“If you were going into …” Ruddy, interview by the author.
The New York Times ran … Sloane, “Lawyer Keeps Late Hours with Clients.”
In the same month … Buhrman, “Hello Greg? … This Is Howard Hughes,” 38.
“a rinky dink sort …” Ibid.
“Greg was so immaculately dressed …” Morgan, interview by the author.
“Rudolph Valentino would …” Erpicum, interview by the author.
“He was the most important …” Puck, interview by the author.
“There were two rows …” Morgan, interview by the author.
“He was the most powerful …” Erpicum, interview by the author.
“The first time …” Ruddy, interview by the author.
Bautzer couldn’t stand to lose … Levy, interview by the author.
“Greg had a loyalty …” Harris, interview by Rogers.
“I was usually very depressed …” Maass, interview by Rogers.
“our popular young businessmen” … Out of Town Society, Los Angeles Times, August 11, 1901.
“a fighting editor” … Edward F. Bautzer’s obituary, St. Louis Globe Dispatch.
“I fought several duels …” “Clayton Editor Invites Rival to Mortal Combat,” St. Louis Republic.
“Did you stop to think …” “San Pedro Postmaster Is Not Believer in Hoodoos,” Los Angeles Times.
“It’s time to go” … Young, police report, May 25, 1910.
His death certificate … Missouri State Board of Health, certificate of death for Paul Garfield Bautzer.
“I want to be a lawyer” … Wynter, interviews by the author.
“one of San Pedro’s …” “Group C Boasts All Boys,” Los Angeles Times. the nickname “Lincoln” … San Pedro High School, Black and Gold.
“We are living …” “Second Prize Oration,” Los Angeles Times.
“Herbert Wenig took three shots …” “Orators Want to Honor State,” Los Angeles Times.
“Isn’t she beautiful?” … Buhrman, “Hello Greg? … This Is Howard Hughes,” 39.
“Resolved, that modern advertising …” Groman, interview by Rogers.
“Only Greg would think …” Blau, interview by Rogers.
“He was a hotshot …” Harris, interview by Rogers.
“I am the greatest …” Wynter, interview by Rogers.
“I evaluated myself …” Notes in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
“I needed to become known” … Ibid.
“I decided to borrow …” Ibid.; also Niklas, The Corner Table, 80.
“Greg had a flair …” MacNamara, “Gone with the Winds,” 26.
“Greg was ambitious …” Silbert, interview by Rogers.
“I took any case …” LeBlanc, “Superstar Lawyer.”
“under the wing” of … King, From Waikiki, May 30, 1937.
“Friends say it’s …” Chatterbox, Los Angeles Times, March 28, 1937.
“I met beautiful women …” Notes in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
“Presto, I was …” Ibid.
“If you are guilty …” Snow, “Counsel for the Indefensible,” 72.
“Jerry Giesler was a hero …” LeBlanc, “Superstar Lawyer.”
Giesler then took … “Montague Shifts Fight,” Los Angeles Times.
a Los Angeles Times columnist named them … Around and About in Hollywood, Los Angeles Times, November 11, 1937.
the press labeled him … “Hollywood Playboy Faces Court Today in Check Case,” Los Angeles Times.
“The investigation which authorities …” Ibid.
“Every day, in every …” In re: Marriage of McKim.
“lushly lustrous” … Hopper, Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood, August 15, 1939.
“a figure worthy of …” Hopper, Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood, August 20, 1938.
“She always looks like …” Fidler, Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, June 4, 1940.
Turner was once onstage … Fidler, Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, November 25, 1940.
“with a new titian-haired beauty …” Beau Peep Whispers, Los Angeles Times, February 13, 1938.
“He was tall and husky” … Turner, Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth, 43.
“We went dancing …” Ibid., 44.
“I was scared” … Ibid.
“My only regret is …” Buhrman, “Hello Greg? … This Is Howard Hughes,” 39.
One day, Judy Turner cut … Wayne, The Golden Girls of MGM, 165.
“She was so nervous …” Ibid., 166.
“This young lady has …” Ibid.
“I did feel passion …” Turner, Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth, 44.
“Lana Turner gets fresh flowers …” Hopper, Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood, June 14, 1939.
