by Ed Sikov
Hibbs, Gene, 368
Higgin, Howard, 41
Higham, Charles, 134–35
Hill, George Roy, 363
Hitchcock, Alfred, 225, 241
Holliday, Judy, 300
Hollywood Canteen, 210–12, 230–31, 254, 255, 414
Hollywood Canteen, 220–21, 238
Hollywood Canteen Foundation, 255
Hollywood Citizen Examiner, 106
Hollywood Citizen News, 108
Hollywood Daffy, 223
Hollywood Democratic Committee, 252, 253, 254
Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 413–14
Hollywood Hotel, 106–107, 109, 110
Hollywood Independent Citizens’ Committee of Arts, Sciences, and Professions (HICCASP), 253, 254
Hollywood Reporter, 194–95, 225, 275–76, 345
Hollywood Steps Out, 223
Hollywood Victory Committee, 211
Hollywood Women’s Press Club, 194
Holm, Celeste, 289, 296
Holm, Eleanor, 52
Honeysuckle Hill (BD home), 351, 355, 398
Hope, Bob, 194, 220, 254, 255
Hopkins, Miriam, 32, 107, 108, 115, 116, 149–51, 151n, 157, 168, 179, 214–17, 219, 240, 312
Hopper, Hedda, 170, 194, 268, 288, 329, 352, 354–55, 357
Horne, Lena, 220, 253
Horton, Edward Everett, 221
Hotel, 394–95
House Divided, A, 117
Housewife, 68–69
Howard, Cy, 367–68
Howard, Leslie, 65–66, 67, 74, 75, 76–77, 103, 110
Howard, Ron, 389, 391
Hoyt, John, 266
Hubbell, Edward, 202
Hudson, Rock, 398
Hughes, Howard, 10, 71, 134–35, 191, 287
Humoresque, 249, 343
Hunt, J. Roy, 40
Hunter, Ian, 71, 134
Hunter, Kim, 312
Hush. . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte, ix, 72, 347, 351–54
Hussein, Waris, 391–94
Hussey, Olivia, 388
Huston, John, 120, 128, 188, 189–90, 191, 192, 233, 364
Hutchinson, Sally Sage, 332
Hutton, Betty, 220
Hyman, Barbara Davis Sherry “B.D.” (daughter), 284, 322, 335, 342, 348, 356, 382, 388–89, 394–99, 415
birth of, 262–64
childhood of, 269, 288, 296–97, 299, 304, 306, 307, 323, 324, 328, 332, 397, 398
My Mother’s Keeper, 285, 355, 395–99
wedding of, 354–55
Hyman, J. Ashley (grandson), 382, 398, 415
Hyman, Jeremy (son-in-law), 355, 395, 396, 398, 399
wedding of, 354–55
Hyman, Justin (grandson), 398, 415
Ibsen, Henrik, 123, 127
Iglesias, Julio, 414
I’ll Take the Low Road, 90
Illustrated Daily News, 52
Imi, Tony, 393
Imitation of Life, 200
Inescort, Frieda, 166
Interracial Film and Radio Guild Award, 253
In This Our Life, 188–92, 233
Isherwood, Christopher, 373–74
It Happened One Night, 73, 109
It’s Love I’m After, 103–104, 110, 200, 204
It Takes a Thief, 381
Iturbi, José, 220
Jackson, Anne, 382
Jane Eyre, 196
January Heights (Bank), 172
Jealousy, 257
Jenkins, Allen, 60
Jezebel, 3, 71, 109, 110, 112, 115–23, 127–31, 166, 209, 297, 413
Jimmy the Gent, 62–63
John Paul Jones, 315, 322, 323
Johns, Glynis, 391, 394
Johnson, Erskine, 182
Johnson, Osa, 146
John Springer and Associates, 405
Jolson, Al, 42
Jones, Chuck, 223
Jowitt, Sir William, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 106, 300
Juarez, 147–49
Judge and Jake Wyler, The, 380
June Bride, 266–68, 276
“Just Turn Me Loose on Broadway,”312
Kaplan, Mike, 409–10, 411
Karnilova, Maria, 313
Kaufman, George S., 184, 185, 187, 225
Kaye, Danny, 185, 186
Kaye, Nora, 313
Keighley, William, 178, 186, 187
Keller, Helen, 242, 347
Kelly, Gene, 220
Kennedy, George, 388
Kennedy, Matthew, 140, 172, 215, 226
Kent, Ted, 332
Kenyon, Charles, 74
Keyes, Dr. Homer, 227
Khan, Yasmin, 328
Kibbee, Guy, 46, 82, 84
Kid Galahad, 102, 414
Kiersch, Mary, 253
