weddings of, 107–8, 258, 260–61, 265
presidential campaigns of, 2–3, 9,
as wine connoisseur, 111, 238–39, 242,
377–89, 421, 429, 434, 436–44,
250–51, 269, 465, 468, 502
446–64, 470–505
Reagan, William, 18, 20
public image of, 9, 215, 283, 340, 371,
Reagan’s America (Wills), 29
379
Rear Gunner, 153–54
on racial issues, 27, 165–66
Reasoner, Harry, 361, 364–65, 381–82
radio career of, 58–65, 67–70, 72,
Red Plot Against America, The (Stripling), 210
431–32, 437, 439, 465, 505
Reed, Clarke, 437, 452, 456
as rancher, 163–64, 223, 242, 253–54,
Reed, Thomas C., 356–57, 366–67, 373,
266, 268, 283, 299, 309, 331, 376–77,
380–81, 384, 413, 443, 447
432–34, 462, 464, 466, 474, 477, 484
Reid, Jim, 209
reading tastes of, 110, 270, 341
Reston, James, 426, 449
religious beliefs of, 19, 22, 25, 27, 61, 66, Reuther, Walter, 197
70, 96, 99, 105–6, 309, 353, 381, 402,
Revell, Dennis, 504
429
Revere, Anne, 172, 175, 196, 209–10
romances of, 27–28, 30, 32, 60, 64, 66,
Revolution (Anderson), 481
100, 103–7, 239, 243
Reynolds, Nancy, 351, 365–66, 368–70,
security for, 6, 376, 433, 448, 505
372, 399–400, 406, 408, 414, 431,
sense of humor of, 110, 178, 208,
480, 493, 495, 497
242–43, 262, 270, 353, 401–2, 411,
Reynolds, Quentin, 217
418, 435, 477
Rhodes, Cecil, 440
singing voice of, 66, 270
Rhodes, James, 387, 457
social life of, 1–5, 10–11, 66–68, 97–98,
Righter, Carroll, 255–57, 259, 263, 269,
100, 104–6, 238–40, 243–44, 258–59,
276, 353, 395
Index
5 9 5
Right Moment, The (Dallek), 314
Rugged Path, The (Sherwood), 182, 227
Rise of Ronald Reagan, The (Boyarsky), 364
Rumsfeld, Donald, 439, 446, 487
Robbins, Anne Ayres “Nannee,” 35, 37–38,
Russell, Rosalind, 109, 228, 231, 278, 374
41–42, 54, 88–89, 258–59
Rutherford, Ann, 114–15, 230, 250, 282,
Robbins, John, 35, 38
291–93
Robbins, Kenneth Seymour, 34–35, 37–38,
Ryman, Lucille, 228, 235
41–42, 48, 54, 86, 88–89, 100–101,
134
Safer, Morley, 444
Robbins, Patricia Cross “Patsie,” 48, 54, 88
Safire, William, 3, 426
Roberts, Bill, 337–38, 340–41, 343–45,
Salmon, Montague, 39
349, 360, 413
Salvatori, Grace Ford, 325–26, 328–30,
Robeson, Paul, 143, 214
333, 336, 350, 375, 395–96, 412,
Robinson, Edward G., 96, 160, 165, 178
442–43, 504
Robinson, Jill Schary, 110, 241, 293
Salvatori, Henry, 10, 325–26, 328–30,
Robinson, Marian, 88
332–37, 339–40, 345–46, 348–50,
Rockefeller, David, 12, 385, 499
352, 355–59, 368, 375, 378–80, 382,
Rockefeller, Margaretta Murphy “Happy,”
387, 395, 412–13, 421, 437, 441–43,
323, 385–86, 420
475, 488, 504
Rockefeller, Nelson, 323–24, 327, 331, 337,
Salvatori, Laurie Ann, 328–30, 333–34
342, 357, 382–88, 393, 427, 430–31,
Santa Fe Trail, 168
438–42, 446–47, 456
Schary, Dore, 110, 168–69, 220–21, 225,
Roedling, Herbert, 291
227–30, 234–35, 237, 241, 245–48,
Rogers, Ginger, 158, 198, 200, 209, 230, 255
258, 286–87, 293
Romero, Cesar, 256–57, 375
Schary, Miriam, 234, 241, 245
Romney, George, 378, 382
Schenck, Joseph, 117, 219
Ronald Reagan and His Ranch (Hannaford), Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 169, 197
466
Schlesinger, James, 446–47
Ronald Reagan in Hollywood (Vaughn), 119, Schmitz, John, 361
149, 153
Schreiber, Rita, 283, 374, 376
Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Schreiber, Taft, 271–72, 282–83, 320, 346,
