In the Company of Legends

INDEX

NOTE: Page numbers in italics indicate a photograph. Page numbers followed by an “n” indicate a footnote.

AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), 122, 123–26, 140. See also Spencer Tracy Legacy, Broadway premier

Aadland, Beverly, 387

ABC

20/20 program, 51–52, 59, 60–61

The Dick Cavett Show, 2–3, 6, 6, 11, 12, 392

and Spencer Tracy Legacy, 68

Academy Awards, 291, 319, 319n, 341, 362

Fonda, Henry, for On Golden Pond, 291

Garfield nomination for Four Daughters, 362

Hepburn, Katharine, 319, 319n

for It Happened One Night, 341

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 144, 145. See also Emmy Awards

actors

about, ix

off-stage wounds, 369, 382–83

Screen Actors Guild, 45, 60, 157

and “The Method,” 261–62, 266, 297, 301, 368

Adam’s Rib (film), 31, 32

Adler, Stella, 262, 265

Adventures of Errol Flynn, The (documentary)

and Flynn, Deirdre, 381–82

and Flynn, Pat, 378–81, 386–88

and Flynn, Rory, 377, 378

interviews, 382–86

memorabilia, 380

premier party, 388

proposal, 377

See also Flynn, Errol

Adventures of Robin Hood, The (film), 386

African Queen, The (film), 36, 100

All About Bette (documentary), 248

All About Eve (film), 248

All About Me. See Katharine Hepburn: All About Me

Allen, Herbert, 341

All My Sons (play), 368

American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA), 122, 123–26, 140. See also Spencer Tracy Legacy, Broadway premier

American Federation of Musicians, 165

American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut, 33–34

Annenberg, Leonore, 345

Arledge, Roone, 60

Arthur, Jean, 342, 345, 351, 354

Arzner, Dorothy, 113

Astaire, Adele, 17–20, 20

Astaire, Fred

and Adele, 17, 18, 19–20

in “Bojangles of Harlem,” 23, 23n

contracts with RKO and excerpts from his movies, 13

and Hayworth, 343, 352

and Rogers, 15, 17–18

See also entries beginning with “Fred Astaire”

Astaire, Robin Smith, 277–80

ATV internship (DH), 5, 5n

Autman, Lynne, 256

Awake and Sing (play), 267, 268

Ayres, Lew, 326

Bacall, Lauren, 37, 250, 254

and Bacall On Bogart, 252–57

biographical information, 251, 257–58

and Heeley and Kramer, 258–59

and Hepburn, 252

and Sinatra, 257

Starring Katharine Hepburn interview, 36

Bacall on Bogart (documentary), 251, 252–57, 258, 259

Bacall in, 252–57

Emmy nomination, 258

graduation picture, 259

premier, 258

proposal and backing, 251

Ball, Lucille, 201, 237

Bancroft, Anne, 297

Barry, Michael, 315, 319, 321–22

Barry, Philip, 31, 321

Basinger, Jeanine, 214

Battler, The (film), 54–55, 60

BBC (DH), 5

bead gown in “Let’s Face the Music and Dance,” 17–18

Beatty, Warren, 272

Begelman, David, 32

belt story, Reagan’s, 197–98

Benny, Jack, 237, 391

Berliner, Alan, 271

Berlin, Irving, 391

Berman, Pandro, 17, 28, 32, 34, 34

Bernard, Joseph, 364

Bernstein, Leonard, 132, 133

bicycle scene in Katharine Hepburn, 318, 319

Bigger, Michal, 77, 99

Bill of Divorcement, A (film), 37–38

Black, Michael, 11, 14, 243–44, 245, 248

Blanco, Maria, 341

Board, Elizabeth, 192, 194

Bogart, Humphrey, 251, 369. See also Bacall on Bogart

Bogart, Steve, 253

Bogdanovich, Peter, 272

“Bojangles of Harlem” (Astaire dance), 23, 23n

Boy Scouts (DH), 4

Brando, Marlon, 60, 61, 262, 272

Brand, Phoebe, 263, 273, 364, 371, 371–72

Brandy (singer), 348

Breaking Point, The (film), 370

Brentwood home, Los Angeles, 298, 301

Broadway’s Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (documentary)