“Greg Bautzer, Lana Turner’s best boyfriend …” Kendall, Around and About in Hollywood, February 13, 1939.
When Bautzer returned to Los Angeles … Diehl, “Zhivago Scripter Writes His Rites.”
“I didn’t sleep with him …” Turner, Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth, 44.
a “sexual merry-go-round” … Higham and Moseley, Princess Merle, 103.
One day, Turner received … Turner, Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth, 45.
“Lana Turner is a full-fledged …” Hopper, Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood, September 15, 1939.
“The film business reeks …” Turner, Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth, 48.
“That Shaw is the most …” Wallace, “The Loves of Lana Turner,” 37.
“If Lana Turner would forget …” Hopper, Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood, June 14, 1939. “Suppose I were to …” Turner, Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth, 50.
“I’ve lost her” … Ibid., 51.
“MGM means more …” Ibid., 55.
Jimmie Fidler reported that … Fidler, Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, June 21, 1940
“Get your things …” Turner, Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth, 61.
“Let me put it …” Ibid., 5.
“Billy Wilkerson couldn’t topple …” Zack, “A Conversation with Greg Bautzer,” 39.
“Billy brought Paris …” Wilkerson, The Man Who Invented Las Vegas, 10.
“Billy’s real mistress …” “Restaurants: Hollywood Institution,” Time.
“You don’t gamble unless …” Behlmer, Henry Hathaway, 46.
“I have tried industriously …” “Nicky Arnstein Explains,” Los Angeles Times.
Legend has it … Levy, interview by the author.
“attorneys Gregson Bautzer and …” “Arnstein Suit Settled,” Los Angeles Times.
“When Joe Schenck put his …” Buhrman, “Hello Greg? … This Is Howard Hughes,” 38.
“all an agent could demand …” Zack, “A Conversation with Greg Bautzer,” 40.
fronting for Lucky Luciano … Russo, Supermob, 126.
“Bautzer was a real …” Lamour and McInnes, My Side of the Road, 101.
“You’ve won many …” Fidler, Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 9, 1940.
“Dottie, as she is known …” Parsons, “Dorothy Lamour Makes Friends Everywhere.”
“Greg Bautzer stopped by …” Lamour and McInnes, My Side of the Road, 102.
“Where would I be without …” Fidler, Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 15, 1940.
Their farewell embraces … Fidler, Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, October 16, 1940.
“The Cat and the Canary was …” Hope and Thomas, The Road to Hollywood, 31.
a playboy described as … “Carole Landis Asks Divorce,” Los Angeles Times.
an “ugly and surly” demeanor … “Carole Landis Charges Mate Blocked Career,” Los Angeles
Times.
“I no longer care …” Ibid.
Bautzer and Lamour were in a restaurant … Hopper, Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood, June 13, 1941.
“Greg and I had lots …” Lamour and McInnes, My Side of the Road, 117.
“I had just taken a company …” LeBlanc, “Superstar Lawyer.”
“I knew that Greg was not …” Lamour and McInnes, My Side of the Road, 117.
“She was one of a bevy …” McGregor, letter to Freddie [Unknown].
Getty was a Nazi sympathizer … Angell, FBI memorandum, May 27, 1941.
“William R. (Billie) [sic] Wilkerson advised …” Findlay, FBI memorandum.
“Mr. Wilkerson stated that while Miss Kruger …” Ibid.
He decided the best way … Higham, interview by the author.
They found no evidence … Angell, FBI memorandum, February 20, 1941.
Kruger was later involved … Ailshie, “Activities of Katherina Mathilde Kruger (Hilda Kruger).”
Kruger escaped arrest … Office of Chief of Naval Operations, “American Republics—Totalitarian Penetration In—Social Forces.”
J. Edgar Hoover was certainly … Hoover, letter to Adolf A. Berle Jr., March 19, 1947.
On February 2, 1942 … US Navy personnel file of Lt. Comdr. Bautzer.
The application process … Sickel, memorandum to Chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
He wrote a request … Bautzer, application for transfer to flight training (LTA).
“This officer will be sent …” US Navy personnel file of Lt. Comdr. Bautzer.
According to a law school buddy … Gardner, Robert Gardner’s Verdicts, August 30, 2005.
“Is Bautzer there …” Cavalier, interview by the author.
