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Gain, Richard (Dick) 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 102, 104, 106, 633
Galt, Randolph (Ranny) 126
Gambhirananda, Swami 525, 633
Gandhi, Indira 135n
Ganymede, C.I.’s proposed story about 115–16
Garbo, Greta 65
Garcia, Mr. (gardener) 362, 506
Garden Grove High School, C.I. lecture at 225, 232, 233
Gardner, Mr. (house painter) 1, 8, 125
Garlington, Lee 338
Garrett, Anthony (Tony) 91, 94, 485, 486–7, 633–4
Gary, Romain 4
Gates, Jim 555–6, 556–7, 557–8, 561, 562, 563, 565, 569, 570, 575, 576, 584, 591, 595–6, 598, 634
Gauguin, Paul 189, 574
Gaynor, Janet (Mrs. Gilbert Adrian) 216, 634
Geist, Kenneth 457, 458, 481, 634
Geller, Anne 432, 524
Geller, Jim 6, 7 & n, 72, 200, 280, 432, 634–5
“Gems of Belgian Architecture” (C.I.) 340
Genet, Jean 292, 344; Funeral Rites 572, 573
Georgiadis, Nicholas 94, 119
Germany: Spender on 505; see also Berlin crisis
Gershwin, Leonora (Lee) 223
Ghosh, Girish 316
Ghosh, Sadhan Kumar 329
Gide, André: Fruits of the Earth 62; Et Nunc Manet in Te 403; So Be It 403, 424
Gielgud, John 65, 106, 114, 124, 344n, 498, 635
Giles, Dolores 296
Gill, Jim 387, 402, 472, 635
Gilliatt, Penelope 106n, 113, 115, 635–6
Gillman, Peter, Eiger Direct 424n
Ginsberg, Allen 387–8, 636
Girvetz, Harry 27
Glamor (magazine) 334
Glasgow 74
Glavin, William (Bill) 524
Glendale, California 365
Glyndebourne 77, 82, 84
Goetschius, George 60, 107, 636
Gokulananda, Swami 306, 312, 313, 318, 331–2, 636
Gold, Herbert, Salt 273
Golding, Cyril Frederick 317
Goldwater, Barry 285, 343, 344, 345, 350, 355
Goldwyn, Samuel 350, 369, 636–7
Gombrich, Ernst, Art and Illusion 393–4
Goodbye to Berlin (C.I.) 18n, 426; C.I.’s proposed musical version x, xxxiii, 34, 59, 72, 76, 77, 79, 80, 82, 85, 159, 201; see also van Druten, John, I Am a Camera
Goodman, Paul 493, 637; Making Do 371
Goodrich, Frances (Mrs. Albert Hackett) 21, 182, 639
Goodwin, John 347, 637
Gordon, Ruth 392
Gosfield Hall, Essex 74
Gosling, Ray vii–viii Gosse, Edmund 101
Gould, Samuel B. 15
Gowland, Alice 127–8, 142, 405, 469, 470, 477, 481, 554, 572, 637
Gowland, Ann 469
Gowland, Marylee 469, 470
Gowland, Peter 142, 213, 378, 405, 406, 469, 470, 637
Goya, Francisco, theft of portrait of Duke of Wellington 106
Graef, Mr. (gardener) 226
Graham, Dr. Walter 28
Granada (television company) 77
Grant, Cary 466
Grant, Ian 88
Grapevine Pass, California 273
Grate, Jack (pseud.) 131
Grateful Dead, The (band) 440
Graves, Robert 577; see also I, Claudius
Green, Henry see Yorke, Henry
Greene, Barbara 573, 704
Greene, Graham: The Complaisant Lover 149; The End of the Affair 140, 180–81; England Made Me 45, 59; The Power and the Glory (television adaptation) 131
Gregg, Julie 572, 578, 637
Gregory, Dick 224
Gregory, Paul 216, 637–8
Gregson, Peter 111
Gretz (France), Vedanta Center 133, 396, 401
Greville, Fulke 578
Grey, Agnes (Aggie) 578
Grey, Fred (dancer) 549–50
Grey, Joel xxxiv
Greystone (house), Beverly Hills 346
Griffith Park Observatory, Los Angeles 238, 595
Grigg, Richard (Ricky) 208–9, 210, 215, 406, 638
Grigg, Sandy 208, 215, 406
Griggs, Philip (Buddha Chaitanya) 257–8, 259, 616
Grimes, Tammy 151
Grindea, Miron 73
Grinnich, Jack 533
Groddeck, Georg, The Book of It 235
Gross, Ken 468
