Lost Years (78 page)

I have made some very minor alterations silently, including standardizing passages which Isherwood quotes from elsewhere in his own writings, from other published authors, and from letters. Also, I have spelled out many abbreviations, including names for which Isherwood sometimes used only initials. Otherwise, square brackets usually mark emendations of substance or possible interest. Square brackets also mark information I have added to the text, such as surnames or parts of titles shortened by Isherwood, and editorial footnotes. And square brackets indicate where I have removed or altered material in order to protect the privacy of certain individuals who are still living.

This book includes many footnotes written by Isherwood himself. His practice in making the reconstructed diary was to write on the rectos only of his black ledger books, and to add information on the facing versos. He numbered almost all such additions as footnotes. Had Isherwood himself prepared the diary for publication, he almost certainly would have incorporated all of his footnotes into the text, rewriting as necessary. I have not attempted to do this on his behalf, but have deliberately retained the rough, two-layered effect of the text he left, although I have sometimes moved his footnotes (especially the long ones) to the end of the phrase, sentence or paragraph in which they appear, in order to help readers arrive at a suitable pause, where they might more easily shift their attention. All footnotes in brackets and footnote symbols in brackets are added by me, as mentioned above.

At the back of the book, readers will find a chronology of Isherwood's life and a glossary of people, places, institutions, and terms which he mentions. In contrast to his other diaries, kept contemporaneously with the events they describe, Isherwood generally introduces friends and acquaintances and explains episodes in detail in this reconstructed diary; therefore my notes and glossary only undertake to fill gaps. Many central figures require little or no mention at all in the glossary, and readers should use the index to find Isherwood's own descriptions of them in his text. (Sometimes Isherwood offers his own cross-reference when someone appears again after a long absence.) The glossary gives general biographical information and also offers details of particular relevance to Isherwood and to events or concerns he mentions in the text. A few very famous people—for instance, Greta Garbo, Charlie Chaplin–are not included in the glossary because although Isherwood knew them quite well, he knew them essentially in their capacity as celebrities. Others who were intimate friends—such as Aldous Huxley, Igor Stravinsky—are included even though their main achievements will be familiar to many readers.

Hindu terminology is also explained in the glossary, although unfamiliar non-Hindu words appearing only once are usually glossed or translated in a footnote.

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NOTE: Works by Isherwood appear directly under title; works by others appear under authors' names.

Aarons, Chester, 277

Abiquiu, New Mexico, 249, 252–5

Ackerley, Joe Randolph, 83 & n;
Hindoo Holiday,
175–6n

Act of the Heart
(film), 195

Adorno, Theodor, 155

Agee, James, 268, 270

Ainsworth, William Harrison:
The Tower of London,
223n

AJC Ranch, Coachella Valley (California), 21, 196, 214, 220, 271

Aldeburgh festival (1948), 144–5

Alderson, Nik, 104–5n, 107

Allen, John Edward, 144

Allgood, Sara, 188–9

Almond, Paul, 194–5

“Ambrose” (C.I.; section of
Down There on a Visit
), 7

Amsterdam, 134–5n

Anderson, Ted and Mrs., 228

Andersson, John, 128[n]

Andrews, Oliver, 229

Angelo, Waldo, 212n

Angermeyer, Ken (Kenneth Anger), 212

Anna Karenina
(film), 153

Arensberg, Walter, 29–30

Argo, Leif, 195, 212

Arnold, Kenneth, 263n

Arvin, Newton, 120, 125

Ashton, (Sir) Frederick, 271–2

Asit (Prabhavananda's nephew)
see
Ghosh, Asit

Auden, Wystan Hugh: meets Caskey, xvii; homosexual practices, xx, 58; poetic style, xxvii; on sex relationships, 20; C.I. writes article on, 31; sexual relations with C.I., 58; arrival in USA, 72, 82; C.I. stays with in New York, 82; in China with C.I., 82; mocks Lehmann, 84; approves of Jack Hewit as C.I.'s lover, 93n; in Brussels with C.I., 93n, 106; friendship with Hayward, 98; departs for USA, 105n; proposed visit to Spain, 105n; shocked at Sterns' rental charge to C.I., 117; in New York, 119, 123, 129; in Berlin, 133–4n; in Amsterdam, 134–5n; on Fire Island, 138; in Paris, 142; on Stravinsky's avariciousness, 202; Agnes Smedley meets, 209

Aufderheide, Charles: friendship with From, xviii–xix, 24n; at Benton Way Group, 197

Avery, Stephen Morehouse, 34n

Avis, Annie (C.I.'s nanny), 87–8

Bachardy, Don: C.I. meets, ix, xxxii, 213n; C.I.'s relations with, x, xxiv, xxvii; moves into garden house with C.I., xxi; C.I. takes notes on private behavior patterns, xxiii; uses Stravinsky's first name, 202n