Awake and Sing, 267, 268

and Chinoy, 268

clips from member screen tests, 272

credits, 272

Emmy Award and celebration party, 273–74, 275

funding, 263, 265

interviews, 263–66, 266–68

and Woodward, 261, 263, 268–72, 273

See also Group Theatre, The

Burns, George, 17, 237, 391

Burton, Kate, 270, 270

Burton, Richard, 94

bushbaby, Stewart’s story about, 230–31

canoe scene in Katharine Hepburn, 318

Cansino, Margarita, 343. See also Hayworth, Rita

Capra, Frank, 214, 342, 345

Carmen (film), 59

Carnovsky, Morris, 263, 267, 268, 273

Carson, Johnny, 172, 181, 209, 212, 216, 222, 225, 226, 241

and Benny, 237

biographical information, 214–15

and florists, 223–24

and Fonda, Henry, 236

and Gray, 222, 222

and Heeley and Kramer, 235–37, 240

home of, 178, 178

and Hope or Burns, 237

as James Stewart host, 176–77, 217–23

James Stewart interview, 208–15, 209

at James Stewart special screening, 227, 228

and Stewart, 205, 207

Casablanca (film), 369

Cash, Johnny, 391

Cavett, Dick, 2–3, 6, 6, 132, 139, 392

CBS, 68, 157–58, 161, 162

Chamberlin, Mark, 321

Change Partners and Dance, 157, 159. See also Fred Astaire (documentaries)

