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Lamkin, Marguerite: C.I. stays with in London ix, 447; marriage to Rory Harrity 6, 8; C.I. socializes with in California 46; twenty-first birthday party for Don Bachardy 119; in New York 146, 153, 156; interviews C.I. 156; Bachardy stays in New York apartment 299; trip to Cambridge with C.I. 448; Charles and Muff Brackett enquire about 501; Bachardy stays with in London 503; 659
Lamkin, Speed 130, 229, 659
Lanchester, Elsa (Mrs. Charles Laughton): relations with Laughton 14, 17, 29, 32, 38, 139, 202, 204; acting career 15, 36, 41, 47, 55; and Ray Henderson 29, 203–4, 500, 505, 514, 598; and Terry Jenkins 32, 204, 210; friendship and socializing with C.I. 129, 203–4, 277, 508, 513–14; and Laughton’s final illness 194–5, 196, 198, 202, 207–8, 210, 211, 221, 222, 237–8, 239, 244, 246, 249, 514, 515; and Laughton’s funeral 249, 250, 251–2; house neighboring C.I.’s 260, 435, 533; argument with Cecil Beaton 277; Don Bachardy’s views on 277; at opening for Bachardy’s show at Rex Evans’s gallery 387; and proposed Dogskin musical 475, 500, 505, 526, 579; research for book on Laughton 508, 513, 514; Bachardy dreams about 543; 659–60
Lane, Homer xxiii, 660
Lange, David 1, 55, 660
Lange, Hope: friendship and socializing with C.I. 1, 6, 10, 34, 36, 39, 40–41, 55, 219; relationship with Glenn Ford 1, 40–41, 138–9, 140, 219, 263; marriage to Don Murray 40; at opening of Don Bachardy’s show at Rex Evans’s gallery 223; 660
Lansbury, Angela 10n, 114, 173, 661
Lansbury, Bruce 173, 661
Laos crisis (1960-61) 38, 39, 40, 41, 70n, 661
Larmore, Alexandra (Xan) 130, 239, 661
Larmore, James 239, 280, 661
Larson, Jack: friendship and socializing with C.I. 192, 216, 217–18, 229, 297, 366, 392, 397, 402, 426, 433, 494, 496, 500, 507, 599; relationship with Jim Bridges 192, 361, 366, 426–7, 433, 477, 496, 509, 510, 540, 555; and Montgomery Clift 217–18, 402; and Paul Kennedy 218; in C.I.’s dream 308; dog killed in accident 356, 361; acting career 366; at opening of Don Bachardy’s show at Rex Evans’s gallery 387; reads C.I.’s A Meeting by the River 397; and death of Frank O’Hara 402–3; worries about aging 426; libretto for Lord Byron 427, 554, 555; mental attacks 427; at Timothy Leary show 440; in New York 472, 526, 554, 555; at Jerry Lawrence’s blue movie party 476; buys Frank Lloyd Wright house with Bridges 477, 493, 494; Leslie Caron stays with 502–3, 507; patriotism 502; trip to San Diego with C.I. to see Hamlet 517–18; Bachardy consults about co-writing of A Meeting by the River 526; watches Apollo 8 lunar mission 534; and The Living Theatre company 547; organizes protest letter against Life magazine 564; 661–2
Cherry, Larry, Sandy, Doris, Jean, Paul (play) 521, 522, 526, 529, 563, 570
Las Vegas 507, 557
Latouche, Paul (pseud.) 280, 281
Laughlin, Michael 545n, 563, 573, 662
