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INTERVIEWS
Julie Adams, Adell Aldrich, Richard Anderson, Lou Antonio, Lauren Bacall, Peter Baldwin, Peter Bart (2012 interview), Brent Beckwith, William Peter Blatty, Carol Burnett, Claudia Cardinale, Lewis John Carlino, Diane Sherry Case, Wally Cech, Cynthia Chenault, Michael Childers, Cindy Clark, Ray Clark, Paul Cohen, Dr. Jonathan E. Coleman, Mark Colleano, Cora Sue Collins, Carole Cook, Arlene Dahl, Matt Davis, Philip “Bud” Davis, Professor Ronald L. Davis, William Dawson, Doris Day, Illeana Douglas, Jerry Douglas, Peggy Dow, David Ely, Betty Engelman, Martin Flaherty, Gunther Fraulob, Joel Freeman, Charles Fries, Constance Garcia-Singer, Lee Garlington, Joel Grey, Betty Abbott Griffin, Kenneth Griggs, Cathy Hamblin, Robert Harmon, Jimmy Hawkins, Steve Hayes, Roberta Haynes, Arthur Hiller, Richard Hodge, Robert Hofler (2005 interview), Dennis Holahan, Joyce Holden, Earl Holliman, Virginia Hougasian, Kathleen Hughes, Tab Hunter, Glenn Jacobson, Ken Jillson, Judy Kaye, Michael Kearns, Peter Kevoian, Tony Kiser, Florence Lacey, Jack Larson, Piper Laurie, William Layer, Barbara Leigh, Nancy Leman, Dan Leonard, Michael Licata, Ken Maley, Ron Masak, Madison Mason, Paul Mason, Armistead Maupin, Taman McCall, Joe McElhaney, Howard McGillin, Patrick McGuire, Tony Melia, Bodil Miller, Mark Miller, Robert Parker Mills, Herbert Millspaugh, Robert Morgan, Marilyn Ann Moss, Craig Muckler, Lynn West Mullen, Noreen Nash, David Nutter, Robert Osborne, Robert Ousley, Gregg Palmer, Mary Peach, John Poer, Harper Poling, Shannon Ragland, Rex Reason, William Reynolds, Christopher Riordan, Ann Robinson, Barry Sandler, Thomas Santopietro, Jack Scalia, William Schallert, Gaylord Scherer, Jerry Scherer, Liz Scherer, John Schuck, Wallace Sheft, Joseph Sirola, Derline Smithson, Kenneth Soderblom, Dr. David Soren, Angela Stevens, Kevin Thomas, David Thomson, Maeve Thunderchild, Mark Tillman-Briggle, Dr. Margaret E. Towner, Alice Waier, Clint Walker, Ruth Holland Walsh, Dr. Wes Wheadon, John Wilder, Robert Willett, Jane Withers, John Leslie Wolfe.
Notes
Introduction
“Mr. Rock Hudson has”: New York Times, July 26, 1985.
Myra Hall: “Hudson’s Neighbor Offers Press ‘Lawn Seats’ for Private ‘Tribute’ at His House,” by Jeff Gottlieb, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, October 19, 1985.
“He is the center”: From “Dear Rock” by Roger Jones (unpublished manuscript) from the Roger W. Jones Papers (Collection #12621), archived at the University of Wyoming/American Heritage Center.
“straight goodness of heart and uncomplicated directness”: Halliday, Sirk on Sirk.
“the single most influential AIDS patient ever”: “The Untold Story: Rock Hudson’s Final Days” by Elizabeth McNeil, People magazine, April 27, 2015, p. 71.
“He accepted it like it was measles”: “Actor’s Illness Helped Reagan to Grasp AIDS, Doctor Says,” New York Times, September 2, 1989, p. 8.
“If Rock Hudson can have it”: People magazine, vol. 24, no. 7, August 12, 1985.
“in his most paradoxical role”: “Rock Hudson’s Most Paradoxical Role” by Anne Taylor Fleming, New York Times, February 15, 1989.
“I hear Rock’s being drugged”: Mark Miller, Trio of Forever Friends (unpublished memoir completed in 2007), pp. 277–78; George Nader’s diary entries regarding the phone call from Ross Hunter are dated July 5–6, 1985.
“Tom Clark has turned”: Miller, Trio of Forever Friends, p. 351; George Nader’s diary entry regarding Clark is dated October 15, 1985.
“I was kept out of the loop”: Alice Waier, interview with author, January 2015.
“unduly influenced” . . . “forced him into”: “Oregon Woman Sues Rock Hudson Estate; Says she’s half-sister,” The Spokesman Review, May 3, 1986, p. 13.