Grosser, Maurice 464, 638
Guerriero, Henry 430, 638
Guha, Naresh 328
Guinness, Alec 55, 57, 638
Guinness, Merula 55, 57, 58
Gunderson, Keith 364
Gunn, Thom 221, 487, 488, 639
Gunther, John, Inside Europe Today 98
Gupta, Debnarayan 316
Gupta, Mahendranath (M.), The Gospel of Ramakrishna 271; 668
Gupta, Mallika Clare 315–16
Gurian, Manning 44, 141, 145, 146, 153, 183, 371, 374, 639
Gurian, Peter 145, 146, 371
Guttchen, Otto 525, 639
Guyer, Byron 23, 192
H-bomb 52, 55, 64, 106, 179, 203
Haas, Robert 42, 43
Hackett, Albert 21, 182, 639
Hackett, Frances see Goodrich, Frances
Haight, Genevieve Watson 27–8
Hall, Michael 2–3, 639–40
Halloween 293
Halsey, Edwin (Ed) 47, 49, 50, 53, 57, 144, 268; death 230, 233, 238; John Zeigel sees apparition of 268; 640
Hamill, Peter, Ernest Hemingway 138
Hamilton, Frank 274, 276
Hamilton, Gerald 85, 87, 640–41
Hamilton, Violet 364
Hammarskjöld, Dag 114
Hannon, Jean 153, 154
Hansen, Duane 404
Hardy, Thomas 387
Harewood, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of, and Patricia, Countess of 543, 549, 554
Harford, Betty (Mrs. Oliver Andrews) 29, 192, 402, 603
Hargrove, Marion 281
Harlequinade (ballet) 351–2
Harper (film) 371n
Harper and Row (publishers) 286
Harper’s Bazaar (magazine) 14, 463
Harris, Bill 116, 140, 641
Harris, Julie: C.I. and Don Bachardy stay with in New York 14, 16, 44, 143, 146; acting career 131, 145, 148, 153, 371; and Ben and Jo Masselink 183; in California 371, 374; relationship with Manning Gurian 371, 374; and Jim Murdock 374; sadness at infidelities 518; 641
Harris, Richard 523
Harrison, Rachel (Roberts) 434, 435, 437, 693
Harrison, Rex 344, 434, 435, 437, 494, 495, 641–2
Harrity, Marguerite see Lamkin, Marguerite
Harrity, Rory 6, 8, 642
Hart, John 224
Hartford, Mary Lee Epling 149n
Hartley, Neil: in California 341, 344, 345; in London 413; in South of France 452; work on The Charge of the Light Brigade 452, 481; in Australia for Ned Kelly filming 571, 585, 586; and C.I.’s and Don Bachardy’s draft screenplay for I, Claudius 593, 595; 642
Harvey, Anthony (Tony) 550–51, 554, 556, 563, 566, 569, 642
Harvey, Laurence (Larry) 46, 347–8, 642
hashish xx, 51, 66, 256n, 315, 359, 481, 579
Haslam, Kimball (builder) 181, 189, 197, 200, 202, 211, 234
Hassert, Reinhardt 571
Hastings, Warren 11
Haston, Dougal 424
Hauser, Hilda 86
Hawes, Dee: relationship with Ben Masselink 454, 457, 459, 460, 470, 478, 496–7; C.I.’s dislike of 497; marriage to Masselink 523, 542
Haworth, Jill 424
Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Marble Faun 184; The Scarlet Letter 157
Haydn, Joseph 405
Hayworth, Rita 523, 536, 642
Heard, Henry FitzGerald (Gerald): settles in California xi; ill-health xxxiin, 197, 338, 389, 409–410, 423, 442–3, 450, 457, 458–9, 522, 524, 526, 529–30; and Aldous Huxley 36, 186, 294, 295, 297, 361; differences with Swami Prabhavananda 48 & n; friendship and socializing with C.I. 53, 54–5, 127, 159–60, 174–5, 236,