Laughton, Charles: Plato/Socrates project with C.I. xii, 6 & n, 7, 35, 37, 38, 41, 42, 49, 139, 140, 143, 144, 148, 154; life-style xxix, 7–8, 204, 513; gall bladder operation 6n, 7, 13–14, 514; house neighboring C.I.’s 7, 29, 129; travels to Japan with Terry Jenkins 13, 17; relations with Elsa Lanchester 14, 17, 29, 32, 38, 55, 139, 202, 204; violent self-harming attacks 14; on Lanchester’s acting 15; relations with Jenkins 15, 29, 32, 47–8, 139, 195, 208, 514; acting style 91, 129; in New York 193; final illness 194–5, 196, 198, 201–2, 204, 207–8, 211, 221, 222, 514, 515; spiritual beliefs 195, 202, 247; in Cedars of Lebanon hospital 210, 226–7, 237–8, 239, 246–7; refuses to leave hospital 244, 246; returns home 249; death 250, 261, 366; funeral 250, 251–2; Lanchester and Ned Hoopes work on book about 508, 513, 514; 662
Laughton, Elsa see Lanchester, Elsa
Laughton, Frank 237, 239, 250
Laurence, Marlene 190, 196
Laurents, Arthur 245, 662
Lavenham, Suffolk 74
Lawrence, Brother, The Practice of the Presence of God 527
Lawrence, Christopher 96, 97–8, 109
Lawrence, D.H. 404, 451, 555, 571, 589; Lady Chatterley’s Lover 71; The Virgin and the Gipsy 140; The Boy in the Bush 585
Lawrence, Frieda 555n, 589
Lawrence, Jerome (Jerry): all-male parties xxxi, 47, 354, 476–7; New Year’s Eve (1960) 37, 39, 40; friendship and socializing with C.I. 44–5, 170, 216, 219, 257, 266–7, 467–8; and Paul Kennedy 205; at opening of Don Bachardy’s show at Rex Evans’s gallery 223; lecture with C.I. at UCLA 225, 236; arrangement of books in lavatory 267; and Dorothy Tutin 270; signatory to telegram to Time magazine 287; reads final draft of C.I.’s A Single Man 290; on success of Cabaret 424; life-style 467–8; 662–3
Lawrence of Arabia (film) 256
Layard, John xxiii, 18, 663
Lazar, Irving (Swifty) 543, 663
Lazenby, George 597n
Le Corbusier 129
Leacock, Stephen 575
Leary, Timothy 439–40, 453
Ledebur, Christian (Boon) and Henrietta 40, 663–4
Lederer, Charles 37, 39, 40, 349, 664
Lee, Robert (Bob) 287, 519–20, 664
“Legend of Silent Night, The” (T.V. special) xxxiii, 401, 403, 407, 422, 425, 428, 534, 536, 597
Legg, Bill 355
Lehmann, Beatrix (Peggy) 103–4, 586, 664
Lehmann, Helen 68, 664
Lehmann, John 99, 103, 299, 544, 546, 547, 548–9, 552, 664–5
Lehmann, Rosamond 134, 453, 665
Leibermann, Rolf 359n
Leigh, Vivien 75, 344n; death 453; 665
Leighton, Margaret (Maggie) 99, 150, 400, 435, 665–6
Lenya, Lotte 26, 104, 174, 222, 666
Leonard, Rosemary 537
Leopard, The (film) 292
Leopold, Michael 362, 379, 429–30, 666
leprosy 320
Lesser, Julian 189
Lester, Dr. Jim 253
LeSueur, Joe 403, 427, 434, 435, 496
Levant, Oscar 41, 666
Levitt, Amy 518
Levy, Miranda (Mirandi) 254, 359, 552, 666
Lévy, Raoul 386
Lewenstein, Oscar 34
Lewis, C.S., The Screwtape Letters 452
Lewis, Dr. Jack 16–17, 131, 666
Lewis, Jerry, restaurant of 262, 263
Lewis, Sinclair 134
Lieberson, Goddard 57
Life (magazine) 285, 310, 393, 409, 534, 564
Limerick 445
Lind, Roger (pseud.) 484
Lindbergh, Charles, We 267
Lindsay, John 350
Linville, William 373
Lion in Winter, The (film) 551
Lions and Shadows (C.I.) xxiii, 441
List, Herbert 216n, 412, 667
Little Rock, Arkansas 181–2
Littlewood, Joan 85–6
Livermore, Robert 364
Living Theatre, The (theater company) 547–8
Locke, Charles O. 462, 667
Lodge, Carter 34, 36, 70, 159, 239, 551n, 667
Loew, Arthur 339–40
Lokeswarananda, Swami 319, 320
Lolita (film) 200