“If you have AIDS”: “Between Rock and a Hard Place: Marc Christian, Hudson’s Ex-Lover, Tells All” by Barry Adkins, New York Native, Issue 140, December 23–29, 1985, pp. 21–24.
“routine and perfunctory” . . . “dark moods”: Gates and Thomas, My Husband, Rock Hudson, p. 153.
“Remember that movie”: Alice Waier, interview with author, January 2015.
Chapter 1: Winnetka
“If one must live in Chicago”: The quote from A. W. Stevens is referenced in the 2009 documentary, Winnetka Story, directed by John Newcombe and produced by the Winnetka Historical Society (www.winnetkastory.com).
“In order to have”: Judge Joseph Burke is quoted in the Chicago Daily Tribune, March 18, 1937, p. 10.
“I was right there when”: Pearl Scherer’s comments are taken from This Is Your Life: Rock Hudson, which was originally broadcast on NBC on December 17, 1952.
“He told me that he had difficulties”: Diane Ladd’s comments are taken from an episode of Larry King Live, which was originally broadcast on CNN on October 1, 2003.
“true life told in” . . . “honeymoon apartment”: Star Stories: Rock Hudson by Jane Ardmore, p. 1.
“a handsome, dark-haired woman”: “The Rock Hudson Story” by Joe Hyams, Photoplay, February 1957, p. 90.
“Your father loved the gaming tables”: from “Dear Rock” by Roger Jones, from the Roger W. Jones Papers (Collection #12621), archived at the University of Wyoming/American Heritage Center.
“Rock’s grandfather, Theodore, was a farmer”: Jerry Scherer, interview with author, April 2015.
“One day, my grandmother”: Alice Waier, interview with author, March 2016.
“He got away with murder”: Hudson and Davidson, Rock Hudson: His Story, p. 17.
“I was home from school”: Dorothy Kimble’s comments are taken from the documentary, Rock Hudson: Acting the Part, which was originally broadcast on the A&E Network on March 7, 1999 (Peter Jones Productions).
“he packed his things” (footnote): Divorce Decree, Katherine Scherer vs. Roy H. Scherer, the Circuit Court of Cook County, December 6, 1932.
“There was family gossip”: Oppenheimer and Vitek, Idol: Rock Hudson, p. 4.
“You don’t understand, Kay”: Star Stories: Rock Hudson by Jane Ardmore, p. 5.
“I was on an airplane with Rock’s mother”: Mark Miller, Trio of Forever Friends (unpublished memoir completed in 2007), p. 153.
“My father said that when” (footnote): Gaylord Scherer, interview with author, April 2015.
“Whatever my mother wanted”: “Roy Fitzgerald Takes Some Time to Reminisce” by Rowland Barber, TV Guide, vol. 20, no. 18, April 29, 1972, pp. 24–28.
“Back in a small town”: Hudson’s comments are taken from his interview with Professor Ronald L. Davis, August 24, 1983, which is archived in the Ronald L. Davis Oral History Collection (#276) at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library.
“The defendant, Roy H. Scherer”: Divorce Decree, Katherine Scherer vs. Roy H. Scherer, the Circuit Court of Cook County, December 6, 1932.
“She was mother, father, and big sister”: Hudson and Davidson, Rock Hudson: His Story, p. 19.
“I once asked my stepfather”: Hudson and Davidson, Rock Hudson: His Story, p. 17.
“He was a drunk”: Oppenheimer and Vitek, Idol: Rock Hudson, p. 6.
“We used to see Roy”: Hudson and Davidson, Rock Hudson: His Story, p. 19.
“Years later, I was skin diving” (footnote): “A Change of Pace for Rock Hudson” by Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times, September 21, 1987, p. E-1.
“Well that cinches it”: Hudson, interview with Professor Ronald L. Davis, August 24, 1983.
“He used to beat Roy savagely”: “Heading for a Wedding?” by Imogene Collins, Modern Screen, August 1954, p. 58.
“Skokie Junior High”: Suzanne Guyot’s comments are taken from the documentary, Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger, which was directed by Andrew Davies and André Schäfer and released in October 2010 by Florianfilm GmbH.
“We were in the same class” . . . “We used to sleep”: “Never Before Revealed . . . Childhood of Rock Hudson” by William Dick, National Enquirer, September 13, 1977, p. 18.
“I remember when Roy”: Robert Willett, interview with author, May 10, 2015.
“The epic of the Woods of Winnetka” (footnote): “Burning Love of Carol G. for Fireman Told” by Virginia Gardner, Chicago Daily Tribune, March 12, 1937, p. 1.
“Extreme and repeated cruelty” . . . “A severe beating” . . . “It is further ordered”: Divorce Decree, Katherine Fitzgerald vs. Wallace Fitzgerald, Superior Court of Cook County, July 22, 1941.
