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Liberation

Page 114

by Christopher Isherwood


  Brown, Jared 90, 560

  Brown, Jerry 545, 590, 623, 707–8

  Brown, June 560, 562, 598

  Brown, Rick 240, 243, 708

  Brown, Susan 227, 229, 230, 231, 708

  Brown, Willie, Assembly Bill 489 (A.B. 489) 478, 479, 493n, 683–4

  Browne, Coral (Price) 491, 503, 559, 682, 788–9

  Browne, Roscoe Lee 596

  Browning, Robert 589

  brush fires 204–5, 273, 399, 400–401, 592, 593

  Bryant, Anita 544

  Bryden, Ronald 291

  Buchholz, Horst 65, 488, 708

  Buckingham, Bob and May x, 22, 23, 71, 83, 708

  Buckle, Christopher Richard (Dicky) 71, 73, 74, 511, 515, 516, 708

  Buckley, Hal 317, 493

  Buckley, Michael 493

  Buckley, Peter 317, 493

  Buddha Chaitanya (earlier Philip Griggs; afterwards Swami Yogeshananda): at London Vedanta Centre 4, 9, 77, 255, 327; “lapse” 9; appearance 77; dislike of India 77; takes sannyas at Belur Math 137, 155; moves to Chicago center 470; 708

  Buffalo, New York 538

  Bugliosi, Vincent 290

  Bunting, Basil, Collected Poems 647

  Burbank, California 136, 137

  Burden, Chris 551, 552

  Burgess, Brian 314

  Burkett, Jane 504, 514

  Burns, Lee 533, 534

  Burroughs, William 170, 597, 709

  Burton, Richard 38, 79–80, 134, 160, 187, 622, 709

  Burton, Susan (Hunt) 622, 625

  Busch, Joseph 290

  Butazolidin (anti-inflammatory drug) 528, 590, 676, 709

  Butterflies Are Free (film) 254

  Byrd, Jerry 188

  Byrne, John 17, 56, 709

  Byron, George, Lord 105, 160n, 423, 488; Byron: A Portrait (Marchand) 193; Lord Byron (opera; Thomson/Larson) 226, 230–31, 233; Letters and Journals 423, 488, 558, 572; “The Corsair” 586

  Cabaret (film): C.I.’s views on xii, 127, 289, 307; income from xii, 312, 420; C.I.’s and Don Bachardy’s treatment rejected 2–3; characterization 93, 127; Academy Awards 350; promotion 422

  Cabaret (stage musical) xii, 7, 70, 467

  Cabin in the Sky (film) 623

  cable television 203

  Cadmus, Paul 171, 307, 709–710

  Caine, Patrick 515

  Calcutta, India 155, 468

  Caldwell, George 498, 500, 503, 541, 710

  Caldwell, Philadelphia 498, 710

  California (C.I.; proposed autobiographical volume; alternative working title Scenes from an Emigration) 613–15, 616, 618, 639, 642, 646, 668, 671, 673, 674, 675, 676–7, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683, 684, 686, 687

  California: earthquakes and tremors xi, 111, 139–41, 142, 148, 150–51, 155, 343, 441, 586, 608, 625; C.I.’s preference for Californian lifestyle xxxii, 77; land slides 3, 564–5, 578, 585, 586, 627, 628; earthquake predictions and scares 142, 143, 148, 150, 153, 182, 196, 453, 530–31, 556, 585; “red tides” 179, 180, 185; brush fires 204–5, 273, 399, 400–401, 592, 593; reinstatement of death penalty 290, 545; Santa Ana winds 301, 399, 579, 592; speed limit 546; referendums (1972) 290–91; (1978) 569–70, 575, 576–7, 586, 587, 590, 594, 599, 600; and narrative of C.I.’s proposed final autobiographical volume 613–15, 668, 673

  California Christian Campaign Committee 531

  California Hospital Medical Center 201–2

  California Institute of Technology (Cal. Tech.) 441, 583

  California State Assembly: elections (1972) 289, 290; Assembly Bill 489 (A.B. 489) 478, 479, 493n, 693–4