Chase, Barrie, 14, 19–20, 20

Chase, Mary, 213

“Cheek to Cheek” (Astaire and Rogers dance), 17

Cheyenne Social Club, The (film), 211

Chinoy, Helen Krich, 268

Christopher Strong (film), 113

Citron, Herman, 174, 175–76, 228

Clark, Dick, 68

Clift, Montgomery, 71

Clinton, Bill, 356–59, 361

Close, Annie, 347–48

Close, Glenn, 324, 345–48, 346, 348

Clurman, Harold, 262, 265

Cohen, Betty, 296, 300

Cohn, Harry, 341, 342–45

Columbia Pictures, 341, 342–45. See also Lady With the Torch

Columbia Records, New York City, 346

Comden, Betty, 129, 133

Communist witch-hunts, 266–67, 364, 372–73

Conan the Barbarian (film), 326

Cooper, Gary, 203

Coppolo, Michael, 364, 372

corporate entities, portraying, 325–26, 342, 349

Cover Girl (film), 343

Cowan, Warren, 52, 56, 64

Crawford, Cheryl, 262, 263

Crispen, Elaine, 191, 192, 193

Cromwell, James, 364

Cromwell, John, 372

Cronyn, Hume, 364

Cukor, George

and Hepburn, Katharine, 109–10, 310

and Starring Katharine Hepburn, 28–29, 30–31, 32, 36, 46, 318

Culver City lot, MGM, 78–79, 106–13, 107–8, 108

Curry, John, 8, 9

Custom of the Country, The (Wharton), 392

Dallas (TV series), 222, 222–23

Damita, Lili, 381, 386, 388

Damsel in Distress, A (film), 17

Davis, Bette, 242, 243–48, 354

DeCapite, Raymond, 49

de Havilland, Olivia, 383–86

Destry Rides Again (film), 239

Devil at Four O’Clock, The (film), 86–87

Devillier, Ron, 27–28, 50–51

Dial, The (WNET magazine), 44

Dick Cavett Show, The (TV program), 2–3, 6, 6, 11, 12, 245, 392

Dieterle, William, 343

Dietrich, Marlene, 239, 391

Directors Guild, 113, 165

Don’t Tell Dad (Fonda), 294

Downs, Hugh, 52, 56, 57, 58, 61

Dretzin, Rachel, 271

Dreyfuss, Richard, 324, 333, 335, 337, 368

about actors, ix

and Flynn, 382

and Garfield, 364, 368–69

Lady With the Torch interview, 345

as The Universal Story host, 332–36

Dunaway, Faye, 272

Dunne, Irene, 345

Easy Rider (film), 324

Eber, Jose, 94

Eddington, Nora, 381, 388

Education of Max Bickford, The (TV series), 369

Emmy Awards

Bacall on Bogart nomination, 258

Beverly Hills Hotel stay, 145–50

for Broadway’s Dreamers, 273–74, 275

for Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance, 157, 159

Fred Astaire nomination, 155

invitation, 144, 145

James Stewart nomination, 229

Katharine Hepburn: All About Me nomination, 322

nomination for Fred Astaire documentaries, 338

preparing for and getting to, 151–54

Screen Actors Guild strike, 157

Spencer Tracy Legacy writing and directing awards, 154, 154

Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 43–44

Farmer, Virginia, 266

Father of the Bride (film), 91

Father’s Little Dividend (film), 91

feather gown in “Cheek to Cheek,” 17

Feltenstein, George, 383

Fenwick, Connecticut, 310–11, 313–20, 322–23

Fervent Years, The (Clurman), 262

Flynn, Arnella, 376, 381

Flynn, Deirdre, 379, 381–82, 386

Flynn, Errol, 375, 376, 377, 380, 385–87

biographical information, 377, 380, 385–87

and Heeley and Kramer, 376

See also Broadway’s Dreamers

Hampton, Christopher, 392

Hanks, Tom, 358

Harding, Laura, 37, 44

Harris, Barbara, 42

Harris, Julie, 272

Harry and Son (film), 49, 51

Harvey (Chase), 213

Harvey (film), 212–13

Harvey sketches by James Stewart, 235, 235–36

Harvey, Tony, 38–39

Haymes, Dick, 344

Hayworth, Rita, 23, 342, 343–44, 345, 391

HBO, 68, 108, 340–41

HD, shooting in, 347

Healy, Ted, 204–5

Heeley, David “DH,” 159, 331, 394

about, ix, 4, 392–93

with Bacall, 250

with Berman, 34

biographical information, 4–5, 4n, 7

with Carnovsky, 267

and Carson, 225, 235–37, 240

and Davis, 245–48

Emmy Awards, 154, 154, 159, 165

with Flynn, Pat, 389

with Fonda, Henry, 290

and Fonda, Jane, 299, 300, 304, 305, 307

with Garfield, Julie, 362

with Glover, 364

with Group Theatre members, 260

and Hepburn, Audrey, 285, 286–87, 287

and Hepburn, Katharine, 28–30, 45–46, 96, 119–20, 139, 141–42, 143, 315

and Kramer “stealing” from Sinatra’s house, 86–87

with Luft, Lorna, 163

and Newman, 58–59, 61, 62

and pre-release screenings, 228

and Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, 188, 189