London: C.I. joins Don Bachardy (1961) xiii, 58–9; Bachardy visits alone (1961) 44–5; (1968), 502, 503, 504, 509, 514; (1969) 572, 576–7, 578, 581; youth fashions 61; traffic 62; C.I.’s views on 71, 83, 131, 413; C.I. stays on return from Austria (1966) 412–13, 419, 422; C.I.’s trip to (1967) 447–8, 452–3; see also England
London Magazine 170
Long Beach, California 241–2, 575, 576
Long Beach State College, C.I. lectures at 475, 481–2
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 251
Loos, Anita 452
Lord, Bart 49, 667
Lorenz, Konrad, On Aggression 537
Los Angeles: smog 41–2, 214, 377, 465, 486, 567; hillside developments 46–7; brush fires 79, 130, 132, 137, 144, 478; downtown 175, 365; freeway construction 230, 253, 365, 567; high-rise developments 365, 385, 388, 469–70; landslides 497, 542, 544, 545, 598
Los Angeles City College 183, 184, 185
Los Angeles County Museum of Art 44
Los Angeles Herald and Express 17
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 550, 551
Los Angeles Press, personal ads 512–13
Los Angeles State College (L.A. State): C.I. teaches at xii, 9, 140, 144, 159, 166, 169, 170, 175–6, 177, 181–2, 190–91, 192–3, 195, 468; C.I. declines teaching positions 23, 66, 192; chariot races 186; Pacific Coast Writers’ Conference 280; see also California State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times 130, 136, 141, 224, 377, 384, 424, 459, 464, 550, 552
Loskota, Bill 477
Louis, Dorothy (Shraddha) 226
“Love-in” (Elsyian Park, 1967) 444
Loved One, The (film) xxix, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 344, 346, 348, 352n, 356–7
Loy, Myrna 106, 146, 184, 383, 667
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) 2, 244, 254, 297, 306, 480, 481, 542
Luce, Clare Boothe 139, 254, 255, 257, 379–80, 391–2, 409, 667–8
Luce, Henry 139, 254, 379–80, 409, 667–8
Lüdecke, Wenzel 382–3
Ludington, Wright 24, 249, 261, 668
Lurie, Alison 362
Luscombe, John 109
Lyme Cage (hunting lodge) (Cheshire) 420
Lynes, George Platt 45, 668
lysergic acid see LSD
M. see Isherwood, Kathleen Bradshaw (C.I.’s mother) and Gupta, Mahendranath
MacBird! (stage production) 446
McBurney, C.B.M. 105
McCallum, Pat 539, 721
McCarthy, Eugene 508
McCarthy, Mary 505
MacDermott, Christopher 395–6
McDonnell, Ken 275–6, 462–3, 469, 471, 488–9
Macgill, Moyna 224
McGuire, Dorothy 194
Mackenzie-Young, Mr. (dentist) 104, 115
McKinnon, Russell 126, 131, 225; supports Don Bachardy’s studies at the Slade 35, 37–8, 41, 42, 43; 672
Macklem, Francesca (Jill) 15, 668
Macklin, Paul (chiropractor) 396, 399
McLuhan, Marshall 473
McNally, Terrence 500
McNamara, Robert 473
MacNeice, Louis 288–9
Macy, Gertrude 446, 452, 465, 669
Madhavananda, Swami 305, 311, 332, 669
Maffei, Mike 39, 40
Magnificent Ambersons, The (film) 566
Maharaj see Brahmananda, Swami
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 189, 473–4, 588
Mailer, Norman 29, 121, 301, 669
Majority of One, A (film) 57
Malamud, Bernard 367
Mallory, Margaret 261n, 669
Maloney, Jean 191
Malraux, André, The Walnut Trees of Altenburg 183–4
Maltin, Arnold (pseud.; accountant) 500, 519, 596
Manchester 73, 77, 79
Manchester Guardian (newspaper) 171
Mander, John 77, 81
Mangeot, André 86