“Greg seemed to be a loner …” Fahey, interview by the author.
Years later, naval blimp historian … Van Treuren, “Georgia Draw.”
“Borden Chase, who wrote …” Mannix, letter to Bautzer.
“Not until I …” Bautzer, letter to Admiral Rosendahl, July 14, 1945.
“The day I was married …” Bautzer, letter to Jean Rosendahl.
The “man who made millions laugh” … “Irvin Cobb’s Ashes Laid to Rest in Kentucky,” Los Angeles Times.
“If we are proceeding …” Bautzer, letter to Admiral Rosendahl, April 6, 1944.
“He was always in …” McDougall, interview by the author.
“Bautzer was a lot older …” Kroll, interview by the author.
“I was talking to an officer …” Bautzer, letter to Admiral Rosendahl, March 7, 1944.
“I do hope their statements …” Admiral Rosendahl, letter to Bautzer.
Bautzer “got heavy” … “Attorney Bautzer Held on Drunk Charge,” Los Angeles Times.
“The first thing I know …” Buhrman, “Hello Greg? … This Is Howard Hughes,” 38.
“Be on the other side …” Wilkerson, The Man Who Invented Las Vegas, 26.
“When I feel the table …” Ibid., 33.
“I watched Billy …” Ibid., 24.
“Take that number …” Ibid., 39.
“So there I was …” Buhrman, “Hello Greg? … This Is Howard Hughes,” 38.
“It was Billy’s decision …” Wilkerson, The Man Who Invented Las Vegas, 74.
“A real gentleman …” Ibid., 75.
“His face would darken …” Ibid., 70.
“Why would anyone want …” Ibid.
“Billy was sticking to …” Ibid., 79.
“Billy was in a difficult …” Ibid., 88.
“I’m the one who makes …” Ibid., 90.
“You’re gonna have to …” Ibid., 93.
“I have something very unflattering …” Wynter, interviews by the author.
“Forty-eight percent …” Wilkerson, The Man Who Invented Las Vegas, 98.
“If your partner were …” Ibid., 107.
“There was every chance …” Ibid., 109.
“Siegel was not the right …” Ibid., 113.
“The rest of the world …” Thomas, Joan Crawford, 151.
“Look, Joan …” Guiles, Joan Crawford: The Last Word, 143.
“She liked men who gave …” Considine, Bette & Joan, 221.
Greg “treated her like …” Guiles, Joan Crawford: The Last Word, 143.
“To be Joan Crawford’s boyfriend …” Thomas, Joan Crawford, 153.
“Crawford expected her escort …” Guiles, Joan Crawford: The Last Word, 143.
“A night with Joan …” Considine, Bette & Joan, 223.
“It would surprise no one …” Hopper, Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood, May 15, 1946.
“Joan Crawford has reached …” Hopper, Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood, October 9, 1946.
“I wish I could be …” Guiles, Joan Crawford: The Last Word, 150.
“That son of a bitch …” Ibid., 151.
“I’ve been trying …” Ibid., 150.
“There was a decided hush …” Ibid., 149.
“First they ordered …” Niklas, interview by Rogers; and Lansky, “O, Happy Days!”
“simply made for each …” Bret, Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr, 171.
“Greg was the most ferocious …” Dorso, interview by Rogers.
“She was predatory …” Considine, Bette & Joan, 221.
“Is it a sin …” Hopper, Looking at Hollywood, February 10, 1947.
“She was drunk with …” Kashner and Schoenberger. A Talent for Genius, 296.
“Those parties were all …” Turner, Lana: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth, 45.
“Greg woke up at seven …” Considine, Bette & Joan, 222.
“Crawford liked to be treated …” Ibid., 205.
“She put them there” … Bret, Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr, 171.
Crawford recalled the details … Guiles, Joan Crawford: The Last Word, 151.
“You know,” said Goddard … Hopper, “Niven Sees Himself as Star of Classics.”
“I felt like Alice …” Dahl, interview by the author.
“These two battle …” Considine, Bette & Joan, 205.
Bautzer’s tennis chum … Dorso, interview by Rogers.
Johnny Dugan also witnessed … Notes in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
“part of the Communist …” Kotsilibas-Davis and Loy. Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming, 205.
“One or two may …” Ibid., 206.