Medicine, 317
356–57, 359, 374, 376–78, 380, 421,
Ronnie and Jesse (Cannon), 364
443
Rooney, Mickey, 1, 201, 230
Schwarz, Fred, 315, 329
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 3, 11, 41, 170, 197
Schweiker, Richard, 453–55
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 112, 164
Scott, Adrian, 217, 219
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Sr., 11, 32–34, 41,
Scott, Randolph, 278, 338, 413
46, 57, 60–61, 66–67, 78–79, 93, 96,
Scranton, William, 325, 327–28
98–99, 104, 111–15, 118–19, 125–26,
Sears, John P., III, 437–39, 441, 447–48,
128, 132–33, 143, 145, 152, 157–60,
453–55, 457, 463, 474–86, 498, 500
165, 189, 198, 213, 289, 332, 334, 344
Secret Language of Relationships, The (Gold-Roosevelt, James, 46, 165–66, 168–69, 172,
schneider and Elffers), 259
197
Selznick, David O., 168, 173, 244–45, 276,
Roosevelt, Theodore, 56, 261, 327, 386, 436
278
Root, Ezekiel, 35
Selznick, Irene Mayer, 199–200, 276
Root, John, 35
Sergeant Murphy, 97
Ross, Diana, 5
“Set Your Clocks at U-235” (Corwin), 166
Roth, William, 472
Shadow in the Sky, 257
Rousselot, John, 315, 321, 337–38
Shadow on the Wall, 232, 247
Rowland, Richard, 38
Shaw, Artie, 166, 168
Rubel, A. C. “Cy,” 334–39, 352, 355–56,
Shaw, George Bernard, 37, 133
379
Sheppard, Eugenia, 2, 493
Rubin, J. Robert, 226
Sheridan, Ann, 112, 150–51, 155
Ruge, Daniel, 131, 145, 317
Sherwood, Robert, 182, 227
5 9 6
Index
Shields, Jimmie, 291, 350, 375, 399
Stein, Doris, 234, 278, 281–82, 291, 295,
Shifting, 36
299, 374–75, 377, 395–97, 402, 424,
Shore, Dinah, 249, 292
429
Short, Howard, 30
Stein, Jules, 109, 153, 170, 234, 267, 272,
Shriver, Sargent, 116, 411, 445
278, 281–83, 291, 295, 320, 330, 346,
Shubert, Lee, 36, 302
374–75, 377, 396, 402, 421, 429
Shultz, George, 434, 483, 488
Stepmother, The, 85–86, 126, 139
Sills, David, 352, 405
Stevenson, Adlai, 264, 381
Silver Glory (Gish), 126
Stewart, Donald Ogden, 213
Simon, Sylvan, 286, 289
Stewart, Gloria, 276, 278, 292, 304, 375,
Simon, William E., 471–72, 475, 482–83,
414, 504
487–88
Stewart, Jimmy, 76, 89–91, 122, 152, 163,
Sinatra, Frank, 152, 169, 212, 230, 237,
212, 230, 272, 276, 278, 280–81,
314, 349, 413–14, 416, 420, 422, 427,
/> 292–93, 304, 375, 414, 451, 479,
453, 489
488, 504
Sinatra, Tina, 413
Storm Warning, 241, 243
Singing Marine, The, 201
Straus, Ann, 231, 261
Skelton, Red, 59, 411
Strickling, Howard, 230–31
Smashing the Money Ring, 119
Stripling, Robert E., 210, 213, 215, 217
Smith, Alexis, 155, 163, 177
Stumbo, Bella, 495–96
Smith, Alfred E., 28–29, 112
Sturges, John, 247
Smith, Gordon, 357–58, 364
Submarine D-1, 113
Smith, Jean, 10, 337, 352, 374–76, 379,
Sugar Babies, 1
430, 504
Sullivan, Ed, 193, 270–71
Smith, Sophia, 122
Surgeon’s Odyssey, A (Davis), 42, 44, 46–47, Smith, William French, 336–37, 352,
49, 138–39, 143
356–57, 359, 367, 374–79, 384, 387,
Susan and God, 133
402, 430, 455, 458, 475, 482, 486,
Swing Your Lady, 97
496, 503–4
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 450, 456
Taft, Robert, 327, 394
Sondergaard, Gale, 237, 252
Taft, William Howard, 261, 327, 329, 436
Song of Russia, 157, 198, 213–14
Take One (LeRoy), 236
Sorrell, Herbert, 158, 172–78, 196, 214
Take Two (Dunne), 212
