INDEX

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

A

ABC, 97, 173

Absalom, Absalom! (Faulkner), 104

Academy Awards

actors, 79, 97, 152, 169, 175, 187, 194, 196, 203, 218, 219, 222, 224, 234, 241, 248, 253, 256, 264, 266, 270, 274, 288

actresses, 63, 93, 155, 190, 220, 294, 302

afterparty, 205

director, 135, 179, 207

honorary, 74, 196

host of, 5, 10, 218

juvenile, 190

picture, 44, 58, 80, 142, 178

screenwriter, 88, 90, 140, 147, 159, 207, 278

short subject, 75

Academy of Magical Arts, 252

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 63

Acker, Jean, 5

Actors Studio, 175, 264

Adams, Nick, 302–3

Adler, Buddy, 177, 178

Adler, Lou, 262, 293

Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The, 283

Adventures of Robin Hood, The, 111

African Queen, The, 169, 207, 208, 260

Agua Caliente, 38, 144

Aguirre, Manny, 68

AIDS, 264

Alamo, The, 234

Alaska Yukon Pacific, 51

Alaskan Polar Bear Heater, 269

Alcoholics Anonymous, 125

Alexandra, Czarina, 86, 87

Alexandria Hotel, 10, 36

Algonquin Hotel, 16, 31

Algonquin Round Table, 75, 140

Alive and Kicking, 253

All in the Family, 250

All That Heaven Allows, 264

Allen, Woody, 147

Ali, Muhammad, 252

Almaden Mountain Rhine wine, 229

Altman, Robert, 90, 200, 201, 227

Ambassador Hotel, 7, 10–11, 31, 109

“America’s Sweetheart,” 63

American Gigolo, 74

American Mercury, 207

Anchors Aweigh, 288

Anderson, Margaret, 73

Andrews, Dana, 204

Andrews, Julie, 242

Anhalt, Eddie, 289, 290

Animals, the, 277

Annie Get Your Gun, 191

Apocalypse Now, 256, 258–61

Apollo 13, 10

Apollo Theater, 262

Applejack, 149

Arbuckle, Roscoe “Fatty,” 3–4, 5, 30, 35, 54, 77

Arli, Orhan, 158

Arnaz, Desi, 193

Around the World in 80 Days, 218

Arrowsmith, 180

As I Lay Dying (Faulkner), 104

Asphalt Jungle, The, 200, 208

Astaire, Fred, 122, 127, 273

Asther, Niles, 60

Austin, Gene, 232

aversion therapy, 38

Awful Truth, The, 196

Axmann, Hanna, 228

B

Babes in Toyland, 44

Baby, I Don’t Care (Server), 213

Bacall, Lauren, 74, 88, 172, 220, 226

Bacon, Lloyd, 138

Bad News Bears, The, 247

Badman’s Territory, 230

Baker Hotel, 203–4

Balazs, André, 139

Ball, Lucille, 193

Ballad of Cable Hogue, The, 278

Bank Dick, The, 25

Bankhead, Tallulah, 11, 31, 71–73

Bankhead, William Brockman, 71

“Bard of the Boulevard,” 83

Barefoot Contessa, The, 182

Barker, Lex, 155

Barkleys of Broadway, The, 191

Barrymore, Diana, 6, 8

Barrymore, Drew, 6, 67, 273

Barrymore, Ethel, 6, 86–87

Barrymore, John, 6–9, 11, 14, 30, 39, 67, 77, 83–87, 109, 111, 130, 138–39, 224

Barrymore, Lionel, 6, 8, 86

Beach, Donn, 100

“Beach House, the,” 22–23

Beat the Devil, 185, 209–11

Beatles, the, 97, 220, 288

Beatty, Warren, 189, 298

Beautiful and the Damned, The, 108

Becket, 241–43

Bedford, Duchess of, 259

Beebe, Lucius, 31

Beery, Wallace, 123, 153, 232

Behan, Brendan, 66

Bel-Air, 237

Bell, Alphonzo, 220–21

Bell, Alphonzo, Jr., 221

Bella Vista, 85

Bellevue Hospital, 79

Bells of St. Mary, The, 97

Belushi, John, 139, 293

Ben-Hur, 59, 60

Benchley, Nathaniel, 170

Benchley, Robert, 31, 75–77, 78, 80, 81–82, 95, 138, 150, 170

Bennett, Joan, 42

Bergeron, Victor J., 100, 298

Berkeley, Busby, 134–35

Berlandina, Jane, 193

Berle, Milton, 195

Berlin, Irving, 123, 146

Bern, Paul, 28–30, 120, 145, 275

Bertolucci, Bernardo, 200, 201

Beverly Hills, 73

Beverly Hills Hotel, 73–74, 216, 249, 297

Beverly Hilton, 249, 298

Bickford, Charles, 217

Big Brother and the Holding Company, 277

Big Heat, The, 41, 42

Big Parade, The, 28

Big Red One, The, 270

Big Sleep, The, 67, 88, 90, 104, 106, 169

Big Trail, The, 115–16

Bill of Divorcement, A, 6

Billy Budd, 270

Billy the Kid, 55, 56, 112

Billy the Kid vs. Dracula, 83

Biltmore Hotel, 92

Bimini Baths, 144

Binghampton University, 227, 229

Biograph Films, 32

Biograph Studios, 5, 63

Birth of a Nation, The, 32, 33

bisexuality, 163–64

Bishop, Joey, 226

Biskind, Peter, 239

Black and Tan, 24

Black Dahlia murder case, 232

“Black Helmet, The,” 15

blacklist, 15

Black Velvet, 199

Blitch, Iris, 296

Blob, The, 274

“Blonde Bombshell,” 120–21

Blondie, 277

Bloody Bull, 77

Bloody Mary, 114, 297

“Bloody Sam,” 278

Blue Book, 10

Blue Dahlia, The, 88–90, 132

Blue Laws, L.A.’s, 123

Blue Martini, 42, 43

Blue Velvet, 256, 276

Boardner, Steve, 232–33

Boardner’s, 232–33

Bogart, Humphrey, 20, 30, 88, 90, 95–96, 100, 104, 118, 138, 150, 152, 169–71, 172, 189, 195, 205, 207–11, 226, 227, 228, 260