248, 254, 256, 259, 372; beliefs and ideas 54–5, 127, 159–60, 186–7, 197, 203, 208, 243, 256, 268, 337, 354, 356, 378, 409, 457, 462, 560; and Michael Barrie 54, 127, 172, 197, 208, 243, 338, 389, 406, 409, 442–3, 444, 458–9, 474, 485; views on C.I.’s Down There on a Visit 54; on guest list for C.I.’s party for Jo Masselink 55; and Somerset Maugham 112; Don Bachardy’s drawings of 114; automobile accident in Oahu 127; on possibility of war 139; recommends Pepys and Sterne 144; and Will Forthman 168; advice to J.R. Ackerley 172; and One, Incorporated 175, 354; hernia operation 189, 190, 197; on Lafcadio Hearn 189–90; C.I. encourages to write memoirs 203, 208; travels to Europe with Barrie 208, 259; lectures at Long Beach 239; article on death 248; stays with Luces in Arizona 254; tired joke about Olgivanna Wright 255, 256; seeks Pope quotation 267–8; jealousy of Joseph Kolisch 279; and Chris Wood 337, 406, 409, 411, 457, 522, 529–30; and Margaret Gage 337–8; praises C.I.’s A Single Man 338; and documentary on Stravinsky 359; and feud between Chris Wood and Barrie 379–80; suggests C.I. writes to Peggy Kiskadden 380; at opening of Bachardy’s show at Rex Evans’s gallery 387; suffers strokes 389, 409–410, 423, 442–3, 450, 457, 458–9, 464, 474, 557; and dedication of C.I.’s A Meeting by the River 406–7, 411, 423; trip to Hawaii 409; writes to Life magazine about Vietnam photograph 409; and Jack Jones 442, 458–9, 474; C.I. visits during convalescences 444–5, 461–2, 485, 508, 522, 526, 553, 557, 560, 598; 642–3
The Five Ages of Man 575; Is God Evident? 575
Hearn, Lafcadio 189–90
Heckart, Eileen 190
Heckford, Henry (Harry) 448–9
Heflin, Lee 363, 397, 402, 404
Hell’s Angels on Wheels (film) 465
Hemingway, Ernest 78, 128, 138, 181, 407; A Farewell to Arms 140; For Whom the Bell Tolls 320
Hemmings, David 434, 435
Henderson, Ray: and Elsa Lanchester 29, 203–4, 500, 505, 514, 598; marriage 29, 598; and proposed Dogskin musical 457–8, 475, 479, 500, 505, 508, 516, 526, 572; 643
Hendrick, Kimmis 25–6
Henze, Hans 84
Hepburn, Audrey 344
Hepburn, Katharine 369, 436
Herbert, George 494
Herbert, Jocelyn 587
Herbert, John, Fortune and Men’s Eyes 541, 559
Herbold, Mary 185, 186, 643
Hersey, John, The Wall 370–71
Hershey, Lewis Blaine 592
Hesse, Hermann: Das Glasperlenspiel 403; Narziss und Goldmund 530; Steppenwolf 403
Heywood, Anne 585
Hickman, Norman 146
Hines, Jerome 234n
hippies 456, 473, 558, 565, 582
Hitler, Adolf 414, 573
Hockney, David: always carries a camera ix, xxx; painting of C.I. and Don Bachardy ix, xxxv; settles in California xxix–xxx; C.I.’s friendship and socializing with 397, 505–6; teaches at UCLA 397; Bachardy stays in London flat 502, 503, 506; and Peter Schlesinger 506, 508; friends from Royal Ballet visit C.I. 565; 644
72 Drawings 581, 593
Hodgson, Ralph 102
Hoffman, Robert (Bob) 568, 582
Hogan, Ken (accountant) 6, 7
Hogg, James, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner 183, 184
Hoitsma, Kinmont 471, 472, 481, 644
Hollywood Reporter, The (newspaper) 536, 538
Holt, Edgar 542
Holt, Hillary (Larry) 475–6, 479–80, 506, 507, 526, 576, 644
Holy Mother see Sarada Devi
Homolka, Florence 196–7, 211, 246, 644
homosexuality: of C.I. xvii, xviii, xxiii, 354–5, 469; in C.I.’s A Single Man xvii, xviii, 335; in C.I.’s Lions and Shadows xxiii; Gerald Heard on 36; of married men 121, 379; Evelyn Hooker’s research on homosexuals 137, 168; C.I.’s notes for proposed novelette on homosexual relationship on campus 160–66; gay liberation movement 175, 335, 354–5; legalized in Czechoslovakia 197; Auden on 335, 443; and entrapment 357; in C.I.’s A Meeting by the River 360; pornography 476–7, 485; gay bookstores 485, 572–3; gay personal ads 513; black homosexuals 546