with Robbins, 25

and Rogers, 15, 16

and Spencer Tracy Legacy’s Broadway premier, 132–33

with Stewart, James and Gloria, 200

and Wasserman, 352–54, 360–61, 361

and Woodward, 58–59, 61, 62, 65, 267

Heffernan, John, 362

Hepburn, Audrey, 276, 281–85, 286–87, 287

Hepburn, Katharine, 26, 47, 96, 111, 143, 187, 308, 313, 315, 323

Arzner tribute, 113

and Bacall, 252

and Barrymore, 37–38

Berman on working with, 34

biographical information, 27, 75, 104–5, 113, 316, 322–23

and Clurman/The Group Theatre, 266

Cukor on working with, 36

Fenwick, Connecticut, home, 310–11, 313–20, 322–23

and Fonda, Henry, 291

and Fonda, Jane, 33, 296–97, 305, 307, 309–10

Fonda on Fonda interview, 298

and Gow, 38–39, 40

and Harvey, 38, 39

and Heeley, 28–30, 96, 119–20, 139, 141–42, 143, 315

home movies, 310

and Jackson, 183–87

and Kramer, 67, 96, 118–20, 124–26, 127, 131–32, 139–40, 141–42, 143, 266, 317

and Kramer and Heeley, 45–46

The Lion in Winter with hair down, 38–39

on Long Day’s Journey Into Night, 42

and Mayer’s office at MGM, 109–10

and mirrors on site, 100

on motherhood, 296–97

and O’Toole, 40–41

on part selection, 33–34

Pledge spot for PBS, 113

and raspberry stain on sofa, 74–75

reporters asking questions at MGM lot, 107–8, 108

and Rooney, 83

and Selznick, 130

in Shakespeare, 33–34

and Sinatra, 83, 137

and Spencer Tracy Legacy, 67–68, 69, 76–79

and Spencer Tracy Legacy interviewees, 83, 89, 92–93

and Stewart, 183, 186

and Taylor, 92–93, 95

and Tracy, 95, 112–13, 115, 117, 121, 291

WNET donation, 45

See also Katharine Hepburn: All About Me; Starring Katharine Hepburn; entries beginning with “Spencer Tracy Legacy”

Hepburn Reconsidered (Lawrenson), 44

Hepburn, Thomas, 316

He Ran All the Way (film), 364

High Definition, shooting in, 347

Hitchcock, Alfred, 214

Hitchcock clips and James Stewart documentary, 175–76

Hoffman, Dustin, 263, 345

Holden, William, 345

Holliday, Judy, 342

Hollywood

Beverly Hills Hotel, 145–50

and Communist witch-hunts, 266–67, 364, 372–73

film studios in, 337n

with Hepburn as tour guide, 77

Rooney on, 88

See also actors

Hope, Bob, 237

Hopper, Dennis, 345

Houghton, Katharine, 184

Houseman, John, 32, 33–34

House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 266–67, 364, 372–73

Howard, Ron, 297

Humoresque (film), 366–67

Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (film), 36

Hurok, Sol, 391

Hustler, The (film), 60

Huston, Walter, 195

Hyman, Dick, 273

“I’m Old Fashioned” (Astaire and Hayworth dance), 23, 24–25

Intercontinental Hotel, Geneva, Switzerland, 283

Iran-Contra scandal, 199

Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 286

Iselin, Jay, 44

It Happened One Night (film), 342

Jackson, Michael, 183–87

Jamaica, 378–81

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (documentary)

Carson and Stewart reminiscing about, 239

Carson as host/narrator, 176–77, 178–80, 217–23

filming at Universal backlot, 207–15, 209

graduation picture, 215

Hepburn interview, 183, 186

and Hitchcock clips, 175–76

publicity and honors, 227–29, 236

and Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, 173, 174, 189–99

and Stewart, 173–74, 202–5, 207

Jansen, Gail, 7

Jaws (film), 324, 335

“Jaws Lake,” Universal lot, 335

Jilly, New York City, New York, 81–82

Jimmy Stewart Show, The (TV series), 206

John Curry: Dance on Ice episode (Skyline), 8, 9

John Garfield Story, The (documentary), 362

The Films of John Garfield book, 374

and Garfield, Julie, 365–67

idea for, 363

information gathering, 365–67, 372

interviews, 364–65, 367–72

premier, 373, 375

See also Garfield, John

John Paul, Pope, 355

Joseph and His Brethren (film), 343–44

Judy (Frank), 167

Judy Garland Show, The (TV special and series), 161, 164–65, 165, 167

Judy Garland: The Concert Years (documentary), 161–65, 165

Jurassic Park (film), 333

Kane, Peter, 32

Kanin, Garson, 70, 71–72

Kanter, Hal, 206

Kaplan, Andy, 340

Karloff, Boris, 326

Karolewski, Debbie, 300–301

Karsch, Tom, 363

Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (documentary)