Kilgallen, Dorothy, 170, 325, 338
Killing of Sister George, The, 366–67
Kind Hearts and Coronets, 324
King’s Row (Bellamann), 196
King’s Row (film), 196
Kinnell, Murray, 44
Kitty Foyle, 167
Kober, Arthur, 183
Koch, Howard, 163, 166, 189
Kohner, Paul and Lupita, 129
Kondolf, George, 32, 33
Korda, Alexander, 93
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 155, 258
Koster, Henry, 313–14
Kramer, Stanley, 344
Kuri, John, 390
Kyser, Kay, 212, 254
Ladd, Alan, 220
Ladies Home Journal, 193, 195, 406
Lady Eve, The, 177
Lady for a Day, 329
Lady from the Sea, The, 123, 124
Lady Takes a Sailor, The, 271–72
Lady Windermere’s Fan, 256
Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 115–16
Laff That Off, 33
Laguna Post, 288
Lake, Veronica, 209, 220
Lamarr, Hedy, 188, 194, 209, 211
Lambert, Gavin, 108, 412
Lamour, Dorothy, 209, 220
Lancaster, Burt, 265, 364
Landis, Jesse Royce, 34
Lange, Hope, 382
Lansbury, Angela, 366, 388, 391, 394
Lantz, Robert, 282, 284, 338, 375, 388, 395, 396, 408–409
La Plante, Laura, 52
Larner, Lionel, 365–66, 369
Laughton, Charles, 85, 90, 185, 209
Laughton, Marie Ware, 26
Lawrence, Gertrude, 291
Lawson, Jack, 254
Leaming, Barbara, 26, 58, 380–81
Leaves of Grass, 199
Lee, Christopher, 387
Lee, Irene, 199
Le Gallienne, Eva, 26, 28
Legendary Ladies of the Movies, 378–79
Legion of Decency, 350
Leigh, Vivien, 107, 108, 166, 173
Leighton, Margaret, 333, 334, 336, 337
LeMaire, Rufus, 44, 51
LeRoy, Mervyn, 47, 48, 108, 194, 363
Leslie, Joan, 221, 414
Letter, The (1929 film), 161, 162, 163, 175
Letter, The (1940 film), 3, 4, 161–67, 175, 180, 232, 273, 413
radio adaptation of, 197
Letter, The (play), 161, 163
Levee, Mike, 65, 82, 84–85, 86–88, 335
Lewis, David, 42, 138, 139, 145, 156, 159, 190, 232
Lewis, Sinclair, 242
Liberty, 256
Life, 69, 150–51, 176, 217
Life with Father, 249
Lincoln, Mary, 255
Lindfors, Viveca, 256
Lindsay, Howard, 249
Lindsay, Margaret, 63, 74, 128
Linkletter, Art, 338, 339
Linsk, Lester, 159–60
Lion and the Mouse, The, 82
Little Foxes, The (film), 179–84, 337, 413
Little Foxes, The (play), 178, 179–80
Little Gloria. . . Happy at Last, 391–94, 413
Litvak, Anatole, 134–35, 156–59
BD’s affair with, 168
Lochland School, 284, 307, 329, 357
–59
Loder, John, 211, 215, 233
Loesser, Frank, 222
Logan, Joshua, 310–11, 312, 335, 374–76, 377
Lombard, Carole, 103, 107, 186
Lonely Life, The (Davis), 10–11, 12, 18, 22, 27, 29, 35, 43–44, 51, 56, 58, 61, 79, 80, 91, 103, 106, 110, 117, 119, 124, 134, 150, 157, 206, 216–17, 226, 235, 251, 263, 266, 294, 328, 331, 343, 347, 351
Long Day’s Journey into Night, 347
Longstreet, Stephen, 195
Look, 174, 397
Look Homeward, Angel, 319, 363
Loomis (prep school), 355
Looney Tunes, 223
Loos, Anita, 335
Lord, Robert, 81, 153
Loren, Sophia, 349
Lorring, Joan, 241
Los Angeles Examiner, 105, 319
Los Angeles News, 182
Los Angeles Times, 160, 308
Lo Scopone Scientifico, 380
Louise, Anita, 133
Low, Warren, 78, 119
Lowe, Ellen, 34
Loy, Myrna, 185, 209, 225
Lubitsch, Ernst, 256
Lucky Luciano, 100
Lucy and Desi Comedy Hour, “The Celebrity Next Door,” 319–20
Lukas, Paul, 213
Lunt, Alfred, 151, 195
Lupino, Ida, 151n, 196, 222, 234, 241, 340, 367
Lux Radio Theater, 197
Lynde, Paul, 368, 390
Lynn, Jeffrey, 156, 159
Lyon, Arthur, 51
McCarey, Leo, 186
McCarthy, Todd, 225
McClintic, Guthrie, 116
