In the Company of Legends
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“I’m Old Fashioned” (Astaire and Hayworth dance), 23, 24–25
Intercontinental Hotel, Geneva, Switzerland, 283
Iran-Contra scandal, 199
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, 286
Iselin, Jay, 44
It Happened One Night (film), 342
Jackson, Michael, 183–87
Jamaica, 378–81
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (documentary)
Carson and Stewart reminiscing about, 239
Carson as host/narrator, 176–77, 178–80, 217–23
filming on Universal backlot, 207–15, 209
graduation picture, 215
Hepburn, Katharine interview, 183, 186
and Hitchcock clips, 175–76
publicity and honors, 227–29, 236
and Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, 173, 174, 189–99
and Stewart, 173–74, 202–5, 207
Jansen, Gail, 7
Jaws (film), 324, 335
“Jaws Lake,” Universal lot, 335
Jilly, New York City, New York, 81–82
Jimmy Stewart Show, The (TV series), 206
John Curry: Dance on Ice episode (Skyline), 8, 9
John Garfield Story, The (documentary), 362
The Films of John Garfield book, 374
and Garfield, Julie, 365–67
idea for, 363
information gathering, 365–67, 372
interviews, 364–65, 367–72
premiere, 373, 375
See also Garfield, John
John Paul II, Pope, 355
Joseph and His Brethren (film), 343–44
Judy (Frank), 167
Judy Garland Show, The (TV special and series), 161, 164–65, 165, 167
Judy Garland: The Concert Years (documentary), 161–65, 165
Jurassic Park (film), 333
Kane, Peter, 32
Kanin, Garson, 70, 71–72
Kanter, Hal, 206
Kaplan, Andy, 340, 342
Karloff, Boris, 326
Karolewski, Debbie, 300–301
Karsch, Tom, 363
Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (documentary)
awards, 322
and Bacall’s home movies, 259
canoe and bicycle scenes, 318, 319
and Fenwick, Connecticut, home, 310–11, 313–20, 322–23
and Fonda, Jane, 305, 307, 309
golf cart scene, 318–20
Hepburn on being fascinating, 27
idea for, 305, 307, 309
laundry scene, 314–16
and New York townhouse, 312, 312, 320–21
publicity, 322
screenings, 322
See also Hepburn, Katharine
Kazan, Elia “Gadge,” 262, 266–68, 267, 273
Keitel, Harvey, 364, 367
Kelly, Gene, 343, 391
Kennedy, Caroline, 170–71
Kennedy, Edward, 169–70
Kennedy, John F., 167–71, 171
Kennedy, Robert F. “Bobby,” 258–59
Keyes, Evelyn, 345
Khan, Prince Aly, 343
Khan, Princess Aga, 343
kinescopes, 53
Klenck, Margaret, 270
Kohner, Susan, 326
Kramer, Joan “JK,” 331, 394
about, ix, 3–4, 392–93
with Berman, 34
The Beverly Hills Hotel room complication, 146–49
biographical information, 1–2
and Carson, 178, 225, 235–37, 240
and Cavett, 2–3, 6, 6
Chinese Sex Kit, 149–51
and Cowan, 52, 56
and Davis, 245–48
with Dreyfuss, 337
flu in London, 40, 41
with Flynn, Pat, 389
with Fonda, Henry, 288
and Fonda, Jane, 33, 299, 300, 305, 307
with Garfield, Julie, 362
with Glover, 364
and Hepburn, Audrey, 285, 286–87, 287
and Hepburn, Katharine, 45–46, 67, 96, 118–20, 124–26, 127, 131–32, 139–40, 141–42, 143, 266, 317
with Lufts, 163, 165
with Miller and Heeley, 154
and Neal, 370, 370–71
and Newman, 58–59, 61–64, 62
and Nureyev, 11–12, 12
and Onassis, 168–69, 171
and paper towels, 85, 86–88, 199
and pre-release screenings, 228
and Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, 188, 189
“stealing” from Sinatra’s house, 85, 86–87, 89
with Stewart, 213
with Stewart and Carson, 181
with Stewart, James and Gloria, 200
and Wasserman, 352–54, 360–61, 361
and Woodward, 12, 12n, 49, 57, 58–59, 61–64, 62, 65