awards, 322

and Bacall’s home movies, 259

canoe and bicycle scenes, 318, 319

and Fenwick, Connecticut, home, 310–11, 313–20, 322–23

and Fonda, Jane, 305, 307, 309

golf cart scene, 318–20

Hepburn on being fascinating, 27

idea for, 305, 307, 309

laundry scene, 314–16

and New York townhouse, 312, 312, 320–21

publicity, 322

screenings, 322

See also Hepburn, Katharine

Kazan, Elia “Gadge,” 262, 266–68, 267, 273

Keitel, Harvey, 364, 367

Kelly, Gene, 343, 391

Kennedy, Caroline, 170–71

Kennedy, Edward, 169–70

Kennedy, John F., 167–71, 171

Kennedy, Robert F. “Bobby,” 258–59

Keyes, Evelyn, 345

Khan, Prince Aly, 343

Khan, Princess Aga, 343

kinescopes, 53

Klenck, Margaret, 270

Kohner, Susan, 326

Kramer, Joan “JK,” 331, 394

about, ix, 3–4, 392–93

with Berman, 34

Beverly Hills Hotel room complication, 146–49

biographical information, 1–2

and Carson, 178, 225, 235–37, 240

and Cavett, 2–3, 6, 6

Chinese Sex Kit, 149–51

and Cowan, 52, 56

and Davis, 245–48

with Dreyfuss, 337

flu in London, 40, 41

with Flynn, Pat, 389

with Fonda, Henry, 288

and Fonda, Jane, 33, 299, 300, 305, 307

with Garfield, Julie, 362

with Glover, 364

and Hepburn, Audrey, 285, 286–87, 287

and Hepburn, Katharine, 45–46, 67, 96, 118–20, 124–26, 127, 131–32, 139–40, 141–42, 143, 266, 317

with Lufts, 163, 165

with Miller and Heeley, 154

and Neal, 370, 370–71

and Newman, 58–59, 61–64, 62

and Nureyev, 11–12, 12

and Onassis, 168–69, 171

and paper towels, 85, 86–88, 199

and pre-release screenings, 228

and Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, 188, 189

“stealing” from Sinatra’s house, 85, 86–87, 89

with Stewart, 213

with Stewart and Carson, 181

with Stewart, James and Gloria, 200

and Wasserman, 352–54, 360–61, 361

and Woodward, 12, 12n, 49, 57, 58–59, 61–64, 62, 65

See also Emmy Awards

Kramer, Stanley, 129, 133, 135, 139

Kroll, Lucy, 54, 55

Lady With the Torch, The (documentary)

Close as host, 345–48, 346, 348

contract and funding, 340–41

decisions about how to portray corporate entities, 325–26, 342

graduation picture, 349

information gathering, 341–44, 345

premier and publicity, 349

proposal from Columbia, 338–40

Laemmle, Carl, 325, 333–34

Laughton, Charles, 36

laundry scene in Katharine Hepburn, 314–16

Lawrenson, Helen, 44

Lawson, Steve, 271

Lean, David, 345

Lemmon, Jack, 342, 344, 345

Lesser, Su, 338–39, 341–42

“Let’s Face the Music and Dance” (Astaire and Rogers dance), 17–18

Lewis, Robert “Bobby,” 266, 268

licensing rights for clips, 31, 68

Lincoln, Evelyn, 170

Lion in Winter, The (film), 38–39

Live from Lincoln Center (JK), 6

Lloyd, Norman, 364

Long Day’s Journey Into Night (film), 42

Lost King, A (DeCapite), 49

Luft, Joe, 163

Luft, Lorna, 163, 163, 164, 165, 375

Luft, Sid, 161–62, 164, 165

Lumet, Sidney, 298

MacNeil, Robert “Robin,” 6

Madison Square Garden, Jackson concert at, 185–86

Majestic Theatre, New York City, 126, 129. See also Spencer Tracy Legacy, Broadway premier

