Miller 103, 284; supper with Rita Hayworth 108, 375–6; attends Society of David meetings 111–12, 161; traffic tickets for passing red lights 111, 606; goes to motorcycle races 112; buys new typewriter 113; visits John Lehmann in San Diego 115; repair and redecoration of house 116, 118, 121, 122–3, 124, 125, 126, 127–8, 131, 133, 137, 604, 605, 608; visits Bill Brown and Paul Wonner in Montecito 117, 211, 270, 271; contemplates writing memoirs of Swami and Forster 119–20; locks keys in car 121; dolphin clock repaired 125; Evelyn Hooker proposes collaboration on popular book on homosexuality 126, 128, 144–5, 149, 152; tempted to adopt cat 131;
Daily Telegraph
article reveals homosexuality in print 132; New Year's resolution to read Chekhov 133; chooses personal Academy Award nominations with Don 139; sees Emlyn Williams's Dickens recital 143; drives away uninvited group of painters 145; attends Paul Wonner's show at Landau Gallery 154; visits New York with Don following Stravinsky's death (May 1971) 159, 161, 162, 163, 166, 168–74; witnesses handyman's assistant's heart attack 160, 161; gift for Don's thirty-seventh birthday 168; sees Warhol retrospective at Whitney Museum of American Art 168; sees New York City Ballet production of
Jewels
169; interviewed for
Antaeus
magazine 170; visits Truman Capote in United Nations Plaza apartment 173; flies back to Los Angeles on Boeing 747 174; interviewed for
The National Observer
178; house sprayed for termites 179, 372–3; given Gerald Heard's writing board following his death 189–90, 462, 538; dislike of long hair and beards 190, 197, 215, 242, 280, 434; trip to Trabuco with Michael Barrie 190–92; interviewed by Oxford University student 196; sixty-seventh birthday 197; installs cable television 203; considers leaving Curtis Brown 205, 387, 391, 405–6; sees Charles Demuth show in Santa Barbara 211; appoints Gavin Lambert as literary executor 217; Christmas present for Don (1971) 218; promotional trip to New York for
Kathleen and Frank
218, 220, 221; sees Barbara Poe show at Rex Evans Gallery 221; interviewed by David Geherin 226; auditions and rehearsals for Los Angeles production of
A Meeting by the River
227, 228–30, 231–2, 235; performances and reviews of the play 231–3, 234, 238, 243; lifetime achievement award from Hollywood Authors' Club 234; photographed by Rob Matteson 236–7, 261, 264; hears Lee Roy Reams sing 238; and formation and naming of Whitman-Radclyffe Foundation 240, 241, 242; at Billy Al Bengston's studio show 243–4; taped interview with Don on his working methods 245, 249; buys Ken Anderson painting 249; angered by women at gym 250; photographed by Pat McCallum York 254–5; attends Tom Hayden's lectures on war in Indochina 261–2, 266, 270, 275, 277; minor collision with Japanese-American driver 268, 270; interviewed by Michael McDonagh and Jeff Bailey 273; sixty-eighth birthday 275–6, 277, 278; visits Peter and Clytie Alexander at Las Tunas Canyon 282–3, 357, 371, 656; bitten by dog 283; interviews Prabhavananda about his childhood 287; reminisces with Jo Lathwood about 1954 trip to Mexico 287; sees film version of
Cabaret
289; votes in presidential election (1972) 289; asked to speak at Filmex festival 290, 297; trip to New York for performance of
A Meeting by the River
293, 295, 296, 297–8, 300–301, 302–4, 304–5, 305–9; proposed interview for
Esquire
magazine 295, 297; writes to autograph hunter 299; goes to adult movie theater 303–4; sees green flashes in the sky 313, 444; Francophobia 335, 339, 534, 596; picketing for Writers Guild strike 346, 347, 348, 349–50, 351, 353, 355, 361; sees preview of Jim Bridges's production of
A Streetcar Named Desire
348; visits Truman Capote in Palm Springs 348, 349, 410; sees hustler who resembles Wayne Sleep 355; visits Yosemite and San Francisco with John Schlesinger and Michael Childers 366–8; at American Booksellers' Association convention for promotion of
Kathleen and Frank
368; visits Charles Hill's and Guy Dill's studios 370–71; interviewed for
Gay Sunshine
newspaper 372, 583; visits Mary Herbold in nursing home 374; sixty-ninth birthday 384, 385; on death of Auden 393, 394, 395, 641; tears up unanswered letters 401, 581, 611; looks through Auden's papers 402; meets Don at airport on return from New York 403; sees two Open Theater Company productions 406–7; attends opening of Bruce Nauman's Nicholas Wilder Gallery show 407–408; BBC filming for “Arena: Cinema” segment on Hollywood 409, 410–411; phone call from drunken fan 409; visits John Schlesinger in Palm Springs 411–13; and Don's relationship with Bill Franklin (“The Downer”) 412