Bogdanovich, Peter, 280

Boilermaker, 246–47

Bolero, 136

Boleslavski, Richard, 86

Bolkiah, Hassanal, 221

Bond, James, 283–84, 286–87

Bond, Ward, 53

Boom!, 296

Boorman, John, 270–72

Booth, Edwina, 56–57

Born to Kill, 230

Bosworth, Patricia, 176

Bottoms, Sam, 260

bourbon, 104–7

Bourbon Milk Punch, 172

Bourbon Old-Fashioned, 150, 151

Bow, Clara, 12–14, 28, 30, 31, 144

Bowie, David, 97

“Boy Wonder,” 54

Boys in the Back Room, The (Wilson), 48

Boys Town, 223

Boys Town, 152

Brabin, Charles, 86

Brackett, Charles, 78

Brainstorm, 302

Brando, Marlon, 175, 189, 222, 224, 259, 261, 264

Brandstatter, Eddie, 14, 145

Brent, Evelyn, 145

Bridge on the River Kwai, The, 203, 208

Bridges at Toko-Ri, The, 203

Bridges, Jeff, 234

Bright Lights, Big City, 139

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, 278

Bringing Up Baby, 196

Bristol Old Vic, 253

Britt, May, 250

Brood, The, 283

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 19

Brooks, Louise, 15–17, 35, 47, 64, 69, 77

Broome Hall, 284, 285

Brosnan, Pierce, 287

Brown Derby, 39–40, 144, 148

Brown Derby Cocktail, 40

Browne, Jackson, 262

Browning, Tod, 145

Bruce, Lenny, 262

Brunei, Sultan of, 221

Buffalo Springfield, 262, 277

Bukowski, Charles, 67, 77, 233

Bundy Drive Boys, 7, 83–84, 112, 116, 130, 224, 225

Burton, Richard, 130, 241–47, 255, 294–97

Buster Keaton Show, The, 37

Butterfield 8, 294

Butterworth, Charles, 31, 76, 81–82

Byrds, the, 262, 277

C

Cabot, Bruce, 14

Café Trocadero (the Troc), 122–24, 205

Cage, Nicholas, 189

Cagney, Jimmy, 15, 96, 120, 179–80

Caine Mutiny, The, 169, 211

Calder, Laura, 49

Calgary Stampede, 51

Caliente Club, 127

California Suite, 74

Call of the Wild, The, 154

Calvados, 149

Camelot, 242, 246, 253

Camille, 83

camp, 210

Campari & Vodka, 282

“Candy Man, The,” 250

Cannes Film Festival, 253, 261

Cannonball Run, 250

Cape Fear, 212

Capote, Truman, 209–10, 280

Capra, Frank, 119, 136, 157

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, 277

Captain Blood, 111

Captains Courageous, 152

Cardinal, The, 207

Carlin, Lynn, 248

Carpenter, Jean Poe, 121

Carradine, David, 83

Carradine, John, 7, 31, 83–85, 130

Carradine, Keith, 83

Carradine, Robert, 83

Carroll, Gordon, 279

Carson, Johnny, 252

Carver, Raymond, 48, 105

Casa Kimberley, 244

Casablanca, 20, 169

Cassavetes, John, 230, 248–49

Cassel, Seymour, 248

Cat Ballou, 270

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 294

Cavalcade of Stars, The, 194

CBS, 194, 195

Chandler, Charlotte, 41–42, 43

Chandler, Raymond, 67, 88–91

Chaney, Lon, Jr., 173–74, 217, 289

Chaney, Lon, Sr., 173

Chaplin, Charlie, 3, 16, 21, 30, 35, 36, 37, 40, 44, 46–47, 54, 55, 67, 73, 74, 95, 145, 195, 205

Chartreuse, 150

Chasen, Dave, 157–58

Chasen’s, 92, 157–58, 160, 161

Château d’Amboise, 138

Chateau Marmont, 138–39

Cheech & Chong, 262

Chelsea Hotel, 139

Chesty, 179

Chiari, Walter, 186, 187

Chicago Record Herald, 143

Chicago Sun-Times, 251

Child Is Waiting, A, 230, 248

Chinatown, 188, 207, 249

Chinese Americans, 162–65

Chocolate Martini, 265, 266, 295

Christmas in July, 147

Churchill, Marguerite, 116

Churchill, Winston, 22

Ciro’s, 123, 133, 205–6, 303

Cirrhosis-by-the-Sea, 218

Citizen Kane, 18, 21, 23, 33, 89, 140, 141–42, 159–61

Clarkson, Lana, 273

Cleopatra, 158, 241, 294–96

Clift, Montgomery, 139, 175–78, 264, 265, 291, 292, 295

Clooney, George, 273

Clover Club, 146, 153, 252

Club 18, 194

Club Seville, 146, 205

Coach Buttermaker’s Boilermaker, 246

Cobb, Robert, 40

Cobb Salad, 40

Cobra’s Fang, 100

Coburn, James, 279

Coburn, Walt, 51

Cock ’N Bull, 130–31

Cocoanut Grove, 10–11, 31, 53, 129, 144

Cocoanut Grove Cocktail, 11

Cohen, Mickey, 146, 231

Cohn, Harry, 15, 123, 127–29, 138, 141, 146, 177, 178, 251, 252

Colbert, Claudette, 119

Coleman, Dabney, 273

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 21

Colgate Comedy Hour, The, 173

Colors, 256

Columbia Pictures, 15, 117–19, 127–29, 138, 139, 141, 177–78, 196, 204, 208, 251

Columbia Records, 206

Come and Get It, 102

Comedians, The, 296

Comingore, Dorothy, 23

Communism, 200, 206, 234–36

Como, Perry, 193

Confidential, 129, 155, 157, 265

Connery, Sean, 283, 286, 287

Conspirator, 294

Contempt, 41, 222

Conversation, The, 229

Coolidge, Calvin, 22

Cooper, Alice, 277

Cooper, Gary, 115

Copa, 150–51

Coppola, Francis Ford, 200, 201, 229, 256, 258–61, 280

Coquette, 63

Corman, Roger, 258

Cosby Show, The, 250

Cosmopolitan Productions, 22

Count Basie, 288

“Count No ‘Count,” 104

Country Girl, 220

Crack-Up, The, 110

Craig, Daniel, 287

Crane, Cheryl, 155, 301

Crane, Stephen, 155, 300–301

Crane’s Scorpion Bowl, 301

Crawford, Broderick, 131, 217, 289–90

Crawford, Joan, 10, 14, 22, 93–95, 100, 110, 118

Cream, 277

Cronenberg, David, 283

Cronkite, Walter, 195

Crosby, Bing, 10, 18, 97–99, 100, 102, 122

Crossfire, 212

Crowe, Russell, 298

Cruise, Tom, 298

Cugat, Xavier, 205, 232

Curse of the Werewolf, The, 283

Curtis, Tony, 251, 252

D

D’Amore, Filomena, 226

D’Amore, Patsy, 226

Damon, Matt, 298

Dan Tana’s, 272–73, 293

Dancing Lady, 118

Daniels, Billy, 156

Darin, Bobby, 226

da Silva, Howard, 80

Davies, Marion, 14, 15–17, 18–23, 110, 141–45, 220

Davis, Bette, 92, 93

Davis, Nancy, 158

Davis, Sammy, Jr., 10, 11, 205, 250–52, 267, 268

Dawson, Gordon, 279

Day, Doris, 264

Day of the Locust (West), 48

Dead Man, 212

Deadly Companions, The, 278

Deadly Glass of Beer, The, 65–66

Dean, James, 189, 226, 256, 264, 265, 302, 304

Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, 267

Dean Martin Show, The, 267

Decker, John, 6, 7

Defector, The, 175

Defiant Ones, The, 173

de Gaulle, Charles, 258

De Havilland, Olivia, 217

DeMille, Cecil B., 78–80, 83, 225

DeMille, Katherine, 225

Dentist, The, 25

Depp, Johnny, 67, 189

Designing Women, 74

Desilu, 193

Destry Rides Again, 125

Detlie, Elaine, 133

Detlie, John, 133

Devils, The, 283

Devil Thumbs a Ride, The, 230

Diamond, Neil, 262

Diary of a Lost Girl, 15

Dietrich, Marlene, 28, 42–43, 100, 111, 125, 162, 163–64, 221

Dillinger, 230

Dillinger, John, 231

DiMaggio, Joe, 195, 289, 293

Dirty Dozen, The, 248, 270

disclaimer, film and television, 87

Disney, Walt, 164

Divac, Vlade, 273

Divorce His-Divorce Hers, 297

Dolby Theater, 5

Doll’s house, A, 213–14

Dominguín, Luis Miguel, 185

Don Juan, 6

Don Quixote, 160

Don the Beachcomber, 99–100

Doors, the, 277

Dorchester Hotel, 242

Dorsey, Tommy, 288

Dos Passos, John, 108

Double Indemnity, 33, 88

Dougherty, Jack, 30

Dracula, 83

Dragon’s Den, 164–65

Dr. Erlich’s Magic Bullet, 207

Dressler, Marie, 118

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 6

Drown, Joseph, 220, 237

Dr. Strangelove, 200, 201

drugs, illicit, 188, 196, 197, 212, 213, 216, 227, 229, 231, 247, 256, 257, 259, 261, 274–75, 278, 292