“No, I’m sorry” … Ibid., 207.
“mail order divorce” … “Court’s Ability to Restrain Mexico Divorce to be Tested,” Los Angeles Times.
“I have not yet talked …” “Paulette Will Seek Divorce from Meredith,” Los Angeles Times.
“I lived at …” Greg Bautzer, interview in “Joan Crawford,” The Hollywood
Greats. Crawford biographies maintain … MacNamara, “Gone with the Winds,” 34
Reflecting on his long affair … Greg Bautzer, interview in “Joan Crawford,” The Hollywood Greats.
“Joan leaned across …” Ibid.
“If anyone was abused …” The Ear, Washington Post, November 8, 1981.
GET ME GIESLER! … Giesler, The Jerry Giesler Story, 261.
“David said he’d …” Kobal, People Will Talk, 460.
Bergman was offering … “Ingrid Bergman Business Manager Quits,” Los Angeles Times.
“You shouldn’t talk …” Spoto, Notorious, 156.
Bergman was “horrified” … Bergman and Burgess, Ingrid Bergman: My Story, 262.
“I do not think he would …” “Ingrid Bergman Business Manager Quits,”
Los Angeles Times. the rumor of her pregnancy was … “Hollywood Sees Hoax in Reports of Bergman Baby,” Los Angeles Times.
“I saw her less …” Ibid.
“We’ve just turned over …” “Dr. Lindstrom Given Bergman Property Plan,” Los Angeles Times.
“They have been guilty …” “Stromboli Ban Urged by Bishop,” Los Angeles Times.
“under a friendly arrangement” … “Ingrid Bergman Orders Suit for Divorce Filed in
Mexico,” Los Angeles Times.
“Dr. Lindström is not holding” … Ibid.
“We know that Miss Bergman …” “Ingrid Will Return for Custody Fight,” Los Angeles Times.
“a horrible example …” Falsani, Sin Boldly, 139.
“moral turpitude” … “Turpitude Ban No Bar to Ingrid,” Los Angeles Times.
“We have not been advised …” Ibid.
“We still want to know …” “Court Fight Still Looms over Ingrid’s Daughter,” Los Angeles Times.
In his 1962 autobiography … Giesler, The Jerry Giesler Story, 261.
“Hollywood’s greatest escape …” Hopper, “Law Student Mari Blanchard Has Case.”
“Greg Bautzer, who’s usually …” Hopper, “Columnist Discounts Hendrix Tiff.”
“Ginger Rogers is the most …” Hopper, “Astaire Way of Life Aims at Happiness.”
“Greg was Bachelor Number One …” Rogers, Ginger, 416.
“as nervous as a cat …” Hopper, “Jessel Preparing Scripts for Haver.”
“Greg Bautzer almost came out …” Brent, Carrousel, November 23, 1949.
The writer printed … Burns, “Love Comes Last,” 52.
“The guy has something …” Townsend, “Torch Song,” 88.
“like a couple of school kids …” Hopper, “Subversive Elements Detected in Pictures.”
“Our dates would go …” Rogers, Ginger, 420.
“If they were getting along” … Adamson, “Ann Savage.”
“It’s a little premature …” “Ginger Rogers Dodges on French Romance,” Los Angeles Times.
Bautzer went to her home … Rogers, Ginger, 418.
“Greg liked to get …” Ibid., 417.
Lee considered Bautzer … Lee, Miss Peggy Lee, 158.
“I am so sorry” … Ibid., 151.
“What a fool I was!” … Ibid., 158.
Hedda Hopper asked Blanchard … Hopper, “Law Student Mari Blanchard Has Case.”
“When I needed …” Dahl, interview by the author.
“My mother rejected …” Lindström, interview by the author.
“There were dozens of reporters” … Ibid.
The first to testify was … “Judge Testifies for Ingrid,” Los Angeles Times.
“I have seldom seen …” Ibid.
“My impression of him …” Lindström, interview by the author.
Bautzer’s examination was reported … “Pia’s Answer,” Time; also “Ingrid’s Daughter Spurns Italy Visit,” Los Angeles Times.
Pia had delivered her testimony … “Ingrid’s Daughter Spurns Italy Visit,” Los Angeles Times.
