by Staggs, Sam
Pauline Kael says—Kael, Kiss, p. 393
“Screenwriters and directors”—Kael, Kane, p. 89
Colonel Joy was—Hunnings, p. 157
“Some producers played”—Macgowan, p. 356
He characterized the Jews—quoted in Black, p. 70
Correspondence from Production Code files, AMPAS
CHAPTER 5
“The hard-softness”—Affron, p. 7
“I cried for days”—Quirk, Fasten, p. 332; Quirk, Colbert, p. 160
“Fox couldn’t”—Quirk, Colbert, p. 160
“Joe’s idea”—Quirk, Colbert, p. 161
“Colbert would have”—Films in Review, Aug. 1991, p. 244
“Question of aging”—Mérigeau, p. 131 (my translation)
“Bette did”—Quirk, Fasten, p. 332
“It wasn’t my”—Quirk, Colbert, p. 3
“I envy you”—Stine, Mother, p. 236
“I say thank you”—Davis, Lonely Life, p. 278
Later he explained—Carey, p. 69
Mankiewicz claimed—Carey, p. 71
“To this day”—ibid.
“All scripts were”—ibid.
“Approached her agent”—Aldrich, p. 333
“When she refused”—Aldrich, p. 335
“Who contracted”—ibid.
CHAPTER 6
“He said she was”—Davis, Lonely Life, p. 277
“Darryl Zanuck had”—Merrill, p. 88
“I never tried”—Merrill, p. 162
“On Sundays”—Merrill, p. 87
“This was the first”—Davis, Lonely Life, p. 277
“On that Sunday”—Merrill, p. 88
“I had seen”—Davis, Lonely Life, p. 279
“The makeup people”—Merrill, p. 89
“Hollywood always”—Davis, NY Times, Mar. 10, 1968; quoted in McClelland, Hollywood on Hollywood
“Bette had a few”—Merrill, p. 90
“People get the”—to Hedda Hopper, unsourced clipping, Davis scrapbook #50, BU
“Certainly wonderful” … “For this part”—This exchange from unsourced magazine article, Davis scrapbook, #50, BU
“Never in the”—Considine, p. 247
“Muscle-bound”—Leaming, p. 207
“Decided to marry”—ibid.
“In a suit”—Riese, Bette, p. 389
“Screen tragedienne”—Riese, Bette, p. 199
Surprise party—LA Times, Apr. 5, 1950
Winter Meeting had been—Leaming, p. 212
“Bitch virtuosity”—Carey, p. 70
CHAPTER 7
“Bette Davis was”—Holm, SMU
“So am I”—ibid.
Easter sunrise service—LA Times, Apr. 10, 1950
“I know one thing”—Holm, SMU
“I was wearing”—Considine, p. 249
“Fitz Fitzgerald”—Moore, Action, Dec. 1950
“I had met”—Gabor, One Lifetime, p. 76
“I saw she was”—Monroe, p. 58
“There was just”—Crist, p. 46
“That first night”—Holm, SMU
“Later that evening”—Gabor, One Lifetime, p. 77
“People had a habit”—Monroe, p. 142
“Haven’t you heard”—Spada, p. 270
“Honey, we’re going”—Considine, p. 249
“Whiskey-throated voice”—Spada, p. 270
“Bourbon contralto”—Carey, p. 73
“Bette was letter-perfect”—Carey, p. 87
“Early on”—Allen, American Cinematographer, Jan. 1951, pp. 10–11
“Now an apprentice”—Moore, Action, Dec. 1950
“Bette’s professional attributes”—Carey, p. 88
“The rehearsal period”—Crist, p. 39
Shooting after midnight—Allen, American Cinematographer, Jan. 1951
“Exteriors of the Shubert”—Moore, Action, Dec. 1951
CHAPTER 8
“While other designers”—Head and Calistro, p. vii
“Sure I would”—Head and Calistro, p. 92
“Bette and I”—ibid.
“She was wearing”—Head and Ardmore, pp. 94–95
“Edith always took”—Head and Calistro, p. viii
“I steeped myself”—Head and Calistro, pp. 93–94
“She has a walk”—Head and Ardmore, pp. 94–95
“We thought we had”—Dallas Times Herald, Aug. 8, 1978
By seven o’clock—Moore, Action, Dec. 1950
Clift’s Redwood Room—SF Chronicle, Apr. 16, 1950
“Miss Holm seemed”—ibid.
“Miss Holm has developed”—ibid.