Bachardy, Ted (Don's brother), 212n

Bacon, Francis (painter), 116

Bacon, Francis (Viscount St. Albans), 29–30 & n

Bailey, Bill, 123, 170

Balanchine, George, 50n

Balchin, Nigel:
The Small Back Room
, 52n

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 50n

Barada (Doris Ludwig), 209

Barnett, Jimmie, 7

Barr, James:
Quatrefoil
, 275n

Barrie, Michael, 208, 230, 238, 247, 263

Barrymore, Ethel, 37, 40, 187

Barrymore, John: house, 11–12

Barton–Brown, Monsignor, 107

Baz, Ben, 123–4, 133, 138

Baz, Emilio, 124, 133, 138

Beat the Devil
(film), 126n

Beaton, Cecil, 65n, 95, 113

Beautiful and Damned, The
(C.I.; TV script), ix

Beauvoir, Simone de, xvi, 67 & n

Beesley, Alec: dislikes Field and Lamkin's adaptation of
Goodbye to Berlin
, xxxi–xxxii, 284–5; and C.I.'s life at Vedanta Center, 7; C.I. visits, 11–12, 15, 18, 23, 244, 277; moves to new house, 18, 23; C.I.'s friendship with, 23, 28, 49–50, 81, 208, 214, 233, 281; Steve Cooley not introduced to, 41; C.I. occupies chauffeur's apartment, 45; dalmatian dogs, 49–50; moves to Malibu Road, 49; and C.I.'s departure for England, 81; Kathleen Isherwood's idea of, 89; Gielgud disparages, 135; recommends Ivy Compton–Burnett, 140n; approves C.I.'s wish to be waited on, 181; moves to Cove Way, 191; on Dick Foote, 196n; and C.I.'s break with Caskey, 283; and C.I.'s
The World in the Evening
, 284; Lamkin admires, 285

Beesley, Dodie Smith: dislikes Field and Lamkin's adaptation of
Goodbye to Berlin
, xxxi–xxxii, 277, 284–5; and C.I.'s life at Vedanta Center, 7; C.I. visits, 11–12, 15, 18, 23, 208, 214, 244, 277, 281; home above Tower Road, 12; moves to new house, 18, 23; Steve Cooley not introduced to, 41; likes Caskey and Fouts, 45; dalmatian dogs, 49–50; moves to Malibu Road, 49; and C.I.'s departure for England, 81; Kathleen Isherwood's idea of, 89; mocks van Druten's
The Mermaids Singing
, 123n; Gielgud on, 135; recommends Ivy Compton–Burnett, 140n; approves C.I.'s wish to be waited on, 181; moves to Cove Way, 191; encourages and advises on C.I.'s writing, 217, 244–5; Caskey visits with C.I., 233; and C.I.'s break with Caskey, 283; and C.I.'s
The World in the Evening
, 284;
I Capture the Castle
, 175–6n

Below the Horizon
(earlier
Below the Equator
; film), 207n, 229–30, 236 & [n]

Bemelmans, Ludwig:
Dirty Eddie
, 140n

Bennett, Ronald, 74

Benton Way Group (Los Angeles),
xviii–xix, 24n, 197–8

Bergman, Ingrid, 117

Berkman, Sylvia:
Katherine Mansfield
, 282n

Berlin, 133–4n

Berlin of Sally Bowles, The
(C.I.), 284

Berns, Walter, 194

Best Years of Our Lives, The
(film), 67

Bhagavad Gita, 8 & [n], 9, 22

Bill
see
Caskey, William

Bill, George, 24n, 197

Birmingham Hospital, San Fernando Valley, California, 183, 200, 204–5, 219, 230, 236

Blanke, Henry, 31 & n, 34

Bliss, Herbert, 50n

Blunt, Anthony, 93n

Bobo, Wallace (Bo), 17–18, 50, 81, 227

Bogarde, Dirk, 67

Bogart, Humphrey, 126n

Bok, Ben and Coral: marriage, 173

Bonaparte, Miss Dicky, 40

Bors, Dr., 205, 230

Bowen, Elizabeth:
The Death of the Heart
, 140n;
The Heat of the Day
, 225n

Bower, Tony, 115n, 119, 123, 139

Bowles, Paul:
The Sheltering Sky
, 223–4n

Brackett, Charles, 37

Bradbury, Ray:
The Martian Chronicles
, 247, 274n

Bradshaw, George, 200, 219

Brando, Marlon, 205, 206n, 228, 267

Brecht, Bertolt, 81

Brecht, Stefan, 13–14 & n

Brett, Dorothy, 253, 254n

Brighton (England), 145

Britain: 1945 election, 25n

Britten, Benjamin: hostility to C.I., 69; C.I. meets in England, 92, 95, 145; and Ian Scott–Kilvert, 106; at first Aldeburgh festival (1948), 144–5; in California, 212–15;
Albert Herring
(opera), 144 & [n]