McClure, Doug, 380
McCourt, James, 21, 22, 179, 188, 306, 341, 403–404
McCrea, Joel, 197
McDaniel, Hattie, 222, 253
MacDonald, Pierie, 18
McDowall, Roddy, 212, 372, 403–405
McEwen, Walter, 116
McGill, Barney, 55
MacKenzie, Aeneas, 151
MacLaine, Shirley, 404
MacMurray, Fred, 197, 220
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 385
Madame Sin, 380, 381
Mad Miss Manton, The, 177
Magnani, Anna, 323
Making Love, 407–408
Malcolm, Janet, 123, 125
Malibu Beach Party, 223
Mallory, Boots, 107
Malone, Dorothy, 230
Maltese Falcon, The (film), 195
Maltese Falcon, The (Hammett), 77
Mamoulian, Rouben, 34
Mandelbaum, Howard, 260
Man in the Black Hat, The, 77
Mankiewicz, Joseph, 289, 290, 291, 292, 327, 363, 414
Manners, Dorothy, 141, 353
Manning, Bruce, 286, 287
Mantle, Burns, 30, 35
Man Who Came Back, The, 33
Man Who Came to Dinner, The (film), 184–88
Man Who Came to Dinner, The (play), 184
Man Who Played God, The, 43, 44–45, 365
March, Fredric, 138, 185, 243, 257, 335
Mariarden, 26–27
Marked Woman, 100–102, 243, 414
Marks, Herman “Hymie,”100
Marlowe, Hugh, 289
Marshall, Herbert, 161, 163, 165, 166, 183, 184, 197
Martin, Mary, 374
Marx, Arthur, 179
Mary of Scotland, 78
Mary Poppins, 365
Mason, James, 364
Massey, Raymond, 163, 226
Masters, Ann, 197
Mattison, Frank, 234, 235, 236–37
Maugham, Somerset, 64, 162
Mayer, Louis B., 106
Mayo, Archie, 70, 75, 108
Mayo, Virginia, 273
Meek, Donald, 33–34, 35
Memoirs (Williams), 335
Menace, The, 41–42, 43, 44
Menjou, Adolphe, 71, 209
Mercer, Johnny, 230
Merrick, David, 365
Merrill, Cameron S. (grandson), 284, 356
Merrill, Charlene “Chou Chou” Raum (daughter-in-law), 284, 415
wedding of, 356
Merrill, Gary (BD’s fourth husband), 289, 291, 294, 295–97, 299, 300, 301, 303–309, 311, 312, 316, 322, 326, 355, 363
death of, 409
divorce from BD, 326, 327, 357
as father, 304–308, 328–29, 356, 357–58, 359
marriage to BD, 287, 296–98, 303–304, 315, 318–19, 320, 321–22, 324, 326–27
My Mother’s Keeper and, 396, 397
Merrill, Margot Mosher (daughter), 284, 299–300, 304–307, 312, 335, 357–59, 415
mental retardation, 284, 304–305, 306–307, 357–59
Merrill, Matthew Davis (grandson), 284, 356
Merrill, Michael Woodman (son), 284, 285, 312, 322, 329, 335, 355–56, 359, 360, 383, 415
adoption of, 284
childhood of, 305–307, 315, 322–23, 324, 328, 398
education of, 284, 355
MGM, 42, 78, 116, 163, 195, 196, 220, 302
Mildred Pierce (Cain), 248
Mildred Pierce (film), 248, 302
Milland, Ray, 43
Milne, A. A., 31
Milton Berle Variety Show, The, 360
Miracle Worker, The, 347
Miss Moffat, 374–78
Mitchell, Margaret, 107
Mix, Tom, 52
Mizner, Wilson, 64
Modern Screen, 51, 171, 264
Monroe, Marilyn, 291–92, 293
Montez, Maria, 220
Montgomery, Douglass, 90
Montgomery, Robert, 196, 266–67
Moore, Dr. Paul, 182, 191, 227
Moore, Grace, 73
Moran, Dolores, 230
Moravia, Alberto, 349
Mordkin, Michael, 29
More Than a Woman: An Intimate Biography of Bette Davis (Spada), 136
Morgan, Dennis, 188, 221, 225, 272
Morley, Sheridan, 163
Morris, Wayne, 102
Mother Courage and Her Children, 347
Mother Goddam (Stine), 80, 95, 171, 250
Motion Picture Relief Fund, 196
Mountain Justice, 82
Mr. Pim Passes By, 31–32
Mr. Skeffington (film), 29, 231–37, 238, 249, 361, 413
Mr. Skeffington (von Arnim), 232
Mrs. Parkington, 195–96
Mulcahy, Mac, 224
Muni, Paul, 69, 82, 147–49