  California State Senate, Chaplain 531

  California State University, Fullerton 498–9

  California State University, Long Beach 485, 489

  California State University, Los Angeles 433

  California State University, Northridge 499

  Calley, John 405, 409, 429, 431, 710

  Calley, Lieutenant William 160–61

  Calthrop, Gladys 58, 317, 710

  Cambodia 81n, 132, 359

  Cambridge, England: C.I. visits Forster in 18, 20–22, 71–72, 74–75, 190; C.I.’s views on 20, 75, 413; see also King’s College

  Cameron, Roderick (Rory) 24, 25, 36, 710

  camp: C.I.’s use of xxxv–xxxviii, 229, 380, 610; C.I.’s views on 28, 50, 58, 379, 577

  Campbell, Alan 162, 710

  Campbell, Brian 509, 650, 710–711

  Campbell, Sandy 38

  Campbell, Victor 184

  Canterbury Tales, The (Pasolini film) 511

  Cap Ferrat, France 36, 678; Villa Mauresque 36, 389, 390

  Capote, Truman: and Gore Vidal 10, 199, 341, 404; his Bulgari chain 66, 341; C.I. and Don Bachardy visit in New York 173, 301; reads proofs of C.I.’s Kathleen and Frank 173, 177, 309; C.I. socializes with in Los Angeles 199, 471, 486, 487–8, 507; and Joanne Carson 199, 555; operations for cancer 234–5; nervous breakdown 235; relationship with Jack Dunphy 235, 555; and John Gielgud 238; and Rick Brown 240, 243; fails to attend opening of A Meeting by the River 309; C.I. visits in Palm Springs 348, 349, 410; interviewed by Warhol for Rolling Stone 350–51; receives poison-pen letters 350–51; and John O’Shea 410, 487–8, 507, 545; smoking pot 410; in Murder by Death 518; drinking 545, 547, 555; 711

  Answered Prayers 350, 471

  Capp, Jeff 663

  Carcassonne, France 31, 32, 33

  Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. Chester 246

  Carlson, Phil 89, 101–2

  Carnal Knowledge (film) 193

  Caron, Leslie (Laughlin): C.I.’s views on 3, 109, 242; friendship and socializing with C.I. 109, 150, 217, 241–2, 244, 304, 343, 450, 501, 503, 595, 601; moves to France 343, 345; Nicole 376–7; gift for C.I.’s seventieth birthday 451; in Chicago for 13 Rue de l’Amour 463, 471, 472; relationship with David Lonn and marriage problems 471, 472, 478; in Paris 478; Fanny 488; 711

  Carpenter, Humphrey 636

  Carpinteria, California 381; Cate School 442–3

  Carr, Allan 487–8

  Carr, Don 648, 653, 654, 657

  Carroll, Nellie 47, 184–5, 276, 345, 346, 711

  Carroll, Robert 349, 350

  Carson, Joanne 199, 555, 711

  Carson, Karen 519

  Carter, Jimmy 599, 625–6, 657, 711–12

  Casado, Patricia 623

  Casanova (Fellini film) 535

  Caskey, William (Bill): at the ballet 73; relationship with C.I. 121, 202, 544, 615, 619; in Greece 202, 575, 636–7, 647; photography 202; in New York 508; and biographies of C.I. 533, 561; demands return of possessions 615, 619, 636, 642–3; proposed book 615; and C.I.’s My Guru and His Disciple 619; death 636–7, 642–3, 647; 712

  Casque d’Or (film) 497

  Castaneda, Carlos, Journey to Ixtlan 310, 445

  Castellani, Juan 675

  Catalina Island, California 500

  Cate School, Carpinteria 442–3

  Cauley, Geoffrey 58

  Cavett, Dick 221, 605

  CBS (television network) 372

  Cedars Sinai Medical Center see Mount Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles

