Authors: Bob Colacello
Amos ’n’ Andy,
59, 279
Baker, James, III, 462, 474, 492, 497–99
Anderson, John, 474, 486, 497–99, 502, 505
Balaban, Barney, 117, 219
Anderson, Martin, 470, 474, 480–82, 486,
Ball, Lucille, 116, 173
497
Bankhead, Tallulah, 160, 180, 191
Angel from Texas, An,
111
Banner, “Nanny,” 162, 207
Angels Wash Their Faces,
205
Barnett, Barney, 433, 466
Annenberg, Leonore Cohn “Lee,” 10,
Barry, Philip, 69, 180
285–91, 347, 375, 386, 392–93,
Barrymore, Ethel, 293
408–10, 413, 420, 422–23, 426–27,
Barrymore, Lionel, 149, 328
429–30, 448, 453, 473, 489, 504
Battaglia, Philip, 356–57, 359–60, 366–69,
Annenberg, Moses, 97–98, 289, 393, 408
380, 395
Annenberg, Walter, 10, 97–98, 285–91,
Battelle, Kenneth, 355
325, 347, 375, 386, 392–93, 408–9,
Bautzer, Gregg, 255
413, 420–23, 426–27, 429–30, 440,
Beame, Abe, 447
448, 453, 473, 489, 504
Beaton, Cecil, 300, 396
Ardrey, Robert, 149
Bedtime for Bonzo,
243
Aria da Capo
(Millay), 31, 60
Beery, Wallace, 149, 295
Armstrong, Anne, 458, 487, 496
Behind the Scenes
(Deaver), 371, 391
Arnold, Edward, 177, 210
Beilenson, Anthony, 360
5 8 1
5 8 2
Index
Beilenson, Laurence, 267, 360
Bonanza,
320
Bell, Alphonzo, Jr., 294, 337–38, 345
Bookbinder, Jacob, 129
Bell, Jeff, 471, 474
Boshes, Louis, 53
Bellamann, Henry, 112
Bow, Clara, 80
Bengtsson, Julius, 355, 378, 504
Bowron, Fletcher, 313
Bennett, Joan, 160, 399
Boyarsky, Bill, 364
Benny, Jack, 59, 109–10, 151, 160, 195,
Boys Town,
77, 227
200, 267, 276, 286, 295, 354, 374, 411
Bozell, L. Brent, 318
Benny, Joan, 276
Bracken, Eddie, 239
Benny, Mary Livingstone, 109–10, 151,
Bradford, John, 270
160, 195, 200, 295, 374
Bradley, General and Mrs. Omar Nelson, 189
Bentsen, Lloyd, 439
Brandon, Muffie, 7
Berg, A. Scott, 126
Brecht, Bertolt, 211, 218
Bergen, Candice, 278
Bren, Milton, 295–96, 302
Bergen, Edgar, 59, 202, 267, 277–79, 282,
Brewer, Roy, 173–74, 176, 253, 287
285, 292, 314, 374, 380
Brewster, Barbara, 302
Bergen, Frances, 202, 277–79, 284–85, 292,
Brock, Bill, 486–88, 492
298, 346, 374
Broder, David, 333
Berkeley, Busby, 93, 103
Brother Rat,
104, 106, 117, 202, 208
Berlin, Irving, 155, 160, 288
Brother Rat and a Baby,
106
Bernstein, Leonard, 180, 218
Brower, Charles, 320
Betty and Bob,
56–57, 72, 85, 139
Brown, Edmund, Jr. “Jerry,” 353, 431
Biberman, Herbert, 217–18, 237
Brown, Edmund, Sr. “Pat,” 128, 334, 336,
Biles, Roger, 73, 140
340, 346–50, 353, 359, 363, 377, 413,
Billingsley, Sherman, 187
431, 497, 500
Birney, Frank, Jr., 92, 122, 135–37
Brown, Tina, 8
Birth of a Nation,
27, 125
Brownstein, Ronald, 158
Birthright, W. C., 174
Bruce, David K., 408–9
Black, Charlie, 474, 477, 480, 482, 484–86
Bruce, Evangeline, 408–9