“I’m glad you’re”—LA Herald Express, May 20, 1950
CHAPTER 9
Holm-Davis exchange from Holm, SMU
“There is truth”—Merrill, p. 89
“My first day”—Davis, Lonely Life, pp. 279–280
“I don’t think”—Merrill, p. 280
“He’s right”—Collier’s, Dec. 9, 1955
“I looked at”—Davis, Lonely Life, p. 280
“Margo Channing waits”—Carey, p. 55
“You’re quite right”—Davis, Lonely Life, p. 280
“At first”—Merrill, p. 89
“The unholy mess”—Davis, Lonely Life, p. 280
“Before long”—Merrill, p. 90
“The last place”—Davis, This ’N That, p. 179
“It was not”—Geist, p. 169
“There was one”—ibid.
“Would Miss Davis”—Considine, p. 251
“I sensed in Gary”—Davis, Lonely Life, p. 281
“I walked around”—Merrill, p. 90
“I started falling”—Riese, Bette, p. 344
“There was one bed”—Gabor, One Lifetime, p. 78
“That bed”—Riese, Bette, p. 344
“We only played”—Merrill to Louella Parsons, Jan. 14, 1951; unsourced clipping, Davis scrapbook #52, BU
“I had fused”—Davis, Lonely Life, p. 280
CHAPTER 10
“Considered her unphotogenic”—Monroe, pp. 61–62
“Mr. Zanuck feels”—Monroe, p. 62
“For the most part”—Carey, p. 75
“There was a”—Carey, p. 77
“He haunted”—ibid.
“I wasn’t about”—ibid.
“On March 27”—Carey, pp. 77–78
“And that poor”—Quirk, Fasten, p. 336
“Even then”—Sanders, p. 70
BOX: “politely but firmly”—VanDerBeets, pp. 110–111
“That woman hates”—Collins, p. 79
“I saw nothing”—Geist, p. 170
“I always felt”—Holm, SMU
“That girl’s going”—McLean, AFI
“About a year”—Baxter, pp. 296–297
“Thees girl ees”—Geist, p. 170
“Marilyn Monroe was seated”—Merrill, p. 90
“Trivia fans remember”—Davis, This ’N That, p. 182
“There has been”—Riese and Hitchens, Marilyn, p. 569
“Mr. Zanuck has never”—Riese and Hitchens, Marilyn, p. 568
“I disagreed and fought”—Riese and Hitchens, Marilyn, pp. 569–570
“I thought of her”—Carey, p. 79
Marilyn shook her head—Carey, pp. 78–79
“A different sort of director”—Monroe, p. 95
“It was the first”—Monroe, p. 95
Lincoln Steffens trouble—Monroe, pp. 95–97
The German actress—Summers, p. 50
CHAPTER 11
On that Saturday night—Moore, Action, Dec. 1950
“Every day was”—Baxter, p. 264
“I was good”—Baxter, p. 263
“Bette was really”—Stine, Kiss, p. 255
Margo and Eve’s—Stine, Kiss, p. 227
“Nice to everybody”—Behlmer, America’s Favorite, p. 212
BOX: Phantom of the Opera; The Actor’s Nightmare—M
ordden, Fireside, p. 93
Anne Baxter called—Baxter, 264
“John Hodiak and I”—ibid.
“We went to see”—Considine, p. 250
“She was fine”—Holm, SMU
“Our assistant”—Baxter, pp. 265–266
“Mr. Mankiewicz insisted”—Holm, SMU
“This cubbyhole”—Fox Exhibitor’s Manual
“Bette upstaged Anne”—Quirk, Fasten, p. 335
Bette returned—Quirk, Fasten, p. 334
“The nearest thing”—Sanders, p. 68
“Vain, aging, flamboyant”—ibid.
“Her lack of”—Quirk, Fasten, p. 335
“George Sanders never”—Geist, p. 170
BOX: “The kind of actor”—Sanders, p. 71
“George slept soundly” et seq.—Baxter, pp. 264–266.
CHAPTER 12
The telegram was from—Leaming, p. 223
“Beautiful, tender, sweet”—Spada, p. 275
“It was being said”—Leaming, p. 231
She played records—Considine, p. 252
According to de Havilland—Speck, p. 83
Another co-star—Speck, p. 87
Bette told Anne—Baxter, pp. 263–264
“Big martinis”—Baxter, p. 264
“Going up and down”—Leaming, p. 222
“There is a”—Davis, This ’N That, p. 180
“We’re all just glass”—Geist, p. 171
Cautionary phone calls—Davis, Lonely Life, p. 277
On the last film—Carey, p. 86
“Dear boy”—ibid.