Murder with Mirrors, 281, 381, 396
Murphy, George, 196, 414
Murray, Christopher, 382
Murray, Don, 382
Muse, Clarence, 253
Music Corporation of America, 210, 270, 341
Muskie, Edmund, 326
Mutiny on the Bounty, 109
Myers, Eric, 260
My Fair Lady, 374
My Favorite Wife, 103
My Friend Irma, 367
My Man Godfrey, 177
My Mother’s Keeper (Hyman), 285, 355, 395–99
Myra Breckenridge (Vidal), 408
My Reputation, 249
My Wicked, Wicked Ways (Flynn), 154
Nagel, Conrad, 37–38, 315
Nanny, The, 359–60
Narrow Is the Way (Hyman), 395
Nash, Ogden, 311
National Legion of Decency, 85
Navy Relief Fund, 207
Negro Victory Committee of Los Angeles, 253
Negulesco, Jean, 249
Nelson, Anne Roberts, 64
Nelson, Harmon O. “Ham,” Jr. (BD’s first husband), 20–21, 49–51, 64, 69, 80, 85, 90, 91, 105
BD’s affair with Howard Hughes and, 134–35
BD supports, 53
described, 49
divorce from BD, 137, 138, 168
marriage to BD, 23, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 57–58, 91–92, 95, 96, 98, 105, 110–12, 119, 135–37
as musician, 50, 51, 91, 98, 110–11, 112
Newell, Norman, 379
Newman, Bernard, 260
New Republic, 35
New Statesm
an, 300
Newton High School, 18, 22, 23, 28
New York Daily News, 30, 108
New Yorker, 175
New York Evening Graphic, 34
New York Evening World, 34
New York Film Critics Circle, 413
New York Times, 30, 78, 86, 141, 142, 176, 180, 182, 192, 221, 246, 384, 411
New York World-Telegram, 86
Night of the Iguana, The, 333–37, 340
Night unto Night (Wylie), 256
Niven, David, 367, 388
Nixon, Pat, 282
Norris, Charles G., 39
Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies, 19
No Time for Comedy, 177
Now, Voyager (film), 3, 4, 199–206, 242, 413
Now, Voyager (Prouty), 198–99, 201
Noyes, Dr. F. Le Grand, 101, 130
Oakland Tribune, 208
Oberson, Merle, 138
O’Brien, Pat, 41, 59, 60, 71
Obringer, Roy, 87, 89, 109, 153, 181, 196, 213
O’Connor, Basil, 245
O’Connor, Carroll, 401
O’Connor, Donald, 414
Odets, Clifford, 225
Of Human Bondage (film), 3, 27, 64–67, 69, 73, 78, 166
Of Human Bondage (Maugham), 64
Ogden, Peggy, 169
Old Acquaintance, 151n, 214–17, 219–20, 231, 240
Old Maid, The, 149–51, 151, 214
Olivier, Laurence, 151
O’Neal, Patrick, 333, 336, 337
O’Neil, Barbara, 156, 157
O’Neill, Eugene, 347
One More Tomorrow, 225
One Night of Love, 73, 166–67
Ontkean, Michael, 407
Ophüls, Max, 363
Orr, Mary, 290
Orry-Kelly, 54, 59, 61, 72, 87, 103, 121, 148, 155, 174, 187, 237, 240, 241, 250
Osborn, Paul, 310, 311
Osborne, Robert, 282, 406
Oscars, see Academy Awards
Oswald, Gerd, 383, 384
O’Toole, Lawrence, 165, 360
Out-Door Players, 26
Owen, Reginald, 161
Owens, Don, 397
Page, Geraldine, 347
Paige, Janis, 265, 312
Pallette, Eugene, 69, 177
Palmer, Robert Woodbury, 245–46, 248, 264
Pangborn, Franklin, 204, 205
Parachute Jumper, 52, 55–56
Parade, 401
Paramount Pictures, 83, 161, 162, 163, 220, 251, 257, 352
Parker, Dorothy, 232
Parker, Eleanor, 220, 300
Parker, Max, 78
Parsons, Louella, 85, 141, 159, 169, 179, 184, 185, 194, 199, 226, 322
Paula, 316
Paulsen, Mimmi, 338
Payment on Demand, 286–87, 288, 342
Peake, Mayme Ober, 57, 81, 110, 130, 137, 182, 192
Peckett, Mrs. Robert, 331
Pelgram, Robert Cole, 105, 136, 159, 176, 264
Pendleton, Austin, 183
Penny, Dr., 258
People, 395
Perkins, Anthony, 319
Perry Mason, “The Case of Constant Doyle,” 351
Petrified Forest, The (film), 74–77, 223, 241