Blackett, Priscilla, 92
Brynner, Yul, 183
Blass, Bill, 8, 399
Buckley, James, 439–41
Blondell, Joan, 103, 107, 201
Buckley, Pat, 314, 381, 396, 467–69, 479,
Bloomgarden, Kermit, 191
493, 499
Bloomingdale, Alfred, 1–2, 4–6, 10, 282,
Buckley, William F., Jr., 314–15, 318, 321,
285, 293–95, 299–303, 307, 312, 323,
378, 380–81, 389, 405, 418–20, 439,
326, 335–36, 338, 343, 352, 363, 378,
450, 454, 467–68, 479, 499
385, 389, 395–96, 408, 420–21, 426,
Buhle, Paul, 116–17
429–30, 442, 455–57, 468–69,
Bunyan, John, 469
478–79, 483, 489–90, 504–6
Burden, A. C., 19
Bloomingdale, Betty Lee Newling “Betsy,”
Burns, George, 59, 109–10, 160, 179, 200,
1–2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 231, 285, 293–95,
267, 286
299–304, 307, 311–12, 323, 326–27,
Burns, Lillian, 228
330, 335–36, 338, 341–43, 347, 352,
Bush, Barbara, 422, 494–96
360–63, 374–75, 377–78, 385, 389,
Bush, George H. W., 12, 422, 451, 461,
395–97, 400, 408–10, 420–21, 426,
474, 478, 484, 486–89, 491–96, 498
429–30, 442, 455–56, 461, 468–70,
Bush, George W., 9, 12
478–79, 482–83, 489–90, 493, 504–6
Bush, Jeb, 494–95
Bloomingdale, Justine, 363
Bushman, Francis X., 126
Bloomingdale, Robert, 489–90
Blue Veil, The,
255, 263
Cagney, James, 96–97, 109, 116, 149, 172,
Bogart, Humphrey, 96–97, 106, 109, 116,
338
160, 165, 169, 173, 201, 212, 218
Calhern, Louis, 40, 182, 190, 247
Bolté, Charles, 167, 197
Call, Asa, 296, 313, 340, 360, 380
Index
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Camille,
37, 228, 276
Clemens, Paul, 276
Cannon, Lou, 12, 27, 130–31, 279, 320,
Clinton, Bill, 11, 205, 418, 498
337, 344, 353, 364, 366, 376, 385, 412
Clinton, Hillary, 11
Capone, Al, 73, 132
Clymer, Adam, 476
Capote, Truman, 8, 398, 410–11, 445
Coburn, Charles, 112, 233
Carr, James, 184
Cockburn, Alexander, 6
Carroll, Serena, 363
Cohan, George M., 36–37, 48, 78
Carter, Amy, 503
Cohn, Harry, 109, 117, 219, 286, 288, 303
Carter, Jimmy, 3, 7, 190, 445, 457–58,
Cohn, Rose, 288
461–63, 470–73, 476, 486–87, 491,
Colbert, Claudette, 2, 109, 160, 200, 292,
496–503, 505
399
Carter, Lillian, 496–97
Cole, Lester, 212–13, 217–19
Carter, Rosalynn, 7, 501
Coleman, Judy Hargrave, 81–82, 84
Casablanca,
150
Collins, Nancy, 307
Case History of a Movie
(Schary), 225, 245
Colonna, Jerry, 115
Casey, William J., 478, 483–88, 492, 494,
Commandos Strike at Dawn,
146
497–98
Connally, John, 474–75, 478, 486, 488
Cassavetes, John, 322
Conrad, Paul, 365
Cassini, Oleg, 163
Conscience of a Conservative, The
(Goldwater
Cattle Queen of Montana,
283
and Bozell), 318
Celler, Emanuel, 213–14
Contender, The
(Gellman), 211
’Ception Shoals,
37
Continentals, 270
Cermak, Anton, 57
Cook, Charles, 326, 336, 338, 362