Duck Soup, 140

“Duke, the,” 234

Dumas, Alexandre, 283

Dunaway, Faye, 249

Duquette, Felix, 193

Durocher, Leo, 268

Dwan, Allan, 136

Dylan, Bob, 278–79

E

Eagles, the, 74, 262

Earp, Wyatt, 50

Eastside Brewery, 121–22

Eastwood, Clint, 213

Easy Rider, 256

Echols, Ed, 50–51

Eddingon, Nora, 112

Edge of the City, 248

Ed Sullivan Show, The, 241–42, 243

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 235

Eisenstaedt, Alfred, 163

El Morocco, 170, 186

Elysee Hotel, 72

Embassy Club, 145, 146, 252

Emerald Bay Yacht Club, 53

Emery, John, 71

Emmy Awards, 222

“End, The,” 277

Equus, 241

Erickson, Leif, 102, 103

Esgro, Paul, 92

Esquire, 110, 291

Essanay Studios, 143

Evans, Robert, 186–88, 280–81

Everclear, 180, 181

Every Day’s a Holiday, 81

Evicted, 230

F

Faces, 248

Fairbanks, Douglas, 21, 63, 67, 73, 146

Falcon Crest, 155

Falk, Peter, 248

Fame, 230

Family Feud, 250

Fante, John, 47

Farewell My Lovely, 90

Farmer, Frances, 102–3

Farmer’s Market, 226

Farouk, King, 210

Farrow, Mia, 74, 298

Father of the Bride, 152, 294

“Fatty and Mabel,” 54

Faulkner, William, 31, 66, 88, 104–6, 150

FBI, 146, 164

Felix, Prince, 87

Fernández, Emilio “El Indio,” 223

F for Fake, 160

Field, The, 253

Fields, W. C., vii, 7, 25–27, 39, 42, 106, 125–26, 224, 232

Fighter Squadron, 264

Fishbourne, Laurence, 260

Fisher, Eddie, 244, 294, 295

Fitzgerald, Ella, 193

Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 12, 28, 31, 66, 67, 75, 76, 108–10, 130

Fitzgerald, Scottie, 109

Fitzgerald, Zelda, 31, 75, 76, 108–10

Flamingo Hotel, 237

flappers, 55

Fleetwood Mac, 277

Fleming, Ian, 287

Floyd, Mamie, 7

“Flying Luncheons,” 14

Flynn, Errol, 6, 7, 22, 24, 30, 76, 77, 84, 111–14, 130, 138, 186–87, 218, 219, 224–26, 232