See also Emmy Awards
Kramer, Stanley, 129, 133, 135, 139
Kroll, Lucy, 54, 55
Lady With the Torch, The (documentary)
Close as host, 345–48, 346, 348
contract and funding, 340–41
decisions about how to portray corporate entities, 325–26, 342
graduation picture, 349
information gathering, 341–44, 345
premiere and publicity, 349
proposal from Columbia, 338–40
Laemmle, Carl, 325, 333–34
Laughton, Charles, 36
laundry scene in Katharine Hepburn, 314–16
Lawrenson, Helen, 44
Lawson, Steve, 271
Lean, David, 345
Lemmon, Jack, 342, 344, 345
Lesser, Su, 338–39, 341–42
“Let’s Face the Music and Dance” (Astaire and Rogers dance), 17–18
Lewis, Robert “Bobby,” 266, 268
licensing rights for clips, 31, 68
Lincoln, Evelyn, 170
Lion in Winter, The (film), 38–39
Live from Lincoln Center (JK), 6
Lloyd, Norman, 364
Long Day’s Journey Into Night (film), 42
Lost King, A (DeCapite), 49
Luft, Joe, 163
Luft, Lorna, 163, 163, 164, 165, 375
Luft, Sid, 161–62, 164, 165
Lumet, Sidney, 298
MacNeil, Robert “Robin,” 6
Madison Square Garden, Jackson concert at, 185–86
Majestic Theatre, New York City, 126, 129. See also Spencer Tracy Legacy, Broadway premiere
Malkames, Rick, 260
Mankiewicz, Joseph L., 70, 71, 112–13
Mann, Anthony, 214
Marina Bay Resort, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 50
Martin, Dean, 99
Martin, Dewey, 60
Martins, Peter, 9
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (JK), 2
Masquers Club honoring of Ginger Rogers, 15
Matthau, Walter, 272
Mayer, Louis B., 109–10, 354
Mayer, Pauline, 343
Mayer, Roger L.
and Bacall On Bogart, 251, 252
biographical information, 251n
black-tie event at UCLA, 305
and de Havilland, 383, 384
and Fred Astaire Songbook, 278, 280
on Joseph and His Brethren, 343
MCA/Universal, 351–52. See also Universal McDermott, Dylan, 270
McFadden, Cynthia, 114–15
Meese, Ursula, 60
Meisner, Sandford “Sandy,” 262, 263–64, 264
“Method, The” for acting, 261–62, 266, 297, 301, 368
MGM
Columbia compared to, 342
Culver City lot, 78–79, 106–13, 107–8, 108
Gerber’s office, 110–11
Katharine Hepburn’s return the day after shooting the Spencer Tracy Legacy, 114–15
and James Stewart clips, 176–77
James Stewart filming of Carson at, 219–23
Louis B. Mayer’s office, 109–10
and The Philadelphia Story clips, 31–32
reporters at MGM lot,
107–8, 108
and Spencer Tracy Legacy, 68, 69, 72, 76
Thalberg building roof, 111, 111–12
Miller, John, 72, 97, 145, 154, 154
Minnelli, Liza, 163, 167–68
Mitchell, Cynthia “Cindy,” 98, 139, 191, 220, 366
Monroe, Marilyn, 261, 342
Moore, Mary Tyler, 326
Mourning Becomes Electra (play and film), 109–10, 109n
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (film), 198
Murdoch, Rupert, 356–57
My Fair Lady (film), 285
National Endowment for the Arts, 263
Nature (TV series), 69, 229–30
Naughton, James, 270, 270
NBC, 19, 68, 177
Neal, Patricia, 364, 370, 370–71
Neighborhood Playhouse, The, New York City, 272
Nelson, Ruth, 260, 263, 268, 273
New Kind of Love, A (film), 60
Newman, Paul, 48, 51, 57, 62, 270
and Broadway’s Dreamers, 269, 270
comparing himself to Brando, 60, 61
Fonda on Fonda research interview, 297
and Kramer, 62–64
and Kramer and Heeley, 58–59, 61
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward interviews, 56, 58, 59
studying acting, 261, 262
and Williamstown Tribute to The Group, 270
and Woodward, 56
See also Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward; Woodward, Joanne