Hong Kong flu 535, 537
Honolulu 208, 301, 460, 496, 571, 590–91
Hooker, Evelyn: and John Rechy 23; C.I. stays at house in Brentwood 48n; on guest list for C.I.’s party for Jo Masselink 55; C.I. socializes with 137; research on homosexuals 137, 168; Stephen and Natasha Spender stay with 167; and Masters and Johnson research into orgasm 206; accused of conspiracy to obtain criminal abortion 258; on Majl Ewing 483; 645
Hoopes, Ned 513, 645
Hoopes, William 216
Hoover, J. Edgar 592
Hope, Anthony: The Prisoner of Zenda 498–9; Rupert of Hentzau 498–9
Horne, Collin see Wilcox, Collin
Horne, Geoffrey 431, 645
Hotel (film) 459
House Un-American Activities Committee 181–2, 646
Houseman, Joan 287, 426, 646
Houseman, John 287, 365, 387, 535, 538, 646
Housman, Laurence, Victoria Regina 153
How to Know God (Patanjali; tr. C.I. and Prabhavananda) 179
Howard, Donald 397, 400, 646
Hoyningen-Huene, George 199, 646–7
Hoyt, John 439
Huber, Gerhard 415–16
Hudson, Rock 184, 338n, 528n
Huene, George see Hoyningen-Huene, George
Hughes, Howard 258
Hulter, Bob 514
Humphrey, Hubert 525
Hunter, Jeffrey 199
Hurkos, Peter 263
Hurok, Solomon 7
Hurricane Carla 111
Huserik, Del 18–19
Huston, John 217, 218, 647
Hutchins, Robert 359, 504, 647
Hutton, Brian 394
Huxley, Aldous: settles in California xi; cancer 36, 186, 282, 292, 294; on guest list for C.I.’s party for Jo Masselink 55; C.I. visits in London 76, 79; Hollywood house destroyed by fire 79, 128, 299; and Colin Wilson 127, 128; travels to India 129, 145; visits moon rocket plant with C.I. 213; Don Bachardy portrait of 223; trip to Memphis 238–9; dines with C.I. and Stravinskys 250; birthday 282; in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital 294; on Rozanov 294, 295; returns home 295; death 297, 410; last articles 297, 298–9, 335n; C.I.’s article for memorial volume 335, 336, 338; memorial dinner at USC 359–60; Robert Craft’s article for Encounter 379; and C.I.’s views on war 457; C.I. recalls handwriting analysis experience 495; Sybille Bedford’s biography 541; 647–8
After Many a Summer 271
Huxley, Juliette 379
Huxley, Laura (Aldous’s second wife): Hollywood house destroyed by fire 79, 128; and Colin Wilson 128; dines with C.I. and Stravinskys 250; and Aldous’s illness 292, 294, 295, 297; and Aldous’s death 297, 298–9; at memorial dinner for Aldous 359; visited by a medium 360–61; at July 4 fireworks 370; offended by Robert Craft’s article in Encounter 379; C.I. recalls handwriting analysis experience 495; suggested for television show with C.I. 508; and Gary Fisher 542; 648
Recipes for Living and Loving 233, 238; The Timeless Moment 455
Huxley, Maria (Aldous’s first wife) 186, 297, 299, 648–9
Huxley, Matthew (son of Aldous and Maria) 297, 649
I, Claudius (Graves), C.I.’s and Don Bachardy’s draft screenplay xxxv, xxxvi, 561, 563, 566, 570, 571, 572, 577, 581, 588, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595
If … (film) 591
Ikeya-Seki comet 377
In Cold Blood (film) 428, 431, 436, 438
“In a Lonely Place” (television show) 188
India: C.I. visits with Swami Prabhavananda xxii–xxiii, xxv–xxvii, xxxii, xxxvii, 290, 291, 298, 300–334; Huxley’s trip to 129, 145; nationalism 136, 393, 456; Chinese invasion 236–7, 242, 243, 700