Fonda, Henry, 179, 180

Fonda, Jane, 270

Fonda, Peter, 256, 257

Ford, Glenn, 138

Ford, Harrison, 298

Ford, John, 52, 53, 83, 152, 179–81, 182, 218–20, 234

Ford, Mary, 180

“Ford Country,” 179

For Me and My Gal, 190

Formosa Café, 189, 290

Forrest, Frederic, 259–60

Forrest Gump, 10

Foster, David, 280

Foster, Jodie, 298

Four Men and a Prayer, 218, 219

Fowler, Gene, 7, 47, 112

Fox, William, 115

Fox Film Corporation (Fox Studios), 115, 120, 127, 144, 147, 152, 153

Fox Grandeur, 115–16

Frances, 102

Frances Farmer Presents, 102

Francis, Kay, 42

Francis, Lee, 144

Frankenstein vs. Dracula, 173

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, 277

Frederick, Pauline, 3–4

Frederickson, Gray, 259

Fremont, Harry, 232

Freud, Sigmund, 7

From Here to Eternity, 175, 176, 177–78, 288

Frusciante, John, 139

F. Suie One, 164

Fury, 41

G

Gable, Clark, 39, 100, 117–19, 120, 136, 137–38, 175, 189, 291–92

Gantt, Ernest Raymond Beaumont, 99–100

Gantt, Sunny, 100

Garbo, Greta, 28, 29, 30, 71, 77, 139

Garden of Allah, 30–31, 72, 76, 81–82, 138

Gardner, Ava, 178, 182–88, 189, 244, 245, 286, 289, 301

Gardner, Bappie, 183

Garfield, John, 303

Garland, Judy, 10, 134–35, 170, 190–92, 205, 226, 293

Gates, Phyllis, 265, 266

Gazzara, Ben, 248

Geffen, David, 262, 263

Geguzin, Hershel, 95, 96

Gehrig, Lou, 140

General, The, 37

General Hospital, 250

Genina, Augusto, 17

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 65

Gerasimov, Sergei, 235

Germs, 277

Gershwin, George, 134

Gershwin, Ira, 134

Getaway, The, 274, 278, 280–81

Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The, 302

Ghost of Frankenstein, 174

Giancana, Sam, 251

Giant, 256, 264–66, 295

Gielgud, John, 242

Gilbert, John, 22, 28–30, 110

Gilda, 127

Gimlet, 90, 91

Girl Crazy, 134–35

“Girl with the Golden Curls,” 63

Gish, Lillian, 30, 32

Gladiator, 253, 283

Glass Key, The, 132

Gleason, Jackie, 194–95, 268

Glenville, Peter, 243

Gloria, 230

Go Down, Moses (Faulkner), 104

go-go dancing graze, 277

Godard, Jean-Luc, 41, 222, 227

Goddard, Paulette, 205

Godfather, The, 178, 188, 200, 280

Going Hollywood, 18

Going My Way, 97

Golden Boy, 103

Golden Globes, 10, 298

Gold Rush, The, 46–47

Goldwyn, Frances, 32, 33

Goldwyn, Samuel, 32–34, 55, 109, 122, 146

Goldwyn Studios, 189

Gone with the Wind, 33, 104, 117, 213

Good Earth, The, 162

Goodman, Ezra, 33–34

Goodrich, Francis, 81

Gould, Elliot, 90

Gould, Joie, 281

Graduate, The, 10

Graham, Sheilah, 76, 110

Grahame, Gloria, 42, 217, 228

Grand Hotel, 6, 93

Grand Illusion, 62

Grant, Cary, 22, 60, 127, 196–99, 205, 220, 252, 277

Grapes of Wrath, The, 83, 105, 179

Grateful Dead, 11

Grauman, Sid, 40, 123, 145

Grauman’s Chinese Theater, 116

Graves Gin, 121

Great Caruso, The, 191

Great Escape, The, 274

Great Gatsby, The, 108

“Great Lover, The,” 28, 29

Great McGinty, The, 147, 148

“Great Profile, The,” 7

“Great Stone Face,” 37

Green, Burton, 73

Green Berets, The, 234

Greenstreet, Sidney, 164

Gregory, Paul, 214

Grey, Lita, 47

Greyhound, 192

Grieve, Harold, 122

Griffin, Merv, 10

Griffith, D. W., 5, 32–34, 63, 77

Group Theatre, 103

Guardian, 286

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?, 152

Guinness, 24

Gulf + Western, 74

Gunk, 286

Guns N’ Roses, 263, 293

Guns of Navarone, The, 253

Gurdin, Maria “Mud,” 302, 303

Gypsy, 302

H

Hackett, Albert, 81

Hadley, Dave, 232

Hail the Conquering Hero, 147

Haines, William, 60

Hale, Georgia, 47

Half and Half, 24

Hamlet, 6, 7, 84, 242

Hammer Films, 283

Hammett, Dashiell, 66, 90, 207

Hampshire House, 213–14

hangover cures, 77, 78

Happy Land, 302

Harakiri, 41

hard-boiled detectives, 90–91

Hardy, Oliver, 44, 120

Harlow, Jean, 59–60, 110, 120–22, 155, 275, 303

Harpur College, 229

Harris, Phil, 232

Harris, Richard, 249, 253–55

Harrison, George, 220

Harry Potter films, 253

Harvard Lampoon, The, 75

Hatrick, Gloria, 158

Hawks, Howard, 41, 88, 102, 104–6, 107, 127, 136

Hayden, Sterling, 200–202, 204

Haymes, Dick, 128–29

Hays Code, 125

Hayward, Leland, 180

Hayworth, Rita, 127–29, 155, 159, 182, 251, 301

HBO, 258

Hearst, William Randolph, 15–24, 39, 60–61, 141–42, 143, 206, 220

Hearst family, 23

Heart of Darkness (Conrad), 259

Hearts of Darkness, 261

Hecht, Ben, 66, 109, 141

Hellman, Lillian, 66, 77

Hellraisers, (Sellers), 242

Hell’s Angels, 120

Hemingway, Ernest, 66, 105, 108, 184–88

Hendry, Whitey, 153

Henry IV, Part 1, 241

Hepburn, Katharine, 152, 260

Hershey, Almira, 5

High Noon, 173, 178, 217

High Sierra, 111, 169, 207

Highsmith, Patricia, 88

Hill, James, 128

Hill Street Blues, 230

Hilton, Conrad “Nicky,” 237, 294, 295, 298

Hilton Hotels, 298

Hitchcock, Alfred, 41, 42, 71, 88, 136, 158, 196

Hitler, Adolf, 117

Hoffa, 10

Holden, William, 132–34, 138, 203–4

Hollywood Athletic Club, 52–53

Hollywood Bowl, 172, 191

Hollywood Hotel, 4–5, 73

Hollywood Reporter, 122–23, 124, 205

Holman, Libby, 176

Holmby Hills Rat Pack, 170

homosexuality, 60–61, 82, 196, 197, 232, 242, 264–66

Honeymooners, The, 194

Hoosiers, 256

Hoover, Herbert, 115, 137

Hope, Bob, 21, 158

Hopkins, Miriam, 42

Hopper, Dennis, 256–61, 276, 302–4

Hopper, Hedda, 39–40, 111, 143, 225

Horizon Pictures, 208

Horn, Alfred, 56

Hornblow, Arthur, 193

Horse Feathers, 140

Hotel Bel-Air, 139, 220–21

Hotel California, 74

Hotel Palumbo, 210

Hotel St. Francis, 35

Houdini Séances, 252

House I Live In, The, 206

Houseman, John, 88–90, 159–61, 227

House of Dracula, 83

House of Frankenstein, 83

House Un-American Activities Committee, 103, 200, 206, 288

How Green Was My Valley, 142, 179

How to Sleep, 75

Howard, Robert, 25

Howard, Trevor, 215

Hudson, Rock, 264–66, 295

Hughes, Howard, 59, 61, 74, 120–21, 139, 146, 147, 150, 182, 220

Hunchback of Notre Dame, The, 173

Hunter, Tab, 265

Hunter, The, 274

Hunter, The (Stark), 271

Hustler, The, 194

Huston, Anjelica, 75

Huston, John, 169, 200, 207–11, 244, 291, 292

Huston, Walter, 122, 207

Huxley, Aldous, 66, 198

I

Ibsen, Henrik, 213, 214

“I Don’t Care Girl,” 54

“I Got Rhythm,” 134–35

I, in the Membership of My Days (Harris), 253

I Love Lucy, 193

Imitation of Life, 155

I’m No Angel, 196

In a Lonely Place, 227, 228

Informer, The, 179, 219

Inherit the Wind, 152

“In like Flynn,” 111

In Old California, 32