  census (1980) 630

  Cervantes, Miguel de, Don Quixote 219

  Cesaro, Giancarlo 33, 34, 35, 36, 37

  Chaikin, Joe 252, 406, 493, 712

  Chamberlain, Philip 290, 297

  Chamberlain, Richard 44, 62, 160, 164, 187, 312, 319, 712

  Chambers, David 514, 516

  Chandlee, William H., III (Will) 33, 35, 36, 317, 712–13

  Chandler, Raymond 403

  Chandon de Briailles, Comte Frédéric and Comtesse Francesca 339

  Chaouen, Morocco 517

  Chapin, Douglas 504, 505, 507, 508, 520, 713

  Chaplin, Charlie 222; Monsieur Verdoux 137

  Chapman, Hester 317, 713

  Charlton, Jim: correspondence with Edmund White x; appearance and character 41, 217, 295; C.I. reminisces about 95; in Hawaii 95, 228, 295, 305, 675–6; marriage 95, 295, 305; visits California 217–18, 220, 295, 297, 305; and
Don Bachardy 218, 220, 305, 350, 675–6; relationship with “Mark Cooper” 218, 297; reminisces about Japan 297; his psychologist 304; Bachardy’s drawing of 305; drinking 583; 713

  Chartwell Artists (production company) 91, 93, 195

  Chassay, Tchaik 76

  Chatanananda 373

  Château Marmont, West Hollywood 264

  Chateaubriand, François-René de, Mémoires d’outre-tombe xii

  Chatwin, Bruce 284–5

  Chaucer, Geoffrey, The Canterbury Tales 446

  Cheim, John 649

  Chekhov, Anton 13, 133, 141, 148; “The Black Monk”134; The Chorus Girl 177; The Schoolmistress and Other Stories 145, 193; Three Sisters 516; The Witch and Other Stories 157

  Chelsea Hotel, New York 172, 400, 419, 423–4, 508, 518

  Cherrat, Mohammed 517

  Chetanananda: assistant at Hollywood Vedanta Center 176, 417–18, 427, 457, 463, 484; appearance and character 176, 186; translations 250, 534; at Durga puja in Santa Barbara 396; C.I.’s relations with 427, 436, 535; officiates at Vivekananda puja 535; pilgrimage to India 540; 713

  Meditation and Its Methods 436, 445, 446; Vedanta: Voice of Freedom 675

  Chetwyn, Robert (Bob): and proposed English productions of A Meeting by the River 8, 44, 48, 50, 52, 54, 57, 59, 61–2, 67, 71, 76, 80, 81, 89–90, 91, 94, 223; appearance and character 50, 63; C.I. socializes with in London 63, 71, 75, 323, 510, 511; relationship with Howard Schuman 63, 71, 323; C.I. socializes with in California 506; 713–14

  Chicago, Illinois: Vedanta Center 344, 470; C.I. visits 463, 536, 538

  Chicago (musical) 518

  Chicago Tribune Book World 529

  Childers, Michael: and John Schlesinger 335; in London 335, 511; visits Yosemite and San Francisco with C.I. 366–8; and Lance Loud 379; works on Merchant-Ivory film 438; C.I. socializes with in Los Angeles 501, 505; and Barney Wan 658; 714

  Chin, Paul 498

  China 527; C.I.’s visit (1938) 328

  Christie, Agatha, Death on the Nile 588

  Christie, Julie 286

  Christopher and His Kind (C.I.; earlier title Wanderings): title xii, 399, 458, 502, 537; research and writing xxiv, 387–8, 391, 394, 398, 399–400, 402, 403, 408, 410, 411, 414, 415–16, 420, 426, 428–9, 434, 437, 440, 445, 446, 447–8, 450, 452, 455, 458, 460, 462, 463, 464, 465, 471, 477, 479, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 490, 506, 525, 537, 562, 684; themes xxiv–xxv, xxix, 387–8, 398–9, 408, 475, 522, 525, 614; publication and publicity xxviii–xxix, 529–30; narration 398, 400; catalogue listing 503; dust-jacket 519–20; Jonathan Fryer reads 521, 522; proofs 522; possible sequel to 523, 613; reviews 529, 670n; German translation 589, 590, 596, 597, 602; Heinz Neddermeyer reads 589, 590, 591, 596, 597, 602; “Vernon Old” reads 609, 612

  Christopher Isherwood: Over There on a Visit (television documentary) 504, 514, 537