Indio, California 557
Inge, William (Bill) 45, 46, 47, 170, 211, 365n; drinking and depressions 350, 387, 483; 649
Inglis, Frances 547n
Ingraham, John 560
Inspiration Point, Santa Monica 469–70
International Herald Tribune 111
Ir
eland, John 46
Irish Times, “A Glimpse of Isherwood” article 245
Irvine, University of California at 233
Isadora (film) 479, 534
Isherwood, Christopher:
Finances: income from Cabaret xxxiii, 425, 432, 436, 446, 452, 465, 519, 556, 566, 569; accounts 6, 7; inheritance from mother’s estate 51, 59, 60, 79, 134, 152, 159, 255; British taxes 91, 105, 106, 108; advance for Down There on a Visit 159; teaching income 159, 336; never involved in stock market 193; costs of improvements to Santa Monica house 201, 204; merger of finances with Don’s 201, 211; savings 242, 372, 375; purchase of duplex buildings as tax write-off 499–500, 519, 596; pays off mortgage 535; income from “The Legend of Silent Night” television special 598
Health: workouts and exercises viii, ixn, 44, 51, 60, 124, 138, 147, 217, 220, 265, 273, 282, 292, 293, 295, 403, 464, 527, 532, 560–61; fear of cancer xxiii, 200, 208, 217, 247, 255, 354, 374, 402, 453, 515, 553; pyschosomatic bouts xxiii, 43, 291; sore throats xxiii, 141, 146, 284, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291, 330, 515, 517, 519, 535; arthritis 1n, 4, 183, 187, 340, 396, 399; intestinal complaints 11, 132, 147, 195–6, 215, 319, 329, 336, 425, 509, 512, 514, 515, 517; injures leg in fall 15, 16–17, 24, 28; weight 18, 29, 43, 140, 143, 216, 217, 220, 242, 306, 347, 399, 403, 464, 596–7, 598; vagus nerve spasms 24, 167; nose bleed 27; impotence 51; back pain 60, 181, 275, 342, 343, 344, 513, 514; depressions 78, 130, 211, 215, 275, 452, 518, 524, 579; cold sores 85; dental work 104, 114, 115, 131, 160, 270–71, 299–300, 344, 466; pyloric spasms 108, 109, 110, 175, 181, 337, 515; urethra operation 110n; jaw stiffness 114, 124, 126, 130, 131, 132, 134, 139, 141, 143, 147, 176, 180, 181, 183, 201, 231; takes vitamins 124, 132, 305, 345, 532; eyesight 147, 199, 203; colds 151, 193, 236, 260, 436; prostate infection 176, 177, 178, 180, 183; neck ache 180, 181, 183, 396, 399; cyst in ear 194, 220, 221; tongue soreness 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 214, 220, 231, 453; diet 207, 396, 403; possible cracked rib 264, 265; sore mouth 274; broken rib 285, 287; headaches 324, 532; groin pain 340, 432, 433–4, 514, 515; hits head in fall 356; amnesia 389–90; cholesterol count 396; ruptured blood vessel in eye 397; cyst on lip 401, 402; hip pain 427, 433–4, 436, 439; bruises toe 436; food poisoning 478, 479; knee pain 515; lump on finger 535, 536–7, 541, 544, 553, 556; strains calf muscle 539, 541; Dupuytren’s Contracture (disease of hand) 553, 556, 567, 573, 626