Intolerance, 32

Irina, Princess, 87

Irma, the phantom pianist, 252

It, 12

“It Girl,” 12

It Happened One Night, 117–19, 136

It’s All True, 159

I wanted Wings, 132, 133

J

Jack Daniel’s, 297

Jack’s at the Beach, 271

Jackson, Michael, 221

James, Harry, 288

Jarmusch, Jim, 212, 227, 228

Jaws, 284

Jazz Age, 108, 109

Jazz Singer, The, 138

Jefferson Airplane, 277

Jeffersons, The, 250

Jensen, Richard, 51

“Jersey Lightning,” 149

Jobim, Antonio Carlos, 288

John, Elton, 262, 293

Johnny Guitar, 200, 201, 227, 228

Johnson, Lyndon, 277

Johnson, Nunnally, 105–6

Jolson, Al, 138

Jones, Grover, 125–26

Jones, James, 177

Jones, Jennifer, 209, 210

Joseph and His Brethren, 128–29

Judaism, 250

Judge, Arline, 156

Judgment at Nuremberg, 175, 190

Judith of Bethulia, 32

Julius Caesar, 159

Jung, Vince, 189

Jungle Fever, 224

Jungle Warriors, 257

Junior Bonner, 278, 280

K

Karayan, Ed, 263

Kaufman, George S., 31

Kazan, Elia, 224, 227

Keaton, Buster, 4, 37–39, 100

Keeley Institute, 38

Keith, Brian, 278

Keller, Jack, 183

Kelly, Gene, 127, 190, 288

Kelly, Grace, 118, 220

Kendall, Donald, 95

Kennedy, John F., 258

Kennedy, Robert F., 10

Kerr, Deborah, 178, 244

Key Largo, 169, 210

Keystone Studios, 54

Khan, Prince Aly, 127, 128

Khrushchev, Nikita, 234–36

Kienzle, Raymond Nicholas, 227–29

Killers, The, 182, 185, 248, 270

Killing, The, 67, 200

Kilmister, Lemmy, 293

Kimberly Crest house, 252

King, Carole, 262, 263

King, Henry, 186

King Crimson, 277

King Kong, 14

King of Jazz, The, 98

King of Kings, 228

“King of the Hollywood Lushes,” 83

King’s Head, 243

Kinks, the, 277

Kinski, Klaus, 201

Klabund, Alfred, 86

Knickerbocker Hotel, 33, 35, 103, 183

Knox, Elyse, 174

Koszarski, Richard, 62

Kotz, Florence, 290

Kramer, Stanley, 217, 289

Kristofferson, Kris, 279

Kruse, Christel, 271

Kubrick, Stanley, 67, 200, 201

Kupcinet, Irv, 251

Kynette, Earl, 146

L

La Boheme, 122

L.A. Confidential, 189

La Marr, Barbara, 29–30

Ladd, Alan, 132

Lady Eve, The, 147, 150

Lady from Shanghai, The, 127, 159

Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 145, 146

Laird’s distillery, 149

Lake, Veronica, 89, 132–34

Lancaster, Bill, 247

Lancaster, Burt, 178, 182

Lane, Anthony, 267–68

Lane, Rollin B., 252

Lang, Fritz, 41–43

Lanza, Mario, 191

Larry Sanders Show, The, 257

Larsen, Milt, 252

Larson, Jack, 176

Lassie Come Home, 294

Last Action Hero, 224

Last Mile, The, 152

Last Movie, The, 256

Last Picture Show, The, 280

Last Tycoon, The (Fitzgerald), 28, 108, 110

Las Vegas, 146

“Latin Lovers,” 59

Laughton, Charles, 214

Laurel, Stan, 44–45, 120, 138

Laurel and Hardy Show, The, 44

lavender marriage, 60–61

L.A. Weekly, 139

Lawrence of Arabia, 208

Lazar, Irving, 170

Lazenby, George, 284, 286

Lean, David, 215

Led Zeppelin, 139, 277, 293

Lederer, Pepi, 16–17

Lee Francis’s, 153

Lee Strassberg Institute, 227

Lee, Robert E., 270

Leigh, Janet, 251

Leigh, Vivien, 30

Le Jardin bar, 73

Le Mépris, 222

Lemmon, Jack, 180, 298

Lennon, John, 262, 293

Leno, Jay, 258

Leonard, Jack, 232

Lerner, Alan Jay, 246

LeRoy, Mervyn, 145, 155, 181

Lester, Richard, 285

Let’s Make Love, 291

Levant, Oscar, 76

Lewis, Jerry, 173, 205, 247, 267, 268, 269

Lewis, Sinclair, 130

Liberace, 193

Liddy, G. Gordon, 74

Life, 25–27, 75, 127, 156, 265

Lifeboat, 71

Light in August (Faulkner), 104

Lindsey, Judge Ben, 13–14

Lipstick, 109

“Little Drummer Boy,” 97

Little Foxes, The, 71

“Little Mary,” 63

Litvak, Anatole, 205

Liz & Dick, 295–97

Lloyd, Harold, 145

Loew, Marcus, 115

Logan, Josh, 204

Lolita, 47

Lollobrigida, Gina, 209, 210

Lombard, Carole, 10, 39, 118, 136–38, 144

Long, Leslee, 165

Long Goodbye, The, 90, 200

Look Back in Anger, 241

Loos, Anita, 1, 18, 65–66, 110

Lorre, Peter, 41, 164, 209

Los Angeles Examiner, 143

Los Angeles Times, 92, 143

Lost Generation, 108

Lost Weekend, The, 33, 78–80

Lot Studio, 189

Louvish, Simon, 125

Love, 277

Love Finds Andy Hardey, 190

“Love Goddess,” 127, 182

Lover Come Back, 264

Love Story, 280

Love with the Proper Stranger, 302

Loy, Myrna, 60, 61, 122, 163, 193

LSD, 196, 197, 275

Luau, 300

Lubitsch, Ernst, 150

Luddy, Tom, 229

Luft, Sid, 226

Lugosi, Bela, 83, 247

Lulu in Hollywood (Brooks), 15

Lust for Life, 224

Lynch, David, 256, 276

Lyon, Sue, 244

M

M, 41

MacArthur, Charles, 87

“MacArthur Park,” 253

Macbeth, 159

MacGraw, Ali, 274, 280

MacMurray, Fred, 102, 237

Madame X, 155

Maddux, Jack, 14

Madsen, Michael, 231

Magic Castle, 252

Magnificent Ambersons, The, 159

Magnificent Obsession, 264

Magnificent Seven, The, 274

Maidstone, 257

Mailer, Norman, 257–58

Mai Tai, 100, 298, 299

Major Dundee, 278

Malden, Karl, 273

Maltese Falcon, The, 169, 207, 210

Manhattan College, 230

Man in the Grey Flannel Suit, The, 105

Mankiewicz, Herman J., 22, 89, 140–42, 159, 161, 213

Manners, Dorothy, 121

Mannix, Eddie, 55

Man of the World, 136

Man on the Flying Trapeze, The, 25

Mansfield, Jane, 139

Manson, Charles, 10

Mantle, Mickey, 195

Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The, 83, 234, 235, 270

Man with the Golden Arm, The, 288

Mao Tse-tung, 236

Marcos, Ferdinand, 258

Margarita, 237

marijuana, 212, 213, 216, 231

Marshall, Tully, 116

Martin, Dean, 173, 204, 205, 250, 267–69, 298

Martin, Dr. Harry “Docky,” 143

Martin, Fletcher, 47

Martin, Steve, 252, 262

Martini, 26, 41–43, 68, 90, 265, 266

Marvin, Lee, 213, 270–72, 289

Marx, Harpo, 141, 146

Marx Brothers, 21, 30, 54–55, 140, 141, 164

Matthau, Walter, 247

Maugham, Somerset, 130

Mayer, Louis B., 29, 38, 57, 60, 115, 117–18, 123, 141, 146, 153, 154, 191, 208

Mayfair Ball, 136–37

MCA, 272

McCarthy, Joseph, 177

McCarthy, Kevin, 176

McCartney, Paul, 220

McCormick, Myron, 217

McInerney, Jay, 139

McLaglen, Victor, 219

McMillan & Wife, 264

McQueen, Steve, 175, 213, 259, 274–75, 277, 279, 284

Meet Me in St. Louis, 190

Mencken, H. L., 9, 65, 207

Mercury Players, 160–61

Mercury Theatre, 159, 160–61

Meredith, Burgess, 72, 205

Merkel, Una, 59, 61

Merry-Go-Round, 62

Meryman, Richard, 21

Metallica, 263

Method acting, 175

Methot, Mayo, 172

Metropolis, 41

Meyer and Holler, 52

MGM, 28–29, 37, 38, 54–61, 86, 87, 93, 104, 105, 108, 110, 115, 117–19, 120, 134–35, 141, 146, 152–55, 162, 176–77, 182, 190–91, 206, 275, 294