Champion, George, 488
Cook, Howard, 326, 362
Chancellor, John, 505
Coolidge, Calvin, 4, 28, 41, 324
Chandler, Dorothy “Buff,” 256, 282, 286,
Cooper, Gary, 79, 158, 195, 210–11, 214,
329, 394–96, 402, 442, 468
230, 276
Chandler, Harry, 95, 394
Coors, Joe, 483, 496
Chandler, Norman, 256, 290, 296, 329, 394
Cordelia,
187–88
Chandler, Otis, 393–94, 396
Cordiner, Ralph, 314, 320
Chandler, Philip, 394
Correll, Charles, 59, 279
Chaplin, Charlie, 107, 143, 237, 313
Corwin, Norman, 166
Charles, Oatsie, 497
Costello, John M., 158
Charles, Prince of Wales, 7, 12, 427
Cotten, Joseph, 160, 208, 264, 488
Chatterton, Ruth, 191
Cowboy from Brooklyn, The,
201
Chávez, César, 349
Cowles, Gardner, 1–2, 290, 385, 423, 426,
Cheney, Richard, 446–47, 450, 456, 492
443, 468, 479
Cheshire, Maxine, 422
Cowles, Jan, 1–2, 5, 385, 423, 426, 443–44,
Chiang Kai-shek, 419, 473
468, 479
Christopher, George, 338, 340, 345–46,
Crane, Philip, 474, 486, 488
348, 357
Crawford, Elvin, 160
Christy, George, 361–63, 412
Crawford, Joan, 155, 228, 255, 272
Churchill, Winston, 115, 143, 149
Crisis,
244
Cicogna, Countess Marina, 3
Crispin, Elaine, 505
City of Nets
(Friedrich), 153
Cronkite, Walter, 324, 494–97
City of Quartz
(Davis), 95
Cronyn, Hume, 178
Clark, D. Worth, 118–19, 126
Crosby, Bing, 76, 109, 380, 413
Clark, William P., 157, 366–69, 373,
Crowther, Bosley, 247
380–81, 386–87, 392, 423, 484
Cukor, George, 228–29
Clay, Lucius, 251
Cummings, Robert, 112, 252, 256
Cleaver, Ben Hill, 25, 27, 64, 70–71
Cummings, Sue, 378–79
Cleaver, Eldridge, 364
Cummings, Ted, 346, 378–79, 482, 503
Cleaver, Margaret, 27–28, 30–32, 60, 64
Curtis, Charlotte, 351, 385, 456
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Index
Cushing, Harvey, 45–46, 52
131–32, 135, 137–42, 144–47, 182,
Cutler, Elliot, 143
184, 190–91, 226, 235–36, 247–49,
Cutter, Irving, 131, 138
260, 262, 304, 316, 318, 360–61, 452
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 420, 453
Dahl, Arlene, 256–57, 276, 284, 335
Davis, Shirley Hull, 249
Daniels, Bebe, 119
Day, Doris, 243, 399
Dark Victory,
106
Dayton, Katharine, 90–91
Dart, Jane Bryan “Punky,” 104, 202–5, 277,
Dearborn, Cholly, 225
325, 375, 392, 396, 424, 426, 442,
Death Valley Days,
335, 341, 344
468, 471, 478–79, 493, 504
Deaver, Carolyn Judy, 372, 375, 407, 414,
Dart, Justin Whitlock, 10, 202–5, 277, 282,
504
299, 325, 327, 346–47, 356, 362, 369,
Deaver, Michael K., 6, 354, 368–73, 380,
375, 377–78, 380, 392, 397, 413, 421,
390–91, 407, 414, 416–17, 423,
424–27, 437, 439–40, 442–43, 447–48,
431–32, 436–39, 441, 443, 451, 453,
454–55, 458–59, 468, 470–71, 475,
458–59, 461–65, 474–75, 477–78,
478–79, 482–83, 496, 503–4
480–83, 485–86, 492–95, 497–98,