“I felt ashamed …” Lindström, interview by the author.
“She said she had to take …” “Ingrid Bergman Gives Birth to Twin Daughters,” Los Angeles Times.
“I told her it is impossible …” “Ingrid’s Daughter Spurns Italy Visit,” Los Angeles Times.
Pacht offered into evidence … Ibid.
Judge Lillie issued her ruling … “Visit to Ingrid by Pia Barred by Court Action,” Los Angeles Times.
“All I can say now …” “Ingrid Plans Visit to Pia in July or Early August,” Los Angeles Times.
“I had no communication …” Lindström, interview by the author.
“I’ve gone from saint …” O’Neil, Movie Awards, 189.
The next time Pia … Lindström, interview by the author.
“Watch out for him” … MacNamara, “Gone with the Winds,” 29.
“Greg wasn’t a staggering …” Ibid., 31.
“Bogie thought of himself …” Hyams, Bogie, 123.
“Bigwigs have been known …” Ibid.
“I’m going to beat you …” Ibid., 126.
“And who should come in …” Hamilton and Stadiem, Don’t Mind If I Do, 164.
“His looks were enough …” MacNamara, “Gone with the Winds,” 31.
Bautzer was reported to be “stardusty” … Screen Gossip, Toledo Blade, July 1, 1947.
he was “cruising the glitter spots” … Kilgallen, “Grant, Selznick Mystery Combination.”
“He was suave …” Miller, interview by Rogers.
“The only thing funny …” Crowther, review of The Groom Wore Spurs.
“We were on the second …” Sullivan, interview by the author.
“You see that girl …” Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
“Greg Bautzer came stag …” Wilkerson and Borie, Hollywood Legends, 276.
“You know,” said Zanuck … Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
“You know, Miss Wynter” … Ibid.
“There’s somebody new …” Ibid.
“I’ll be there” … Ibid.
“He was an original” … Ibid.
“Let’s go to Mexico” … Ibid.
“nerves of a burglar”… Ibid.
“How can you not …” Ibid.
“I hope I’m that lucky” … “Bautzer Sidesteps Story He Will Wed Actress,” Los Angeles Times.
“Greg intended to go …” Undated clipping in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
“The moon was high …” Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
On June 10, 1956 … Ibid.
They needed to alert … Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author. A few weeks after … Ibid.
“My record was just …” Newhart, I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This, 79; and Newhart, interview by the author.
Another swell party … Wynter, Other People Other Places, 23.
“The games were too …” Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
“Let me tell you …” Dorso, interview by Rogers.
“I couldn’t bear …” Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
“this kind of showing off” … Ibid.
the Reagans cornered Bautzer … Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
A short time later … Day in Sacramento, Los Angeles Times, February 6, 1963.
when Bautzer and Di Cicco arrived … Notes in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
But the story Bautzer told … Mark Bautzer, interview by Rogers.
Just after midnight … “Actors’ Agent Attempts Death,” Los Angeles Times.
Regardless of how … “Settlement Seen as Near in Suit Against Hughes,” Los Angeles Times.
“When Howard Hughes …” Buhrman, “Hello Greg? … This Is Howard Hughes,” 39.
He said that he wanted out … Russo, Supermob, 128.
“RKO’s contract list …” Jewell and Harbin, The RKO Story, 244.
“the financial feat …” Russo, Supermob, 129.
One actress to sign … Hopper, Hedda Hopper, September 17, 1954.
Then, in 1955, someone recommended … Robert Schwartz, interview by the author.
“Mr. Bautzer worked clear through …” Sullivan, interview by the author.
“I want no divided responsibility …” Barlett and Steele, Empire, 256.
Hughes had a change of heart … Ibid., 257.
“Other than being his lawyer …” Sullivan, interview by the author.
“There are only three things …” Notes in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
“The stress of working …” Sullivan, interview by the author.
“That guy is driving me …” Notes in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
Lea Sullivan remembered … Sullivan, interview by the author.
One night when Sullivan … Sullivan, interview by the author.
Hughes would personally fly … Wynter, interviews by the author.
the Bautzers were in Acapulco … Ibid.
“Have you asked her?” … Higham, Howard Hughes, 156.
Black Gold Productions … Parker, interview by the author.