New York City Ballet, 262
New York Times, The, 258
Novak, Kim, 342, 345
Nureyev, Rudolf, 8, 11–12, 12, 21
O’Connor, John J., 277
Odets, Clifford, 265
off-stage wounds, 369, 382–83
“Oh, You Beautiful Doll” (Astaire and Barrie Chase duet), 14
Onassis, Jacqueline, 168–69, 171
On Golden Pond (film), 33, 183–84, 289, 292
O’Toole, Peter, 38, 39–41
“Over the Rainbow” (song), 162, 164–65, 168–71
Page, George
and Astaire, 12–13
and Emmy Awards, 145, 146, 147, 151–52, 159
passing out at Chasen’s restaurant, 155–56
and Spencer Tracy Legacy, 69, 83–84
and star profiles, 28
and Venza, 156–57
Painten, Mary Bell, 96, 98, 345
Pal Joey (film), 345
Pan, Hermes, 21
paper towels, 85, 86–88, 89, 199
Paris, George, 78, 114, 145, 146
Pat and Mike (film), 97, 99, 318
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward (documentary)
and 20/20, 51–52
and Downs, 56, 58
editing, 59
filming in Connecticut, 59
Newman interviews, 56, 58, 59
and PBS, 49, 50–51, 52
Penn interview, 55–56
research for, 52–55
Screen Actors Guild’s permissions requirement, 60
Vidal interview, 55
and Walters’s segment on the same 20/20 program, 60–61
Woodward interviews, 56, 58, 59
PBS
and Fred Astaire documentaries, 24, 27
funding for Skyline, 13
and Grant, 391
Starring Katharine Hepburn funding, 28
and Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, 49, 50–51, 52
Pledge Weeks, 13, 13n, 113
Skyline funding, 13
and Spencer Tracy Legacy, 140–41
turning down Cary Grant and Henry Fonda profiles, 49
See also WNET
Peck, Gregory, 326, 345
Penn, Arthur, 54, 55–56
Perry, Joan, 345
Pfeiffer, Michelle, 392
Phantom of the Opera, The (film), 334
Phffft (film), 345
Philadelphia Story, The (film), 31–32, 36, 71
Piaf, Edith, 13
Pickford, Mary, 326
Picnic (film), 345
Pledge Weeks on PBS, 13, 13n, 113
Plunkett, Walter, 35–36
Poitier, Sidney, 70, 129, 133, 135, 139, 140
Pollack, Sydney, 272
Port Antonio, Jamaica, 378–81
Powers, Dave, 170, 171
P.S. 45 School, Bronx, 372
Psacharopoulos, Nikos, 270
Public Service Announcement, Taylor in, 94
Puttin’ On His Top Hat. See Fred Astaire (documentaries)
pythons, 229–30
Quinn, Anthony, 345
Rainier, Luise, 265
Rampal, Jean-Pierre, 7
Reagan, Nancy, 191–92, 195
Reagan, Ronald, and Iran-Contra scandal, 199
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, and James Stewart, 173, 174, 188, 189–91, 192–99, 203
Rear Window (film), 176
Reiner, Rob, 298, 302
Richardson, Ralph, 39, 41–42
Ritt, Martin, 266
Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles, California, 77, 97–103
Rizzo, Jilly, 81–83
Robards, Jason, Jr., 257–58
Robbins, Jerome, 24–25, 25
Rocky Mountain (film), 386–87
Rogers, Ginger, 15–18, 16
Rooney, Mickey, 70, 83
Rooster Cogburn (film), 76
Ross, Hal, 251–52
Rothman, Frank, 109–10
Rush, Barbara, 56
Ryan, Frederick J. “Fred,” 190, 192
Sagansky, Jeff, 339, 339n, 341
Salsa! episode (Skyline with Beverly Sills), x
Sassa, Scott, 293
Schindler’s List (film), 329–30
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 326
Screen Actors Guild, 45, 60, 157
Selznick, Irene, 130–31
Sermak, Kathryn, 243–44, 246, 247–48
Shapiro, Anita, 340
Sharaf, John, 96, 98
Sheinberg, Sidney, 326–27, 330, 331, 332, 353
Show Boat (film), 333–34
Shump, Don, 98–99, 104
Sidney, Sylvia, 263, 264, 265
Sills, Beverly, x
Sinatra, Frank
and Bacall, 257
contacting, 81–84
home of, 84–86
Spencer Tracy Legacy interview, 70, 86–87
and Spencer Tracy Legacy’s Broadway premiere, 129, 134–36, 136, 137