Mangeot, Olive 85, 86, 120, 449, 493, 670
Mangeot, Sylvain 86, 670
Mann Borgese, Elisabeth 504
Mann, Daniel 401, 403, 407, 408, 411–12, 413–14, 428, 534, 669
Mann, Thomas: Death in Venice 530; Felix Krull 496; The Magic Mountain xii
March, Fredric 106
Marchand, Leslie, Byron 366
Marcuse, Ted 427
Margaret, Princess 272, 481n
Marie Walewska (film) 65
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles 422n, 494, 529, 551, 554
Marković, Vida 190–91
Markovich, John (Mark) 598, 670
Marlowe, Christopher 448
Marlowe, Kenneth, Mr. Madam 345
Marple Hall, Cheshire 417, 421, 422, 437, 489, 670
Marshall, Anne, Hunting the Guru in India 231
Marx, Karl 205, 351
Mascagni, Pietro, Cavalleria Rusticana 67
Masefield, John 575
Masocco, Mirandi see Levy, Miranda
Mason, James 207, 671
Masselink, Ben: friendship and socializing with C.I. 6, 29, 30–31, 56, 58, 123, 126, 140, 144, 145, 174, 183, 189, 208, 234, 239, 259, 261, 356, 374, 377, 406, 444, 454, 459, 469; and Henry Miller 127–8; and Jo Masslink’s children 142–3, 341; television work 144, 215, 259, 293, 466; trip to New York 180, 183; at brother’s funeral 206; and Peter Gowland 213; depression 215; trip to Florida 259; admiration for Jim Charlton’s writing 270; views on C.I.’s A Single Man 294–5; on introduction of skateboards 365; birthday 378; on noisy neighbors 399; C.I.’s admiration for marriage 400; C.I. brings gifts from London 447–8; marriage problems 453–5, 457, 459, 460, 466, 470; relationship with Dee Hawes 454, 457, 459, 460, 470, 478, 496–7; drinking 455, 457; sees psychiatrist 464; separation from Jo 470, 476, 477–8, 496–7, 557; marries Dee 523, 524, 542; views on Tahiti 573, 574; 671
The Crackerjack Marines 56, 215; The Danger Islands 269
Masselink, Eugene 206
Masselink, Jo: friendship and socializing with C.I. 6, 29, 30–31, 58, 123, 126, 140, 144, 145, 174, 183, 189, 197, 208, 234, 239, 259, 261, 356, 374, 377, 406, 444, 454, 459, 469, 562; C.I. organizes party for 55–6; and Henry Miller 127–8; children and grandchildren 142–3, 341; trip to New York 180, 183; at brother-in-law’s funeral 206; injures knee ice-skating 210, 215; and Peter Gowland 213; exhibits watercolours 234, 237, 293; trip to Florida 259; jaw infection 265, 266; views on C.I.’s A Single Man 294; C.I. borrows hot pad 374; at opening of Don Bachardy’s show at Rex Evans’s gallery 387; recommends chiropractor 396; C.I.’s admiration for marriage 400; dislike of Michael Sean and Ricky Grigg 405–6; C.I. brings gifts from London 447–8; marriage problems 453–5, 457, 459, 460, 466, 470; sees psychiatrist 464; visits family in Oregon 466; separation from Ben 470, 472, 476, 477–8, 496–7, 557; hears Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 473–4; Prabhavananda advises on meditation 476; trip to Hawaii with Alice Gowland 477, 481, 493, 496; career as designer 494, 496; her cats 517, 557, 562, 576; Dorothy Miller dreams about and prays for 517, 519, 554; and Ben’s remarriage 523, 524; severs relations with Ben’s father 542; house burgled 546; trip to Brazil 554, 565, 576; 671
Massey, Raymond 252
Masters, William 206n
Mattachine Review (magazine) 175
