by Shawn Levy
Rubi’s auto racing in
sex life of
social life in
wedding in
Zsa Zsa Gabor and
Rubirosa! The Musical
Rue de Bellechasse Residence
luxurious furnishings of
sale of
Zsa Zsa Gabor at
Ruiz Trujillo de Berges, Ligia “Japonesa,”
Rusk, Dean
Saborit, Eduardo
Sachs, Gunther
Rubi’s mentoring of
Sadruddin Khan
“Saint, The,”
Salazar, Dr. Joaquin
Salinger, Pierre
Salvador, Henri
Samuel, Henri
Sanchez, Ana Rubirosa
Sánchez Lustrino, Gilberto
in stamp scandal
Sánchez Rubirosa, Gilberto
San Cristóbal
Sanders, George
career of
marrying wealth advocated by
personality of
psychotherapy of
suicide of
Sanders-Gabor relationship
divorce in
first meeting in
George’s belittling remarks in
George’s Christmas Eve raid in
George’s infidelity in
press coverage of
sex life of
wedding in
Zsa Zsa’s Bel-Air house in
Zsa Zsa’s devotion in
Zsa Zsa’s nickname in
San Francisco de Macorís
ladies’ club of
San José de las Matas
Santa María
Santiago
Santo Domingo
Club Unión of
Country Club of
harbor dredging project at
Ozama Fortress of
renaming of
Rubirosa family’s residence in
social elite of
women of
young men of
scandal sheets
lawsuits against
Rubi in
Schell, Harry
Schneider, Romy
Schoenfeld, H. F. Arthur
Sebring auto races
Septeuil farm
Sert, José Maria
Shelby, Carroll
Siegel, Bugsy
Silver Bank reef
SIM
Sinatra, Frank
Kennedy family and
mob ties of
Singh, Jit
Singing Dream, The
Sitwell, Edith
Smith, Earl E. T.
Smith, Jean
Smith, Liz
Snow, Carmel
Solt, Andrew “Bundy,”
Soraya, Empress of Iran
Sosùa
sex tourism in
Spain
Aldao jewels in
veneration of women in
Spallina, Jerry
Spanish Civil War
Speer, Albert
Spillane, Mickey
Splendor and Death of Porfirio Rubirosa, The
State Department, U.S.
Ramfis Trujillo as viewed by
Rubirosa-Duke relationship and
St. John, Jill
Stompanato, Johnny
Stotesbury, Eva Roberts Cromwell
Sued, Victor
Sullivan, Ed
Sweeney, Joanne Connelley
Sweeney, Robert
Synge, J. M.
Tagle, Emilio
tango
Tauber, Richard
Taylor, Elizabeth
Tenth of February
Terrail, Claude
Theodoracopulos, Taki
Thiele, Wilhelm
Three Ring Circus
Thyssen, Baroness Maud von
Thyssen, Baron Heinie von
Tierney, Gene
tíguerismo
Tirso de Molina
tobacco industry
Todd, Mike
Too Rich
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
Toussaint L’Ouverture
treasure ship salvage
Trips, Count Wolfgang von
Troubetzkoy, Prince Igor Nikolaievitch
trujillistos
Trujillo, Aminta Ledesma
Trujillo, Angelita
Trujillo, Bienvenida Ricart
Trujillo, Flor de Oro, see Rubirosa, Flor de Oro Trujillo
Trujillo, Hector “Negro,”
Trujillo, Jose “Petán,”
Trujillo, María Martínez
Paris visited by
Zsa Zsa Gabor’s letter to
Trujillo, Octavia Adolfina Ricart
Trujillo, Ramfis, Jr.