“Always a good thing”—ibid.
“Barring grand opera”—Carey, p. 87
“Mankiewicz is a genius”—Considine, p. 248
“He resurrected me”—McBride, p. 108
Goulding had said—Carey, p. 88
“After those warnings”—ibid.
“That inimitable Davis”—ibid.
“Look, Joe”—Carey, pp. 88–90
“How she behaved”—Moseley, p. 128
“At home she had”—Moseley, p. 32
CHAPTER 13
“For the most part”—Davis, This ’N That, p. 182
“Dad had the quietest”—TM to SS, Aug. 21, 1997
Everyone had a laugh—Fox Exhibitor’s Manual
“Let’s have the rain”—ibid.
At the end—Behlmer, America’s Favorite, p. 207
He watched the dailies—Dunne, pp. 65–66
“I got Bette’s permission”—Merrill, p. 91
“I’d marry Bette”—ibid.
Barbara Leeds Merrill—Leaming, p. 232
Tight-bodiced—Head and Calistro, pp. 92–93
“There was Bette”—Head and Calistro, p. 93
“I could have hugged”—ibid.
As Edith watched—Head and Ardmore, p. 96
“A very talented”—Ciment, p. 173
“Bette’s dress”—Holm, interviewed on AMC “Hollywood Fashion” documentary, March 1996
“I met Marilyn”—Head and Calistro, p. 106
CHAPTER 14
“A close friend”—Baxter, p. 335
“How could I”—Gussow, pp. 88–89
“One Sunday in 1946”—Baxter, p. 335
“Your throaty voice”—LA Herald Express, May 20, 1950
“She chose”—Spoto, p. 207
“I liked Bette”—Gabor, One Lifetime, p. 78
“Just a minute”—Geist, 170; Davis, This ’N That, p. 182
“Wretched during the shooting”—Gabor, My Story, p. 181
“Poetry!”—Gabor, My Story, p. 182
At that very moment—Gabor, One Lifetime, pp. 76–77
“I was sitting”—Monroe, pp. 97–98
“I know and you know”—Quirk, Fasten, p. 337
Now Mankiewicz concentrated—Behlmer, America’s Favorite, p. 207
“One of the most”—Davis, This ’N That, p. 181
“She was perfect”—Moseley, p. 119
Slight jiggle—Behlmer, America’s Favorite, 208
“Do you know”—Holm, SMU
BOX: “Life of an actress”—Times Picayune, June 23, 1946; “I have always”—Holm, SMU; “I have never”—McClelland, Starspeak; “The basic theme”—Theatre Week, Mar. 3, 1989; “Television is just like”—unsourced clipping, NYPL; “My favorite show”—unsourced clipping, DPL
“One of my favorite”—Holm, SMU
Gary Merrill called—Merrill, p. 89
Mankiewicz treasured—Carey, p. 70
“We sat behind”—NY Times, Feb. 6, 1969
“When I was running”—ibid.
She loved Dickens—Current Biography, 1957, p. 469
“I like Bette”—Quirk, Fasten, p. 338
Thelma decided to buy—Fox Exhibitor’s Manual
“I adored that girl”—McClelland, Starspeak, p. 200
“Birdie always says”—Films in Review, Nov. 1969, p. 553
“She is not just”—Films in Review, Aug./Sept. 1974, p. 445
“I liked the stage”—LA Times, Apr. 14, 1946
“Celeste had acquired”—Films in Review, Aug./Sept. 1974, p. 445
“I could never”—NY Daily News, July 2, 1990
Liked the Zanuck children—Holm, SMU
CHAPTER 15
“I don’t understand”—McBride, p. 106
“I’m sorry, Joe”—Riese, Bette, p. 11
“Genius piece of business”—McBride, p. 106
Tony Perkins devised—Stephen Rebello, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, p. 88
Special security guards—Fox Exhibitor’s Manual
“I’m still waiting”—Crist, p. 40
“A genius moviemaker”—ibid.
“Those are things”—McBride, pp. 105–106
Twenty-five years later—Davis, This ’N That, p. 93
“He was a stick”—Films in Review, Aug. 1991, p. 240
Feud had started—Variety, Apr. 18, 1956
“Frequently he”—NY Journal American, Apr. 15, 1956
“I had just kicked”—NY Post, Apr. 15, 1956; NY Journal American, Apr. 15, 1956
CHAPTER 16
“I always followed”—Merrill, p. 198
“But Gary”—Merrill, pp. 91–92
“I know a couple”—unsourced clipping, Bette Davis scrapbook #52, BU
“One’s back”—Davis, Lonely Life, p. 240
“Cut! Cut!”—Davis, This ’N That, p. 182; Geist, p. 169
“I can’t do that”—Geist, p. 169
F.A.G. shampoo—ibid.