Mickey Mouse, 87

Mighty Barnum, The, 112

Mildred Pierce, 93

Miles, Sarah, 215

Milinaire, Catherine, 259

Milius, John, 258

Milland, Ray, 78–80, 132

Miller, Arthur, 67, 291

“million-dollar bench,” 54–55

“million-dollar carpet,” 36

Mimosa, 20

Mindlin, Mike, 241–42, 243

Mineo, Sal, 304

Ministry of Fear, 41

Minnelli, Vincent, 293

Mint Julep, 107

Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, The, 147

Miracle on 34th Street, 302

Misfits, The, 117, 175, 207, 291–92

Missionary’s Downfall, 100, 101

Mister Roberts, 179

Mitchell, John, 74

Mitchell, Joni, 262

Mitchum, Dorothy, 213, 223

Mitchum, Robert, 7, 90, 130, 212–16, 217, 222–23, 231, 289–90

Mitchum’s Eye-Opener, 216

Mix, Tom, 36, 50–51, 67, 115

Mizner, Wilson, 39

Mob, the, 146

Mocambo, 123, 156, 182, 193, 301

Mogambo, 178, 182

Mommie Dearest, 93, 94

Mommy’s Little Mixture, 184, 286

Monkey Business, 140, 141

Monroe, Marilyn, 10, 117, 118, 120, 175, 189, 205, 220, 289–92, 293

“Monster, The,” 7

Montand, Yves, 291

Montgomery, Robert, 110

Monti, Carlotta, 26

Montmartre Café, 14, 144, 145

Monument Valley, 179

Moon, Keith, 285, 287

Moore, Roger, 286, 287

Moral Re-Armament Movement, 125

Morath, Inge, 291

Moreno, Rita, 198

Morgan, Jack, 130–31

Morgan, Julia, 21–23, 24

morphine, 86, 247

Morris, Oswald, 210–11

Morrison, Charlie, 193

Morrison, Jim, 139, 277

Morrison, Van, 262, 277

Mortimer, Lee, 206

Moscow Art Theatre, 102

Moscow Mule, 131

Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, 235

Motion Picture Production Code, 90, 209

Mötley Crüe, 277, 293

Motörhead, 293

Mowbray, Alan, 130

Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 136

Mr. Arkadian, 159

“Mr. Evil,” 129

Mr. Wonderful, 250

M Squad, 270

Mummy’s Ghost, The, 174

Mummy’s Tomb, The, 174

Murder By Death, 218

Museum of Contemporary Art, 256

Music Box, The, 44

Musso & Frank Grill, 47, 48, 66–68, 107, 231, 232

Mutiny on the Bounty, 117, 253

My Blue Heaven, 232

My Cousin Rachel, 241

My Favorite Year, 8

My Little Chickadee, 125–26

My Man Godfrey, 136

My Wicked, Wicked Ways (Flynn), 111, 114

N

National Velvet, 294

Nazimova, Alla, 30–31

NBC, 173, 264, 267, 270

Neales, Eddy, 146

Negroni, 282

Neilan, Marshall, 55

Nembutal, 292

Network, 203

New Hollywood, 188

Newman, Randy, 262

New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, 71

New Yorker, 75, 95, 140, 267

New York Mirror, 208

New York Morning Herald, 143

New York Post, 132

New York Times, 140

New York Yankees, 156

Nicholas II, Czar, 86, 95

Nichols, Dudley, 52–53

Nicholson, Jack, 198, 257, 259

Nielson, Mr., 106

Night Bus, 117–19

“Nightclub Queen,” 156

Night of the Hunter, The, 212, 214

Night of the Iguana, 244–45

Nilsson, Harry, 262

Niumalu Hotel, 180

Niven, David, 22, 100, 111, 138, 218–20

Nixon, Richard, 92, 250

Nobel Prize, 104, 107

No Man of Her Own, 136, 137

None but the Lonely Heart, 196

Normand, Mabel, 14, 54–56, 77

North by Northwest, 196, 197–98

Not as a Stranger, 217, 289

Notorious, 196

Notre Dame, 81

Novak, Kim, 129, 203, 251

Novarro, Ramon, 59–61, 110, 175

Nugent, Elliot, 82

Nutty Professor, The, 247, 269

NYU, 227

O

Objective Burma, 111–12

O’Brien Margaret, 92, 303

Oceana Hotel, 245

Oceans 11, 250

Odets, Clifford, 103, 128, 129

Of Mice and Men, 173, 217

O’Hara, John, 66

Okubo, Benji, 164

Old-Fashioned, 150, 151

Old Milwaukee, 275, 276

Olivier, Sir Laurence, 30, 152

Omoolu, Mutia, 58

O’Neill, Eugene, 105

On the Town, 288

On the Waterfront, 208

Onassis, Aristotle, 297

Onassis, Jackie, 221

One Life to Live, 250

Only Angels Have Wings, 127, 196

Operation Petticoat, 196

Oracle Junction Inn, 51

Orange Blossom, 35

orange wine, 48–49

Orry-Kelly, 197

Oscars, see Academy Awards

Other Side of the Wind, The, 160

O’Toole, Peter, 242–43, 253–55

Out of the Blue, 256

Out of the Past, 212, 213

Overman, Lynne, 78

P

Pabst Blue Ribbon, 276

Pacific Film Archives, 229

Pacino, Al, 259

Page, Milton “Farmer,” 146

Pagsanjan Falls Resort, 260

Paisano Hotel, 265

Palace of Mystery, 252

Palance, Jack, 222–23

Palm Beach Story, The, 147

Palm Court, 35

Palmer, Betsy, 180

Pancho Villa, 224

Pandora’s Box, 15

Panic in the Streets, 222

paraldehyde, 247

Paramount Pictures, 12, 13, 62, 74, 78–80, 88–90, 102, 132, 140, 147, 148, 162, 188, 200, 280

