CONTENTS

Foreword by Richard Dreyfuss

1 Back Story

2 Fred Was First

3 “That Won’t Work—They’re All Dead”

4 Joanne, Paul, and Hugh

5 “Now That I Have Friends”

6 Frank, Paper Towels, and Mickey

7 At Last, Elizabeth Taylor

8 Directing Kate

9 A Broadway Premiere

10 A Pink Hotel, A Yellow Box, and The Emmy Awards

11 The Boxer and A Singing Legend

12 Rainbow Over The White House

13 Jimmy and Johnny—Maybe

14 Dirty Laundry and A Rock Concert

15 A Visit to the White House

16 “Don’t Mess With Him”

17 “I Can’t Work Without The Bells”

18 “Stay in Touch”

19 Tea and Daggers

20 Bacall and Bogie

21 Joanne and The Group

22 Audrey in Switzerland

23 Henry and Jane and Ted and Peter

24 Kate on Kate

25 Two Birthdays—Universal and Columbia

26 Getting to Know The Last Mogul

27 Garfield—The Good Die Young

28 Life Was a Series of Adventures; Acting Was Just One of Them

29 A Few That Got Away

Acknowledgements

Appendix

Index