He found his targets … Anderson, “Hughes Courtships Were Much Like Corporate Business.”
Tony Curtis recalled … Curtis and Golenbock, American Prince, 127.
“A playboy who became …” “Howard Hughes,” Life.
“From the looks …” “Welcome Home, Howard!,” University of Nevada.
Bautzer heard of Stuart’s weakness … Stuart, interview by the author.
“You’re not going to …” Higham, Howard Hughes, 212.
Publisher Robert Loomis … Higham, Howard Hughes, 213.
“Irving may have had …” Haber, “Hughes Alive, Well … but Don’t Quote Me.”
“I don’t know him …” “Principal Points Made in Interview,” Los Angeles Times.
he was writing an exposé … Haber, “Joe and Elke and Life in a Doll’s House.”
“I’m not saying that …” Ibid.
“I estimated the Hughes book …” Ibid.
“I have no desire …” Hack, Howard Hughes, 305.
Goldenson told stockholders … Ibid.
“Mr. Hughes would like …” Barlett and Steele, Empire, 337.
“I hate to awaken you …” Drosnin, Citizen Hughes, 147.
“I am in a real predicament … Barlett and Steele, Empire, 338.
Hughes blamed his retreat on … Ibid., 339.
“When I was there last …” Ibid., 334.
Robert Maheu, who never … Maheu and Hack, Next to Hughes, 95.
A man named Maybe Tucker was … Tucker, interview by Rogers.
Bautzer wept like a child … Ibid.
“Over a period of time …” “Where Hughes’s Billions Go,” Los Angeles Times. “Hughes told Mr. Bautzer …” Sullivan, interview by the author.
“My dining room became …” Ibid.
Judge Lake called the memory … Luther, “Fees of $600,000 Denied by Judge.”
“Howard’s success with Toolco …” Brown and Broeske, Howard Hughes, 127. Bautzer would reminisce … Notes in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
“I sat in Greg’s office …” Harris, interview by Rogers.
“I was just getting started …” Wagner, interview by the author.
Bautzer experienced one of these … Wynter, interviews by the author.
“Unfortunately, my married life …” Kelley, His Way, 145.
“Mrs. Sinatra has no plans …” Kelley, His Way, 151.
a “reasonable amount” … “Mrs. Sinatra’s Suit Against Mate Delayed,” Los Angeles Times.
“She’s miserable about …” Kelley, His Way, 153.
“Hey, would you mind …” Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
“You can photograph from Dana …” Ibid.
“No,” she said … Ibid.
They spotted Giancana … Ibid.
she was grateful for one … Ibid.
“We have just recently …” “Jeanne Crain Drops Her Demands for Protection,” Los Angeles Times
She testified that Rhoads … “Jeanne Crain Denies Misconduct Charges.” Los Angeles Times.
“With four children involved …” “Crain Divorce Case Smolders in Law Offices.” Los Angeles Times.
“Divorces are messy …” LeBlanc, “Superstar Lawyer.”
“I was very much in love” … Hudson and Davidson, Rock Hudson, 96.
“Phyllis and Rock were at our …” Ibid., 97.
“He was out every night” … Ibid., 103.
“I used to believe …” Ibid., 98.
“I want you to take care …” Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
“Wouldn’t it absolutely clinch …” “Hearst and Purity,” Los Angeles Times.
“Love is not always …” Davies and Marx, The Times We Had, 30.
“This so-called agreement” … “Hearst-Davies Pact Legality Attacked,” Los Angeles Times.
“The document will speak for …” “Hearst’s Bombshell,” Time.
“I would do anything …” Ibid.
“I think we have …” Typed meeting minutes in Marion Davies Papers.
“Greg, I want to have …” Gindick, “Mystique.”
Davies was deeply fond … Wynter, interviews by the author.
“Money lying in …” Typed meeting minutes in Marion Davies Papers.
Time magazine took note … “Tycoon Davies,” Time.
“Marion accompanies her …” “Marion Davies Presents $1,500,000 to UCLA,” Los Angeles Times.
One day Bautzer called Schwartz … Bernard Schwartz, interview by Rogers.
At first they rented … Parker, interview by the author.
In the time since … Ibid.
When she overheard … Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
“Of all the people …” Zack, “A Conversation with Greg Bautzer,” 39.