Brooke, Tim, 81

Brooks, Richard and Mrs., 231–2

Brown, Walter
see
Yogi

Brown, Mrs. Walter
see
Yogini

Brush, Albert, 29

Brussels, 93n

Bry, Doris, 250

Buckingham, May, 95n

Buckingham, Robert, 83 & n, 86, 95n, 148

Buechner, Frederick:
A Long Day's Dying
, 225n

Buenos Aires, 135n, 141

Bujold, Geneviève, 195

Bunyan, John, xxvii

Burczinsky, Hank, 212n

Burgess, Guy, 93 & n, 99–100 & n

Burns, John Horne: in New York, 135, 137;
The Gallery
, xv & n, 137, 140n

Burra, Edward, 124–5

Busch, Wilhelm:
Max und Moritz
, 26n

Bynner, Witter, 253;
Journey with Genius
, 253

Cadmus, Paul, 119, 123, 127, 128[n], 139

Caffery, Jamie, 125

Caldwell, Evelyn
see
Hooker, Evelyn

“California Story” (C.I.), 210n

Cambridge: Forster in, 146

Cambridge University: C.I. studies at, xii

Cambus, Bertrand (pseud.), 258–61

Camera Work
(magazine), 251

Camille's, Laguna Beach (gay bar), 277

Campbell, Sandy, 127

Camus, Albert:
Caligula
, 175–6n;
The Plague
, 175–6n;
The Stranger
, 140n, 176n

Capote, Truman: meets Caskey, xvii, 120; C.I. meets and visits, 119; C.I. visits at Nantucket
with Caskey, 125–7; in London (1948), 144; Vidal's rivalry with, 146;
Other Voices, Other Rooms
, 119, 140n

Carpenter, Edward, xx

Carstairs, Keith (pseud.), 258–9

Carter
see
Lodge, Carter

Cartier–Bresson, Henri, 65n, 135, 137

Cartwright, Rob (pseud.), 50–1

Cary, Joyce:
Herself Surprised
, 223n, 225n;
The Moonlight
, 140n

Caskey, Anne (William's sister), 129

Caskey, Catherine (William's mother), 54–5, 135, 139–40, 194–5, 199

Caskey, William (Bill): relationship with and influence on C.I., xv–xvii, xxv, xxvii–xxviii, 20, 34–5, 41–9, 52–6, 59–61, 66, 69, 73–5, 79, 117–18, 163, 166–7, 175, 182, 193–4, 208, 241, 278; sense of guilt, xxviii, 182, 193, 199; Lamkin on, xxx; C.I. travels with, xxxiv; on de Laval's seducing, 29n; birthday party (1945), 34; affair with Gerald Haxton, 37; appearance, 42; social manner, 42; background, 43; and Hayden Lewis, 43, 48; motor trip with C.I., 47; entertains with C.I., 49–51, 277; genealogy, 52n; relations with parents and sisters, 54–5, 199; sexual activities and inclinations, 54–6, 59; religious beliefs, 55; humor, 59 & n; self-image, 61; and C.I.'s surgical operation, 62–3; drinking with Sudhira, 62; and C.I.'s visits to The Pits, 64; photography, 64–5, 69, 71, 74, 119, 144, 189, 194, 224, 251; and C.I.'s appreciation of songs, 66 & n; and Katherine Anne Porter, 68; gives blood to accident victim, 69; quarrels with Fonts, 69–70; occupies Salka Viertel's garage apartment, 70–1, 73–4; promiscuity, 74–5; affair with Keohane, 75; trip to Mexico with C.I., 78–9; and C.I.'s departure for England (1947), 81–2; plans to settle in New York with C.I., 82n; C.I. gives Howard's semi-precious stone to, 96; never meets Mitty Monkhouse, 112; meets C.I. on return from England (1947), 117; in New York with C.I., 117–19, 123–5, 128–35, 138–9; pessimism and low self-esteem, 118; travels in South America with C.I., 119, 123, 133, 139, 141; cooks for Forster in New York, 121; visits Truman Capote with C.I., 125–7; photographed by Jared French, 128; driving, 131; on Fire Island, 138–9; Francophobia, 142; visits France and England with C.I., 142–9; quarrels with Vidal, 143, 146; stays on in New York (1948), 149, 150n, 163; friendship with Tito Renaldo, 153n; drives from New York to California, 166; meets Charlton, 167; moves into East Rustic Road with C.I., 167; falls asleep at Vernon Old's wedding, 171[n]; home–building, 171; Menotti makes advances to, 173; C.I.'s difficulties with, 179–83, 197, 210, 250n, 278, 282; uses ouija board, 184; provides photographs for
The Condor and the Cows
, 188; C.I. considers leaving, 192–3, 199–200; splits with C.I., 195; visits Stravinskys with C.I., 200–1; visits Birmingham Hospital, 204; arrested and tried, 209; leaves for Florida, 210, 220;
household management, 211; returns from Florida, 233; visits Chaplins with C.I., 234–5; at Sophia Williams's séance, 238–9; visits Long Beach Veterans Hospital, 239; and Korean War, 241; offends Bill Kennedy, 241–2; and Lennie Newman, 246, 280; travels to Baja California, 248; leaves mess at home after party, 256–7; jailed for drunk driving, 257–8, 271; released from prison, 272; moves to Laguna Beach with C.I., 273–5; painted by Sorel, 277; and C.I.'s pretending to drown, 278; gardening job, 280; declares no longer in love with C.I., 281; C.I. breaks with, 282–3