Sothern, Ann, 232, 238–39, 256
Talk About a Stranger, 257
Spencer, Stuart, 337–45, 347–49, 353,
“Tax Cuts and Increased Revenue” (Reagan),
357–58, 360, 368, 370, 380, 413, 443,
470–71
446, 449–50, 452, 458, 498–99,
Taylor, Elizabeth, 210, 228, 230–31, 493,
501–2
499
Sprague, Erlenne, 9–10, 12, 311–12, 374,
Taylor, Laurette, 180, 229
396, 469, 504
Taylor, Orville, 89, 190
Stack, Robert, 111, 176–77, 205, 244, 248,
Taylor, Robert, 68–69, 151–52, 158, 172,
488, 504
177, 198, 210–11, 214, 234, 276–78,
Stage Struck, 103
284–85, 304–5, 323, 338, 344, 348,
Stalin, Joseph, 116, 143, 157
350, 404–5, 435
Stallion Road, 163, 167
Taylor, Theresa, 277, 284
Stanwyck, Barbara, 151, 155, 158, 200,
Taylor, Ursula, 276–78, 284–85, 304, 323,
236, 277
350, 404, 435
Starck, Brent, 137–38
Teaberry Sports Review, The, 65
Stark, Fran, 286, 291, 304, 311, 374, 435,
Temple, Shirley, 206, 299
504
Tennessee’s Partner, 283
Stark, Ray, 7, 286, 291, 304, 374, 435,
Tenney, John, 237, 287
504
terHorst, Jerald, 454–55
Staudinger, Orme, 54
Thatcher, Margaret, 12, 409, 440, 473
Index
5 9 7
That Hagen Girl, 206–7
Valentine, Mrs. Patrick A., 92, 138
Thau, Benjamin, 226–29, 235–36,
van der Kemp, Florence, 409
248–49
Van Druten, John, 180, 195
Theiss, Michael, 404
Vaughn, Stephen, 12, 119, 149, 153, 264
Thieu, Nguyen Van, 419, 423–24
Venuta, Benay, 234, 286
This Is the Army, 155–57, 171–72
Vidal, Gore, 192, 324
Thomas, J. Parnell, 198–99, 211, 213–14,
Viewpoint, 431–32
216–18, 220, 237
Virginian, The, 79
Thompson, Nathalie, 301
Voice of the Turtle, The, 195, 242
Thorne, Narcissa Ward, 83, 190, 262
von Damm, Helene, 368–70, 372–73, 392,
Thornton, Flora, 375, 426, 504
431, 457, 478
Thornton, Tex, 375–76, 426, 504
von Furstenberg, Diane, 446
Thurmond, Strom, 384, 388–89
von Stroheim, Erich, 148
“Time for Choosing, A” (Reagan), 332
Vorhaus, Bernard, 157
Toberman, Homer, 296, 311
Vreeland, Diana, 282, 397, 445, 469
Toberman, Lucy, 296, 311
Tracy, John, 39, 78, 186–87
Wagner, Dave, 116–17
Tracy, Louise, 39, 48, 78, 145, 186, 188–90, Wagner, Lorraine, 310
225–26, 266
Wahlgren, Lanetta, 305–7
Tracy, Spencer, 39–40, 48, 73, 77–79, 113,
Wald, Connie, 240, 296, 329, 429, 469
145, 182, 186, 188–90, 192, 199–200,
Wald, Jerry, 96, 208, 222, 240–41, 244,
212, 225–31, 247
249–50
Tracy and Hepburn (Kanin), 182
Walesa, Lech, 12, 498
Travis, June, 97–98, 287
Walgreen, Charles, Sr., 29, 114, 203
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The, 188, 242
Walgreen, Myrtle, 29, 114
Tropic Zone, 263
Walgreen, Ruth, 203
Truman, Bess, 3, 455
Walker, Robert (actor), 163, 244–45,
Truman, Harry, 3, 132, 160, 170, 189,
248–49, 253
196–97, 218, 251, 264, 381, 436,
Walker, Robert (political adviser), 351, 384, 463
388–89, 429, 437–38
Trumbo, Dalton, 167–69, 173, 197–99,
Wallace, George, 382, 391, 445
213, 217, 219, 236, 313
Wallace, Henry, 132, 159–60, 170, 197,
Turner, Lana, 105, 153, 160, 230–31,
199–200, 238, 264
255–56
Wallace, Inez, 231, 233
Tuttle, Holmes, 10, 204–5, 279, 313, 321,
Wallace, Mike (journalist), 121, 129, 446,
323, 325–29, 331–40, 344–50, 352,
502
355–60, 362, 367–68, 375, 378–80,
Wallace, Mike (political staffer), 482
382, 384, 387, 389, 392, 412–13, 421,
Wallis, Hal, 96, 112, 150
425–27, 437, 439, 442, 447–48,
Walton, Rus, 381, 387