“Billy used power …” Ibid., 40.
The behavior that Wynter … Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
When he took two-and-a-half-year-old … Hopper, Entertainment, December 6, 1962.
“The day after I returned …” Hopper, Entertainment, December 13, 1963.
“Greg didn’t win thirty-one …” Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
There was one particularly bad … Ibid.
“My father never took me …” Mark Bautzer, interview by Rogers.
“Look,” he told her … Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
“People do not carry on …” Ibid.
“Why don’t you come …” Hopper, Hedda Hopper, August 20, 1962.
One night a call came … Wynter, interviews by the author.
On another occasion, Howard Hughes … Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
Only once did Wynter … Ibid.
One night, Bautzer went … Ibid.
“Greg, I’m sorry …” Ibid.
“Mrs. Bautzer, if I may …” Ibid.
“I went to see Billy …” Russo, Supermob, 280.
“Let’s not call it …” Loper, “The Bistro’s Secret of Success.”
“I liked Greg Bautzer …” Korshak, interview by Rogers.
“My wife Bernice …” Ibid.
“In accordance with …” Russo, Supermob, 126.
The Acapulco Towers … Ibid., 339.
Korshak told friends … Ibid., 213.
“Bob Evans used to …” Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
Evans got a call … Evans, The Kid Stays in the Picture, 111.
“Don’t you believe it” … Russo, Supermob, 322.
“Bautzer set up …” Levy, interview by the author.
“Greg Bautzer’s the guy …” Ruddy, interview by the author.
“I mean, Charlie was …” Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
“Charlie Bluhdorn knew …” Ruddy, interview by the author.
“Bob is still trying …” Ibid.
Pundits didn’t think … Evans, The Kid Stays in the Picture, 119.
“Robert Evans is an outrage …” Russo, Supermob, 322.
“You didn’t bring in …” Russo, Supermob, 477.
Sidney Korshak had an idea … Korshak, interview by Rogers.
“There was a dedication …” Neumeyer, “The Case of the Battling Barristers,” 60.
“Greg evidently needed …” Korshak, interview by Rogers.
“During the 1970s …” Levy, interview by the author.
“I like to talk …” MacNamara, “Gone with the Winds,” 30.
“Kirk Kerkorian worshiped …” Del, interview by the author.
“This offer is inadequate …” Wood, “MGM Will Oppose $35 Million Offer.”
“It seems to me” … Dallos, “Kerkorian Violated Securities Laws.”
“We’re looking for the time …” Dallos, “Kerkorian Beats MGM Attempt to Halt Tender.”
The two sides communicated … Dallos, “Kerkorian Reports 1,325,000 Shares.”
“He was it” … Rosenfield, “Aubrey: A Lion in Winter.”
“The American public …” Morrow, “Goodbye to Our Mary.”
the “smartest one up there” … Rosenfield, “Aubrey: A Lion in Winter.”
“The world’s No. 1 …” Oulahan and Lambert, “The Tyrant’s Fall That Rocked the TV World.”
the “Smiling Cobra” … “Lion and the Cobra,” Time.
“I don’t pretend …” “The Return of Smiling Jim,” Time.
“Aubrey was the fourth …” Rosenfield, “Aubrey: A Lion in Winter.”
“No man made bigger profits …” Ibid.
“Jim Aubrey has a real …” “The Return of Smiling Jim,” Time.
“I don’t want a contract” … Ibid.
“Clear out the nonproductive …” Ibid.
“I think that a lawyer …” Sloane, “Lawyer Keeps Late Hours with Clients.”
“Greg is extremely difficult …” Ibid.
“We sold off acreage …” Rosenfield, “Aubrey: A Lion in Winter.”
“Jim Aubrey took everything …” Marx, “Speaks for Ghosts.”
“The studio that brought you …” Cook, Lost Illusions, 303.
“For propriety’s sake” … Haber, “$20 Million Deal Sealed at Bistro.”
On October 30, Aubrey … Bart, Fade Out, 59.
“The job I agreed …” “Lion and the Cobra,” Time.
“You can’t go out …” Bart, Fade Out, 173.
“On Fridays there was …” Morgan, interview by the author.
“If you feel that strongly …” Bart, Fade Out, 173.