Trujillo family
fortune of
Trujillo Martínez, Rafael Leonidas “Ramfis,”
abscondence of
airplane chartered by
appearance of
auto accidents of
bodyguards of
bumper stickers inspired by
clothing of
Congressional criticism of
death of
debauchery of
as Dominican air force commander
in Dominican army
entourage of
father’s death and
as father’s successor
financial resources of
in Hollywood
lavish spending of
marriages of
medications of
mental health care of
Paris visited by
personality of
polo played by
rebels tortured and killed by
Rubi’s relationship with
at U.S. military training school
yacht of
as youngest army colonel
Zsa Zsa Gabor as host of
Trujillo Martínez, Rhadamés
Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leonidas
ambushing of
appearance of
arms sale of
background of
Barbara Hutton as viewed by
as the Benefactor
Catholic church’s opposition to
children of
Coubre incident and
criminal record of
death of
dissidents eliminated by
Dominican economy monopolized by
Doris Duke and
early career of
estates of
formal ball given by
France visited by
funeral of
as generalissimo
gossip as tool of
Haitians massacred by
harbor dredging project of
Juan Perón and
military honors of
Miltown and
mob ties of
modernization program of
as National Army chief
national congress controlled by
in National Police
Pega Palo business of
personality cult of
personality of
presidency usurped by
press controlled by
propaganda of
public relations campaigns of
punctiliousness of
Ramfis as successor of
Rubi in Presidential Guard of
Rubi’s courtship opposed by
Rubi’s introduction to
Rubi’s life threatened by
Rubi’s relationship with
Rubi’s value to
ruthless tactics of
secret police force of
Silver Bank salvage and
threats to regime of
tíguerismo of
twenty-fifth year jubilee of
tyrannical regime of
U.S. political ties severed by
U.S. visits of
violent temper of
war declared by
war refugees accepted by
/> wedding planned by
Winchell’s support of
Trujillo Molina, Virgilio
Trumbauer, Horace
Twenty-four Hours at Le Mans (Gregoire)
Ulmann, Alec
United Nations
Universal Pictures
Valentino, Rudolph
Valenzano, Gino
Van Alen, Louise Astor
Van Heusen, Jimmy
Vanity Fair
Vargas Llosa, Mario
Vásquez, Horacio
Vassilopoulos, Spiro and Edmée
Venezuela
Verneuil-sur-Avre
Vichy
Vilallonga, José-Luis de
Vincent, Stenio
Vorshin, Alfredo
Wallis, Hal
Walters, Celine
Webb, Susan
Weiller, Paul-Louis
Welles, Orson
We’re Not Married
Western Affair
“What Have You Got, Rubirosa?” (Saborit)
White, Pearl
Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt
Wilde, Arthur
Wilder, Billy
Wilson, Earl
Wimille, Jean-Pierre
death of
Winchell, Walter
Trujillos defended by
Windsor, Duchess of
Wiss, Kim
Woolworth, Frank Winfield
Woolworth Building
Woolworth stores
World War I
Paris in
World War II
Dominican Republic in
Doris Duke in
European refugees of
OSS in
Paris Dominican legation relocated in
Paris liberation in
Rubi’s internment in
U.S. in
see also Nazis
Wright, Cobina
Wrightsman, Charlene
yoga
Zanini, Archbishop Lino
Zerbe, Jerome
Zicarelli, Joe
Zsa Zsa the Kid
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shawn Levy is the author of King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis, Rat Pack Confidential and Ready, Steady, Go!: Swinging London and the Invention of Cool. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Sight and Sound and Loaded. He is film critic for the Oregonian and a former senior editor of American Film.
PRAISE
From the reviews of The Last Playboy:
‘Levy has brought all his customary energies to this study of Porfirio Rubirosa’s life and times’
Daily Telegraph
‘An excellent, gossipy study … Levy has a kinetic prose style … His luscious, shimmering and titillating portrait is there for the world’
Sunday Times
‘Entertaining … Levy has a fascinating story to tell … A page-turner’
Mail on Sunday
‘Riveting and very funny … This flamboyant figure, flawed, fun, chic, courteous, sometimes wicked, often notorious, but always loved, must be seen as Shawn Levy paints him - wholly fascinating’
Literary Review
‘Levy is thorough not only in documenting the high life, but in paying attention to how Rubirosa was shaped by his Dominican Republic home and his relationship with the dictator Rafael Trujillo. This is a tale told with great relish and some style’ GQ
‘A swish, always interesting collection of barroom tales’
Night & Day
‘Delicious’
Tatler
‘A terrific story about a fascinating character’
JOHN MALKOVICH
‘[A] bubbly, breathless biography … [Levy] makes a fairly convincing case that the Rubi magic came down to a combination of charm, mystique and, quite possibly, physical attributes’
New York Times
‘Levy recounts [Rubirosa’s life] with verve and relish. He can be quite funny, poking gentle fun at Rubi’s antics, but serious when covering some of the party boy’s more sordid affairs … Above all, this is a celebration of an outrageous life, reminding us that while Rubi may not have been the actual “last” playboy, we certainly don’t have anyone like him today’
San Francisco Chronicle
‘The story of Rubirosa is lovingly investigated in every titillating detail in The Last Playboy’
Scotsman
ALSO BY THE AUTHOR
King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis
Rat Pack Confidential: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter,
Joey and the Last Great Showbiz Party
Ready, Steady, Go!: Swinging London and the Invention of Cool
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