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Dark Victory_The Life of Bette Davis

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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

 

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