“Things are as exciting …” “Attorney for Kerkorian to Run MGM, UA,” Los Angeles Times.
“He seemed to know …” Rosenfelt, interview by Rogers.
“Kirk’s a low-key …” Mark Bautzer, interview by Rogers.
“Talk about comfort!” … LeBlanc, “Superstar Lawyer.”
“Kirk was into my father’s …” Mark Bautzer, interview by Rogers.
“It was remarkable …” Stein, interview by the author.
“We were flying …” Neumeyer, “The Case of the Battling Barristers,” 62.
“It was a different time …” Morgan, interview by the author.
“Greg was on the phone …” Del, interview by the author.
“I owned a piece …” Levy, interview by the author.
“Clients would be sitting …” Del, interview by the author.
“I learned a lot …” Levy, interview by the author.
“We have examined …” Amdur, “U.S. Open Won’t Recognize Test Taken by Dr. Richards.”
Bautzer got himself into hot water … Morgan, interview by the author.
“That takes balls …” Ibid.
“Listen, I’ve spoken …” Ibid.
“I’m going to do …” Ibid.
“I personally drafted …” Ibid.
“Now, Frank, I’ve …” Ibid.
“Listen, for the sake of …” Ibid.
“Because to Greg, it was still …” Ibid.
“She was the one …” Osborne, “Heavy Hitter, Natural Born Killer.”
She tenaciously defended Kerkorian … Ibid.
“I don’t care whether it’s …” Pollock, “Inchon! Shooting for the Moonies.”
Greg made some calls … Beckerman, interview by Rogers.
“Farrah never knew …” “Writer Quits, but Show Must Go On,” Atlanta Journal.
A woman named Lehua May Garcia … Murphy, “Suit Citing Forgotten Deed Could Scuttle Sale.”
“They’re all my friends” … Willie Brown eulogy for Bautzer in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
“You’re such a good friend …” Maass, interview by Rogers.
“I met a lot of his …” Del, interview by the author.
One time in the 1970s … Notes in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
“I once made the mistake …” Ibid.
“There was a time when …” Maass, interview by Rogers.
“The opposing team would settle …” Mark Bautzer, interview by Rogers.
“I started seeing an eye doctor …” Robert Schwartz, interview by the author.
“Greg was brilliant …” Del, interview by the author.
“He didn’t want to hear about …” Notes in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
“I would be in Greg’s office …” Ibid.
“Anyone who had anything …” Weintraub Ferrer, interview by Rogers; and Weintraub Ferrer, interview by the author.
“I was with him …” Levy, interview by the author.
Silver Screen Magazine had linked … Moran, “How a White Millionaire Won Diahann.”
Bautzer’s first recorded date … Haber, “Harvey Rite at Robbin’s Gala (Almost).”
“He was a loyal friend” … Dorso, interview by Rogers.
“Greg, aren’t you” … Wynter, interview by Rogers; and Wynter, interviews by the author.
“No one ever received …” Maass, interview by Rogers.
“Once in a while …” Dorso, interview by Rogers.
“He tried to quit …” Mark Bautzer, interview by Rogers.
“He didn’t want to age” … Ibid.
“I’m an alcoholic” … Notes in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
He conspired with restaurateur … Puck, interview by the author; and Erpicum, interview by the author.
“Bring me a cappuccino” … Notes in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
In 1987, he was visiting … Mark Bautzer, interview by Rogers.
“I hope he behaves …” Notes in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
“He was a hell of a guy” … Overend, “Greg Bautzer, Attorney to the Stars, Dies.”
“He had an enthusiasm …” Ibid.
“He was so courtly …” Ibid.
“There was some resentment …” Neumeyer, “The Case of the Battling Barristers,” 64.
“This was a law firm …” Ibid.
“He was wonderful …” Osborne, “Heavy Hitter, Natural Born Killer.”
“excellent, honest, and …” Kim, “Casino Mogul Takes Stand in Trial.”
“I would never have …” Notes in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
“Greg would walk into …” Paul MacNamara eulogy for Bautzer in Henry C. Rogers Papers.
“I’ve been asked …” Irwin, interview by Rogers.
“You know Mark, your father …” Mark Bautzer, interview by Rogers.
“He was everyone’s idol …” Ruddy, interview by the author.