Malkames, Rich, 260

Mankiewicz, Joseph L., 70, 71, 112–13

Mann, Anthony, 214

Marina Bay Resort, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 50

Martin, Dean, 99

Martin, Dewey, 60

Martins, Peter, 9

Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (JK), 2

Masquers Club honoring of Ginger Rogers, 15

Matthau, Walter, 272

Mayer, Louis B., 109–10, 354

Mayer, Pauline, 343

Mayer, Roger

and Bacall On Bogart, 251, 252

biographical information, 251n

black-tie event at UCLA, 305

and de Havilland, 383, 384

and Fred Astaire Songbook, 278, 280

on Joseph and His Brethren, 343

MCA/Universal, 351–52. See also Universal McDermott, Dylan, 270

McFadden, Cynthia, 114–15

Meese, Ursula, 60

Meisner, Sandford “Sandy,” 262, 263–64, 264

“Method, The” for acting, 261–62, 266, 297, 301, 368

MGM

Columbia compared to, 342

Culver City lot, 78–79, 106–13, 107–8, 108

Gerber’s office, 110–11

Hepburn’s return the day after shooting the Spencer Tracy Legacy, 114–15

and James Stewart clips, 176–77

James Stewart filming of Carson at, 219–23

Mayer’s office, 109–10

and The Philadelphia Story clips, 31–32

reporters at MGM lot, 107–8, 108

and Spencer Tracy Legacy, 68, 69, 72, 76

Thalberg building roof, 111, 111–12

Miller, John, 72, 97, 145, 154, 154

Minnelli, Liza, 163, 167–68

Mitchell, Cynthia “Cindy,” 98, 139, 191, 220, 366

Monroe, Marilyn, 261, 342

Moore, Mary Tyler, 326

Mourning Becomes Electra (play and film), 109–10, 109n

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (film), 198

Murdoch, Rupert, 356–57

My Fair Lady (film), 285

National Endowment for the Arts, 263

Nature (TV program), 69, 229–30

Naughton, James, 270, 270

NBC, 19, 68, 177

Neal, Patricia, 364, 370, 370–71

Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City, 272

Nelson, Ruth, 260, 263, 268, 273

New Kind of Love, A (film), 60

Newman, Paul, 48, 51, 57, 62, 270

and Broadway’s Dreamers, 269, 270

comparing himself to Brando, 60, 61

Fonda on Fonda preliminary interview, 297

and Kramer, 62–64

and Kramer and Heeley, 58–59, 61

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward interviews, 56, 58, 59

studying acting, 261, 262

and Williamstown Tribute to The Group Theatre, 270

and Woodward, 56

See also Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward; Woodward, Joanne

New York City Ballet, 262

New York Times, The, 258

Novak, Kim, 342, 345

Nureyev, Rudolf, 8, 11–12, 12, 21

O’Connor, John J., 277

Odets, Clifford, 265

off-stage wounds, 369, 382–83

“Oh, You Beautiful Doll” (Astaire and Chase duet), 14

Onassis, Jacqueline, 168–69, 171

On Golden Pond (film), 33, 183–84, 289, 292

O’Toole, Peter, 38, 39–41

“Over the Rainbow” (song), 162, 164–65, 168–71

Page, George

and Astaire, 12–13

and Emmy Awards, 145, 146, 147, 151–52, 159

passing out at Chasen’s restaurant, 155–56

and Spencer Tracy Legacy, 69, 83–84

and star profiles, 28

and Venza, 156–57

Painten, Mary Bell, 96, 98, 345

Pal Joey (film), 345

Pan, Hermes, 21

paper towels, 85, 86–88, 89, 199

Paris, George, 78, 114, 145, 146

Pat and Mike (film), 97, 99, 318

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward (documentary)