Barbara Bates, who plays—details of Bates’s life and career from Film Fan Monthly, Mar. 1970, pp. 15–20; Anger, Hollywood Babylon II, pp. 211–212
“Artistically unjustifiable”—Winnington, p. 119
“A totally redundant”—Corliss, p. 243
BOX: According to Fox records—Carey, p. 66
CHAPTER 17
On May 31—Geist, p. 173
“I’m not giving”—Holm, SMU
“Like many directors”—TM to SS, Aug. 21, 1997
“You want to see”—Holm, SMU
“Most sophisticated directors”—ibid.
“He only worried”—TM to SS, Aug. 21, 1997
“I learned all about”—Stempel, AFI
In those days—Katz, The Film Encyclopedia, p. 406
“Creative, imaginative”—Davis, Glamour Factory, p. 286
Some studio directors—Davis, Glamour Factory, p. 289
Barbara McLean generally spent—ibid.
McLean and Webb met—LA Times, Apr. 2, 1996
“I see every picture”—Hollywood Citizen News, Mar. 23, 1945
“Because every woman”—Davis, Glamour Factory, p. 286
“Editing has traditionally”—Katz, Film Encyclopedia, p. 407
Another film historian—Acker, pp. 219–220
Dede Allen—Acker, p. 220
The Movieola could—Katz,
Film Encyclopedia, p. 981
“Was this standard policy”—Stempel, AFI
“Dad was riding high”—TM to SS, Aug. 21, 1997
“We were very good friends”—Stempel, AFI
Tom Mankiewicz states—TM to SS, Aug. 21, 1997
“I get the best”—Ciment, pp. 199–2100
“Just leave it all”—Méigeau, p. 69
Zanuck prefaced a statement—NY Times, Apr. 2, 1996
“I don’t care”—Acker, p. 235
Selection of takes—Katz, Film Encyclopedia, p. 56
On Saturday, June 24—Carey, p. 66
Since screenings—Behlmer, Memo, p. xxi
“In the projection room”—Stempel, AFI
“In that editing room”—Dallas Morning News, Dec. 25, 1979
BOX: He told an interviewer—Ciment, p. 223; “I think I’ve read”—Carey, p. 72; “an absolute fool”—Stine, Kiss, p. 102; “Celeste Holm wept”—Interview, Nov. 1980; in 1991—Films in Review, Aug. 1991, p. 242
“Was happiest when”—Behlmer, Memo, p. xix
“I work hard”—Gussow, p. 88
It’s not surprising—Behlmer, America’s Favorite, p. 209
“All pictures are”—Gussow, p. 88
“Not bad for”—Gussow, p. 156
Later the author—Geist, p. 137
“Cut one wife”—Gussow, p. 157
CHAPTER 18
“I’m terrified”—Page Cook, liner notes for Captain From Castile: The Classic Film Scores of Alfred Newman, an LP recording
“The musical entity”—Carey, p. 98
“Opening and closing fanfares”—Films in Review, Aug./Sept. 1989
After two weeks—Moore, Action, Dec. 1950
Sixty musicians—ibid.
When the music cutters—ibid.
“If I want”—NY Times, Feb. 19, 1970
“A high-class, impersonal”—NY Times, Mar. 21, 1937
Wasn’t afraid to delegate—Palmer, p. 71
Newman’s musical idiom—ibid.
CHAPTER 19
“Almost no visual”—Kael, Kiss, p. 270
Mankiewicz told an interviewer—Mérigeau, p. 35
BOX: “tells of Zoe”—Mordden, Fireside, p. 15
“Men are less”—Carey, p. 20
“I often wonder”—Carey, p. 8
Lyle Wheeler supposedly—Heisner, p. 109
A poignant story—LA Times, Feb. 8 and Mar. 25, 1989
CHAPTER 20
Zanuck, having made—Moore, Action, Dec. 1950
Studio’s legal department—ibid.
“Back then I would”—Stempel, AFI
A routine form letter—Production Code Files, AMPAS
For each film—ibid.
“No one is very happy”—Leaming, p. 230
“I shall set off”—ibid.
“Looked like a dog”—LA Times, Aug. 23, 1951
Ceremony was performed—Riese, Bette, p. 448