Parker, Dorothy, 31, 66, 75, 122

Parlor of Prestidigitation, 252

Parnassus, George, 232

Parole!, 224

Parsons, Louella, 39, 143–44, 225

Parton, Dolly, 125

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, 278–79

Patriot Games, 253

Patsy, The, 22

Paul Masson wine, 160

Paul Whiteman Orchestra, 97–98, 99

Peabody Award, 97

Peck, Gregory, 74

Peckinpah, Sam, 203, 274, 278–82

Penn, Sean, 67

Penny Serenade, 196

Pepsi Cola, 93, 94, 95

Perfect Crime, A, 136

Perino, Alexander, 92

Perino’s, 89, 92

Petrified Forest, The, 169

Peyton Place, 155

Phantom of the Opera, The, 173

Philco Radio Time, 97

Photoplay Magazine, 63

Piaf, Edith, 193

Piccadilly, 162

Pickfair, 21, 64, 73, 144

Pickford, Jack, 64–65

Pickford, Lottie, 64

Pickford, Mary, 21, 32, 63–65, 73

Picnic, 203, 204

Pier, The, 253–54

Pillow Talk, 264

Pimm’s Cup, 9

Pink Panther, The, 218

Pitt, Brad, 189

PiYi, 100

P. J. Clarke’s, 80

P.J.’s, 276

Place in the Sun, A, 175, 176, 294

Plantation Café, 3

“Platinum Blonde,” 120–21

Playboy, 237

Players Club, 147, 150–51

Playhouse 90, 222

Point Blank, 271

Poison, 293

Poitier, Sidney, 248

Polanski, Roman, 207

Polo Lounge, 73–74, 128, 129, 249

Port and Brandy, 255

Porter, Cole, 92, 109

Possessed, 93

Postman Always Rings Twice, The, 155

Powell, William, 120, 122, 136, 180

Power, Tyrone, 102, 134, 156, 186, 187

Power and the Glory, The, 147, 152

Prairie Oyster, 77, 78

Preminger, Otto, 207

Presley, Elvis, 97, 189, 288

Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges (Sturges), 148

Pretty Woman, 10

Previn, André, 198

Price, Wes, 130–31

Pride of the Yankees, The, 140

Prixe de Beauté, 15, 17

Prizzi’s Honor, 207

Professionals, The, 271–72

Pryor, Richard, 262

Psychiatric Institute of Beverly Hills, 198

Public Enemy, The, 15, 120

Pulitzer Prize, 291

Pursued, 212

Puttnam, David, 285

Q

Queen of Comedy, 54

“Queen of Screwball,” 136

Quiet Man, The, 179

Quinn, Anthony, 224–26, 298

Quon, Lem, 189

R

racism, 162–64, 206

raicilla, 245

Rainbow Bar and Grill, 277, 293

Rainer, Luise, 162

Raintree County, 175, 176–76, 294, 295

Raitt, Bonnie, 262

Ramond Chandler Gimlet, 91

Ramones, 277

“Ranch, The,” 15–17, 20–24

Rancho Notorious, 42

Rappe, Virginia, 335

Rasputin and the Empress, 86–87

Rat Pack, 10, 67, 170, 226, 250, 267–68

Ray, Nicholas, 139, 200, 201, 227–29, 303–4

Raymond, Harry, 146

Reagan, Ronald, 158, 204, 298

Reap the Wild Wind, 78

Rebel Without a Cause, 139, 227, 256, 302–4

recipes

Alaskan Polar Bear Heater, 269

Black Velvet, 199

Bloody Mary, 114

Blue Martini, 42, 43

Bourbon Milk Punch, 172

Bourbon Old-Fashioned, 151

Brown Derby Cocktail, 40

Campari & Vodka, 282

Chocolate Martini, 266

Coach Buttermaker’s Boilermaker, 246

Cocoanut Grove Cocktail, 11

Crane’s Scorpion Bowl, 301

Gimlet, 91

Greyhound, 192

Half and Half, 24

Mai Tai, 299

Margarita, 237

Martini, 42, 43, 68

Mimosa, 20

Mint Julep, 107

Missionary’s Downfall, 101

Mommy’s Little Mixture, 184

Moscow Mule, 131

Negroni, 282

Orange Blossom, 35

orange wine, 49

Pimm’s Cup, 9

Port and Brandy, 255

Prairie Oyster, 77

Richard Burton’s Boilermaker, 246

Scorpion Bowl, 300, 301

Seven & Seven, 91

Shandy Gaff, 199

Shirley Temple, 158

simple syrup, x

Tea & Applejack, 149

Tom Collins, 85

Torpedo Juice, 181

Vendome Special Sling, 124

Vesper Martini, 287

Zombie, 101

Red Badge of Courage, 208

Red River, 175

Red Spot, 189

Red-Headed Woman, 110

Redford, Robert, 259

Reed, Carol, 283

Reed, Donna, 178

Reed, Oliver, 201, 283–87

Rees-Williams, Elizabeth, 254

Reicher, Frank, 174

Renoir, Jean, 62

Requiem for a Heavyweight, 222

Reservoir Dogs, 230–31

Reynolds, Debbie, 295

Rhinestone, 125

Rhythm Boys, 98

Richard Burton’s Boilermaker, 246

Richards, Keith, 67

Richter, Kurt, 232

Ride the High Country, 278

Rin Tin Tin, 213

Rio Bravo, 267

Ripley’s Believe It or Not, 222

Ritter, Thelma, 291

Rivers, Johnny, 277

RKO, 159, 160, 213, 222–23, 230

Roach, Hal, 73, 120, 123

Road to Glory, The, 105

Roberson, Don, 121

Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, 11

Roberts, Robin, 171

Rocky, 10

Rodeo Land & Water Company, 73

Rogers, Buddy, 65

Rogers, Ginger, 20, 59–60

Rogers, Will, 73

Romanoff, Michael, 95–96

Romanoff’s, 32–33, 95–96, 140, 170

Rooney, Mickey, 134–35, 182, 190

Roosevelt, Franklin, 22

Roosevelt Hotel, 98

Rose, David, 134

Rose, Stanley, 47–48

“Rosebud,” 18, 141

Rosemary’s Baby, 188

Ross, Harold, 157

Roth, Tim, 231

Rounders, The, 3

Round-Up, The, 3

Rowlands, Gena, 248–49

Roxy Theatre, 116, 262–63, 277, 293

Royal Wedding, 191

rum, 99–100

Russell, Ken, 283, 284

Russell, Rosalind, 204

Ryan’s Daughter, 215

S

Saint, Eva Marie, 197

Saint James, Susan, 264

Sames, Bill, 237

Sames, Margaret “Margarita,” 237

San Quentin, 230

San Simeon, 15–17, 20–24, 141

Sanctuary (Faulkner), 104

Sand Pebbles, The, 274

Sanders, George, 219

Sandpiper, The, 296

Sands Hotel, 251, 288

Sands of Iwo Jima, 234

Santa Anita racetrack, 144

Saroyan, William, 47, 66

“Satan’s Angel,” 111

Saturday Night Fever, 273

Sauza Conmemorativo, 237

Scandia, 68

Scaramouche, 59

Schaefer, George, 160

Schary, Dore, 190–91

Schindler, R. W., 67

Schulberg, B. P., 12–14

Schulberg, Budd, 12–13, 47, 48, 110, 167

Scorpion Bowl, 298, 300, 301

Scorsese, Martin, 212

Scott, Randolph, 196, 197

Scott, Ridley, 283

Screen Actors Guild, 204

Screen Guide, 124

Scriven, Mae, 38–39

Search, The, 175

Searchers, The, 179, 181, 234

Sebring, Jay, 274, 275

Second Chance, 222

“Secret Agent Man,” 277

Secret Six, The, 120

Secret Storm, The, 94

See, Eddie, 164–65

See, Lisa, 165

Seeman, Bill, 170

Seinfeld, 231

Sellers, Peter, 210

Sellers, Robert, 242, 246, 254, 284, 285, 297

Selznick, David O., 123, 209, 213–14

Selznick, Myron, 122

Send Me No Flowers, 264

Sennett, Mack, 54, 55, 136

Separate Tables, 218

Sergeant York, 207

Server, Lee, 213, 214, 223

Seven & Seven, 91

Sex Life of the Polyp, The, 75

Shadows, 248

Shakespeare, William, 83, 84, 139

“Shakespeare of Hollywood,” 109

Shampoo, 74

Shandy Gaff, 199

Shane, 222

Shanghai Express, 162

Shaw, Artie, 155, 182

Shaw, Robert, 284

Shearer, Norma, 110, 137

She Done Him Wrong, 196

Sheen, Martin, 259–61

Sheik, The, 10

Shepherd, Cybill, 280

Shepperton Studios, 211, 242

Sheridan, Ann, 114

Sherwood, Robert, 76, 169

Shirley Temple, 158

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, 234

Shor, Toots, 194–95, 268

Short, Elizabeth, 233

Show People, 22

Shrine Auditorium, 288

Shuvalova, Vera Illiana, 45

“Siberia,” 117–19

Siegel, Bugsy, 92, 146, 189

Sign of the Cross, 83

Silver Slipper, 250

Simon, Neil, 74

Simpsons, The, 230

Sin of Harold Diddlebock, The, 147

Sinatra, Frank, 31, 92, 97, 100, 170, 178, 182–89, 193, 195, 205, 206, 217, 226, 250, 267, 268, 288–90, 298, 303