and 20/20, 51–52

and Downs, 56, 58

editing, 59

filming in Connecticut, 59

Newman interviews, 56, 58, 59

and PBS, 49, 50–51, 52

Penn interview, 55–56

research for, 52–55

Screen Actors Guild’s permissions requirement, 60

Vidal interview, 55

and Walters’s segment on the same 20/20 program, 60–61

Woodward interviews, 56, 58, 59

PBS

and Fred Astaire documentaries, 24, 27

funding for Skyline, 13

and Grant, 391

Katharine Hepburn funding, 28

and Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, 49, 50–51, 52

Pledge Weeks, 13, 13n, 113

Skyline funding, 13

and Spencer Tracy Legacy, 140–41

turning down Grant and Fonda, Henry, profiles, 49

See also WNET

Peck, Gregory, 326, 345

Penn, Arthur, 54, 55–56

Perry, Joan, 345

Pfeiffer, Michelle, 392

Phantom of the Opera, The (film), 334

Phffft (film), 345

Philadelphia Story, The (film), 31–32, 36, 71

Piaf, Edith, 13

Pickford, Mary, 326

Picnic (film), 345

Pledge Weeks on PBS, 13, 13n, 113

Plunkett, Walter, 35–36

Poitier, Sidney, 70, 129, 133, 135, 139, 140

Pollack, Sydney, 272

Port Antonio, Jamaica, 378–81

Powers, Dave, 170, 171

P.S. 45 School, Bronx, 372

Psacharopoulos, Nikos, 270

Public Service Announcement, Taylor in, 94

Puttin’ On His Top Hat. See Fred Astaire (documentaries)

pythons, 229–30

Quinn, Anthony, 345

Rainier, Luise, 265

Rampal, Jean-Pierre, 7

Reagan, Nancy, 191–92, 195

Reagan, Ronald, and Iran-Contra scandal, 199

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, and James Stewart, 173, 174, 188, 189–91, 192–99, 203

Rear Window (film), 176

Reiner, Rob, 298, 302

Richardson, Ralph, 41–42

Ritt, Martin, 266

Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles, California, 77, 97–103

Rizzo, Jilly, 81–83

Robards, Jason, Jr., 257–58

Robbins, Jerome, 24–25, 25

Rocky Mountain (film), 386–87

Rogers, Ginger, 15–18, 16

Rooney, Mickey, 70, 83

Rooster Cogburn (film), 76

Ross, Hal, 251–52

Rothman, Frank, 109–10

Rush, Barbara, 56

Ryan, Frederick J. “Fred,” 190, 192

Sagansky, Jeff, 339, 339n, 341

Salsa! episode (Skyline with Beverly Sills), x

Sassa, Scott, 293

Schindler’s List (film), 329–30

Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 326

Screen Actors Guild, 45, 60, 157

Selznick, Irene, 130–31

Sermak, Kathryn, 243–44, 246, 247–48

Shapiro, Anita, 340

Sharaf, John, 96, 98

Sheinberg, Sidney, 326–27, 330, 331, 332, 353

Show Boat (film), 333–34

Shump, Don, 98–99, 104

Sidney, Sylvia, 263, 264, 265

Sills, Beverly, x

Sinatra, Frank

and Bacall, 257

contacting, 81–84

home of, 84–86

Spencer Tracy Legacy interview, 70, 86–87

and Spencer Tracy Legacy’s Broadway premier, 129, 134–36, 136, 137

and Wasserman, 354–55

Skelton, Red, 342

Skyline (WNET program), 8, 9, 12, 13

Skyline with Beverly Sills, x, 8

Slave Dancer, The (Fox), 392

Smith, Blaine, 73–75

Smith, Ludlow Ogden “Luddy,” 310

Somebody Up There Likes Me (film), 59

Sondheim, Stephen, 313

Sony Christmas party, 349

Sony Pictures, Culver City, 339–40. See also Columbia Pictures

Speed (film), 205

Spencer Tracy Award scholarship, 128

Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (documentary)