Da Silva, Howard, 175, 178
502–4
Davies, Marion, 98, 282
DeCamp, Rosemary, 178
Davis, Albert Clark, 43–44, 51, 87–88, 129,
de Cordova, Fred, 301–2, 374, 396
131
de Cordova, Janet, 374, 396
Davis, Bette, 73, 96, 103, 106, 153, 155,
de Gaulle, Charles, 403
170, 191, 197, 204, 256, 286
de Havilland, Olivia, 158, 167–70, 172,
Davis, Deane, 418
195, 197
Davis, Edith Luckett, 33–43, 48–58, 72–75,
de la Renta, Françoise, 402, 446
77–79, 81–88, 90–92, 113, 116, 121,
de la Renta, Oscar, 402, 446
123–24, 126–33, 138–42, 145–47,
Demarest, William, 103–4
173, 181–92, 194, 199, 225–26, 229,
DeMille, Cecil B., 200, 243
234–35, 242–44, 247–50, 255, 257,
Desire Under the Elms
(O’Neill), 49, 79
260–63, 266, 276, 279, 282, 284–85,
Desperate Journey,
150, 153
310, 316–19, 330, 338, 352, 386, 389,
Detectives, The,
277
408, 415–16, 428, 433, 452
Deutsch, Armand “Ardie,” 10, 233–34, 247,
Davis, Hallie Flanagan, 133
285–87, 290–91, 335, 347, 352, 374,
Davis, Kathy Randall, 340–41, 383
413, 426, 430, 453, 473, 478–79, 504
Davis, Laura Hensler, 43–44, 51, 87, 129
Deutsch, Harriet Simon, 10, 234, 285–92,
Davis, Loyal, 33–34, 42–56, 73–75, 77–79,
311, 335, 347, 352, 354, 374–75, 396,
82–92, 101, 116, 121–24, 126–34,
413, 426, 430, 453, 469, 473, 478–79,
138–41, 143–47, 181–84, 188–91,
504
199, 225–29, 232, 235, 243–44,
Devil Doll, The,
328
247–50, 255, 257–58, 260–63,
Devils, The
(Whiting), 395
265–66, 276, 282, 286, 310, 316–19,
Dewey, Thomas, 3, 160, 386, 463
321, 334, 338, 341, 352, 360–61, 383,
de Wolfe, Elsie, Lady Mendl, 37, 146
386, 405, 408, 414, 416, 427–28, 433
Diana, Princess of Wales, 7
Davis, Mike, 95
Diaries
(Haldeman), 420
Davis, Patricia Ann “Patti,” 12, 89, 265–66, Dickinson, Angie, 322
268, 271, 273, 276–77, 283–84,
Dickinson, Janice, 2
304–9, 323, 333, 341–43, 352, 372,
Dickstein, Samuel, 116
376, 383, 396, 404–8, 414–16, 424,
Didion, Joan, 363–64
426, 434–35, 467, 479, 493, 495,
Dies, Martin, 116
501–2, 504
Dietrich, Marlene, 152, 256
Davis, Pearl McElroy, 42–43, 45, 47–48,
Diller, Barry, 446
54–55, 84, 121
Disney, Walt, 109, 158, 171, 210–11, 214,
Davis, Richard, 42–44, 47–51, 54–56,
338, 357, 392
78–79, 84, 86, 121–24, 126–29,
Dixon, Jeane, 353, 383
Index
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Dmytryk, Edward, 166, 217–19
Fagan, Myron, 237
Doctor and the Girl, The,
233
Fairbanks, Douglas, 107, 223
Dodsworth
(Lewis), 77–79
Fast, Howard, 117
Doheny, Onnalee, 299, 311, 374, 501
Field, Mrs. Henry “Patsy,” 138–39
Doherty, W. C., 174
Fierro, Alfonso, 2
Dole, Elizabeth, 493
Fine, Bill, 231, 261
Dole, Robert, 458, 462, 474, 486, 488,
Firestone, Leonard, 202, 277, 327, 346,
492–93
356, 378, 380, 392, 420–21, 443