n
, 579–80, 608, 609–610, 612, 624, 648,
729
; attends preview of John Boorman's
Zardoz
415; sees Kohoutek comet 418; trip to New York for Don's Cultural Center show 419, 421–2, 423, 425–6; questioned by Don's car-insurance agent 421; photographed with Liza Minnelli 422; at opening of Joseph Goode's Nicholas Wilder Gallery show 427; trip to New Orleans for readings at Loyola University 432–3; at filming of Merchant-Ivory's
The Wild Party
437–9; visits Sarada Convent at Montecito 442, 547; inscribes books for Don 443–4; George Cukor asks to write biography 449; seventieth birthday 449, 450, 451, 452; transcribes Prabhavananda's taped reminiscences 452, 456; overhanging trees pruned 459; at Dorothy Miller's funeral 461; sees raccoons mating 461–2; Thanksgiving lunch at Trabuco 462; visits Chicago with Don 463; in New York for MLA convention 465, 466, 467; news of Chester Kallman's death 465–6; interview request for
Community College Social Science Quarterly
467; awarded Brandeis Medal 471, 474; transcribes Larry Holt's narrative of Maupiti love affair 472– 3; at Bengston's Academy Awards party 476; interviews and articles for
The Advocate
magazine 476, 477
n
, 485, 489; receives gay fan letters 477, 570; receives note of complaint from neighborhood child 481; seventy-first birthday 483; at Peter Pears concert at Schoenberg Hall 487; sees Wayland Flowers show 495; at David Bowie concerts 496, 567; sees production of Pinter's
The Homecoming
496; photographed by Mary Ellen Mark 497; enlargement of Don's studio 498, 499, 500, 502, 503, 506, 507, 518, 521, 522, 524–5, 526, 528, 534
n
, 537; trip to Catalina 500; collects Woman of the Year Award for Anaïs Nin 501; filming for Platypus Films's
Christopher Isherwood: Over There on a Visit
504, 505, 514, 537; at opening of Hockney's Nicholas Wilder Gallery show 507; interviewed by Carolyn Heilbrun 508, 510; in New York en route to and from Europe (May/July 1976) 508–510, 518; house burgled while in England 516, 519
n
, 521; learns of Prabhavananda's death while in Morocco 517, 525; at memorial services for Prabhavananda 518, 537; sells Hilldale Avenue property 522, 540, 543, 544–5, 567; seventy-second birthday 522; disturbed by woman chanting in neighboring house 524, 526, 529; power outage following thunderstorm 524; publicity trips to New York and San Francisco for
Christopher and His Kind
529– 530; interviewed by Paul Bailey for BBC 531; flat tire on car 535; publicity trip to Rochester, Toronto, Chicago and Minneapolis 536, 538, 539; sees Penny Kiskadden at theater 539–40; wills body to UCLA Department of Anatomy 539, 617; cactus stolen 541; proposed book of Don's drawings with commentary 542, 544, 545, 551, 556, 557, 565, 566, 568–9, 571, 618, 621; adoption of Don 543–4, 569; renewal of driver's license 546, 679; attends “Star-Spangled Night for Human Rights” at Hollywood Bowl 548–9; car hit by loose wheel on freeway 549; interviewed for NBC's “The Tomorrow Show” 552; receives anonymous abusive phone call 563; seventy-fourth birthday 569–70; interviewed by Keith Berwick for NBC 570–71; receives abusive letter 570–71; sees Vincent Price's
Diversions and Delights
show at USC 582; interviewed for
The Gay Liberation Book
583, 590; meets Princess Margaret 588, 589, 590; loses ring given by Don 602; in New York for Broadway production of
A Meeting by the River
607, 608; death of brother 610; interviewed by Herbert Mitgang 612; seventy-fifth birthday 617; argument in movie theater 620; hits car backing out of driveway 623; meets Governor Jerry Brown 623; at Merle Oberon's memorial service 624; hose repeatedly left running in garden 627–8, 633, 639–40; trip to San Francisco for promotion of
My Guru and His Disciple
634, 643; death of William Caskey 636–7, 642–3, 647; speaks at Kenneth Tynan's memorial service 640–41; resolves to stop “face making” 645–6, 661, 664; seventy-sixth birthday 645; trip to New York for Don's Robert Miller Gallery show 646, 647, 648–53; tied up and assaulted during break-in 653–654, 661, 672; given Fred Flintstone watch by Hockney 658–9; visits Muktananda's ashram 660–61; in St. John's Hospital for hernia operation 676; seventy-seventh birthday 678; encounter with Iranian visitors from Manchester 683; congratulates Stephen Spender on knighthood 688; final illness and death 688