funding for, 68–69, 124

“Graduation picture,” 114

Hepburn’s letter to Spence, 115, 117, 121

Hepburn’s on-camera interview for, 74

Hepburn’s proposal and agreement to host, 67–68, 69

Hepburn’s second thoughts about title and “host” role, 118–20

interviewees, 70–72

MGM lot, 106–13

premiere, 140–41

preparation for, 69–70

publicity for, 115–16, 118, 122, 128

Riviera Country Club scene, 97–103

Rooney interview, 88

Sinatra interview, 86–87

success of, 141

Taylor interview, 91, 92–93, 94–95

Tracy, Susie, filming at home of, 104

Spencer Tracy Legacy, Broadway premier, 122

and AADA, 124–26

after-show party at Hepburn’s townhouse, 139

event night, 132–39, 133, 136, 137

event production details, 128–32

and Hepburn, 124–26, 128–32, 133–34, 136–38, 137

Hepburn on success of, 140

and Kramer, Stanley, 129, 133, 135

legal aspects of, 126–28

and Sinatra, 134–36, 136

stars for, 128–29

Tracy, Susie, on night of, 134, 138

and Wagner, 128–29, 133, 135, 138

writing team, 129

Spencer Tracy Legacy, Hepburn’s performance

filming, 116, 117

Hepburn’s nervousness, 104

looking into the camera, 97–98, 104

meeting Tracy for the first time, 112–13

MGM lot, Culver City, 106–7, 111–13

protection interview, 72–73, 97

and radio mic, 101, 104, 106–7

at Riviera Country Club, 103–4

and teleprompter, 102–3, 116

Thalberg building roof, 111, 111–12

Spielberg, Steven, 326, 328–30, 358

Stallone, Sylvester, parking space at MGM, 79

Stapleton, Maureen, 272

Star Is Born, A (film), 161

Stark, Ray, 341, 345

Starring Katherine Hepburn (documentary)

and Bacall, 36, 259

behind-the-scenes footage of Hepburn, 35–36

Berman interview, 34

Cukor interview, 36

Fairbanks as narrator, 43–44

Fonda, Jane, interview, 33, 44

Grant interview, 42–43, 44

Harding interview, 37

Harvey interview, 38–39

Hepburn in, 27

Houseman interview, 33–34

O’Toole interview, 40–41

Plunkett interview, 35–36

post-airing note to Kramer and Heeley, 45

Richardson interview, 41–42

See also Hepburn, Katharine

Starz network, 337, 340–41

Stein, Jules, 351

Stern, Stewart, 269, 271–72

Stewart, Gloria, 200, 203

cancer, 237–38

intruder story, 231–35

and James Stewart, 175, 176, 201, 202–4, 203

and Jimmy, 229–31

and Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, 189, 196–97

Stewart, James “Jimmy,” 172, 181, 200, 206, 212, 213, 226, 241

backing out of James Stewart, 173–75

biographical information, 202, 203–4, 206–7, 214, 238–39

and Emmy Award nomination for James Stewart, 229

and Fonda, Henry, 238

Fonda on Fonda interview, 298

and Gloria, 229–31, 237–38

Harvey sketches, 235, 235–36

home of, 201

intruder story, 231–35

military career, 195, 196

and Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, 195–96

See also James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

St. John, Jill, 139

Stoddard, Eunice, 260, 266, 268

Strasberg, Lee, 261–62

Strauss, John, 231

on death of Gloria Strauss’s son, 204

and Heeley and Kramer, 235–36

and Stewart, James, 173, 174–76, 207, 208, 238

and Stewart’s intruder story, 231–35

Strauss, Renee, 235, 236

Streep, Meryl, 272

Streisand, Barbra, 345, 358, 392

Stripper, The (film), 65

Suddenly Last Summer (film), 71

Tate, Sheila, 191

Taylor, Elizabeth, 90, 91–95, 95

autograph of, 90

home of, 93–94

Spencer Tracy Legacy interview, 91, 92–93, 94–95

Teamster Rep at MGM, 221–22

Tebet, David, 177

Ter-Arutunian, Rouben, 7–8

Three Faces of Eve, The (film), 59

“Three Hats, The” lithograph, 295

TNT

All About Bette, 248

and Fonda on Fonda, 289, 292–93, 299–303, 304

and Katharine Hepburn: All About Me, 305, 307, 310

Tonight Show, The (TV program), 228–28

Too Much Too Soon (film), 387

Top Hat (film), 17

“Top Hat, White Tie and Tails” (Astaire and Rogers dance), 22–23

Tovar, Lupita, 326

Tracy and Hepburn (Kanin), 71

Tracy building, MGM, Culver City, 79

Tracy, Spencer, 66

diary of, 79

hat of, 291, 291–92

Hepburn on anniversary of death of, 141–42

living with Hepburn, 36

meeting Hepburn for the first time, 112–13

scrapbooks of, 96

and Sinatra, 86

and Wagner, 140–41