454–55, 457–59, 462, 464, 468, 471,
Wanger, Walter, 197, 220–21, 251
475, 478–79, 482–83, 488, 496,
Ward, George, 68–69
503–4
Warhol, Andy, 3–7, 397, 444, 497
Tuttle, Robert, 313, 326–27, 333, 339,
Warner, Ann, 98, 118, 276, 300
345–46, 358, 367, 379
Warner, Harry, 96, 109, 117–18, 159, 219,
Tuttle, Virginia, 10, 204–5, 323, 325–27,
234
333–34, 336–37, 345–46, 350, 375,
Warner, Jack (film executive), 69, 95–96,
392, 396, 426, 464, 468, 478–79,
98, 105, 109, 117–18, 127, 150–52,
488, 504
154–55, 157, 162, 174, 178, 199, 211,
213–14, 219, 240, 276, 300
“U.S. Communist Party, The” (Schlesinger),
Warner, John (politician), 493, 499
169
Warren, Earl, 173–74, 362–63
Unruh, Jesse, 359, 402, 412–13, 428, 500
Washburn, Anne, 180, 184
Up from Liberalism (Buckley), 314
Washington, George, 107, 201, 276
5 9 8
Index
Wasserman, Edie, 110, 161, 268, 281, 283,
378, 393, 396, 399, 406, 426, 430,
292, 322
442, 460, 464, 478, 489, 493, 495,
Wasserman, Lew, 108–10, 150, 161, 240,
; 504
267–69, 272, 281–83, 320, 322, 346
Wilson, William A., 10, 12, 285, 293–95,
Way I See It, The (Davis), 265, 307–8
298–99, 302, 304, 326–28, 336, 338,
Wayne, John, 152, 158, 200, 240, 251,
346, 350, 352, 360, 369, 375–78, 406,
314–15, 323, 344, 349, 386, 413, 424,
426, 430, 432, 455, 457, 460, 464,
454, 462
482, 489–90, 504
Weed, Lewis, 53
Wilson, Woodrow, 11, 128
Weinberger, Caspar, 357–58, 381, 417, 475
Winchell, Walter, 187, 193
Weinrott, Betty, 129, 138
Winning Team, The, 257, 264
Weinrott, Lester, 48, 57, 84–85, 128–29, 138
Winship, Frederick, 391
Weld, John, 124, 257
Wirthlin, Richard, 485–86, 490, 492, 497,
Weld, Katy, 124
500
Wellman, William, 245–47
Wirtz, Alice Pirie, 316
Wetzel, Nicholas, 46–47, 129–30
Witcover, Jules, 437
Weymouth, Lally, 484–85, 501
Wizard of Oz, The, 234, 304
Whalen, Richard, 391
Wood, Robert E., 115–16, 126
Wharton, James, 280, 343, 394–96
Wood, Sam, 112, 158–59, 200, 210–11, 214
Where’s the Rest of Me? (Reagan and Hubler), Wrather, Bonita Granville “Bunny,” 205,
15–16, 59, 62, 66, 112, 161, 265,
335–36, 350, 352, 385, 504
321–22
Wrather, Jack, 204–5, 335–36, 338, 350,
White, F. Clifton, 380–81, 384, 387, 389
352, 385, 439, 455, 482, 503–4
White, James Platt, Jr., 135, 146–47, 189
Wright, Loyd, 315, 321
White, Theodore H., 380, 485, 491–92
Wyatt, Elsie, 107–8
Whiting, John, 395
Wyler, William, 78, 211–12, 220
Whitmore, James, 245–47, 257
Wyman, Ernest Eugene, 100, 102
Whitney, Betsy Cushing, 46, 324
Wyman, Jane, 68–69, 93, 100–111, 114,
Whitney, John Hay “Jock,” 46, 324
150–52, 154–55, 160–64, 166, 172,
Who Killed Society? (Amory), 317
177, 179, 195–96, 200–202, 204–9,
Wick, Charles, Jr. “C. Z.,” 306, 433–34
212, 221–24, 238–40, 242–44,
Wick, Charles, Sr., 306, 342, 433, 448, 467, 254–56, 258, 260, 263, 266, 268,
475–78, 482, 488, 499, 504
277–78, 282, 295, 308–9, 343, 352,
Wick, Cindy, 306, 478
377, 434
Wick, Mary Jane, 305–6, 342, 375, 433,
448, 467, 469, 475–78, 488, 499, 504
Yearling, The, 162–64, 195
Wicker, Tom, 460
York, Pat, 26, 297
Wilder, Billy, 155, 220, 312
Young, Kathleen, 37, 88
Wilkerson, Billy, 167, 171, 236
Young, Loretta, 82, 308
Wilkin, Abra Rockefeller, 81–82, 87
Your Loving Son, 301–2
Will, George, 11
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