Sinatra, Nancy, 250, 298

Singing Fool, The, 138

Sirk, Douglas, 155, 264

Skin of Our Teeth, 71

“skin-contact wine,” 48

Smith, Patti, 277

Smokey and the Bandit, 194

Smothers Brothers, 262

Snake Pit, The, 205

Snows of Kilimanjaro, The, 185

So Far, So Good, 72

Some Came Running, 267

“Song of the Dawn,” 98, 99

Sound and the Fury, The (Faulkner), 104, 105

Southern, Terry, 256

Southern Pit Barbecue, 157

Spacey, Kevin, 298

Sparrows, 63

Spector, Phil, 273

Spiegel, Sam, 208

Spielberg, Steven, 284, 298

Splendor in the Grass, 302

sports, 55

Stagecoach, 83

Stalag 17, 203

Stalin, Joseph, 235–36

Stallings, Laurence, 55

Stallone, Sylvester, 125

Stanford University, 222

Stanislavski method, 86

Stanley Rose Bookshop, 47–48, 66

Star Is Born, A, 10, 123, 190, 192

Star Map, 271

Star Trek: The Next Generation, 230

Stark, Richard, 271

Starr, Ringo, 220

statutory rape, 111, 112

St. Donat’s Bar, 9

Steele, Alfred, 94, 95

Steele, Christina, 93, 94

Stein, Gertrude, 108

Steinbeck, John, 31

Stewart, Jimmy, 22, 125, 158, 179, 220

St. George Hotel, 153

St. Johns, Adela Rogers, 28–30, 118

St. Mary’s College, 98

Stompanato, Johnny, 155, 157, 189, 301

Stone, Sly, 11

Story of G.I. Joe, The, 212

Stranger, The, 159, 208

Strangers on a Train, 88

Strassberg, Lee, 227, 256

Strassberg, Paula, 292

Straw Dogs, 278

Streetcar Named Desire, A, 222, 224

Strickling, Howard, 119, 146, 153, 154

Strictly Dishonorable (Sturges), 147

Sturges, Preston, 33, 132–33, 147–49, 150–51, 152

Sudden Fear, 93, 222

Suddenly Last Summer, 175, 294

“Suitcase of Death,” 51

Sullivan, Ed, 241–42, 243

Sullivan’s Travels, 132–33, 147

Sun Also Rises, The, 111, 184–88

Sunset Boulevard, 34, 62, 203

Suspicion, 196

Sutherland, Eddie, 15, 16, 46–47, 64–65

Swanson, Gloria, 14, 30, 36, 145

“Sweater Girl,” 155

Sweet Smell of Success, 103

Swooners, 182

Sylvester, Robert, 208

syrup, simple, x

T

Take Me Out to the Ball Game, 288

Tales of Tomorrow, 173–74

Taliesin Fellow, 227

Talking Heads, 277

Talmadge, Constance, 18, 32, 109

Talmadge, Natalie, 39

Talmadge, Norma, 18, 145

Taming of the Shrew, The, 296

Tao of Steve, The, 274

Tarantino, Quentin, 230

Tarnished Angels, The, 264

Tarzan, 72–74

Taurog, Norman, 135

Taylor, Elizabeth, 20, 74, 158, 175–77, 221, 241–45, 265, 266, 294–97

Taylor, James, 262, 263

Tea & Applejack, 149

Temple, Shirley, 158, 190

Tender Is the Night (Fitzgerald), 108

Tess of the Storm Country, 63

Thalberg, Irving, 28–30, 54–58, 60–61, 86, 87, 108, 110, 123, 137, 153

That Midnight Kiss, 191

“The Document,” 94

Them, 277

There’s One Born Every Minute, 294

They Live by Night, 227

They Won’t Forget, 155

Thief of Baghdad, The, 162

Thieves Like Us, 227

Thin Man, The, 90

Third Man, The, 159

This Gun for Hire, 132

This Is the Army, 81

This Side of Paradise, 108

This Sporting Life, 253

Thomas, Dylan, 242

Thompson, Jim, 67, 280

Thompson, Kay, 82

Thompson, Morton, 217

Three Comrades, 108

Three Musketeers, The, 283, 285

Thurber James, 75

Tierney, Gene, 224, 225

Tierney, Lawrence, 230–31

Tiki bar, 99–100

Time, 204

Tito, Marshal, 201

To Be or Not to Be, 136

To Catch a Thief, 196

Todd, Mike, 294, 295–96

To Have and Have Not, 104, 106

Toll of the Sea, The, 162

Tom Collins, 85

Tombstone, 212

Tommy, 283, 285

Tonight Show, The, 258

Tony Soma’s, 75

Too Late Blues, 248

Too Much, Too Soon, 111

Toots Shor’s, 194–95

Topping, Dan, 156

Topping, Henry “Bob,” 156

Torn, Rip, 256–58

Tornado, The, 179

“Torpedo Juice,” 180, 181

Touch of Evil, 159

Towering Inferno, The, 274

“Tracy Squad,” 153–54

Tracy, Spencer, 118, 152–54, 170, 180, 205

Trader Horn, 56–58

Trader Vic’s, 100, 298–301

Tramp Shining, A, 253

Travolta, John, 273

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The, 169

“Treasurer’s Report, The,” 75

Treetops, 176

Trocadero, 153, 154

tropical drinks, 99–101

Troubadour, The, 262–63, 272

True Grit, 234

Trumbo, Dalton, 47

Tufts, Sonny, 130

Turner, Lana, 155–57, 189, 193, 237, 300–301

Twentieth Century, 136

Twentieth Century-Fox, 104, 105–6, 184–88, 190, 219

Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, The, 283

Typhoon Olga, 260

U

UCLA, 98, 220

Undercurrent, 212

Unforgiven, 253

United Artists, 63, 189

Universal Studios, 54, 83, 98, 125–26, 173, 294

University of Southern California (USC), 84, 115, 234, 278

Up the River, 152

V

Valentine, Elmer, 276, 293

Valentino, Rudolph, 5, 10, 14, 28, 36, 67

Vallée, Rudy, 9

Van Doren, Mamie, 274–75

Van Dyke, Woody, 56–58

Vanderhyde, Dr., 228

Van Halen, 277

Vanity Fair, 13, 75

Vatican, the, 296

vehicular manslaughter, 203

Veiller, Anthony, 209

Vélez, Lupe, 28

Velvet Cow, 225

Velvet Underground, 277

Vendome Restaurant, 40, 122

Vendome Special Sling, 123, 124

Venom, 201, 202

Vesper Martini, 286–87

Victor Hugo’s, 137

Victoria, Queen, 87

Vidor, King, 29, 55–56, 85, 145

Vieira, Mark, 87

Viertel, Peter, 185–88, 209

Vietnam War, 234, 258–61

Villa Capri, 226, 288, 303

Villa Nova, 293

V.I.P.s, The, 296

Viva Zapata!, 224

vodka, 114

Vogue Theater, 66, 67

“Voice, the,” 288

Voice of Frank Sinatra, The, 288

von Sternberg, Josef, 42, 62, 162

von Stroheim, Erich, 62

Voyage (Hayden), 201

W

Wadsworth, Jessie, 130

Wagner, Robert, 221

Waits, Tom, 262

Waldorf-Astoria, 112

Wallach, Eli, 178, 291

Walsh, Raoul, 8, 32, 33, 111–13, 115–16, 162

Wanderer (Hayden), 201

Wanted Dead or Alive, 274

War, 277

War of the Worlds, The, 159, 160

Warner, Jack, 36, 112, 114, 194

Warner Bros, 7, 61, 104, 106, 111–12, 169, 189, 207, 208, 235, 303

Washington, George, 149

Wasserman, Lew, 272–73

Watergate, 74

Wayne, John, 52, 78, 115, 116, 175, 179, 189, 234–37, 270, 273

Way Out West, 44

Way We Were, The, 74

We Can’t Go Home Again, 229

Wedding March, The, 62

Weddle, David, 28

Weissmuller, Johnny, 52, 72–74

Welch, Suey, 232

Welles, Orson, 18, 21, 33, 67, 127, 128, 141–42, 143, 150, 159–61, 208, 235, 252

Wellington (lion cub), 113

Wellman, William, 122, 154

Wenders, Wim, 227

West Side Story, 302

West, Mae, 125–26, 196

West, Nathanael, 47, 48, 66

Westerner, The, 278

Weston, Doug, 262–63

We Were Strangers, 208

Weyl, Carl, 145

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, 93, 94, 95

What! No Beer?, 38

What’s Up, Doc?, 280

When Knighthood Was in Flower, 18

Whiskey a Go Go, 275, 276–77, 293

White, Loray, 250–52

“White Christmas,” 97

White Heat, 111

White Hunter, Black Heart, 185

Whiteman, Paul, 98–99

Whitney, John Hay “Jock,” 72, 96

Whitney, Payne, 72

Who, the, 277, 285

Who Knows?, 201

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 241, 294, 296

Wild Bunch, The, 203, 278, 279

Wilde, Oscar, 147

Wilder, Billy, 32–33, 34, 62, 78, 150, 203, 204

Wilding, Michael, 176, 265

Wild Is the Wind, 224

Wild One, The, 217

Wilkerson, Billy, 122–24, 205

Williams, Paul R., 92

Williams, Tennessee, 244, 259

Will Mastin Trio, 205, 250

Wilonsky, Robert, 139

Wilson, Edmund “Bunny,” 48, 110

Willson, Henry, 265–66

Winfrey, Oprah, 220

Winters, Shelley, 139

Wizard of Oz, The, 140, 190

Wolf Man, The, 173

Woman of the Year, 152

Woman Under the Influence, A, 249

Women, The, 93

Women in Love, 283

Wong, Anna May, 162–64

Wong, Tyrus, 164

Wood, Ed, 247

Wood, Natalie, 139, 302–4

Woods, James, 273

Woollcott, Alexander, 31

World War II, 100, 117, 127, 200, 201, 218, 222, 247, 270, 271

Wray, Fay, 62

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 227

Writers Guild, 66

“Wrong Door Raid,” 289–90

Wurlitizer, Rudy, 279

Y

You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man, 25

Young Lions, The, 175, 267

Young Men’s Purity Total Abstinence and Snooker Pool Association, The (TYMPTASPA), 52–53

Young Men’s Purity Total Abstinence and Yachting Association, 53

Young, Audrey, 32

Young, Felix, 123, 193

Young, Loretta, 10, 154

You’re in the Navy Now, 270

Z

Zanuck, Darryl F., 73, 96, 123, 183, 184–88, 219

Ziegfeld Follies, 64, 127

Zinnemann, Fred, 177–78

Zoetrope Studios, 229

Zombie, 100, 101

Zombies, the, 277

Zorba the Greek, 224