by Lee Server
career decline of, 211–13, 237–39, 240–42, 263–64
comeback of, 265–68, 295
impromptu visits and calls to Ava after the
breakup, 280, 283–84, 350, 386, 389, 403, 406, 436, 443, 452, 484, 488
and the Mafia, 221–22, 408–10, 444
marriage and honeymoon with Ava, 233–35, 236–37
marriage breakdown and divorce from Ava, 271–73, 295–96, 348
marriage to Barbara Marx, 477
marriage to Mia Farrow, 447–48
medical emergencies, 451–52, 488
movie roles, 256–57, 259, 262
not present during Ava’s final illnesses, 492–93
reaction to Ava’s death, 499
refuses to pay back debts to Ava, 298–99
relations with Ava after the breakup, 334–35, 408–10, 467
sexual endowment of, 178
suicide attempts, 231, 273, 280
trip to African film set, 251–52, 255, 260–61
trip to Australian film set, 374–75
trip to Spanish film set, 204–8
Sinatra, Frank, Jr., 429
Sinatra, Marty, 171, 226
Sinatra, Nancy (daughter), 243–44
Sinatra, Nancy Barbato (wife), 178, 182, 183, 214–15, 224, 227, 230, 232
Sinatra, Tina, 467, 499
Sinden, Donald, 251, 252, 254–56
Singapore, 148–50
Siodmak, Curt, 119
Siodmak, Robert, 119–20, 122, 125–26, 127, 159, 160
Sister Carrie, 141
Skolsky, Sidney, 66, 166, 388
slavery in Old South, 12–13
Sloane, Joseph, 234
Smith, Josephine, 13
Smith, Dr. William, 87, 447, 488
Smithfield, N.C., 15, 23, 66, 82, 306
Snows of Kilimanjaro, 238–40, 290
Sombrero, 241
Spain
Ava in, 194, 270–71, 322–30, 448–49, 486–87
Ava’s love of, 194–95, 201–2, 270–71, 327, 329–30, 448, 486
Sparks, Bob, 114
Speiser, Maurice J., 114
Stacey, George Alfred, 468
Stack, Robert, 215–16
Stancil, M. W. “Mokie,” 27, 28
Stanley, Helene, 238
Stanwyck, Barbara, 128, 157–59
Stark, Ray, 413, 425, 433, 438
Stauffer, Teddy, 229
Stephenson, Sir William, 326
Stevens, Warren, 284, 307
Stevenson, Adlai, 249, 437
Stewart, Eleanor, 72
Stewart, James, 46, 475
Stompanato, Johnny, 143, 179
Stordahl, Axel, 232, 234
Stordahl, June, 234
Storm, Tempest, 387–88
Strange Testament, 66
Strayhorn, Billy, 272
Strickling, Howard, 59, 69, 269, 306
studio system
decline of, 338–39
“morals clause,” 57–59
power of, 70
Stilrme der Leidenschaft, 119–20
Sun Also Rises, The, 216, 341–47
Surtees, Robert, 259, 261
Swanson, Gloria, 332, 475
Sweet Bird of Youth, 413
Swell Guy, 114
Sydney, Australia, 369, 372
Tam Lin, 245, 454–62
Tarr, Larry, 34, 36–37, 39, 41, 49, 433
Tashlin, Frank, 153
Tatar, Ben, 385, 388–90
Taylor, Elizabeth, 414, 420, 426, 434, 475, 476
Taylor, Joe, 372
Taylor, Robert, 157–59, 243, 263
television, 485
Temple, Shirley, 58
Terrail, Claude, 403–7
That’s Entertainment, 474–75
Thau, Ben, 58–59, 69, 88, 161, 269–70
Thompson, Verita, 284, 287
Thorpe, Richard, 263
Three Men in White, 97
Tierney, Gene, 128
Time magazine, 164
Titanus production company, 353–54, 379
tobacco farming, 14, 20, 23
Toland, Gregg, 127
Tolkien, J.R.R., 392
Tomalty, Joseph, 319
Tone, Franchot, 46
Torme, Mel, 137, 144, 145, 150
Totter, Audrey, 121
Toxton, Candy, 137–38, 140, 144
Trabert, Tony, 368, 369
Travers, Bill, 311–12, 316, 321
Truffaut, Francois, 214, 309
Truman, Harry, 163
Tufts, Sonny, 114
Turner, Lana, 54–55, 78, 88, 102, 105, 109, 143, 146, 153, 173, 177–78, 245, 247–48, 316, 346
Twentieth Century Fox, 238
Tynan, Kenneth, 322
Tyrrell, Susan, 487
Tyson, Cicely, 476
United Artists, 300, 307, 309
Universal-International, 113, 145, 148–50, 153
Ustinov, Peter, 401, 402
Vallin, Rick, 89
Vallone, Tony, 182
van Heusen, Jimmy, 173, 177, 207, 272, 295
Vargas, Carmen, 464–65, 469, 484, 496, 497–98, 499–500
Veiller, Tony, 116, 127, 414, 415
Victor, Thelda, 416, 418, 420
Viertel, Peter, 290, 297, 342, 343, 346–47, 419
Visconti, Luchino, 439
Von Ryan’s Express, 443
Vronsky, Stepan, 160
Wagner, Robert, 401
Wakeman, Frederick, 146
Walker, Robert, 155–57, 327
Wallace, Henry, 163–64
Wallach, Eli, 256
Wallers, Betty, 296, 386
Wallis, Hal, 113, 131
Wallis, Minna, 131–32, 192–93
Wanger, Walter, 121
Warner, Jack, 113, 120, 404
Warner Brothers, 113, 116, 337
Warren, Annette, 218
Waterbury, Ruth, 50, 148
Wattis, Richard, 455
Weill, Kurt, 153
Weiss, Milton, 50, 51
Weissmuller, Johnny, 475
Welles, Orson, 116, 439
We Were Dancing, 77
Wheeler, Imogen, 328
Whistle Stop, 105–7, 395
Whitelaw, Sandy, 416–17
Whitley, Clara, 21
Why We Fight, 116
Wilder, Billy, 385
Wilding, Michael, 419
William Morris Agency, 263, 337, 365, 402
Williams, Billy, 455, 458–59
Williams, Edwina, 438
Williams, Esther, 78, 248, 322, 384
Williams, Maggie, 19
Williams, Tennessee, 413, 419, 438
Wilson, Carey, 78
Wilson, Earl, 207–8, 240, 246, 247, 296
Winchell, Walter, 113, 129
Winner, Michael, 480, 490, 494
Winsor, Kathleen, 110, 140
Winters, Shelley, 357, 363–64
Wolf, Jack, 224
Wolff, MarittaM., 106
Woodell, Clarence, 20
Wulff, Guillermo, 414, 418
Yank at Eton, A, 82
Yordan, Philip, 106, 393, 395, 396, 402
Young, Freddie, 311
Young, Gene, 495–96
Young, Genevieve, 494
Young, Terence, 450
Your Hit Parade, 181
Yule family (Mickey Rooney’s), 60, 72
Zanuck, Darryl F., 174, 238, 342–45
Zimbalist, Sam, 251, 258
Zinnemann, Fred, 79