and Wasserman, 354–55
Skelton, Red, 342
Skyline (WNET series), 8, 9, 12, 13
Skyline with Beverly Sills (WNET series), x, 8
Slave Dancer, The (Fox), 392
Smith, Blaine, 73–75
Smith, Ludlow Ogden “Luddy,” 310
Somebody Up There Likes Me (film), 59
Sondheim, Stephen, 313
Sony Christmas party, 349
Sony Pictures, Culver City, 339–40. See also Columbia Pictures
Speed (film), 205
Spencer Tracy Award scholarship, 128
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (documentary)
funding for, 68–69, 124
“Graduation picture,” 114
Katharine Hepburn’s letter to Spencer, 115, 117, 121
Katharine Hepburn’s on-camera interview for, 74
Katharine Hepburn’s proposal and agreement to host, 67–68, 69
Katharine Hepburn’s second thoughts about title and “host” role, 118–20
interviewees, 70–72
MGM lot, 106–13
premiere, 140–41
preparation for, 69–70
publicity for, 115–16, 118, 122, 128
Riviera Country Club scene, 97–103
Rooney interview, 88
Sinatra interview, 86–87
success of, 141
Taylor interview, 91, 92–93, 94–95
Tracy, Susie, filming at home of, 104
Spencer Tracy Legacy, Broadway premiere, 122
and AADA, 124–26
/> after-show party at Hepburn’s townhouse, 139
event night, 132–39, 133, 136, 137
event production details, 128–32
and Katharine Hepburn, 124–26, 128–32, 133–34, 136–38, 137
Katharine Hepburn on success of, 140
and Kramer, Stanley, 129, 133, 135
legal aspects of, 126–28
and Sinatra, 134–36, 136
stars for, 128–29
Tracy, Susie, on night of, 134, 138
and Wagner, 128–29, 133, 135, 138
writing team, 129
Spencer Tracy Legacy, Katharine Hepburn’s performance
filming, 116, 117
Katharine Hepburn’s nervousness, 104
looking into the camera, 97–98, 104
meeting Tracy for the first time, 112–13
MGM lot, Culver City, 106–7, 111–13
protection interview, 72–73, 97
and radio mic, 101, 104, 106–7
at Riviera Country Club, 103–4
and teleprompter, 102–3, 116
Thalberg building roof, 111, 111–12
Spielberg, Steven, 326, 328–30, 358
Stallone, Sylvester, parking space at MGM, 79
Stapleton, Maureen, 272
Star Is Born, A (film), 161
Stark, Ray, 341, 345
Starring Katharine Hepburn (documentary)
and Bacall, 36, 259
behind-the-scenes footage of Katharine Hepburn, 35–36
Berman interview, 34
Cukor interview, 36
Fairbanks as narrator, 43–44
Fonda, Jane, interview, 33, 44
Grant, Cary, interview, 42–43, 44
Harding interview, 37
Harvey, Tony, interview, 38–39
Katharine Hepburn in, 27
Houseman interview, 33–34
O’Toole interview, 40–41
Plunkett interview, 35–36
post-airing note to Kramer and Heeley, 45
Richardson interview, 39, 41–42
See also Hepburn, Katharine
Starz network, 337, 340–41
Stein, Jules, 351
Stern, Stewart, 269, 271–72
Stewart, Gloria, 200, 203
cancer, 237–38
intruder story, 231–35
and James Stewart, 175, 176, 201, 202–4, 203
and Jimmy, 229–31
and Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, 189, 196–97
Stewart, James “Jimmy,” 172, 181, 200, 206, 212, 213, 226, 241
backing out of James Stewart, 173–75
biographical information, 202, 203–4, 206–7, 214, 238–39
and Emmy Award nomination for James Stewart, 229
and Fonda, Henry, 238
Fonda on Fonda interview, 298
and Gloria, 229–31, 237–38
Harvey sketches, 235, 235–36
home of, 201
intruder story, 231–35
military career, 195, 196
and Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, 195–96
See also James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
St. John, Jill, 139
Stoddard, Eunice, 260, 266, 268
Strasberg, Lee, 261–62
Strauss, John, 231