13. VOODOO
1
Hilary Knight, interview with author.
2
Hugh Fordin,
The World of Entertainment: Hollywood’s Greatest Musicals
(New York: Doubleday, 1975).
3
Hugh Martin, interview with author, 1998.
4
Vincente Minnelli, with Hector Arce,
I Remember It Well
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974).
6
John Fricke, interview with author.
7
Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
.
8
Ibid.; Christopher Finch,
Rainbow: The Stormy Life of Judy Garland
(New York: Ballantine Books, 1975).
9
Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
.
10
John Fricke, interview with author.
11
George Stevens Jr.,
Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age at the American Film Institute
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006).
12
John Fricke, interview with author.
13
Fordin,
The World of Entertainment
.
14
Richard Barrios, interview with author.
15
Vincente Minnelli, interview with
Cahiers du Cinéma
, quoted in Fordin,
The World of Entertainment
.
16
Alvin Yudkoff,
Gene Kelly: A Life of Dance and Dreams
(New York: Back Stage Books, 1999), 182.
17
Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
.
14. “I AM MADAME BOVARY”
1
Vincente Minnelli, with Hector Arce,
I Remember It Well
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974).
4
Drew Casper, interview with author.
5
Gustave Flaubert,
Madame Bovary
, Part I, Chapter 9.
6
Drew Casper, interview with author.
7
Richard Schickel,
The Men Who Made the Movies
(New York: Atheneum, 1975); Flaubert,
Madame Bovary
, Part I, Chapter 8.
8
Miklos Rozsa,
Double Life: The Autobiography of Miklos Rozsa
(New York: Hippocrene Books, 1982).
10
John Fitzpatrick, interview with author.
11
Bosley Crowther, “Movie Review: Madame Bovary (1949),”
New York Times
, August 26, 1949.
12
“There’ll Always Be an Encore,”
McCall’s
, January 1964; Gerald Clarke,
Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland
(New York: Random House, 2000).
15. “A FEW WORDS ABOUT WEDDINGS . . .”
1
Vincente Minnelli, with Hector Arce,
I Remember It Well
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974).
2
Richard Schickel,
The Men Who Made the Movies
(New York: Atheneum, 1975).
3
Carleton Carpenter, interview with author.
4
Russ Tamblyn, interview with author.
5
Ellis Amburn,
The Most Beautiful Woman in the World: The Obsessions, Passions and Courage of Elizabeth Taylor
(New York: Cliff Street Books, 2000).
6
Box Office
, May 13, 1950; Otis L. Guernsey Jr., “On the Screen,” May 19, 1950.
7
Beth Genne, interview with author.
8
Esme Chandlee, interview with author.
9
Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
.
10
Ibid.; Tom Donnelly, “Vincente Minnelli: ‘I Remember It Well,’”
Washington Post
, August 11, 1974.
16. THE TIME IN HIS MIND
1
Hugh Fordin,
The World of Entertainment: Hollywood’s Greatest Musicals
(New York: Doubleday, 1975).
2
Deena Rosenberg,
Fascinating Rhythm: The Collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin
(New York: Dutton, 1991).
3
Donald Knox,
The Magic Factory: How MGM Made
An American in Paris (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1973).
6
Nina Foch, interview with author.
7
“Who Could Ask for Anything More? Michael Feinstein in Conversation with Saul Chaplin,” liner notes interview included with
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of
An American in Paris, Turner Classic Movies Music/Rhino Movie Music, 1996.
9
Album jacket for the CBS Records release of
Gershwin: An American in Paris
, 1981.
10
Knox,
The Magic Factory
.
12
Marian Horosko, interview with author, 2008.
14
Nina Foch, interview with author.
15
Vincente Minnelli, with Hector Arce,
I Remember It Well
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974); Rose Pelswick, “One of the Best Ever Made,”
New York Journal American
, October 5, 1951.
16
Mason Wiley and Damien Bona,
Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards
(New York: Ballantine Books, 1986).
17
Saul Chaplin,
The Golden Age of Movie Musicals and Me
(Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994).
18
Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
.
19
Liza Minnelli, on-camera interview on
Biography: Liza Minelli;
A&E series, originally aired June 11, 2004.
20
Candice Bergen,
Knock Wood
(New York: Linden Press/Simon and Schuster, 1984).
21
Nina Foch, interview with author.
22
Associated Press, December 21, 1950.
23
Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
.
24
Judy: Beyond the Rainbow
, documentary initially broadcast on the A&E Network, 1997, produced by John Fricke.
25
Stone Widney, interview with author.
26
Richard Bernstein, “Hollywood-on-the-Wire,”
Independent Film Journal
, October 6, 1951.
27
Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
.
28
“Party Protests Blackface Scenes,” Associated Press, September 29, 1951.
29
Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
.
30
Marge Champion, interview with author.
31
Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
.
32
Marge Champion, interview with author.
33
Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
.
34
Farley Granger, interview with author.
35
John Angelo, interview with author.
36
Farley Granger, interview with author.
17. TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN
1
John Houseman,
Front and Center
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983).
2
Sam Staggs,
Close-Up on
Sunset Boulevard (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2002), 164.
3
Vincente Minnelli, with Hector Arce,
I Remember It Well
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974).
4
Kirk Douglas, interview with author.
5
Houseman,
Front and Center
.
6
Lana Turner,
Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth
(New York: Dutton, 1982).
7
Houseman,
Front and Center
.
8
Peggy King, interview with author.
9
Tom Shales, “The Magic of Minnelli,”
Washington Post
, July 28, 1986.
10
Sir Gerald Kaufman, interview with author.
11
David Raksin’s comments are from his liner notes for the recording
David Raksin Conducts His Great Film Scores:
Laura, The Bad and the Beautiful
and
Forever Amber, RCA Records, 1976.
12
Josh Rosenfield, review of
The Bad and the Beautiful
,
Dallas Morning News
, n.d.
18. NEW SUN IN THE SKY
1
Betty Comden, interview with author.
2
Vincente Minnelli, with Hector Arce,
I Remember It Well
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974); Betty Comden, interview with author.
3
Nanette Fabray, interview with author.
4
James Mitchell, interview with author.
5
Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
.
6
Hugh Fordin,
The World of Entertainment: Hollywood’s Greatest Musicals
(New York: Doubleday, 1975).
7
Pauline Kael,
5001 Nights at the Movies
(New York: Henry Holt, 1991).
8
Michael Feinstein, audio commentary for Warner Home Entertainment DVD edition of
The Band Wagon
, 2005 (film originally released in 1953).
9
Jim Brochu,
Lucy in the Afternoon: An Intimate Memoir of Lucille Ball
(New York: William Morrow, 1990).
10
Perry Sheehan Adair, interview with author.
11
Richard Barrios, interview with author.
12
Time
, February 22, 1954.
19. ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE
1
Harrison Carroll, “Behind the Scenes in Hollywood,”
Los Angeles Herald Express
, December 24, 1953.
2
Brooks Atkinson,
New York Times
, March 14, 1947 (reviewing the Broadway stage version of
Brigadoon
).
3
Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse, as told to Dick Kleiner,
The Two of Us
(New York: Mason/Charter, 1976).
4
Vincente Minnelli, with Hector Arce,
I Remember It Well
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974).
5
Michael Maule, interview with author.
6
Van Johnson, in the documentary
MGM: When the Lion Roars
(1992). A DVD version was released by Warner Home Video in 2009.
7
Stone Widney, interview with author.
8
Beth Genne, interview with author.
9
Farley Granger, interview with author.
20. COBWEBS
1
Philip K. Scheuer, “Drama: MGM in New Whack at ‘Green Mansions,’”
Los Angeles Times
, October 29, 1953.
2
Letter from Alan Jay Lerner to Arthur Freed, February 9, 1954, from the Arthur Freed Collection, University of Southern California Cinema Television Library.
3
Hugh Fordin,
The World of Entertainment: Hollywood’s Greatest Musicals
(New York: Doubleday, 1975).
4
Time
magazine office memorandum, from Jim Lebenthal to George Nichols, May 10, 1954, contained in the Arthur Freed Collection, University of Southern California Cinema Television Library.
5
Vincente Minnelli, with Hector Arce,
I Remember It Well
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974).
6
Richard Schickel,
The Men Who Made the Movies
(New York: Atheneum, 1975).
7
William Gibson, interview with author.
8
John Houseman,
Front and Center
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983).
9
William Gibson, interview with author.
10
Houseman,
Front and Center
.
11
Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
; Houseman,
Front and Center
.
12
Schickel,
The Men Who Made the Movies
.
13
William Gibson, interview with author.
14
Lauren Bacall, interview with author.
15
William Gibson, interview with author.
16
Houseman,
Front and Center
.
17
William Gibson, interview with author.
21. STRANGER IN PARADISE
1
Vincente Minnelli, with Hector Arce,
I Remember It Well
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974).
2
Howard Keel, with Joyce Spizer,
Only Make Believe: My Life in Show Business
(Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, 2005).
4
Don Bachardy, interview with author.
5
Hugh Fordin,
The World of Entertainment: Hollywood’s Greatest Musicals
(New York: Doubleday, 1975).
6
Hank Moonjean, interview with author.
7
Nita Bieber, interview with author.
9
Minnelli,
I Remember It Well
.
10
Wendy Leigh,
Liza: Born a Star
(New York: Dutton, 1993).
22. MAELSTROMS AND MADMEN
1
Jan Hulsker,
Vincent and Theo van Gogh: A Dual Biography
(Ann Arbor, MI: Fuller Technical Publications, 1990).
3
Norman Corwin, interview with author.
4
John Houseman,
Front and Center
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983).
5
Vincente Minnelli, with Hector Arce,
I Remember It Well
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974).
6
Ibid.; Adrian Turner, “An American in London,”
The Guardian
, July 19, 1980.