  “Christopher Isherwood Reads” (Pelican Records recording) 491, 496, 519, 521, 528

  Church, Frederic Edwin 367–8

  Churchill, Winston 310, 394

  Cisco Pike (film) 311

  Claremont, California 4, 5; Claremont College 212, 213, 355

  Clark, Celia (Birtwell) 49, 55, 311, 324, 343, 346–7, 515, 714

  Clark, Jim 412

  Clark, Kate (daughter of Jim) 412, 413n

  Clark, Kenneth, Civilisation 267

  Clark, Ossie 55, 311, 315, 324, 347, 714

  Clarke, Gerald 295–6, 297, 714

  Claxton, Bill 253, 714

  Clay, Camilla 91, 103, 121, 130, 148, 714–15

  Clay, Cassius (Muhammad Ali) 155, 578

  Clement, Dick 556

  Cleveland, Ohio 359, 649

  Clift, Montgomery 362, 568

  Clinco, Judge Mario 543

  Clockwork Orange, A (film) 217

  Clodd, Alan 17

  Coast (magazine) 243

  Cobb, Sydney 620

  cocaine 283n, 685

  Cochrane, Elspeth 59, 60, 61, 62

  Cockburn, Claud 70; In Time of Trouble 447

  Cockburn, Jean see Ross, Jean Cockburn, Sarah 66, 67, 70, 372

  Coco, James 438

  Cocteau, Jean 7; Thomas the Imposter 248, 249, 250

  Cohan, Robert (Bob) 18, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, 715

  Cohen, Andee 47, 715

  Cohen, Dr. (to Gerald Heard) 189

  Colacello, Bob 649

  Coldstream, William (Bill) 29, 515

  Coleman, Keith 626

  Colette, The Cat 99

  College of Marin, California 630, 631

  Collier, Harriet 415

  Collier, John 414, 415, 715

  Collier, John, Jr. 415

  Colorado, criminal code 239

  Colossus: The Forbin Project (film) 139

  Columbia Essays on Modern Writers (book series) 150

  Columbia Studios 207, 213

  comet Kohoutek 418

  Community College Social Science Quarterly (journal) 467

  Company Theater (theater company) 262, 266

  Compton, Juleen 617

  Conan Doyle, Arthur 402, 403; “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” 588

  Conduct Unbecoming (film) 503

  Congreve, William, The Way of the World 11

  Coni, Peter 514

  Connecticut: criminal code 239; Don Bachardy visits 441, 443

  Connolly, Cyril 322–3, 579, 647, 715–16

  Connors, Bruce 113

  Conrad, Joseph, Under Western Eyes 279

  Cook, Bruce 178

  Cook, Catherine 22, 46

  Cooper, Billy see McCarty-Cooper, Billy Cooper, Douglas 32–3, 716

  Cooper, Gladys 229, 716

  Cooper, Joe 374

  Cooper, Mark (pseud.) 218, 297

  Cooper, Wyatt 249, 270, 716

  Copland, Aaron 595, 623, 716–17

  Coppola, Francis Ford 286, 411

  Copyright Revision Bill 47

  Corbett, Harry H. 13

  Corcoran, Dagny 587, 683, 717

  Corcoran, James (Jim) 598, 621, 629, 717

  Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles 505, 621, 656; Don Bachardy’s show 626, 629, 630

  Corderman, Mr. (Hilldale Avenue tenant) 463

  Corr, Christopher 619

  Corrigan, Douglas 677

  Corwin, Norman 290

  Costa Mesa, California 406

  Cotten, Joseph 258, 519, 717

  Courtenay, Tom 62, 67, 71, 76, 717

  Coventry, England 20, 83

  Covington, James 250

  Coward, Noël 55, 459; Blithe Spirit 516

  Crabe, James (Jim) 385

  Craft, Robert (Bob) 102n, 170, 173–4, 218, 304, 509, 510, 652, 717–18; and death of Stravinsky 160, 168–9, 189; diaries 247; relations with Vera Stravinsky 304 Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship 279