Chapter 2: Green Gin
“At New Trier, Roy sat behind”: Bill Markus, correspondence with author.
“Why was he not in”: Philip “Bud” Davis, interview with author, May 4, 2015.
“There were very few”: Arce, The Secret Life of Tyrone Power, p. 254.
“We laughed all the time”: Jim Matteoni’s remarks are taken from This Is Your Life: Rock Hudson, which was originally broadcast on NBC on December 17, 1952.
“If we could get near”: Patrick McGuire, interview with author, January 15, 2016.
“He chased girls”: Hudson and Davidson, Rock Hudson: His Story, 1986, p. 20.
“no overtures or” . . . “If we had been out”: Patrick McGuire, interview with author, January 15, 2016.
“When I knew him”: Philip “Bud” Davis, interview with author, May 4, 2015.
“Roy was more taken”: Oppenheimer and Vitek, Idol: Rock Hudson, p. 11.
“She and I were enemies” . . . “We both had a little problem”: Patrick McGuire, interview with author, January 15, 2016.
“Sliced a Piper Cub”: Star Stories: Rock Hudson by Jane Ardmore, p. 13.
“For this exploit”: Remarks made by Ralph Edwards and Rock Hudson are taken from This Is Your Life: Rock Hudson, which was originally broadcast on NBC on December 17, 1952.
“He told me that he’d had”: Bob Preble’s comments are taken from the documentary, Rock Hudson: Acting the Part, which was originally broadcast on the A&E Network on March 7, 1999 (Peter Jones Productions).
“If Roy had a son”: “The Search for Rock Hudson’s Secret Son” by George Carpozi, Jr., Star magazine, March 30, 1990, pp. 18–19.
“I have a letter”: Alice Waier, interview with author, January 12, 2018.
“After my discharge, I returned”: “My Real Crazy Career” by Rock Hudson, as told to Maurice Zolotow, The American Weekly, March 25, 1956, p. 9.
“When Rock worked for me”: “The Rock Hudson Story” by Joe Hyams, Photoplay, February 1957, p. 92.
“Delivering the mail”: “My Real Crazy Career” by Rock Hudson, as told to Maurice Zolotow, The American Weekly, March 25, 1956, p. 10.
“Davey, John . . . ‘Imagine—all those letters’”: Samuel Steward’s “Stud File” is contained in the Samuel Steward Papers (1930–2003) archived at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University.
“After I got out” . . . “I didn’t quite flip”: Rock Hudson, interview with Professor Ronald L. Davis, August 24, 1983.
Chapter 3: A Unique Appeal
“They weren’t exactly”: Jerry Scherer, interview with author, May 2015.
“Not very stable stuff”: Star Stor
ies: Rock Hudson by Jane Ardmore, p. 16.
“First of all”: Alice Waier, interview with author, January 2015.
“With the G.I. Bill”: Hudson interview with Professor Ronald L. Davis, August 24, 1983.
“Rock vacuumed”: Mark Miller’s comments are taken from the documentary, Rock Hudson: Acting the Part, which was originally broadcast on the A&E Network on March 7, 1999 (Peter Jones Productions).
“I had a room but” . . . “I thought, ‘I’ll never get’”: Transcript of Pete Martin interview with Rock Hudson (background for “I Call on Rock Hudson,” Saturday Evening Post, July 23, 1960).
“In my mind”: Ken Maley, interview with author, January 26, 2015.
“It was very difficult” . . . “I kind of talked”: Hudson interview with Professor Ronald L. Davis, August 24, 1983.
“When I was young”: Kare Grams, interview with author, August 2, 2016.
“He was, I guess”: Hudson interview with Prof. Ronald L. Davis, 1983.
“I could definitely see”: Richard Hodge, interview with author, August 11, 2016.
“Kenny liked sailors”: Mark Miller, Trio of Forever Friends (unpublished memoir completed in 2007).
“They were a good team”: Herbert Millspaugh, interview with author, December 2014.
“At some point, Uncle Kenneth”: Kare Grams, interview with author, August 2, 2016.
“The story that”: Richard Hodge, interview with author, August 11, 2016.
“Ken was pretty devastated”: Herbert Millspaugh, interview with author, December 2014.
“Part of the heartbreak”: Kare Grams, interview with author, August 2, 2016.
“He was like the slime” . . . “I’d say that”: Hofler, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson, p. 6 (McDowall); p. 159 (Larson).
“One way or another” . . . “vacation in purgatory”: Hofler, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson, p. 29.
“Henry learned a lot”: Bob Hofler, interview with author, 2005.
“I can always tell”: Stine, Stars & Star Handlers, 1985.
“I always give a green actor”: “Rock Hudson: Why he is No. 1,” by Eleanor Harris, Look magazine, March 18, 1958, p. 52.