Maugham, Robin 552–3, 571
Maugham, William Somerset (Willie): illness 101, 107; in South of France 111–13; at Don Bachardy’s exhibition in London 119, 120; C.I. socializes with in London 121–2; decides to leave Villa Mauresque 122; death 384; George Cukor organizes memorial supper 387, 391–2; Remembering Mr. Maugham (Kanin) 392n, 438; setting for “Rain” 577; 671–2
Maupiti, Leeward Islands 475, 576
Mayer, Louis B. 176
Mayne, Peter, The Bird of Time 72
Mead, Mr. (mechanic) 19, 42, 58
Medavoy, Mike 579
Medley, Robert 63, 672
Meeting by the River, A (C.I.; novel): themes xxxii–xxxiii, 357–9, 360, 367, 386, 390–91, 392–3, 400; writing xxxii–xxxiii, 354, 357, 360, 362, 365, 366, 367, 370, 373, 375, 376, 382, 383, 386, 388, 391, 392, 395; characterization 358–9, 360, 367, 371, 375, 376–7, 382, 383, 390–91, 392–3, 396–7, 400; Don Bachardy and Gavin Lambert read drafts 371, 396, 397; Edward Upward reads drafts 375, 376–7, 383, 391, 400; word length 376; Vidya reads drafts 377, 390, 396, 397, 400; Bachardy’s suggestions for 386, 390–91, 396–7, 407, 411; Prabhavananda reads draft 395, 396; dedication 401, 406–7, 411, 423; correction of proofs 423, 439; Auden’s and Dodie Smith’s comments on 445; C.I.’s publicity interviews for 446, 447; publication 446; ending 582
Meeting by the River, A (play): co-written with Don Bachardy xxxv, 475, 520–21, 522, 526, 528, 529, 533; collaboration with Jim Bridges xxxv, 457, 466, 475, 479, 496, 499, 507, 509–510, 520, 521, 522, 528, 529, 532, 535, 576–7; productions 528, 529, 551, 563, 565, 566, 569–70, 572, 594, 598; Gavin Lambert comments on 529; Brian Bedford criticizes 543; rejected by UCLA 547; Christopher Gable praises 569
Melville, Herman, Billy Budd 555
Memorial, The (C.I.) 441
Memphis, Tenn
essee 238–9
Meramec Caverns, Missouri 286
Mercury Gallery, London 446, 447
Meredith, Burgess 458, 475, 505, 508, 526, 572, 578–9, 672
Meredith, George 537
Merlo, Frank 149, 353, 673
Methuen (publishers): and Down There on a Visit 66, 69, 75, 79, 81, 82, 87, 96, 98; and A Single Man 290, 298; and Exhumations 336, 343, 351; and Ramakrishna and His Disciples 336, 342; and A Meeting by the River 446; 673
Metzger, Deena 363
Meyer, Florence see Homolka, Florence
MGM (film studio) 422, 590
Michel, Gigi 411, 413, 414
Michel, Margitt 363–4
Mid-Century Book Society 196
Middelton, Thomas, The Changeling 35
Midnight (film) 374–5
Milam, Webster 133, 497, 673
Milland, Ray 182
Millard, Paul 42, 44, 131n, 499, 500, 673
Miller, Arthur 29
Miller, Dorothy: cooks for C.I. 4, 277; Charles Laughton confides in 17; cleans for C.I. 141, 280, 282, 283, 335, 371, 470–71, 475, 511, 517, 554; illness 178, 280, 371, 557; ideas and beliefs 282, 299, 340, 371–2, 442, 475; keeps house during C.I.’s India trip 299; advises on suitable Watts family for charity 431; and nephew’s marriage problems 471, 475; on self-defence 511; and Jo Masselink 517, 519, 554, 557; bullied by Black Muslims 522–3; on Jackie Kennedy Onassis 531–2; 673–4
Miller, Harry 68, 69, 71, 91, 94, 116–17, 120, 674
Miller, Henry 127–9, 144, 530, 674; Tropic of Cancer 166–7
Miller, Jonathan 65n, 81
Miller, Tony (Henry Miller’s son) 127, 128–9