  Craig, Edward Gordon 532

  Cramer, Douglas Schoolfield 480

  Crane, Dan 191

  Cranley Mansion, London 72

  Cranmer, Archbishop Thomas 201–2

  Crawford, Joan xiii, 376, 422, 718

  Crawford, Linda 103, 148, 718

  Crema, Tom 499

  Crémieux-Schreiber, Suzanne 32

  Cribb, Don 493, 496, 497, 498, 501, 502, 506, 718

  Crichton, Michael 212

  Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, The (film) 311

  Crockett, Betsy 280

  Cross, Beverley 495

  Crosthwaite, Ponsonby Moore 25

  Cruickshank, Evan 512

  Cruising (film) 628

  Cukor, George: on C.I.’s NBC interview on sexuality 17; C.I. socializes with in California 94, 286, 449, 495, 499, 533, 573, 587–8; and proposed television program on Aldous Huxley 94; C.I. socializes with in New York 305; Gavin Lambert’s biography of 305; promotion for Travels with My Aunt 305; proposed film projects for C.I. 359–60, 395; at Don Bachardy’s Municipal Art Gallery show 376; Irving Lazar on 405; on “Frankenstein” television film 406; asks C.I. and Bachardy to write biography 449; The Blue Bird 449; aging 573, 607; meets Princess
Margaret 588; eightieth birthday 612–13; and C.I.’s proposed final volume of memoirs 614; at Merle Oberon’s memorial service 624; 718

  Cullen, John 28–9, 71, 202, 513, 718

  Cullen, Tom 646

  cummings, e.e. 596

  Curry, Tim 511

  Curtis Brown (literary agency) 330, 718–19; and Kathleen and Frank 118, 123; C.I. considers leaving 205, 387, 405–6; and proposed publication of John Lehmann’s correspondence with C.I. 379

  Cuthbertson, Tom 62, 719

  Cvar, Mr. (floorer) 124

  Daily Express xxxi

  Daily Telegraph, The 132, 617, 618, 644

  Dakshineswar, West Bengal, India 155, 246, 260

  Dali, Salvador, Don Bachardy’s drawing of 87n, 270

  Dalton, Robin 327

  Dambacher, David 499, 500, 501, 502, 637, 664, 719

  Damned, The (film) 45

  Dancer, Scott (pseud.) 92–3

  Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy xxxv, 80, 102

  Dare, Diana 33, 34, 35, 719

  Darling, Candy 374

  Davidson, Gordon 232, 233, 252, 256, 481, 719

  Davidson, Judy 481

  Davidson, Mrs. Lawrence (neighbor) 580–81, 591

  Davies, Richard 73

  Davis, Adelle, Let’s Eat Right to Keep Fit 101

  Davis, Bette 397, 400, 478n

  Davis, Edward M. 479

  Davis, Ron (longtime companion of Graham McDonald) 514

  Davis, Ronald (Ron; artist) xix, 107, 313, 621, 719–20

  Davison, Jim 135

  Davos, Switzerland 339

  Dawson, Bumble 244, 245

  Day, Carl 499, 500, 502, 503, 506, 520, 526

  Day of the Locust, The (film) 438

  Day-Lewis, Cecil 515, 720

  daylight-saving time 416, 418

  Days of Heaven (film) 579

  Dayton, Dr. Glenn (ophthalmologist) 481, 518, 519, 643

  de Gaulle, Charles 158

  de Kooning, Elaine 171–2

  de Kooning, Willem 172, 550

  de Laval, Jay 245n, 432, 720

  de Lisio, Mike 309

  de Naszody, Alex 400–401

  de Niro, Robert 501

  de Valera, Eamon 10

  de Velasco, Adolfo 517, 720

  De Wilde, Brandon 245

  Dead End (film) 594

  Dear, David 495

  Death and the Maiden (ballet) 580

  death penalty, reinstatement in California 290, 545

  Decameron, The (Pasolini film) 311

  Deep Throat (film) 368

  Deepti see High, Beth Dehn, Paul 113, 194, 327, 333, 448, 511, 720

  Delaware, criminal code 252

  Deliverance (film) 222n, 260, 311

  Delta Airlines 269

  Democratic National Convention (1972) 239–40, 246–7

 

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