Personal life: settles in California xi, xii; improvements to Santa Monica house xvi, 1, 8, 125, 126, 152, 159, 177, 181, 187, 197, 198, 200–201, 202, 204, 206, 210, 214, 216, 226, 234; homosexuality xvii, xviii, xxiii, 354–5, 469; recalls taking hashish in Tangier xx, 257, 315; friendships with women xxx–xxxi; fifty-sixth birthday 1; speeding ticket 11; dreams and nightmares 12–13, 74, 102, 107, 179, 215, 308, 338, 339–40, 347–8, 349, 367, 368, 531; drinking 15, 18, 23, 35, 36, 43, 50, 58, 71, 96, 110, 124, 154, 158, 177, 187, 195, 237, 248, 250, 257, 261, 270, 273, 275, 295, 347–8, 350, 360, 401, 434, 452, 480, 482, 524, 543, 579; sees green flashes in sky 18, 25, 143; joins gym 44; smoking 51, 261, 262, 270, 273, 562; fifty-seventh birthday 104; contemplates father-son novel about relationship with Don Bachardy 134–5; joins Don in New York (1961) 145–57; train ride back to California 157–8; building of studio for Don 159, 168, 178, 189, 195, 201, 215, 216, 219; pacifism 173, 179, 457; house burgled 185, 187; picks up hitchhiker 187; photographed by Florence Homolka 196–7, 211; minor car accident on Hollywood Boulevard 209–210; buys furniture 210; visits moon rocket plant 213–14; fifty-eighth birthday 219; trip to northern California (1962) 219, 220–21; buys new car 220, 223–4; television interview 224; considers two-month stay at Trabuco 225; visits circus 227–9; considers spending Christmas in Mexico 240, 242, 244, 246, 247–8, 249, 250–51; speaks at Charles Laughton’s funeral 249, 250, 251–2; interviewed by Time magazine for proposed Auden article 264; stays in borrowed house in San Francisco (1963) 269, 271, 273–6; speaks at Larry Paxton’s funeral 275–6, 462; buys ring for Don’s twenty-ninth birthday 276–7; sorrow at development of Santa Monica Canyon 276, 385, 388, 389, 465, 467, 469–70; sideswipes car 281, 284; plans writing autobiographical works 284, 335, 371, 372, 373, 378; breaks rib in car accident 285, 286, 288; fifty-ninth birthday 288; Francophobia 292; takes Librium 299, 302, 305, 411, 452; contemplates novel based on Prema taking sannyas 336; buys television set 337; visits Big Sur with Bart Johnson 340, 341; at Kirov Ballet with Budd Cherry 345, 346; joins Don in New York (1965) 351–3; pallbearer at David O. Selznick’s funeral 368–9; traffic tickets for jumping red lights 369, 565–6; dislike of dogs 372, 518; sixty-first birthday 374; attempts to view Ikeya-Seki comet 377; clutch fails on car 394; sixty-second birthday 406; discusses drug-taking with Don 407, 542; sixty-third birthday 465; stays with “Ben Underhill” and Ken McDonnell in San Francisco (1967) 469, 471–2; letters offered for sale by dealer 483–4; trip to San Francisco and Santa Cruz (1967) 484–92; makes poetry tapes for Don 494, 497, 578, 581; visits Truman Capote at Palm Springs (1969) 497, 540, 542–3; visits conference at Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions with Spender (1968) 503–4; writes citation for Auden’s Gold Medal award from National Institute of Arts and Letters 515–16; commonplace book 516; sees production of Hamlet in San Diego 517–18; sixty-fourth birthday 523–4; idea for a novel about a Swami and a writer 530, 561; votes in presidential election 531; receives poem from fan 532–3; loses and retrieves ring given by Don 533, 584, 591; watches Apollo 8 lunar mission 534; sees stage version of Fortune and Men’s Eyes 541; watches home movies with Don 547; takes John Lehmann to Watts 549; sees Nureyev and Fonteyn dance 567; sixty-fifth birthday 578, 579; visits Jim Charlton in Honolulu on return from Australia 590–91; asked to nominate most hated man in America 591–2